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Rain delays Hall of Fame tennis at Newport

NEWPORT, R.I., July 12 (UPI) -- Rain postponed five second-round matches at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships at Newport, R.I., Wednesday, pushing some top matches over to Thursday.

Top-seed Andy Murray of Scotland will meet Sam Querrey, and seventh-seeded American Mardy Fish plays Thiago Alves in rain-delayed second-round contests.

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In action completed on Wednesday, sixth-seeded Jergen Melzer of Austria downed Canadian Frank Dancevic, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; American Robert Kendrick eliminated Russia's Igor Kunitsyn, 6-4, 6-2; and Australian Mark Philippoussis bested Rik De Voest in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4.

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