Date:28/10/2005 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2005/10/28/stories/2005102807371900.htm

Sport - Tennis

Coria crashes out

BASEL: Qualifier Kristof Vliegen threw a spanner into Guillermo Coria's plans for season-ending Masters Cup qualification with a 7-6(0), 7-5 second round upset on Thursday at the 829,000-euro Swiss Indoors.

The results: At Lyon (Lyon Open): Second round: Mario Ancic bt Thomas Enqvist 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 6-4; Marc Gicquel bt Davide Sanguinetti 6-3, 6-2.

At St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg Open): Second round: Thomas Johansson bt Andrei Pavel 6-2, 6-2; Greg Rusedski bt Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 6-4.

At Basel (Swiss Indoors): Second round: Kristof Vliegen bt Guillermo Coria 7-6(0), 7-5. Guillermo Coria bt Alberto Martin 6-2, 6-4; Dominik Hrbaty bt Juan Chela 7-6(7), 6-2; Andy Murray bt Tim Henman 6-2, 5-7, 7-6(4)

At Linz (Generali Ladies Open): Quarterfinals: Tatiana Golovin bt Sesil Karatantcheva 6-4, 7-6(2), Ai Sugiyama bt Gisela Dulko 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.

At Brussels (Gaz de France WTA Tier III event): Second round: Francesca Schiavone bt Maria Elena Camerin 7-5, 6-1. First round: Kim Clijsters bt Ekaterina Bychkova 6-1, 6-3; Katarina Srebotnik bt Mara Santangelo 6-3,6-0; Karolina Sprem bt Olga Savchuk 6-1, 6-1. Roberta Vinci bt Mandy Minella 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles: Shikha & Neha Uberoi lost to Maria Elena Camerin & Nuria Llagostera Vives 4-6, 2-6. — Agencies