Tennis

AUSTRALIAN OPEN

(Melbourne)

Men's singles, second round (prefix denotes seeding): M. Fish (US) bt 5-C. Moya (Esp) 3-6 7-6 (10-8) 6-4 4-6 6-2, 10-D. Nalbandian (Arg) bt J. Crabb (Aus) 6-1 7-6 (7-1) 6-3, 3-M. Safin (Rus) bt A. Montanes (Spain) 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-1, R. Stepanek (Cze) bt 30-G. Kuerten (Bra) 5-7 6-3 7-5 4-6 6-3, 20-X. Malisse (Bel) bt A. Dupuis (Fra) 6-3 5-7 7-6 (8-6) 7-5, A. Martin (Spain) bt 13-F. Gonzalez (Chi) 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-1 7-6 (7-4), 6-R. Federer (Swi) bt L. Burgsmuller (Ger) 6-3 6-0 6-3, 9-A. Roddick (US) bt A. Voinea (Rom) 6-2 6-2 6-2.

Doubles, first round: 3-D. Johnson-J. Palmer (US) bt M. Fish (US)-M. Hill (Aus) 6-2 6-4, J. Blake (US)-M. Merklein (Bah) bt G. Canas (Arg)- F. Clavet (Spain) 6-3 6-4, 16-G. Etlis-M. Rodriguez (Arg) bt J. Landsberg (Swe)- J. Nieminen (Fin) 6-4 6-4, M. Mirnyi-V. Voltchkov (Blr) bt G. Gaudio-M. Puerta (Arg) 6-2 6-3, 8-M. Llodra-F. Santoro bt S. Humphries (US)-S. Huss (Aus) 6-3 6-4, F. Vicente (Spain bt 19-J. Ignacio Chela (Arg) 6-3 6-3 2-6 6-3, N. Lapentti (Ecu)-T. Woodbridge (Aus) bt 14-Jan-Michael Gambill-G. Oliver (US) 4-6 6-4 6-4, 15-E. Ferreira (SA)-B. MacPhie (US) bt A. Lopez Moron-C. Moya (Spain) 6-2 7-5, A. Corretja-A. Costa (Spain) bt J. Acasuso-A. Schneiter (Arg) 7-5 6-3.

Women's singles, second round: 16-N. Dechy (Fra) bt D. Bedanova (Cze) 6-3 6-3, 20-E. Bovina (Rus) bt R. Grande (Ita) 6-1 6-2, 28-C. Fernandez (Arg) bt M. Serna (Spain) 6-3 6-4, B. Schwartz (Aut) bt A. Serra Zanetti (Ita) 6-1 6-2, 1-S. Williams (US) bt E. Callens (Bel) 6-4 6-0, 25-M. Shaughnessy (US) bt L. Cervanova (Svk) 6-1 6-1, 26-T. Tanasugarn (Tha) bt A. Jidkova (Rus) 6-2 3-6 6-3, 14-A. Pistolesi (Isr) bt M. Matevzic (Slo) 5-1 (retired), 4-K. Clijsters (Bel) bt P. Mandula (Hun) 6-0 6-0, 18-E. Daniilidou (Gre) bt A. Frazier (US) 6-1 6-2, 11-M. Maleeva (Bul) bt Yoon Jeong Cho (Kor) 2-6 6-4 6-1, 10-C. Rubin (US) bt M. Pierce (Fra) 0-6 6-4 6-2.

Doubles, first round: 3-E. Dementieva (Rus)-J. Husarova (Svk) bt T. Perebiynis (Ukr)-S. Talaja (Cro) 6-4 4-6 6-3, R. McQuillan (Aus)-M. Tu (US) bt 12-T. Krizan-K. Srebotnik (Slo) 6-2 6-3, M. Emillia Salerni (Arg)-A. Svensson (Swe) bt M. Marrero (Spain)-R. Neffa-De Los Rios (Par) 6-3 6-2, S. Asagoe-N. Miyagi (Jpn) bt E. Dominikovic-B. Stewart (Aus) 6-1 6-3, 14-E. Bovina (Rus)-J. Henin-Hardenne (Bel) bt K. Liggan (Irl)-A. Widjaja (Ina) 6-4 6-0. 6-L. Davenport-L. Raymond (US) bt A. Grahame-C. Watson (Aus) 6-1 6-1, N. Dechy-E. Loit (Fra) bt A. Glass-M. Weingartner (Ger) 6-3 6-1, 16-M. Navratilova (US)-S. Kuznetsova (Rus) bt M. Casanova (Sui)-N. Pratt (Aus) 5-7 6-1 6-3, 5-D. Hantuchova (Svk)-M. Shaughnessy (US) bt L. McShea (AUS)-I. Selyutina (Kaz) 7-6 (8-6) 6-1.