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Melzer wins 11 straight games

Associated Press

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

KITZBUEHEL, Austria -- Second-seeded Juergen Melzer of Austria won 11 straight games Tuesday to beat Frederico Gil of Portugal 6-3, 6-0 in the first round of the Austrian Open. Melzer, ranked a career-best No. 26, will next play 2006 champion Agustin Calleri of Argentina in the clay-court tournament. Oscar Hernandez of Spain upset fourth-seeded Fabrice Santoro of France 6-2, 6-3, and Stefan Koubek of Austria defeated Philipp Petzschner of Germany 7-6 (8), 6-4. Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina r ...

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