Friday, 28 March, 2008

Mardy Fish crashed out of the Sony Ericsson Open at the first hurdle on Thursday, going down in straight sets to Frenchman Arnaud Clement.

Fish beat three top-10 players, including world number one Roger Federer, to reach the final at Indian Wells last week - but Clement had few problems as he clinched a 6-3 6-3 win in 69 minutes.

Marat Safin's dismal season continued as the former world number one lost 7-6 (7/3) 4-6 7-6 (7/5) to American qualifier Bobby Reynolds.

Gael Monfils of France came from a set down to defeat American wild card John Isner 6-7 (6/8) 6-3 6-3 and book a second-round meeting with top seed Federer.

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Smooth progress for Henin
New Wimbledon deal for BBC
Djokovic reels in Fish
Ivanovic wins Pacific Life Open
Murray and Mirnyi out