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
Saya setuju. We are working on more coaches! “ @ManOlimpik : Malaysian junior athletes are just too ‘lembik’ http://t.co/7D7wmHWaNy ” — Khairy Jamaluddin (@Khairykj) June 10, 2014 The benchmark. Can our junior athletes train as hard as Malaysia's world No.1 badminton player, Lee Chong Wei? “IT IS okay lah. The training is not too bad lah. I will try lah … Wah, so hard lah today.” These are some of the common statements I hear from our juniors nowadays. It is not only in badminton. It is the easy-going, laid-back attitude and lack of competitiveness at grassroots level that we have problems producing quality players. I have travelled quite a bit. After ending my decade-long career with the national team, I went to play in the league in Europe. It’s different there. The European athletes know what they want. And they do it with real focus. Even the young ones possess admirable self-control and show a high level of commitment. During my time in the ...
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