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Marcel Granollers wins opener in Kitzbuehel

The Columbian
Published: August 1, 2011, 5:00pm

KITZBUEHEL, Austria (AP) — Marcel Granollers of Spain defeated Filippo Volandri of Italy 6-4, 6-2 Tuesday to reach the second round of the Bet-am-Home Cup.

The seventh-seeded Granollers, who won his second career title in Gstaad, Switzerland, on Sunday, fell behind 3-1 in the opening set before dominating the match. He next plays Andreas Haider-Maurer of Austria or Antonio Veic of Croatia.

Joao Souza of Brazil defeated Jerzy Janowicz of Poland 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3) to set up a second-round match against third-seeded Ivan Ljubicic.

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