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Prakash passes the first test
NEWPORT (RHODE ISLAND): Wild card Prakash Amritraj notched up his maiden win on the ATP Tour this season, beating Serbian Ilia Bozolijac in the first round of the Hall of Fame championships here on Tuesday.
Prakash rallied from a set down to prevail 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
With this win, the U.S.-based Indian has set up a second round clash with wild card Scovile Jenkins of USA.
Meanwhile, Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi pulled off the biggest surprise when he upstaged the top-seeded American Mardy Fish 6-3, 6-4.
Interestingly, a top seed has never won the tournament in its 31-year history. Prakash, whose father Vijay Amritraj was a three-time champion at the event, has teamed up with Qureshi for the doubles event.
The pair will be up against top seeds Wesley Moodie of South Africa and Fabrice Santoro of France in the first round.
The results:
At Newport (ATP Hall of Fame championships): First round: Prakash Amritraj bt Ilia Bozolijac 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; Danai Udomchoke bt Alex Bogdanovic 6-3, 3-6, 6-0; Dick Norman bt John Isner 7-6(3), 6-3; Scoville Jenkins bt Daniele Bracciali 6-2, 6-1.
Mischa Zverev bt Igor Kunitsyn 6-1, 2-6, 6-1; Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi bt Mardy Fish 6-3, 6-4; Nathan Healey bt Jesse Levine 6-1, 6-0; Antony Dupuis bt Konstantinos Economidis 6-4, 6-3; Paul Capdeville bt Nicolas Kiefer 7-6(3), 4-6, 7-5; Nicol as Mahut bt Adrian Garcia 7-6(6), 6-1.
At Gstaad (ATP Swiss Open): First round: Radek Stepanek bt Marin Cilic 7-5, 6-3; Werner Eschauer bt Michael Lammer 6-2, 4-6, 6-2; Marc Gicquel bt Diego Hartfield 6-3, 7-6(5); Potito Starace bt Jan Hajek 7-6(4), 6-1.
At Bastad (ATP Swedish Open): First round: Gilles Simon bt Viktor Troicki 6-2, 6-3; Carlos Berlocq bt Tim Goeransson 6-2, 6-0; Jonas Bjorkman bt Michal Przysiezny 5-7, 6-2, 6-4; Robin Soderling bt Simone Bolelli 6-3, 6-3; Fernando Verd asco bt Erling Tveit 7-5, 6-1. — Agencies
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