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Aganor ousted at Gold Flake Open
Posted: Wednesday January 05, 2000 04:33 PM
CHENNAI, India (Ticker) -- After a series of upsets on Tuesday, Ronald Agenor of Haiti on Wednesday joined the list of seeded players making quick exits from the $430,000 Gold Flake Open. Martin Damm of the Czech Republic beat the seventh-seeded Agenor, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. Top seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia was eliminated in the first round by Czech Michal Tabara while fifth seeded and defending champion Byron Black of Zimbabwe and No. 6 Laurence Tieleman of Italy also lost on Tuesday. Markus Hantschk of Germany, who defeated Tieleman on Tuesday, defeated countryman Tomas Behrend, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, Wednesday. Tabara claimed his first-ever ATP Tour victory with the win over Kafelnikov, but the celebration was short-lived. He lost to Lorenzo Manta of Switzerland, 6-4, 6-3 Wednesday. In another match Wednesday, Tuomas Ketola defeated Jiri Vanek of the Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Ketola entered the tournament when No. 3 Carlos Moya of Spain withdrew with a lingering back injury. Frenchman Cedric Pioline, the second seed, No. 4 Jerome Golmard and eighth seed Andreas Vinciguerra of Sweden are the only seeded players left in the draw. Pioline will battle wild card and home product Leander Paes on Thursday, Golmard takes on Sweden's Fredrik Jonsson and Vinciguerra faces Davide Sanguinetti of Italy.
Several of the top players on the tour are playing this week at the Australian Hardcourt Championships in Adelaide, Australia, the Qatar Open at Doha or the Hopman Cup team event.
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