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Nadal, Federer advance easily in QatarRafael Nadal routed Fabrice Santoro 6-0 6-1, while Roger Federer and Andy Murray also breezed into the second round of the Qatar Open. Aussies go down in marathon tieAustralia's quest for a second Hopman Cup title will have to wait after their finals aspirations were dashed in a marathon 2-1 loss to the Slovak Republic. Hewitt gets the court time he wantsLleyton Hewitt entered the Hopman Cup wanting game time ahead of the Australian Open and the lion-hearted South Australian has certainly got his wish so far. Easy win for Davydenko in Chennai OpenWorld No.5 Nikolay Davydenko put aside early season blues to make a confident start in the $A627,000 ATP Chennai Open on Tuesday. Day ends in disappointment for StosurThe last Australian in the Brisbane International singles draw has fallen after a rollercoaster day for Samantha Stosur ended with a disappointing dip. Errant Dellacqua loses to CibulkovaAustralia's Hopman Cup title hopes are hanging by a thread after Casey Dellacqua went down in straight sets to the Slovak Republic's Dominika Cibulkova. Djokovic out of Brisbane InternationalTop seed Novak Djokovic has been sensationally knocked out of the Brisbane International in the first round by little known Latvian Ernests Gulbis. Dokic named in Australian Fed Cup squadOne-time defector Jelena Dokic has been named in Australia's Fed Cup squad, which has been labelled one of the strongest team in recent years.

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Klein bundled out of Brisbane eventFifth seed Tomas Berdych has proven too good for Australian wildcard Brydan Klein at the Brisbane International, demolishing the local in straight sets. Jankovic, Venus top bill in Hong KongWorld No.1 Jelena Jankovic and Wimbledon champion Venus Williams top the bill at this week's World Team Challenge. Karatantcheva back on circuitBulgarian Sesil Karatantcheva is finally back on the professional circuit and playing in Australia - a favourite destination - for the first time since 2005. Ana Ivanovic in gutsy Brisbane winAna Ivanovic predicted a tough opening to her Australian summer, and she got it against Czech Petra Kvitova.