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's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands (Sports Network) - Dutch wild card Igor Sijsling and Gilles Muller of Luxembourg were Sunday's first-round winners at the $500,000 UNICEF Open, a final grass-court Wimbledon tune-up.
Sijsling took down sixth-seeded Jarkko Nieminen of Finland 6-2, 6-4 at Autotron Rosmalen.
Muller outlasted fifth-seeded Colombian Santiago Giraldo 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (4-7), 6-3.
Dmitry Tursunov beat Croat Ivan Dodig in last year's finale.
The newest champion here will collect $85,000.
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