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Ma was invited to play for Casals when he was 5 or 6 years old, after Casals heard about his talents from Ma's uncle, also a musician, Istomin said.

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The wild card Julien Benneteau is also through to the third round after a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win over Denis Istomin.

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Casals's widow, Marta Casals Istomin, remembers it as more than a musical evening.

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The audience was quiet during the recital, but Istomin said everyone was crying by the end.

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Tuesday's event expanded Casals's hour-long program to evening-length, thanks to the addition of a charming introduction by Marta Casals Istomin (his widow and a former longtime artistic director of the Kennedy Center, among other credentials), and a Beethoven cello-piano sonata (No. 3 in A, Op. 69) that wasn't on the original concert program.

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But he had written a letter saying he supported Kennedy and said he was a hope for the world, Istomin said.

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As Murray was hitting 32 unforced errors on the way to losing 6-1, 7-5 in the second round to Bogomolov, Djokovic was dismissing the once promising Denis Istomin in a mere 48 minutes, dropping a single game.

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Marta Casals Istomin was born in 1937 in Puerto Rico to a family of amateur musicians and became an outstanding cellist.

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She is the widow of Pablo Casals and of Eugene Istomin, both giant figures in the world of classical music.

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Marta Casals Istomin: Well, loss, as you know, is always a very difficult thing to go through.

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