Anna Chakvetadze

Former No. 1 Pete Sampras showed glimpses of his dominating best against a top player 12 years his junior in the second set of his 6-3, 7-6 (2) exhibition loss to Spain's Fernando Verdasco on Monday at the SAP Open. "It was a pretty rough night," Sampras said. "I never really felt I could get into his service games.

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Second-seeded Albert Montanes of Spain has opened his clay-court season with a 6-2, 7-6 (2) win over German Simon Greul on the first day of the Brazil Open.



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Second-seeded Albert Montanes of Spain has opened his clay-court season with a 6-2, 7-6 (2) win over German Simon Greul on the first day of the Brazil Open. Fellow Spaniard Daniel Jimeno-Traver also reached the second round Monday, beating Spanish countryman Santiago Ventura 7-6 (7), 6-1. In the day's other match, wild card Ricardo Mello of Brazil beat Italian Paolo Lorenzi 6-2, 7-5.
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