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BASTAD, Sweden, July 13 (UPI) -- Seeded players Paul-Henri Mathieu and Denis Istomin each lost two tie-breakers Tuesday and were eliminated from the Swedish Open tennis tournament.
Mathieu, seeded sixth, fell 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-3) to Pablo Cuevas while the seventh-seeded Istomin was beaten by Franco Skugor 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (9-7) in the tournament's first round.
Fifth-seeded Tommy Robredo advanced to the second round, dumping Michal Przysiezny 7-6 (7-3), 6-3. Robredo didn't face a break point and lost 10 points in his 11 service games.
Jarkko Nieminen came away a winner of the only match on Tuesday's schedule that went three sets, beating Christian Lindell 4-6, 6-0, 6-4. Nieminen lost only eight points in the second set.
Also Tuesday, Andreas Seppi topped Marcel Granollers 6-4, 6-2; Ervin Eleskovic defeated Jerzy Janowicz; Andrey Golubev stopped Maximo Gonzalez 6-3, 6-2; and Stephane Robert beat Jonathan Dasnieres de Veigy 6-4, 6-1.
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MINNEAPOLIS, June 2 (UPI) --
Minnesota Vikings fullback Jerome Felton was out on bail Saturday after being arrested for driving while intoxicated, jail records indicate.
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MONTECITO, Calif., June 3 (UPI) --
U.S. actress Drew Barrymore married art consultant Will Kopelman Saturday at her estate in Montecito, Calif., E! Online reported.
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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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