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ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Rafael Nadal, warming up for a bid at his fourth French Open title, downed Demitry Tursunov Wednesday at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament.
Nadal, who has dominated the world of tennis on clay court surfaces in recent years, posted a 6-4, 6-4 victory and did not face a single break point in the match. He will next meet Andreas Seppi.
In a pair of upsets, wild card Robin Haase eliminated Andy Murray 7-5, 6-3, and Seppi ousted former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4). Seppi saved a match point in defeating Hewitt.
Murray, who has climbed to No. 10 in the world rankings, won last week in Marseilles.
In other first-round action Wednesday, Tomas Berdych won over Ivan Ljubicic 6-3, 6-3, and Fernando Verdasco was a 6-2, 6-2 victor over Jarkko Nieminen.
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DALLAS, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Remaining members of the Mountain West Conference and Conference USA will merge to form a new superconference, college sports officials said Monday.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Kate Upton was revealed as the cover model of the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue during Monday's taping of "Late Show" in New York.
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PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 13 (UPI) --
A European space mission has seen previously undiscovered islands of star formation and mysterious microwave emissions in our Milky Way galaxy, astronomers say.
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