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COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Defending champion Nicolas Almagro of Spain beat Brazilian wild card Ricardo Hocevar 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 in Monday's first round at the Brasil Open.
The top-seeded Almagro, who beat Spaniard Carlos Moya in last year's finale here, drew a second-round match against Argentine Martin Vassallo Arguello, a winner over Chilean Nicolas Massu 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-4.
Also Monday, fifth seed Marcel Granollers of Spain beat Brazilian wild card Flavio Saretta, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1; sixth-seeded Argentine Eduardo Schwank beat fellow countryman Diego Junqueira, 6-1, 7-5; and Spaniard Alberto Martin beat Ecuador's Nicolas Lapentti, 6-4, 7-5.
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EPSOM, England, June 2 (UPI) --
Camelot dominated Saturday's Epsom Derby, drawing off to win by 5 lengths and giving the O'Brien family a first-ever father-son Derby win.
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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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