Nieminen, Moodie Among Winners at ATP St. Petersburg


Posted on October 24, 2006

It's never to late to go to St. Petersburg for some tennis during the next-to-last week of the ATP season. Jarrko Nieminen did just that and got rewarded, posting a 7-5, 6-2 win over Serb Janko Tipsarevic in the first round on Monday in Russia.

The fifth-seeded Finn broke Tips four times to earn his 53rd win of the season and a second-round meeting with Potito Starace, who defeated fellow Italian Daniele Bracciali 6-3, 6-3.

Czech Lukas Dlouhy won his first tour match since July, defeating No. 8 seed Jurgen "Tuna" Melzer 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Dlouhy will now face 18-year-old Ernest Gulbis, a Latvian wildcard who defeating Robin Vik 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(4) for a first win on the ATP circuit.

South African net-rusher Wesley Moodie overcame a set and 3-5 deficit to disappoint Russian wildcard Teimuraz Gabashvili 2-6, 7-5, 6-3. Moodie will await the winner between top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko and Fabrice "The Magician" Santoro.
Rankings
ATP - Feb 06 WTA - Feb 06
1 Novak Djokovic1 Victoria Azarenka
2 Rafael Nadal2 Petra Kvitova
3 Roger Federer3 Maria Sharapova
4 Andy Murray4 Caroline Wozniacki
5 David Ferrer5 Samantha Stosur
6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga6 Agnieszka Radwanska
7 Tomas Berdych7 Marion Bartoli
8 Mardy Fish8 Vera Zvonareva
9 Janko Tipsarevic9 Na Li
10 Juan Martin Del Potro10 Andrea Petkovic
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