However, fifth seed Jiri Novak, who beat Wimbledon champion Roger Federer to win the Swiss Open last weekend, eased past Sargis Sargsian 6-4 6-4.
If other scientists follow the Swiss and open a public conversation, the public must be willing to listen politely.
Bold decisions like the one in September to put a ceiling on the Swiss franc are open to criticism, and helped to make the Hildebrands' trading look so iffy.
His comments come as Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani arrives on an official visit to the UK. It is the first time Mr Gilani has travelled abroad since the Pakistan supreme court convicted him of contempt for refusing to ask the Swiss authorities to re-open the corruption file on the country's President Asif Ali Zardari.
Federer was using the tournament as a warm-up to the French Open, where the Swiss ace will be looking to defend his title when the tournament starts at Roland Garros on May 23.
Not to mention the snow-capped peaks, bell-clad cows and open-air cable cars of Swiss fantasies.
The Spaniard beat his Swiss rival in the final of the French Open and also denied Federer a sixth consecutive Wimbledon title with victory in the final at the All England Club in July.
Three days after losing the French Open final to Rafael Nadal, the Swiss proved too strong for the Indian number one.
Meanwhile, defending champion Marin Cilic will play Swiss third seed Stanislas Wawrinka in the final of the Chennai Open in India on Sunday.
World number two Djokovic has taken a narrow 410-point lead over Federer in the world rankings after the Swiss took time out in the wake of his defeat by Djokovic in the US Open semi-finals in September.
Ellison and Bertarelli, the heir to a Swiss biochemical fortune, had been quarreling in court long before their yachts faced off in open waters.
Business class passengers on El Al Israel Airlines and French carrier Open Skies are given an iPad to watch movies or listen to music, and Swiss regional carrier Skywork uses them for its in-flight customer satisfaction survey.
The Swiss was last in action in mid-March when he was knocked out of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells by Spain's Rafael Nadal.
Urs Roth, of the Swiss Bankers Association, says that given its tiny domestic market, Switzerland has had to fight for open markets on an international scale.
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