29-Jun-2008
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LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) - Progress of the top 16 men's seeds in the first three rounds of the June 23-July 6 Wimbledon championships. 1. Roger Federer (Switzerland) R1: Beat Dominik Hrbaty (Slovakia) 6-3 6-2 6-2 R2: Beat Robin Soderling (Sweden) 6-3 6-4 7-6(3) R3: Beat Marc Gicquel (France) 6-3 6-3 6-1 2. Rafael Nadal (Spain) R1: Beat Andreas Beck (Germany) 6-4 6-4 7-6(0) R2: Beat Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) 5-7 6-2 7-6(2) 6-3 R3: Beat 27-Nicolas Kiefer (Germany) 7-6(3) 6-2 6-3 3. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) R1: Beat Michael Berrer (Germany) 7-5 2-6 6-3 6-0 R2: Lost to Marat Safin (Russia) 6-4 7-6(3) 6-2 4. Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) R1: Lost to Benjamin Becker (Germany) 6-4 6-4 6-4 5. David Ferrer (Spain) R1: Beat Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukraine) 7-6(6) 6-3 3-1 retired R2: Beat Igor Andreev (Russia) 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 R3: Lost to Mario...
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