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BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Third-seeded Tommy Robredo won but second-seeded Nicolas Almagro and fourth-seeded Carlos Moya lost Tuesday at the Copa Telmex.
Robredo defeated Italian Potito Starace 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. His fellow Spaniard Almagro lost to countryman Oscar Hernandez 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 and Spaniard Moya lost to Argentine Maximo Gonzalez 6-4, 6-4. Moya, a former world No. 1, took the title in this tournament in 2003.
Sixth-seeded Spaniard Albert Montanes also lost, 6-2, 6-3 to unranked Argentine Martin Vassallo.
Last year's Buenos Aires runner-up, fifth-seeded Argentine Jose Acasuso, beat Spanish qualifier Daniel Munoz-De La Nava 6-2, 7-6 (7-4). Seventh-seeded Spaniard Marcel Granollers beat last week's Costa do Sauipe runner-up to Robredo, Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci, 7-5, 7-5.
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 14 (UPI) --
No. 5-seeded Kevin Anderson needed to win a pair of tiebreakers Monday in claiming a first-round win at the SAP Open tennis tournament in California.
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NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 14 (UPI) --
Dozens of fans stood in freezing temperatures along the sidewalks of Newark, N.J., to bear witness to the body of pop singer Whitney Houston being brought home.
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PITTSBURGH, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Researchers say offshore wind farms planned for the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico face severe risks from hurricanes that could destroy half of them.
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BRISBANE, Australia, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
An Australian man who bared his buttocks to Queen Elizabeth during the monarch's visit to the country was fined $800.
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