TENNIS

Eastbourne International

Wednesday, Round II: Men’s singles: Michael Llodra (8, Fra) bt Stephane Robert (Fra) 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-4 Julien Benneteau (4, Fra) bt Dudi Sela (Isr) 7-6 (8), 7-5 Alexandr Dolgopolov (7, Ukr) bt Yen-hsun Lu (Tai) 6-7(1), 6-1, 6-2 James Ward (GBR) bt Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 6-3, 7-6 (5) Denis Istomin (Uzb) bt Nicolas Almagro (1, Esp) 6-4, 1-0 retired Gilles Simon (3, Fra) bt Andrey Kuznetsov (Rus) 6-1, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (2) Women’s singles: Samantha Stosur (3, Aus) bt Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 Victoria Azarenka (Blr)bt Heather Watson (GBR) 6-1, 6-1 Kim Clijsters (5, Bel) bt Lucie Safarova (Cze) 6-1, 6-0 Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) bt Nadia Petrova (Rus) 6-2, 6-0 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Sorana Cirstea (Rom) 4-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4) Marion Bartoli (8, Fra) bt Agnes Szavay (Hun) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 Elena Baltacha (GBR) bt Zheng Jie (Chn) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Esp) bt Aravane Rezai (Fra) 6-2, 3-0 retired.

Den Bosch Open

Wednesday, Round II: Men’s singles: Janko Tipsarevic (7, Srb) bt Arnaud Clement (Fra) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) bt Igor Sijsling (Net) 6-2, 7-6(4) Simon Greul (Ger) bt Tommy Robredo (3, Esp) 6-1, 6-4 Santiago Giraldo (Col) bt Viktor Troicki (Srb) 6-4, 6-4 Benjamin Becker (8, Ger) bt Henri Kontinen (Fin) 6-2, 6-1 Women’s singles: Justine Henin (1, Bel) bt Roberta Vinci (Ita) 6-3, 6-3 Kristina Barrois (Ger) bt Sybille Bammer (Aut) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 Alexandra Dulgheru (5, Rom) bt Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 Yaroslava Shvedova (4, Kaz) bt Anastasia Rodionova (Aus) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2