TENNIS ROUNDUP

updated 9:21 p.m. ET Feb. 24, 2004

Sixth-seeded Jelena Dokic was upset by Petra Mandula 6-1, 6-2 Tuesday in the first round of the Dubai Open.

“I was there, but I think I was lacking in confidence a little bit,” said Dokic, who lost her third straight match. “It was just a bad performance.”

In other action, fifth-seeded Ai Sugiyama eased past Lina Krasnoroutskaya 6-2, 6-3, eighth-seeded Conchita Martinez beat qualifier Mervana Jugic-Salkic 6-3, 6-2, and Nicole Pratt eliminated Jie Zheng 7-5, 7-5.

Also, Selima Sfar of Tunisia advanced to a match against No. 1 Justine Henin-Hardenne when Tamarine Tanasugarn quit with a right knee injury. Sfar was leading 6-2, 4-0.

Moya, Massu upset at Brasil Tennis Open
Top-seeded Carlos Moya of Spain and second-seeded Nicolas Massu of Chile were both upset in the first round of the Brasil Open on Tuesday.

Moya fell to unseeded Tomas Behrend of Germany 6-3, 6-3. After the match, Moya praised Behrend but complained of blisters on his feet and nagging tiredness after a recent tournament in Argentina.

Massu, ranked No. 13, was beaten 6-4, 6-2 by unseeded Juan Monaco of Argentina.

Third-seeded Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil fought his way past Spain’s Oscar Hernandez 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 in a grueling match that lasted more than two hours, and fourth-seeded Agustin Calleri of Argentina easily got past Alberto Portas of Spain, 6-1, 6-3.

Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador and Guillermo Canas of Argentina retired during the second sets of their matches. Lapentti complained of heat exhaustion, ending his match with Spain’s David Ferrer leading 6-4, 5-2. Canas dropped out while trailing Spain’s Fernando Verdasco 6-1, 1-0.

Argentines Franco Squillari and Jose Acasuso won their first-round matches. Squilari defeated France’s Jean-Rene Lisnard 6-2, 7-5, and Acasuso got past Belgium’s Christophe Rochus 6-3, 6-4.

In other matches, eighth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina beat Flavio Saretta of Brazil 6-2, 6-2; Galo Blanco of Spain beat countryman David Sanchez 6-3, 7-6 (5); Luis Horna of Peru eliminated Pedro Braga of Brazil 6-3, 6-2; and 17-year-old Frenchman Richard Gasquet defeated Franco Ferreiro of Brazil 6-0, 7-6 (5).

Martin upsets Paradorn at Open 13 in Marseille
Alberto Martin of Spain defeated third-seeded Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Open 13 on Tuesday.

The unseeded Spaniard recovered from a disastrous first set and will next face Sargis Sargsian of Armenia, who topped Fabrice Santoro of France 7-5, 7-6 (4).

Former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic was also was eliminated, losing to seventh-seeded Arnaud Clement of France 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-4, while eighth-seeded Marat Safin of Russia defeated Florian Mayer of Germany 6-3, 6-4.

In other matches, Jarkko Nieminen of Finland downed Nicolas Escude of France 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2); and Fernando Gonzalez of Chile advanced when Karol Kucera of Slovakia retired with the score 4-6, 7-6.

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Murray retires from match against Granollers

Serena gains sisterly revenge on Robson in Rome

Brazilian player received 8 1/2-month doping ban

Janowicz upsets Tsonga at Italian Open

Djokovic and Federer show improved form in Rome

Serena subdues Sharapova to defend Madrid title

Djokovic recovers from Madrid shock to win in Rome

Wozniacki upset in Rome, clay struggles continue