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Wed 07 Jul 2007Niland rallies to progressNewsIt proved to be a memorable day for the home support at the Shelbourne Irish Open at Fitzwilliam yesterday with Conor Niland and Peter Clarke progressing, against the odds, to the second round. Following Louk Sorensen's first-round success on Monday Ireland now have three representatives in the last 16 of the event.Niland's 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over eighth seed Gary Lugassy of France, to whom he had lost on three successive occasions in the last 18 months, was the highlight of yet another rain-interrupted day at Fitzwilliam.