American qualifier Ryan Sweeting had a successful opener against Taylor Dent today in Los Angeles. Dent returned to the tour after being out with an ongoing back injury. The 27 year old is now looking to jump start his season but was not so lucky against Sweeting today. The 22 year old was able to get past his compatriot 6-4 2-6 6-3.

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Bob and Mike Bryan demolished American youngsters Jesse Levine and Ryan Sweeting 6-1 6-2 after 49 minutes of play. The Bryans broke first in the second game of the match and were off to the races. This win gives the brothers their fourth title of the year.

Levine and Sweeting have much to look forward to and should cause plenty of trouble in the future, as this was their first ATP pairing. They managed to take out more experienced, seeded teams and make it all the way to the final.

Saturday’s Results
Singles Semifinals
Wayne Odesnik (USA) def. Bjorn Phau (GER) 6-4 6-3
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) def. Evgeny Korolev (RUS) 7-6(4) 6-4

Doubles Final
1 B. Bryan (USA)/M. Bryan (USA) vs. WC J. Levine (USA)/R. Sweeting (USA) 6-1 6-2

Sunday’s Match
Singles Final
Wayne Odesnik (USA) vs. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)

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Nicolas Kiefer took no time dispensing American Bobby Reynolds 6-4 6-2 in 73 minutes worth of work. This is his second match since his return from his ankle injury in January. Kiefer will play the winner of the Andy Roddick-Daniel Koellerer in the third round.

Jeremy Chardy exacted revenge on Mardy Fish today for the Delray Beach semifinal two weeks ago. He upset the American 7-6(4) 7-6(1) in a 119-minute match. The Frenchman will play David Ferrer where they are tied in their head-to-head at 1-1.

David Ferrer played American Todd Widom. The Spaniard was always in control of the match, but the American gave him some trouble and came up with some really great shots. Ferrer won the match 6-4 7-5 in 123 minutes.

Juan Martin Del Potro survived a scare from Ryan Sweeting. The young American took the first set in the tiebreak. Neither player really could not hold serve, as there were 14 breaks in the match. The Argentine looked shaky throughout the match but was able to go up a break in the second set to take the set.

Del Potro managed to hold serve and take over in the third set to go up three breaks. He won the match 6-7(8) 6-3 6-1 in 134 minutes of play. Del Potro will play the winner of Taylor Dent- Juergen Melzer match.








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