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Australian Open first day's results
Melbourne, Jan 19 (DPA) The following are the first day's results at the Australian Open tennis here Monday:
Women's singles, first round: Jelena Jankovic, 1, Serbia, def. Yvonne Meusburger, Austria, 6-1, 6-3;
Dinara Safina, 3, Russia, def. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, 6-3, 6-4;
Ana Ivanovic, 5, Serbia, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, 7-5, 6-3;
Vera Zvonareva, 7, Russia, def. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, 7-6 (7-2), 6-0;
Nadia Petrova, 10, Russia, def. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakstan, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3);
Caroline Wozniacki, 11, Denmark, def. Shahar Peer, Israel, 6-3, 6-2;
Alize Cornet, 15, France, def. Mariya Koryttseva, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-4;
Marion Bartoli, 16, France, def. Melanie South, Britain, 6-2, 6-4;
Patricia Mayr, Austria, def. Julia Schruff, Germany, 6-4, 6-1;
Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, def. Karolina Sprem, Croatia, 6-0, 6-4;
Alberta Brianti, Italy, def. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 6-4, 6-2;
Andrea Petkovic, Germany, def. Kathrin Woerle, Germany, 5-7, 7-6 (9-7), 4-0, retired;
Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, def. Kimiko Date Krumm, Japan, 6-4, 4-6, 8-6;
Nathalie Dechy, France, def. Viktoriya Kutusova, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-0;
Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, def. Rossana De Los Rios, Paraguay, 6-3, 6-2;
Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. Katie O'Brien, Britain, 6-4, 6-4;
Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakstan, def. Agnes Szavay, Hungary, 6-3,3-6, 6-4;
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro, France, def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova,Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-4;
Ai Sugiyama, Japan, def. Stephanie Dubois, Canada, 6-0, 7-6 (7-5);
Jelena Dokic, Australia, def. Tamira Paszek, Austria, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4;
Sania Mirza, India, def. Marta Domachowska, Poland, 6-1, 6-4;
Sara Errani, Italy, def. Maria Kirilenko, Russia, 6-1, 6-4;
Edina Gallovits, Romania, def. Maria Elena Camerin, Italy, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3;
Virginia Ruano Pascual, Spain, def. Mariana Duque Marino, Colombia, 6-3, 6-2;
Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, def. Sybille Bammer, Austria, 6-3, 6-1;
Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def. Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-5;
Karin Knapp, Italy, def. Monika Wejnert, Australia, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4;
Mathilde Johansson, France, def. Jill Craybas, US, 6-2, 1-6, 7-5;
Anna Chakvetadze, Russia, def. Anne Keothavong, Britain, 6-1, 6-7(4-7), 6-1;
Alisa Kleybanova, Russia, def. Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, 7-5, 7-5;
Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, def. Aravane Rezai, France, 1-6, 7-5, 6-4;
Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 7-6 (13-11), 6-4;
Men's singles, first round: Roger Federer, 2, Switzerland, def. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 7-5;
Novak Djokovic, 3, Serbia, def. Andrea Stoppini, Italy, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5;
Andy Roddick, 7, US, def. Bjorn Rehnquist, Sweden, 6-0, 6-2, 6-2;
Juan Del Potro, 8, Argentina, def. Mischa Zverev, Germany, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2;
David Nalbandian, 10 Argentina, def. Marc Gicquel, France, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3;
David Ferrer, 11, Spain, def. Denis Gremelmayr, Germany, 6-1, 6-7 (6-8), 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4;
Stanislas Wawrinka, 15, Switzerland, def. Ivo Minar, Czech Republic, 6-1, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (11-9);
Robin Soderling, 16, Sweden, def. Robert Kendrick, US, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5;
Dominik Hrbaty, Slovakia, def. John Isner, US, 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-2, 7-5;
Brian Dabul, Argentina, def. Philipp Petzschner, Germany, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4;
Florian Mayer, Germany, def. Lamine Quahab, Algeria, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2;
Xavier Malisse, Belgium, def. Michael Llodra, France, 7-6 (10-8), 6-1, 6-1;
Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, def. Robby Ginepri, US, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3;
Tommy Robredo, Spain, def. Bobby Reynolds, US, 6-2, 7-5, 6-1;
Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. Julien Benneteau, France, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2;
Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Marcos Daniel, Brazil, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1;
Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Alberto Martin, Spain, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4;
Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Potito Starace, Italy, 7-6 (7-5), 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (8-6);
Mardy Fish, US, def. Samuel Groth, Australia, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 7-5, 6-0;
Amer Delic, US, def. Taylor Dent, US, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4;
Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 4-6, 6-4;
Brydan Klein, Australia, def. Bjorn Phau, Germany, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3;
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Agustin Calleri, Argentina, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2, 6-0;
Evgeny Korolov, Russia, def. Carlos Moya, Spain, 6-3, 6-1, 7-6(9-7);
Lu Yen-Hsun, Taiwan, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4;
Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-2,4-1, retired;
Marin Cilic, Croatia, def. Kevin Anderson, South Africa, 6-3, 6-2,6-7 (4-7), 6-3;
Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, def. Sam Querrey, US, 7-6 (8-6),6-3, 6-2;
Simone Bolelli, Italy, def. Kristof Vliegen, Belgium, 7-6 (7-5),7-6 (7-3), 7-5;
Marat Safin, Russia, def. Ivan Navarro, Spain, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4;
Fabrice Santoro, France, def. Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, 6-3,6-2, 4-6, 6-2;
Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, def. Oscar Hernandez, Spain, 4-6, 6-1,6-3, 4-6, 6-0;
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