Safin struggles through

Marat Safin bt Jens Knippschild 4-6 7-6 6-2

Top-seed Marat Safin proves a crowd-puller at Queens

Top-seed Marit Safin shows his quick reactions against Germany's Jens Knippschild

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Cristiano Caratti bt Goran Ivanisevic 6-3 6-4

Croatia's Goran Ivanisevic cannot fight off the attack of Italy's Cristiano Caratti

(l) Goran Ivanisevic lines up his deadly serve and (r) looks on ruefully after falling to defeat Caratti

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Greg Rusedski bt Jamie Delgado 6-3 6-4

Rusedski dropped his opening service game but went on to control the match