Australian Open Results

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -Results Wednesday from the $15.44 million Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses):

SinglesMen
David Ferrer (11), Spain, def. Dominik Hrbaty, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-2, 6-1.

Marat Safin (26), Russia, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 7-5, 6-2, 6-2.

Marin Cilic (19), Croatia, def. Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 7-5, 6-1, 6-3.

Tommy Robredo (21), Spain, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-1, 6-3, 6-0.

Tomas Berdych (20), Czech Republic, def. Brian Dabul, Argentina, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3.

Amer Delic, United States, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu (28), France, 1-6, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 9-7.

Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Evgeny Korolev, Russia, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1.

WomenSecond Round

Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, def. Karin Knapp, Italy, 6-4, 6-1.

Ana Ivanovic (5), Serbia, def. Alberta Brianti, Italy, 6-3, 6-2.

Nadia Petrova (10), Russia, def. Sania Mirza, India, 6-3, 6-2.

Kaia Kanepi (25), Estonia, def. Patricia Mayr, Austria, 6-3, 6-1.

Ai Sugiyama (26), Japan, def. Nathalie Dechy, France, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3.

Dinara Safina (3), Russia, def. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-0.

Daniela Hantuchova (19), Slovakia, def. Mathilde Johansson, France, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

Alisa Kleybanova (29), Russia, def. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro, France, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.

Vera Zvonareva (7), Russia, def. Edina Gallovits, Romania, 6-0, 6-0.

Alize Cornet (15), France, def. Andrea Petkovic, Germany, 6-1, 6-0.

Jelena Jankovic (1), Serbia, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 6-4, 7-5.

Sara Errani, Italy, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 6-2 6-3.

Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, def. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def. 6-1, 3-6, 9-7.

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DoublesMenFirst Round

Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie (5), South Africa, def. Robby Ginepri and Vince Spadea, United States, 6-4, 6-3.

Christopher Kas, Germany, and Rogier Wassen (13), Netherlands, def. Chris Haggard, South Africa, and Sam Querrey, United States, 6-4, 7-5.

Frantisek Cermak, Czech Republic, and Michal Mertinak (14), Slovakia, def. Nicolas Almagro and Ivan Navarro, Spain, 6-2, 6-4.

Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski (6), Poland, def. Colin Ebelthite and Sam Groth, Australia, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, and Jean-Claude Scherrer, Switzerland, def. Sebastian Prieto and Martin Vassallo Arguello, Argentina, 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4).

Travis Parrott, United States, and Filip Polasek (15), Slovakia, def. Igor Andreev, Russia, and Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-4.

Bruno Soares, Brazil, and Kevin Ullyett (7), Zimbabwe, def. Julien Benneteau and Florent Serra, France, 6-3, 6-0.

Carsten Ball and Chris Guccione, Australia, def. Scott Lipsky and David Martin, United States, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4).

WomenFirst Round

Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska, Poland, def. Tamira Paszek, Austria, and Ipek Senoglu, Turkey, 6-2, 2-1 retired.

Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, and Natalie Grandin, South Africa, def. Alison Bai and Emelyn Starr, Australia, 7-5, 6-2.

Agnieszka and Urszula Radwanska, Poland, def. Jill Craybas, United States, and Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand, 6-3, 7-5.

Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears, United States, def. Mariya Koryttseva, Ukraine, and Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, 7-6 (5), 6-2.

Casey Dellacqua, Australia, and Francesca Schiavone (12), Italy, def. Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic, and Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, 6-2, 6-1.

Mervana Jugic-Salkic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Anne Keothavong, Britain, def. Sophie Ferguson and Jessica Moore, Australia, 6-3, 6-2.

Iveta Benesova and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, def. Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 6-4, 6-4.

Gisela Dulko, Argentina, and Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko (4), Ukraine, 6-2, 7-5.

Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and Patty Schnyder, Switzerland, def. Kristina Barrois, Germany, and Tathiana Garbin, Italy, 6-2, 6-1.

Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Peng Shuai (16), China, def. Maret Ani, Estonia, and Renata Voracova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.

Ayumi Morita, Japan, and Martina Muller, Germany, def. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, and Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Tatiana Poutchek, Belarus, and Anastasia Rodionova (15), Australia, def. Marta Domachowska, Poland, and Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 6-1, 6-1.

Yan Zi and Zheng Jie (6), China, def. Eva Hrdinova and Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-4.

Maria Kirilenko, Russia, and Flavia Pennetta (7), Italy, def. Liga Dekmeijere, Latvia, and Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.

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