Soderling claws back to win in Miami

WASHINGTON. March 26. KAZINFORM Fourth seed Robin Soderling rallied to beat Croatian Ivan Dodig 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the second round of the ATP-WTA Miami Masters on Friday. kazinform refers to Xinhua.

Two-time Roland Garros finalist Soderling was playing for the first time in almost two weeks since losing his first match at Indian Wells.

"The first round is always very difficult," said the relieved Scandinavian. "Obviously I didn't play my best tennis today, but I'm still very happy that I won.

"I know I can wake up tomorrow feeling great."

The Swede next plays the winner from German Philipp Kohlschreiber and Argentine Juan Del Potro. "I lost to Kohlschreiber last week, and Del Potro I haven't played for a while.

Two more seeds joined Soderling with wins, as number 14 Mardy Fish beat Frenchman Julien Benneteau 6-4, 6-3 and Serb 16th seed Viktor Troicki stopped Marsel Ilhan of Turkey 6-3, 6-3. Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.xinhhuanet.com for full version