Tennis Masters Series -- Madrid | Swisscom Challenge | VUB Open

Tennis Masters Series -- Madrid
$2.95 million men's tournament
At Madrid, Spain
Singles
First round
Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, def. Rainer Schuettler, Germany, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Fernando Gonzalez, Chile, def. Andre Sa, Brazil, 6-3, 6-2.

Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, def. Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentina, 6-2, 6-2.

Marcelo Rios, Chile, def. Gaston Gaudio, Argentina, 6-2, 6-2.

Tommy Robredo, Spain, def. Max Mirnyi, Belarus, 6-4, 6-4.

Magnus Norman, Sweden, def. Mariano Zabaleta, Argentina, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (4), 6-2.

Fabrice Santoro, France, def. Julien Boutter, France, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Agustin Calleri, Argentina, def. James Blake, United States, 6-4, 6-2.

Alex Corretja, Spain, def. Fernando Vicente, Spain, 6-4, 7-5.

Xavier Malisse, Belgium, def. Stefan Koubek, Austria, 6-2, 6-4.

David Nalbandian, Argentina, def. Francisco Clavet, Spain, 6-1, 6-1.

Doubles
First round
Nicolas Kiefer, Germany, and Andrei Pavel, Romania, def. Jan-Michael Gambill, United States, and Petr Pala, Czech Republic, 7-6 (2), 6-1.

Ellis Ferreira, South Africa and David Rikl, Czech Republic, def. Marat Safin, Russia, and Nenad Zimonjic, Yugoslavia, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Rick Leach and Brian MacPhie, United States, def. Robbie Koenig, South Africa, and David Prinosil, Germany, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5).

Swisscom Challenge
$1.224 million women's tournament
At Zurich, Switzerland
Singles
First round
Tatiana Panova, Russia, def. Anne Kremer, Luxembourg, 6-4, 6-2.

Elena Dementieva, Russia, def. Anca Barna, Germany 6-2, 7-5.

Conchita Martinez, Spain, def. Myriam Casanova, Switzerland, 6-4, 6-3.

Jelena Dokic (5), Yugoslavia, def. Iva Majoli, Croatia, 6-1, 6-4.

Doubles
First Round
Evgenia Koulikovskaya, Russia, and Tatiana Perebiynis, Ukraine, def. Tina Krizan and Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenia, 6-4, 6-4.

Elena Bovina, Russia, and Justine Henin, Belgium, def. Patricia Tarabini, Argentina, and Caroline Vis, Netherlands, 6-1, 6-2.

Kimberly Po-Messerli, United States, and Natasha Zvereva, Belarus, def. Elena Dementieva, Russia, and Janette Husarova (2), Slovakia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

VUB Open
$110,000 million women's tournament
At Bratislava, Slovakia
Singles
First round
Francesca Schiavone (5), Italy, def. Adriana Serra Zanetti, Italy, 7-5, 6-3.

Emilie Loit, France, def. Stephanie Foretz, France, 6-2, 7-6 (4).

Laura Granville (8), United States, def. Cara Black, Zimabwe, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.

Doubles
First Round
Maja Matevzic, Slovenia, and Henrieta Nagyova, Slovakia, def. Kristie Boogert, Netherlands, and Alexandra Fusai (4), France, 6-2, 6-1.

Kveta Hrdlickova, Czech Republic, and Barbara Rittner, Germany, def. Galina Fokina, Russia, and Tatiana Poutchek, Belarus, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Nathalie Dechy, France, and Meilen Tu (3), United States, def. Eva Fislova and Stanislava Hrozenska, Slovakia, 6-4, 7-6 (10).