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Italian Potito Starace pauses during his French Open second-round match against Andy Murray of Great Britain at Roland Garros in Paris on May 27, 2009. Murray defeated Starace 6-2, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4. (UPI Photo/ David Silpa)
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Jeremy Chardy, who at No. 4 was the highest seed in action Tuesday, stormed past Petru-Alexandru Luncanu 6-2, 6-2 at the St. Petersburg Open.
MOSCOW, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Mikhail Youzhny, who at No. 3 was the highest seeded player in action Monday, was a winner over Horacio Zeballos in the opening round of the Kremlin Cup.
BASTAD, Sweden, July 14 (UPI) -- Gritty Argentine Juan Monaco defeated eighth-seeded countryman Maximo Gonzalez Tuesday in first-round action at the Swedish Open.
BUCHAREST, Romania, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Potito Starace posted an upset victory Monday in first-round play of the $525,000 BCR Open Romania clay-court tennis tournament.
KITZBUHEL, Austria, July 18 (UPI) -- Potito Starace, the runner-up in this tournament last year and the No. 4 seed this week, earned a spot in the semifinals Friday at the Austrian Open.
BASTAD, Sweden, July 8 (UPI) -- Jarkko Nieminen, Robin Soderling and Wimbledon semifinalist Marat Safin won, but fifth-seeded Carlos Moya lost Tuesday at the Swedish Open.
WARSAW, Poland, June 11 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko rallied Wednesday and earned a spot in the quarterfinals at the $670,000 Warsaw Open tennis tournament.
WARSAW, Poland, June 9 (UPI) -- Potito Starace and Evgeny Korolev won Monday, setting up a second-round matchup in the $670,000 Warsaw Open tennis tournament.
HAMBURG, Germany, May 14 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Roger Federer and No. 2 Rafael Nadal collected straight-set wins Wednesday in second-round action at the $2.95 million Masters Series Hamburg.
HAMBURG, Germany, May 13 (UPI) -- Nikolay Davydenko and David Ferrer claimed second-round wins Tuesday at the $2.95 million Master Series Hamburg tennis tournament in Germany.