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Serena stunned in Rome, Safina blasts organizers

AP AND AFP , ROME

Earlier, Marin Cilic of Croatia eased into the second round by beating German qualifier Dieter Kindelmann 6-3, 6-2.

■ESTORIL OPEN

AP, OEIRAS, PORTUGAL

Second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko rallied from two breaks down in the second set to beat Andrey Golubev 6-1, 7-6 (4) on Tuesday in the first round of the Estoril Open.

Earlier, third-seeded David Ferrer won 16 points in a row as he recovered from a weak start to beat Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-4, 6-1.

In the women’s event, second-seeded Maria Kirilenko beat Sharon Fichman 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-3 and third-seeded Sorana Cirstea won 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 against Kimiko Date Krumm.

Sabrine Lisicki, seeded fourth, triumphed 6-2, 6-2 over Kirsten Flipkens, while seventh-seeded Shahar Peer rallied to beat local favorite Michelle Brito 4-6, 6-0, 6-0.

■SERBIA OPEN

AP, BELGRADE, SERBIA

Janko Tipsarevic beat Sergio Roitman of Argentina 7-5, 6-2 on Tuesday to set up a meeting with home favorite Novak Djokovic in the second round of the Serbia Open, the country’s first ATP Tour tournament.

Djokovic, whose family helped bring the tournament to Belgrade this year after buying the license to the ABM Amro Open, is the top seed and had a first-round bye.

The other seeds in action also advanced.

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