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Below follow the main events in the Russian sports world in the last 24 hours at 2.p.m. GMT June 15

* At the $850,000 Stella Artois ATP tennis tournament in London (through June 18)

Singles:

- Nikolai Davydenko, seeded No.4 for the tournament, lost to unseeded Yeu-Tzuoo Wang (Taiwan) 6-2, 3-6, 1-6 in the second round

- Dmitry Tursunov (15) advanced to the third round by defeating Danai Udomchoke (Thailand) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2

Doubles:

- Tursunov and Tripp Phillips (U.S.) failed to advance to the quarterfinals, losing to third-seeded pair Mark Knowles (Bahamas) and Daniel Nestor (Canada) 7-6, 6-7, 11-13

* At the $850,000 Gerry Weber ATP tennis tournament in Halle, Germany (through June 18)

Doubles:

- Mikhail Yuzhny and Andrei Pavel (Romania) failed to advance to the quarterfinals, losing to No.2 seed duo Fabrice Santoro (France) and Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia and Montenegro) 7-5, 6-7, 6-10

* At the $200,000 DFS Classic WTA tennis tournament in Birmingham, England (through June 18)

Singles:

- Defending champion and top seed Maria Sharapova advanced to the third round, beating Ahsha Rolle (U.S.) 6-4, 6-2

- No.4-seed Yelena Likhovtseva beat compatriot Olga Puchkova 6-2, 6-2 in the second round

- Anna Chakvetadze (7) advanced to the third round by defeating Emmanuelle Gagliardi (Switzerland) 6-4, 6-4

- Vera Zvonareva trounced Martina Sucha (Slovakia) 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the third round

- Yelena Vesnina lost to No.12-seed Mara Santangelo (Italy) 3-6, 3-6 in the second round

Doubles:

- Galina Voskoboeva and Vladimira Uhlirova (Czech Republic) failed to advance to the second round, losing to U.S. pair Bethanie Mattek and Mashona Washington 6-1, 4-6, 3-6

- Anastasia Rodionova and Tatyana Perebiynis (Ukraine) lost to Jill Craybas (U.S.) and Liezel Huber (South Africa) 4-6, 6-7 in the first round

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