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Nieminen ousts Wawrinka
Two-time finalist Jarkko Nieminen of Finland crushed a frustrated Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 6-4 to take a quarterfinal place at the Stockholm Open on Thursday, leaving the tournament without three of its top four seeds.
Two-time finalist Jarkko Nieminen of Finland crushed a frustrated Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 6-4 to take a quarterfinal place at the Stockholm Open on Thursday, leaving the tournament without three of its top four seeds.
The exit of the third seed followed the loss of fourth seed Juan Ignacio Chela, who was beaten by Bulgarian youngster Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 5-7, 6-1.
Soderling pulls out
Paris: Sweden's Robin Soderling has confirmed he will not defend his title at the Paris Masters next month as he continues to struggle with mononucleosis, organisers announced Thursday. He will be replaced by Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci.
Vijayant wins
New Delhi: Vijayant Malik, seeded eighth, defeated compatriot Karan Rastogi 6-4, 6-4 in a F3 Futures tournament at Lagos in Nigeria, to make the semifinals on Thursday. Rastogi had been seeded second in the meet.
