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" " SOUTH AFRICAN OPEN
Britain's Colin Dowdfswell scored a
memorable victory over second seed
Kevin Curren to reach the third round
in Johannesburg.
The unseeded Dowdeswell beat the South
African 7-6 (8-6)N
Fellow-Briton Stuart Bale put up a good
fight against seventh seed Nitas
Gerulaitis before losing to the
American 5-7 3-6N
The biggest surprise was thf
elimination of top seeded Spaliard Jose
Higueras, who slumped 6-7 2-6 to
Italy's Claudia Panatta½