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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- No. 2 seed Nikolay Davydenko and last year's runner-up Fernando Verdasco were among the winners Tuesday in the opening round of the St. Petersburg Open.
Davydenko recorded his 50th match victory of the season by ousting Chris Guccione 6-4, 6-4. It is the fourth straight season Davydenko has won at least 50 matches.
Verdasco rallied to defeat qualifier Tiemuraz Gabashvili 1-6, 6-4, 6-4. Verdasco fell to Andy Murray in the 2007 championship match.
Fourth-seeded Mikhail Youzhny coasted into the second round with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Ivan Navarro, but No. 5 seed Marin Cilic was upset by Mikhail Kukushkin 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (8-6).
Other first-round winners included Jeremy Chardy, Ernest Gulbis and Janko Tipsarevic.
Murray, coming off his fourth title of the year in Madrid last week, will put his No. 1 seed on the line Wednesday against Sergiy Stakhovsky.
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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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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Actor Matt Bomer, star of the U.S. television series "White Collar," confirmed during the weekend he is gay and has a longtime partner.
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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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