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Top-seeded Petr Korda, the No. 7 player in the world, breezed past Andrei Cherkasov, 6-2, 6-2, in the first round of the $775,000 Swiss Indoor tournament at Basel.
Second-seeded Boris Becker advanced to the second round with a 7-5, 7-6 (12-10) victory over Sweden’s Magnus Larsson. Third-seeded Ivan Lendl beat Jan Siemerink, 6-4, 6-2.
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