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American Andre Agassi plays a forehand in his match against Russian Mikhail Youzhny at the 2006 Boodles Challenge tournament in Stoke Park on Thursday, June 22, 2006. Youzhny won the match 6-3 7-6.(UPI Photo/Hugo Philpott)

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Murray nears second straight win

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Defending champion Andy Murray breezed into the quarterfinals of the St. Petersburg Open in Russia Thursday while Marat Safin was eliminated by Andrey Golubev.

Ferrer needs three sets, advances in Japan

TOKYO, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- No. 1-seeded David Ferrer recovered from a shaky first set Thursday and won a quarterfinals slot at the $869,000 Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo.

Youzhny advances in Swiss Open

GSTAAD, Switzerland, July 10 (UPI) -- Third-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia coasted to a straight-set win in the second round of the Swiss Open Wednesday, but No. 4 Ivo Karlovic was eliminated.

Nadal on to fourth round at Wimbledon

LONDON, June 28 (UPI) -- Second-seeded Rafael Nadal beat Nicolas Kiefer 7-6, 6-2, 6-3 in a men's third-round match Saturday at the Wimbledon Championships in London.

Federer, Baghdatis advance at Weber Open

HALLE, Germany, June 12 (UPI) -- Top-ranked Roger Federer and No. 5-seeded Marcos Baghdatis each won Thursday and meet in the quarterfinals of the $1.12 million Gerry Weber Open in Germany.

Haas advances at German tournament

HALLE, Germany, June 10 (UPI) -- Local favorite Tommy Haas collected an upset victory Tuesday in first-round play at the $1.12 million Gerry Weber Open tennis tournament in Germany.

Nalbandian, Blake out at French Open

PARIS, May 29 (UPI) -- David Nalbandian and James Blake, two of the top seven men's players in the French Open, were ousted Thursday in second-round matches.

Sweden beats Russia for World Team title

DUSSELDORF, Germany, May 24 (UPI) -- Sweden beat Russia 2-1 in the best-of-three final Saturday to win the $2.34 million ATP World Team Championship.

Russia to meet Sweden in World Team final

DUSSELDORF, Germany, May 23 (UPI) -- Dmitry Tursunov took part in two Russian victories Friday, lifting the Russian team into the finals of the ATP World Team Championship against Sweden.

Youzhny makes early Hamburg exit

HAMBURG, Germany, May 12 (UPI) -- No. 10-seeded Mikhail Youzhny dropped a straight-set match in opening-round play Monday at the $2.9 million Masters Series tournament in Germany.