Australian Open seeds fared

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -How the seeded players fared Tuesday at the Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses):

SinglesMen
Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Christophe Rochus, Belgium, 6-0, 6-2, 6-2.

Andy Murray (4), Britain, def. Andrei Pavel, Romania, 6-2, 3-1 retired.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5), France, def. Juan Monaco, Argentina, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0.

Gilles Simon (6), Italy, def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, 6-4, 6-1, 6-1.

James Blake (9), United States, def. Frank Dancevic, Canada, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5.

Gael Monfils (12), France, def. Martin Vassallo Arguello, Argentina, 6-1, 6-3, 7-5.

Fernando Gonzalez (13), Chile, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

Fernando Verdasco (14), Spain, def. Adrian Mannarino, France, 6-0, 6-2, 6-2.

Nicolas Almagro (17), Spain, def. Nicolas Massu, Chile, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3.

Igor Andreev (18), Russia, def. Peter Polansky, Canada, 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4.

Radek Stepanek (22), Czech Republic, def. Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

Richard Gasquet (24), France, def. Diego Junqueira, Argentina, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-4.

Ivo Karlovic (25), Croatia, def. Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

Flavio Cipolla, Italy, def. Dmitry Tursunov (29), Russia, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7), 7-5.

Dudi Sela, Israel, def. Rainer Schuettler (30), Germany, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4.

Jurgen Melzer (31), Austria, def. Kei Nishikori, Japan, 7-5, 6-2, 6-1.

WomenFirst Round

Serena Williams (2), United States, def. Yuan Meng, China, 6-3, 6-2.

Elena Dementieva (4), Russia, def. Kristina Barrois, Germany, 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-1.

Venus Williams (6), United States, def. Angelique Kerber, Germany, 6-3, 6-3.

Svetlana Kuznetsova (8), Russia, def. Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (9), Poland, 7-6 (7), 4-6, 6-1.

Flavia Pennetta (12), Italy, def. Mara Santangelo, Italy, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2.

Victoria Azarenka (13), Belarus, def. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-1.

Patty Schnyder (14), Switzerland, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Dominika Cibulkova (18), Slovakia, def. Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, 6-0, 6-0.

Amelie Mauresmo (20), France, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 6-4, 6-3.

Anabel Medina Garrigues (21), Spain, def. Isabella Holland, Australia, 6-1, 7-5.

Zheng Jie (22), China, def. Camille Pin, France, 6-3, 6-3.

Peng Shuai, China, def. Francesca Schiavone (28), Italy, 7-6 (4), 6-1.

Sabine Lisicki, Germany, def. Aleksandra Wozniak (30), Canada, 6-4, 6-3.

Alona Bondarenko (31), Ukraine, def. Olivia Rogowska, Australia, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, def. Tamarine Tanasugarn (32), Thailand, 7-5, 6-3.

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