Agassi; Safin out of Dubai in the 4th Round

Catching up on losses from earlier in the week -

Eight-time Grand Slam winner Andre Agassi lost to 80th-ranked Bjorn Phau of Germany 7-5, 7-5 in the second round of the Dubai Open on Wednesday.
The fourth-seeded Agassi - playing only his third tournament since losing the 2005 U.S. Open final - struggled to keep pace with Phau, who at 26 was nine years Agassi's junior.

Marat Safin's comeback was derailed when Belgium's Olivier Rochus beat him 7-6 (5), 6-4. Wildcard entrant Tim Henman beat seventh-seeded Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (3).

"The ball never came in my range today," Agassi said. "I didn't play badly but it certainly wasn't good enough."