Australian Open Results

MELBOURNE, Australia — Results Monday at the $26.83 million Australian Open on outdoor hardcourts at Melbourne Park (number in parentheses denotes seeding):

Men

First Round

Kevin Anderson (30), South Africa, def. Frederik Nielsen, Denmark, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4.

Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, def. James Ward, Britain, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.

Nicolas Almagro (10), Spain, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-5.

Juan Martin del Potro (11), Argentina, def. Adrian Mannarino, France, 2-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-4.

Pere Riba, Spain, def. Albert Montanes, Spain, 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Flavio Cipolla, Italy, def. Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Feliciano Lopez (18), Spain, def. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 7-6 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (2).

Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, def. Jurgen Melzer (31), Austria, 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-3.

Tobias Kamke, Germany, def. Victor Hanescu, Romania, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2.

Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, def. Albert Ramos, Spain, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, def. Illya Marchenko, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-7 (9), 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.

Mardy Fish (8), United States, def. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

Sam Querrey, United States, def. Kenny de Schepper, France, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.

Stanislas Wawrinka (21), Switzerland, def. Benoit Paire, France, 6-1, 6-1, 7-5.

Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Fernando Verdasco (22), Spain, 4-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2, 7-5.

Florent Serra, France, def. Steve Darcis, Belgium, 6-7 (3), 3-6, 5-4 retired.

Olivier Rochus, Belgium, def. Bjorn Phau, Germany, 6-1, 6-4, 6-0.

Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, def. Jesse Huta Galung, Netherlands, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-3.

Alejandro Falla, Colombia, def. Fabio Fognini, Italy, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.

Tommy Haas, Germany, def. Denis Kudla, United States, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-0, 7-5.

Donald Young, United States, def. Peter Gojowczyk, Germany, 6-1, 6-2, 4-6, 1-6, 6-2.

Alexandr Dolgopolov (13), Ukraine, def. Greg Jones, Australia, 1-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2.

Women

First Round

Victoria Azarenka (3), Belarus, def. Heather Watson, Britain, 6-1, 6-0.

Casey Dellacqua, Australia, def. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, 6-3, 6-2.

Eleni Daniilidou, Greece, def. Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, 6-3, 6-2.

Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, def. Arantxa Rus, Netherlands, 7-6 (4), 6-1.

Anabel Medina Garrigues (26), Spain, def. Eva Birnerova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3.

Daniela Hantuchova (20), Slovakia, def. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Paula Ormaechea, Argentina, def. Simona Halep, Romania, 6-1, 3-6, 7-5.

Agnieszka Radwanska (8), Poland, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 6-7 (10), 6-4, 6-2.

Julia Goerges (22), Germany, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-3, 7-6 (3).

Nina Bratchikova, Russia, def. Flavia Pennetta (19), Italy, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2.

Petra Cetkovska (32), Czech Republic, def. Ayumi Morita, Japan, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5.

Li Na (5), China, def. Ksenia Pervak, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-1.

Romina Oprandi, Italy, def. Anastasiya Yakimova, Belarus, 6-4, 6-1.

Christina McHale, United States, def. Lucie Safarova (24), Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-4.

Peng Shuai (16), China, def. Aravane Rezai, France, 6-3, 6-4.

Olga Govortsova, Belarus, def. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austria, 6-2, 6-4.

Francesca Schiavone (10), Italy, def. Laura Pous, Spain, 6-1, 6-3.

Kim Clijsters (11), Belgium, def. Maria Joao Koehler, Portugal, 7-5, 6-1.

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