Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Australian Open seeds fared

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

MenFourth Round
Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Fernando Gonzalez (13), Chile, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5), France, def. James Blake (10), United States, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (3).

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

Fernando Verdasco (14), Spain, def. Andy Murray (4), Britain, 2-6, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.

WomenFourth Round

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

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.

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




Australian Open seeds fared
Australian Open seeds fared