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Knowles-Mertinak Set Clash With Bryans

Rome, Italy

Mark Knowles and Michal Mertinak defeated Spaniards Marc Lopez and David Marrero 6-3, 6-4 Tuesday at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome to set up a second round clash with top seeds and defending champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan. The Bahamian-Slovakian pair converted one break of serve in each set and saved all six break points they faced to advance.

Knowles and Mertinak have played the Bryans twice this year, and the twins have taken both meetings. They met most recently at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, where the twins won a quarter-final showdown in a match tie-break.

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Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Albert Montanes edged Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer 7-6(3), 5-7, 10-6 to move into the second round. Though unseeded, Butorac and Rojer entered Rome No. 4 in the 2011 ATP Doubles Team Rankings, which are used to determine the eight qualifying teams for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Garcia-Lopez and Montanes advance to play fourth seeds Jurgen Melzer and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.

Marcos Baghdatis avenged his Monday night singles loss to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, teaming with Ivan Ljubicic to defeat Tsonga and his compatriot Richard Gasquet, 6-2, 2-6, 10-3. Baghdatis and Ljubicic overcame a 48 first serve percentage to get past the Frenchmen, and next play No. 5 seeds Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach.

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