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Almagro among early Vienna winners

Published: Oct. 26, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Nicolas Almagro takes on Rafael Nadal in third round of the US Open Tennis Championship in New York

VIENNA, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Spain's Nicolas Almagro, the No. 5 seed, was among first-round winners Monday in the Bank of Austria Tennis Trophy in Vienna.

Almagro rallied to defeat Australian Peter Luczak 5-7, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1.

Frederico Gil of Portugal eliminated Austrian Stefan Koubek 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Other opening-round winners included German Daniel Brands, American Wayne Odesnik and Romania's Victor Crivoi.

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