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Kunitsyn, Lopez advance in Shanghai

Published: Oct. 11, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Dubai Tennis Championships

SHANGHAI, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Igor Kunitsyn, Feliciano Lopez, Shao-Xuan Zeng and Andreas Beck were first-round winners Sunday in the Shanghai ATP Masters.

Kunitsyn came from behind to down fellow Russian Igor Andreev

6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 6-2.

Lopez beat fellow Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3, 6-4.

Zeng, of China, rallied to overcome Dudi Sela of Israel 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 and Beck, of Germany, advanced after his opponent, Jose Acasuso, quit in the second set with a left knee injury.

Spaniard Rafael Nadal and Serbian Novak Djokovic are the 1-2 seeds in the tournament.

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