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
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