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Feb 26 (Reuters) - Top seed John Isner narrowly avoided a second straight first round exit as the big serving American edged past Canadian Jessie Levine 7-6 5-7 6-4 at the Delray Beach International on Tuesday.

Feb 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Delray Beach International Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday 1-John Isner (U.S.) beat Jesse Levine (Canada) 7-6(3) 5-7 6-4 Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) beat 4-Kei Nishikori (Japan) 5-4 Go Soeda (Japan) beat Marinko Matosevic (Australia) 2-6 6-4 7-6(6) 6-Kevin Anderson (South Africa) beat Tim Smyczek (U.S.) 6-3 6-4 2-Tommy Haas (Germany) beat Igor Sijsling (Netherlands) 5-7 6-4 0-0 Ricardas Berank

Feb 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Brasil Cup Women's Singles matches on Tuesday Round 2 Jana Cepelova (Slovakia) beat 8-Annika Beck (Germany) 7-6(6) 6-4 Round 1 Olga Puchkova (Russia) beat 3-Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) 2-6 6-4 6-4 5-Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) beat Kimiko Date-Krumm (Japan) 6-3 6-0 Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil) beat Connie Hsu (U.S.) 6-1 6-2 Timea Babos (Hungary) beat Valeria Savinykh (Russia) 7-6(5) 6-7(3) 6-2 1-Venus Williams (U.S

Feb 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Acapulco International Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday Wayne Odesnik (U.S.) beat Lukasz Kubot (Poland) 6-3 6-4 Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spain) beat Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) 6-3 6-3 3-Nicolas Almagro (Spain) beat Cesar Ramirez (Mexico) 6-0 6-1

Feb 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Acapulco International Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday Maria Teresa Torro (Spain) beat Pauline Parmentier (France) 6-1 6-4

Feb 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Delray Beach International Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday Go Soeda (Japan) beat Marinko Matosevic (Australia) 2-6 6-4 7-6(6) 6-Kevin Anderson (South Africa) beat Tim Smyczek (U.S.) 6-3 6-4 2-Tommy Haas (Germany) beat Igor Sijsling (Netherlands) 5-7 6-4 0-0 (Sijsling retired) Ricardas Berankis (Lithuania) beat Bjoern Phau (Germany) 6-1 7-6(4) Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) beat B

Feb 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Brasil Cup Women's Singles matches on Tuesday Round 1 Olga Puchkova (Russia) beat 3-Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) 2-6 6-4 6-4 5-Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) beat Kimiko Date-Krumm (Japan) 6-3 6-0 Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil) beat Connie Hsu (U.S.) 6-1 6-2 Timea Babos (Hungary) beat Valeria Savinykh (Russia) 7-6(5) 6-7(3) 6-2 1-Venus Williams (U.S.) beat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Croatia) 6-3 6-3 Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spai

DUBAI, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic trounced fellow Serb Viktor Troicki 6-1 6-4 in the Dubai Championships first round on Tuesday as the world number one extended his unbeaten run to 14 matches.

Feb 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Dubai Championships Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday Michael Llodra (France) beat 5-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) 7-6(3) 6-2 1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Viktor Troicki (Serbia) 6-1 6-4 3-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat Rajeev Ram (U.S.) 6-1 6-3 Dmitry Tursunov (Russia) beat Jan Hajek (Czech Republic) 4-6 6-1 6-2 4-Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) beat Marcos Baghdatis (C

Feb 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Malaysian Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday Bethanie Mattek-Sands (U.S.) beat 6-Donna Vekic (Croatia) 6-3 4-6 6-2 5-Misaki Doi (Japan) beat Alberta Brianti (Italy) 6-2 6-3 Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (Austria) beat Claire Feuerstein (France) 6-3 6-4 Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) beat Casey Dellacqua (Australia) 6-3 6-2

Feb 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Acapulco International Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday Sesil Karatantcheva (Kazakhstan) beat Ximena Hermoso (Mexico) 6-0 6-3 Estrella Cabeza Candela (Spain) beat Maria Joao Koehler (Portugal) 6-2 6-0 7-Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spain) beat Flavia Pennetta (Italy) 7-5 6-3 4-Irina Begu (Romania) beat Ajla Tomljanovic (Croatia) 6-2 3-6 7-5 5-Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) beat Sharon Fichman (Canada) 6-2 7-5

Feb 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Acapulco International Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday Leonardo Mayer (Argentina) beat Miguel Angel Reyes (Mexico) 6-0 7-6(6) Santiago Giraldo (Colombia) beat Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spain) 4-6 6-4 6-4 Joao Sousa (Portugal) beat 5-Jurgen Melzer (Austria) 6-4 6-3 Pablo Andujar (Spain) beat Dusan Lajovic (Serbia) 3-6 7-5 6-2 Martin Alund (Argentina) beat Daniel Garza (Mexico) 7-6(7) 7-5

Feb 25 (Reuters) - Sam Querrey battered fellow American Michael Russell in the first round of the Delray Beach International on Monday, blasting seven aces to take the first set 6-2 before his opponent retired with a leg injury at 2-2 in the second.

Feb 26 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Delray Beach International Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday 3-Sam Querrey (U.S.) beat Michael Russell (U.S.) 6-2 2-2 (Russell retired) Ivan Dodig (Croatia) beat 5-Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine) 6-3 6-3 8-Xavier Malisse (Belgium) beat Alejandro Falla (Colombia) 6-3 6-3 Evgeny Donskoy (Russia) beat Steve Darcis (Belgium) 7-6(5) 6-3

Feb 25 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Delray Beach International Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday 8-Xavier Malisse (Belgium) beat Alejandro Falla (Colombia) 6-3 6-3 Evgeny Donskoy (Russia) beat Steve Darcis (Belgium) 7-6(5) 6-3

Feb 25 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Brasil Cup Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday Monica Niculescu (Romania) beat 6-Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain) 5-7 7-6(7) 6-1 Caroline Garcia (France) beat Maria Irigoyen (Argentina) 6-1 6-4 Beatriz Garcia Vidagany (Spain) beat Nina Bratchikova (Russia) 6-4 6-2 Tereza Mrdeza (Croatia) beat Shahar Peer (Israel) 6-0 6-3 4-Chanelle Scheepers (South Africa) beat Adriana Perez (Venezuela) 2-6 6

Feb 25 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Dubai Championships Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday Somdev Devvarman (India) beat Igor Kunitsyn (Russia) 6-1 6-4 2-Roger Federer (Switzerland) beat Malek Jaziri (Tunisia) 5-7 6-0 6-2 8-Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) beat Blaz Kavcic (Slovenia) 1-6 6-1 6-3 Lukas Rosol (Czech Republic) beat Matteo Viola (Italy) 6-3 7-5 Daniel Brands (Germany) beat Florent Serra (France) 7-6(7) 6-4 Roberto Bautista (Spain) beat David Go

DUBAI, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Roger Federer surprisingly dropped the first set against little-known Malek Jaziri before putting the Tunisian upstart in his place with a 5-7 6-0 6-2 win to reach the second round of the Dubai Championships on Monday.

Feb 25 (Reuters) - ATP World Tour rankings on Monday (last week's positions in brackets): 1. (1) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 12960 points 2. (2) Roger Federer (Switzerland) 9855 3. (3) Andy Murray (Scotland) 8480 4. (4) David Ferrer (Spain) 6865 5. (5) Rafa Nadal (Spain) 5755 6. (6) Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 4545 7. (7) Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) 4410

Feb 25 (Reuters) - WTA rankings on Monday (last week's positions in brackets): 1. (1) Serena Williams (United States) 10365 points 2. (2) Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 10325 3. (3) Maria Sharapova (Russia) 9715 4. (4) Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 7505 5. (5) Li Na (China) 6130 6. (6) Angelique Kerber (Germany) 5400 7. (8) Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 4980 8. (7) Sara Errani (Italy) 4915 9.