Updated: February 25, 2008, 4:51 PM ET

Fourth seed Santoro out of Zagreb because of shoulder

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ZAGREB, Croatia -- Fourth-seeded Fabrice Santoro of France quit his first-round match because of an injured right shoulder while trailing Olivier Rochus of Belgium 6-3, 2-0 Monday at the Zagreb Indoors.

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Eighth-seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Croatia made 11 aces in beating Mischa Zverev of Germany 6-3, 6-1.

Austria's Stefan Koubek saved two match points to overcome wild card Franko Skugor 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-0. Skugor led by a set and 5-4 when he squandered both match points. Italy's Simone Bolelli downed Germany's Rainer Schuettler 6-3, 6-2 for only his second victory of the year.

The tournament features seven Croats, including the top-seeded Ivan Ljubicic and second-seeded Ivo Karlovic.


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