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Taylor Dent and Marcos Baghdatis both survived third-set tiebreakers Monday in first-round wins at the $947,750 Malaysian Open tennis tournament. Dent rallied for a 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) win over Andrey Golubev despite eight double faults. Half of those came in the third set but he still earned a second-round match against top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko. Baghdatis needed 2 hours, 49 minutes to get by Yen-Hsun Le 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) in the strength of 17 aces. He had seven aces in the third set....

Sam Querrey, who lost in the finals of his last two tournaments, moved past the first round of the Los Angeles Tennis Open Wednesday with a straight-sets win. Querrey defeated Denis Istomin in the last of the first-round matches 6-2, 6-0. Querry, seeded sixth this week, recently fell to Rajeev Ram in the finals of the Hall of Fame Championships and then dropped a decision to Robby Ginepri in the finals of the Indianapolis Championships. His second-round opponent will be qualifier Ryan...

American John Isner knocked off Germany's Benjamin Becker 7-6 (8) and 7-6 (3) in the toughest match of Tuesday's opening round at the LA Tennis Open. Isner had to go to the tie-breaker before finally winning the match over the seventh-seeded Becker and moving on to face Marco Baghdatis of Cyprus. Baghdatis, a finalist in this year's Australian Open, beat Canadian Frank Dencevich 7-6 (3), 6-3. Russian Marat Safin rallied to beat Robby Ginepri of the United States 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 and will face...

Defending champion David Ferrer used a strong service game Wednesday in advancing to the quarterfinals of the Ordina Open in the Netherlands. Ferrer, seeded third, had five aces and no double faults in winning 72 percent of the points on serve en route to a 6-4, 6-3 win over Oscar Hernandez. He faced just two break points in the match. Fourth-seeded Rainer Schuettler was a 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) winner over Thiemo De Bakker in his second-round match while No. 7-seeded Jeremy Chardy defeated Dick...

Defending champion David Ferrer was among Monday's first-round men's tennis winners at the Ordina Open in the Netherlands. The third-seeded Ferrer beat Dutch wild card Jesse Huta Galung 6-2, 7-5. In last year's final, Ferrer won over Frenchman Marc Gicquel, who also advanced Monday with a 6-2, 6-3 decision over Belgian Steve Darcis. Ferrer's second-round opponent is fellow Spaniard Oscar Hernandez, who advanced Monday with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Austrian Daniel Koellerer. Second-seeded...

Marcos Baghdatis was among the winners Wednesday on the opening day of the Sony Ericsson Open, the second Masters series event of the season. Baghdatis, a former Australian Open champion, cruised past Ernest Gulbis 6-2 6-2 at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park. All seeded players have a bye past the first round. Among the surprises on the first day of competition was the setback suffered by Tommy Haas, a one-time member of the world's top 10. He fell to qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin 6-4, 6-4....

No. 1 seed Mardy Fish advanced to the quarterfinals of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships Thursday with a straight-sets victory. Fish coasted past Vincent Spadea 6-4, 6-1 to set up a quarterfinal meeting with sixth-seeded Florent Serra. Serra advanced with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win over Mischa Zverev. In Thursday's other second-round matches, Jeremy Chardy got past Andrey Golubev 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 and Marcos Baghdatis defeated Dudi Sela 7-6 (9-7), 6-3. Chardy will meet Baghdatis in...

David Ferrer and Marcos Baghdatis recorded straight-sets victories Wednesday in the second round of the rain-delayed South African Tennis Open. Play began five hours late because of the showers, after which the second-seeded Ferrer rolled past Simon Greul 6-3, 6-4. Baghdatis, seeded eighth, was a 6-3, 7-5 victor over Raven Klaasen. Ferrer and Baghdatis will meet in the quarterfinals on Friday. Sebastien De Chaunac and Izak van der Merwe won their opening-round matches Wednesday. Top-seeded...

By Christopher Clarey Vulnerable? So it has seemed this season as the usually imperious Roger Federer has regularly seemed wobbly on his throne. There has been a health issue with a bout of mononucleosis, consistency issues with his forehand and succession issues, as Federer has won no significant tournaments and lost to the likes of Mardy Fish, Radek Stepanek and even Andy Roddick, the quick-witted American who had not looked quick enough to beat the Swiss champion for years. But the...

Britain's Andy Murray rallied from a two-set deficit Monday to grab a stirring fourth-round win at The Championships at Wimbledon. Murray, the tournament's No. 12 seed, fell behind eighth-seeded Richard Gasquet before taking the third set in a tiebreaker and the final two sets in the 5-7, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2, 6-4 win. The victory moved him into the quarterfinals against No. 2-seeded Rafael Nadal, who like top-seeded Roger Federer, cruised Monday with straight-set victories. Federer was...