Dubai, Mar 02: World number six Rainer Schuettler, Britain's Tim Henman and Australian fifth seed Mark Philippoussis were all first round losers at the Dubai Open on Monday (March 1). Third seed Schuettler of Germany was beaten 3-6 6-4 6-4 by compatriot and qualifier Philipp Kohlschreiber; sixth seed Henman slumped to a 6-4 3-6 7-6 defeat at the hands of Czech qualifier Tomas Zib; while Philippoussis lost 6-2 7-6 to Belgium's Olivier Rochus. Schuettler, who lost his first three matches of the year before reaching the quarter-finals in Rotterdam two weeks ago, took a tight first set against the qualifier.
But the 164th-ranked Kohlschreiber made the only break to take the second and rallying steadily from the baseline repeated the feat in the decider.

Bureau Report