Norman survives Schalken scare

Norman survives Schalken scare
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ROTTERDAM, FEBRUARY 15: Third-seeded Swede Magnus Norman came off worst in a second-set tie-breaker with Dutchman Sjeng Schalken, but came out a 6-2, 6-7 (7-4), 6-3 1st round winner at the $ 750,000 Abn Amro Indoor Tennis Tournament.

It turned into a good day for Sweden when qualifier Jonas Bjorkman upset fourth seed Nicolas Lapentti (Ecuador) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 in the day's final match.

Results (1st round): 5-Tim Henman (Britain) bt Alberto Martin (Spain) 6-2, 6-2, 8-Cedric Pioline (France) bt Adrian Voinea 6-2 6-3, Dominik Hrbaty (Slovakia) bt Marat Safin (Russia) 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (9-7), Peter Wessels (Netherlands) bt Andrej Pavel (Romania) 6-4, 6-7 (7-3), 6-4

Woodforde up

MEMPHIS: Fourth-seeded Mark Woodforde (Australia) defeated Julian Alonso (Spain) 6-4, 6-2 in the opening round of the $ 800,000 Kroger St Jude Indoor Tennis Tournament on Monday.

Results (1st round): Jeff Salzenstein (US) bt Fredrik Jonsson 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), Andre Sa (Brazil) bt Ronald Agenor (Haiti) 6-4, 6-1, OrlinStanoytchev (Bulgaria) bt Sebastien Lareau (Canada) 7-6 (12-10), 3-6, 7-6 (7-5)

Habsudova wins

HANOVER: Ruxandra Dragomir and Patty Schnyder have eased into the 2nd round of the $ 533,000 Faber Grand Prix Tennis Tournament. The sixth-seeded Romanian beat Karina Habsudova (Slovakia) 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) on Monday.

Schnyder (Switzerland), seeded eighth, dispatched wildcard Raluca Sandu (Romania) 6-2, 7-6 (7-1).

Results (1st round): Sabine Appelmanns (Belgium) bt Martina Mueller (Ger) 6-4, 6-2, Anna Smashnova (Israel) bt Kveta Hrdlickova (Czech Republic) 6-3, 6-0