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COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Spaniard Carlos Moya and countryman Albert Montanes both advanced Monday in the opening round of the Brasil Open.
Moya bounced back from a second-set loss to defeat Santiago Ventura 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 and eighth-seeded Montanes beat Frenchman Nicolas Devilder 6-4, 6-4.
In other opening-round action, Serbian Boris Pashanski defeated Argentine Vassallo Arguello" class="tpstyle">Martin Vassallo Arguello 6-4, 6-4; Italian Fabio Fognini beat Czech Jiri Vanek 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-3); and Ecuador's Nicholas Lapentti beat Brazilian Thomaz Belluci 6-2, 6-2.
Argentine Guillermo Canas defeated Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero in last year's final, but neither is playing in this week's tournament.
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PHILADELPHIA, June 2 (UPI) --
Michael Vick said he wasn't backing away from his daredevil style of quarterbacking despite criticism from Philadelphia Eagles fans and the media.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, June 2 (UPI) --
U.S. pop icon Madonna debuted an updated version of her infamous cone bra as she kicked off her latest world tour in Israel.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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ROME, June 2 (UPI) --
Dogs across Italy are wagging their tails as a new ice cream for man's best friend goes to market.
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