Defending champion Davide Sanguinetti brushed aside fellow Italian Giorgio Galimberti 6-2 6-4 in his first-round match to set up a meeting with Max Mirnyi of Belarus.

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The French set the tone when they stood toe to toe with the All Blacks as they did the haka, to set up a match that will be remembered for years to come.

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Roman Pavlyuchenko scored in the first half and Andrei Arshavin, coming off a two-match suspension, made it 2-0 right after the break to set up a match against the Netherlands on Saturday in Basel.

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