Sunday, January 25, 2009

Australian Open Results

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

SinglesMen
Gilles Simon (6), France, def. Gael Monfils (12), France, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 retired.

WomenFourth Round

Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (21), Spain, 6-3, 6-2.

Elena Dementieva (4), Russia, def. Dominika Cibulkova (18), Slovakia, 6-2, 6-2.

Svetlana Kuznetsova (8), Russia, def. Zheng Jie (22), China, 4-1 retired.

Serena Williams (2), United States, def. Victoria Azarenka (13), Belarus, 3-6, 4-2 (30-30) retired.

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DoublesMenThird Round

Mahesh Bhupathi, India, and Mark Knowles (3), Bahamas, def. Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador, and Tommy Robredo, Spain, 6-3, 6-4.

Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. Andrew Coelho and Joseph Sirianni, Australia, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.

WomenThird Round

Casey Dellacqua, Australia, and Francesca Schiavone (12), Italy, def. Maria Kirilenko, Russia, and Flavia Pennetta (7), Italy, walkover.

Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, and Ai Sugiyama (9), Japan, def. Agnes Szavay, Hungary, and Elena Vesnina, Russia, 6-1, 6-2.

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Legends DoublesRound Robin

Wayne Arthurs and Pat Cash, Australia, def. Peter McNamara and Paul McNamee, Australia, 6-2, 6-3.

Henri Leconte, France, and Mark Philippoussis, Australia, def. Mats Wilander and Joakim Nystrom, Sweden, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 10-5 tiebreak.

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Junior SinglesBoysFirst Round

Kaza Vinayak Sharma, India, def. Patrk Brydolf, Sweden, 6-4, 6-2.

Mikhal Biryukov, Russia, def. Pablo Carreno-Busta (4), Spain, 6-4, 6-4.

Kevin Krawietz, Germany, def. Joey Swaysland, Australia, 6-4, 6-3.

Yasutaka Uchiyama, Japan, def. Nikila Scholtz (12), South Africa, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Gabriel Dias, Brazil, def. Grant Ive, South Africa, 7-6 (5), 6-2.

Hsieh Cheng-peng (15), Taiwan, def. James Chaudry, Britain, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.

Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, def. Sudarwa Sitaram, India, 6-3, 6-4.

James Duckworth (6), Australia, def. Tristan-Samuel Weissborn, Austria, 7-5, 6-2.

Mark Verryth, Australia, def. Marin Draganja (3), Croatia, 7-6 (3), 6-4.

Riki McLachlan, New Zealand, def. Andrew McLeod, Australia, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Maximilian Neuchrist, Austria, def. Nat Maraga, Australia, 7-5, 7-5.

Justin Eleveld, Netherlands, def. Hiroyasu Ehara (9), Japan, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4.

GirlsFirst Round

Kanyapat Narattana, Thailand, def. Anna Brazhnikova, Sweden, 6-3, 6-4.

Olivia Rogowska, Australia, def. Juan Ting-fei, Taiwan, 6-4, 6-4.

Polina Rodionova, Russia, def. Monika Wejnert, Australia, 7-5, 6-2.

Quirine Lemoine, Netherlands, def. Sally Peers, Australia, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Yana Buchina (13), Russia, def. Viktorija Rajicic, Australia, 6-2, 6-4.

Elena Bogdan (4), Romania, def. Maryna Zanevska, Ukraine, 6-2, 6-1.

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (1), Thailand, def. Fernanda Faria, Brazil, 6-0, 6-0.

Monika Tumova, Czech Republic, def. Kyra Shroff, India, 6-0, 6-3.

Silvia Njiric, Croatia, def. Linda Berlinecke (12), Germany, 6-3, 6-2.

Laura Robson (5), Britain, def. Christina McHale, United States, 7-5, 6-3.

Sandra Zaniewska, Poland, def. Nadiya Kichenok (16), Ukraine, 7-5, 6-3.

Isabella Holland, Australia, def. Fatima Al Nabhani, Oman, 6-1, 7-5.

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Junior DoublesBoysFirst Round

Marco Bortolotti, Italy, and Vladzimir Kruk, Belarus, def. Jordan Szabo and Andrew Whittington, Australia, 6-3, 0-6, 10-7 tiebreak.

Luke Saville and Jack Schipanski, Australia, def. Ronak Manuja and Kaza Vinayak Sharma, India, 7-6 (1), 6-0.Girls

GirlsFirst Round

Beatrice Gumulya, Indonesia, and Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (2), Thailand, def. Sophie Letcher and Olivia Rich, Australia, 6-1, 6-3.

Luksika Kumkhum and Nicha Lertpitaksinchai, Thailand, def. Fernanda Faria, Brazil, and Hilda Melander, Sweden, 6-1, 6-0.

Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, and Kyra Shroff, India, def. Ema Burgic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Chanel Simmonds, South Africa, 6-1 retired.

Victoria Kamenskaya and Karina Pimkina, Russia, def. Yana Buchina, Russia, and Heather Watson (7), Britain, 7-5, 6-4.

Ester Goldfeld, United States, and Hannah James, Britain, def. Tanvi Shah and Rashmi Teltumbde, India, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Ana Bogdan, Romania, and Alexandra Cercone (3), United States, def. Ashling Sumner and Mia Vriens, Australia, 4-6, 6-4, 10-4 tiebreak.

Ksenia Kirillova and Ksenia Pervak (4), Russia, def. Khunpak Issara and Kanyapat Narattana, Thailand, 6-2, 6-3.

Christi Potgieter and Bianca Swanepoel, South Africa, def. Beatrice Capra and Lauren Embree (8), United States, 7-5, 7-6 (6).




Australian Open seeds fared