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Nikolay Davydenko - comfortable win.

EASY WIN FOR DAVYDENKO

Nikolay Davydenko cruised through to the second round of the Valencia Open with a straight-sets victory.

Davydenko, the second seed behind Britain's Andy Murray, defeated qualifier Alejandro Falla of Colombia 6-2 6-1 in his first-round clash.

Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych was a 6-3 6-4 victor over Paul-Henri Mathieu of France, while Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez also won in straight sets, defeating Germany's Simon Greul 7-5 6-2.

Albert Montanes beat qualifier Roberto Bautista-Agut in an all-Spanish clash 6-1 3-6 6-4.

 
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Pos Player Points
1 Rafael Nadal 6885
2 Roger Federer 5460
3 Andy Murray 3780
4 Novak Djokovic 3690
5 Juan Martin Del Potro 2580
6 Andy Roddick 2360
7 Fernando Verdasco 2040
8 Fernando Gonzalez 1825
9 Robin Soderling 1625
10 Tommy Robredo 1580

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1 Serena Williams 9075
2 Dinara Safina 7800
3 Svetlana Kuznetsova 6141
4 Caroline Wozniacki 5875
5 Elena Dementieva 5585
6 Venus Williams 5126
7 Victoria Azarenka 4820
8 Jelena Jankovic 3965
9 Vera Zvonareva 3560
10 Agnieszka Radwanska 3450