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Tennis: Swede dreams as Soderling, Bjorkman win in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - Swedish number one Robin Soderling earned a firt-round home win as compatriot Jonas Bjorkman played his 1,000th doubles match on Wednesday at the Stockholm Open.

Tennis: Kremlin Cup results - 2nd update

MOSCOW, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - Results from the third day of the 2.4-million-dollar joint ATP and WTA Kremlin Cup event here on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):

Mischa Zverev (German) bt Denis Gremelmayer (German) 6-3, 7-6 (9/7)

Teimuraz Gabashvili (Russia) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Russia x3) 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7/1)

Igor Kunitsyn (Russia) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1

Tennis: Austrian Open results - collated

VIENNA, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - Results of the third day of the ATP Austrian Open here on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):

Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina x3) bt Martin Fischer (Austria) 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (7/5)

Gael Monfils (France x8) bt Alexander Peya (Austria) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3

Fernando Verdasco (Spain x5) bt Guillermo Canas (Argentina) 6-1, 6-2

Tennis: Stockholm Open results - 2nd update

STOCKHOLM, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - Results from the third day of the Stockholm Open here Wednesday (x denotes seeding):

Jarkko Nieminen (FIN x3) bt Tomaz Bellucci (BRA) 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 7-5

Arnaud Clement (France) bt Bjorn Rehnquist (Sweden) 6-2, 6-1

George Bastl (SUI) bt Frederik Nielsen (DEN) 7-6 (8/6), 3-6, 7-6 (7/4)

Tennis: Kremlin Cup results - collated

MOSCOW, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - Results from the third day of the 2.4-million-dollar joint ATP and WTA Kremlin Cup event here on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):

Mischa Zverev (German) bt Denis Gremelmayer (German) 6-3, 7-6 (9/7)

Teimuraz Gabashvili (Russia) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Russia x3) 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7/1)

Igor Kunitsyn (Russia) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1

Tennis: Slumping Ivanovic feels Moscow chill

MOSCOW, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - French Open champion Ana Ivanovic slumped to another dispiriting defeat on Wednesday when she was knocked out of the Kremlin Cup by unseeded Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova.

Tennis: Flying Finn Nieminen outlasts Brazil's Bellucci

STOCKHOLM, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - Jarkko Nieminen began his ninth straight appearance at the Stockholm Open with a testing victory in Wednesday, battling into the second round over young Brazilian Tomaz Bellucci 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 7-5.

Tennis: Austrian Open results

VIENNA, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - Results of the third day of the ATP Austrian Open here on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):

Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina x3) bt Martin Fischer (Austria) 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (7/5)

Gael Monfils (France x8) bt Alexander Peya (Austria) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3

Fernando Verdasco (Spain x5) bt Guillermo Canas (Argentina) 6-1, 6-2

Tennis: Stockholm Open results

STOCKHOLM, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - Results from the third day of the Stockholm Open here Tuesday (x denotes seeding):

Arnaud Clement (France) bt Bjorn Rehnquist (Sweden) 6-2, 6-1

Jarkko Nieminen (FIN x3) bt Tomaz Bellucci (BRA) 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 7-5

George Bastl (SUI) bt Frederik Nielsen (DEN) 7-6 (8/6), 3-6, 7-6 (7/4)

Tennis: Kremlin Cup results - 1st update

MOSCOW, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - Results from the third day of the 2.4-million-dollar joint ATP and WTA Kremlin Cup event here on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):

Mischa Zverev (German) bt Denis Gremelmayer (German) 6-3, 7-6 (9/7)

Teimuraz Gabashvili (Russia) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Russia x3) 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7/1)

Igor Kunitsyn (Russia) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1