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LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - Spaniard Rafa Nadal is set to play his first competitive match on grass since winning the 2008 Wimbledon title at the Queen's Club tournament in June.

March 10 (Reuters) - Indian Wells women's singles first round results on Wednesday (prefix denotes seeding, * new result). * Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) beat Anne Keothavong (Britain) 2-6 6-3 6-1 * Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) beat Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland) 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-1 * Polona Hercog (Slovenia) beat Ioana Raluca Olaru (Romania) 7-5 6-4 Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand) beat Edina Gallovits (Romania) 6-2 6-3 Elena Baltacha (Britain) beat Alexa Glatch (U.S.) 6-3 6-7(3) 6-4 Ki

March 10 (Reuters) - Indian Wells women's singles first round results on Wednesday (* denotes new result). * Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand) beat Edina Gallovits (Romania) 6-2 6-3 * Elena Baltacha (Britain) beat Alexa Glatch (U.S.) 6-3 6-7(3) 6-4 * Kimiko Date Krumm (Japan) beat Melinda Czink (Hungary) 6-2 6-2 * Vania King (U.S.) beat Christina McHale (U.S.) 7-5 6-3

INDIAN WELLS, California, March 10 (Reuters) - Having finally broken her French Open jinx last year, Svetlana Kuznetsova is banking on a similar breakthrough at the Indian Wells WTA tournament where she has twice finished runner-up.

INDIAN WELLS, California, March 10 (Reuters) - Former world number one Justine Henin continued her fairytale comeback with a 6-2 6-2 demolition of Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova in the first round of the Indian Wells WTA tournament on Wednesday.

March 10 (Reuters) - Indian Wells women's singles first round results on Wednesday (* denotes new result). * Sorana Cirstea (Romania) beat Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) 6-7(1) 6-3 6-4 * Justine Henin (Belgium) beat Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) 6-2 6-2 * Olga Govortsova (Belarus) beat Iveta Benesova (Czech Republic) 6-0 4-6 7-6(8) * Alicia Molik (Australia) beat Tatjana Malek (Germany) 6-1 6-3 Vera Dushevina (Russia) beat Jelena Dokic (Australia) 6-0 6-3 Patty Schnyder (Swit

INDIAN WELLS, California, March 9 (Reuters) - Former world number one Justine Henin will have the top seeds looking warily over their shoulders when she continues her fairytale comeback at the Indian Wells WTA tournament starting on Wednesday.

March 8 (Reuters) - Davis Cup world group first round scores between Chile and Israel in Coquimbo on Monday (* denotes new result).

LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) - British Lawn Tennis Association president Roger Draper condemned a fifth successive Davis Cup defeat as unacceptable on Monday and called for an immediate inquiry into the humiliating loss to Lithuania.

LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) - The WTA said a new, reduced sponsorship agreement with Sony Ericsson in which the mobile handset maker loses its naming rights to the women's tennis Tour would give the governing body greater flexibility to grow.

March 8 (Reuters) - Men's tennis world rankings on Monday (last week's rankings in brackets):

March 8 (Reuters) - Women's tennis world rankings on Monday (last week's rankings in brackets):

March 7 (Reuters) - Monterrey Open women's singles final result on Sunday. 3-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) beat 2-Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 1-6 6-1 6-0 (Compiled by Infostrada Sports; Editing by Peter Rutherford; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

(Adds Israel's doubles win against Chile, last 3 pars)

March 7 (Reuters) - Davis Cup world group first round results and scores on Sunday. Spain beat Switzerland 4-1 France beat Germany 4-1 Russia beat India 3-2 Argentina beat Sweden 3-2 Croatia beat Ecuador 5-0 Serbia beat U.S. 3-2 Czech Republic beat Belgium 4-1 Chile lead Israel 2-1

March 7 (Reuters) - Davis Cup world group first round scores between Chile and Israel on Sunday.

March 7 (Reuters) - Davis Cup world group first round result between Serbia and U.S. in Belgrade on Sunday (* denotes new result).

March 7 (Reuters) - Monterray Open women's singles semi-final result on Sunday (prefix denotes seeding).

March 7 (Reuters) - Davis Cup world group first round result between Sweden and Argentina in Stockholm on Sunday (* denotes new result). Argentina beat Sweden 3-2 * David Nalbandian (Argentina) beat Andreas Vinciguerra (Sweden) 7-5 6-3 4-6 6-4 Robin Soderling (Sweden) beat Leonardo Mayer (Argentina) 7-5 7-6(5) 7-5

March 7 (Reuters) - Davis Cup world group first round scores between Belgium and Czech Republic in Bree, Belgium on Sunday (* denotes new result). Czech Republic beat Belgium 4-1 * Lukas Dlouhy (Czech Republic) beat Christophe Rochus (Belgium) 1-6 7-6(3) 7-5 Steve Darcis (Belgium) beat Jan Hajek (Czech Republic) 7-6(6) 1-6 6-4