KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 29 (Bernama) -- Following are the results of the men's singles and doubles first round main draw of the inaugural Proton Malaysian Open tennis held at Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil on Tuesday:
Men's Singles:
1. Martin Vassallo Aruguello (Argentina) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spain) 6-3, 6-3;
2. Rohan Bopanna (India) bt Jose Acasuso (Argentina) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4;
3. Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) bt Igor Kunitsyn (Russia) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2;
4. Karol Beck (Slovakia) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (Kazakhstan) 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3;
5. Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) bt David Ferrer (Spain) 7-6, 6-2;
6. Joachim Johansson (Sweden) bt Lieyton Hewitt (Australia) 9-7 (7), 6-3.
Men's Doubles:
1. Mariusz Fyrstenberg (Poland) & Marcin Matkowski (Poland) bt James Cerretani (United States) & Rogier Wassen (Holland) 7-5, 7-5;
2. Igor Kunitsyn (Russia) & Jaroslav Levinsky (Czech Republic) bt Karol Beck (Slovakia) & Jordan Kerr (Australia) 6-2, 6-4.
3. Andrey Golubev (Kazakhstan) & Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) bt Jose Acasuso (Argentina) & Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) 6-3, 6-1.
-- BERNAMA
KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 (Bernama) -- Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek remains confident that the national Uber Cup squad can spring a surprise when Malaysia hosts the Thomas and Uber Cup finals at the Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil from May 9-16. He said despite not being the favourite, the women's team was able to surprise everyone by winning the gold medal at the Laos SEA Games. "I am confident they (Uber Cup team) will be able to produce a similar surprise. Not only are they capable of reaching the semi-final, they can go further," he told reporters after having lunch with national shuttlers here Thursday. National badminton Team manager Datuk Syed Abu Bakar Abdullah who echoed the minister's confidence said: "In Laos, nobody expected the women's team to win the world, so why not the Uber Cup? All they need to do is try their very best." Women's team captain Wong Pei Tty said she and her team-mates have set a target of r...
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