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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
ESTORIL, Portugal, May 6 (UPI) -- Former champion Nikolay Davydenko of Russia and American James Blake led Wednesday's winners at the Estoril Open tennis tournament at Estoril, Portugal.
Davydenko, the men's second-seed, beat fellow former Estoril champ Juan Carlos Ferrero, a former world No. 1 and former French Open champion 7-5, 6-2; while Blake, the fourth-seed, downed local favorite Frederico Gil 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, his first clay-court win this season.
Elsewhere, sixth-seeded Mardy Fish of the United States beat Spain's Ivan Navarro, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4; Paul Capdeville of Chile downed Argentine Maximo Gonzalez, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3; Spaniard Oscar Hernandez beat fellow Spaniard David Ferrer, the third seed, 6-2, 6-4; while Italian Fabio Fognini downed former French Open champ Gaston Gaudio of Argentina, 6-3, 6-4.
Thursday, Blake faces France's Marc Gicquel; Capdeville meets Hernandez; and on Friday, Davydenko plays Fish.
The 2009 Estoril champion will collect a $96,000 winner's check.
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