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Murray opens with a win

Author: Rose Young
Date: 25/06/2009

Online betting second favourite Andy Murray kept home hopes alive at Wimbledon by easing into round two with a four-set victory over American Robbie Kendrick.

Third seed Murray is the only British man left in the draw after overcoming Kendrick 7-5, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4.

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Fifth seed Juan Martin Del Potro opened his campaign in style with a 6-3, 6-1, 6-2 destruction of veteran Frenchman Arnaud Clement, but seeds Dmitry Tursunov and Nicolas Kiefer both crashed out at the first hurdle.

Former US and Australian Open champion Marat Safin lost his last-ever match at SW19, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 to American Jesse Levine.

In the women's draw, top seed Dinara Safina and third seed and defending champion Venus Williams both eased into round two, but Ana Ivanovic almost made a shock exit.

The Serbian 13th seed eventually overcame Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic 5-7, 6-2, 8-6.

Fifth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova and Jelena Jankovic both won in straight sets to reach round two.

Meanwhile, the Emerging Springboks snatched a dramatic 13-13 draw with the last kick of the game against a much-changed British & Irish Lions side at Newlands.

The Lions looked to have wrapped up a morale-boosting victory in their final tour game in South Africa until Danwell Demas crossed for a 79th-minute try and Willem De Waal converted from the tightest of angles to level the scores.

Ahead of Saturday's must-win second Test against South Africa, head coach Ian McGeechan gave several fringe members of his squad a run-out.

Shane Williams looked keen to make up for lost time after missing Saturday first Test defeat to the reigning world champions.

The Wales wing was lively in the opening minutes before the Lions took the lead when another Test hopeful, Ireland fly-half Ronan O'Gara, converted an eighth-minute penalty.

The game was never likely to be a classic due to the conditions, but Keith Earls also boosted his own selection chances with the first try of the game.

Martyn Williams and Rikki Flutey combined after stealing the ball and Earls side-stepped his man before going over underneath the posts with 14 minutes on the clock.

The Boks reduced the deficit with a penalty five minutes before half-time and another successful kick by Earl Rose on 49 minutes after an offside decision edged the home side closer.

James Hook looked to have made sure of the victory with a 77th-minute penalty, but the Boks struck back with seconds remaining.

At football's European Under-21s Championship, hosts Sweden and Italy both booked their places in the semi-finals.

Sweden saw off Serbia 3-1 to set up a last-four meeting with England, while Italy overcame Belarus 2-1 and will now face Germany for a place in the final.

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