Australian Open – How the Seeds Fared
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MEN – FIRST ROUND
Roger Federer (1), SUI, def. Denis Istomin, UZB, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.
Andy Roddick (2), USA, def. Michael Lammer, SUI, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.
David Nalbandian (4), ARG, def. Danai Udomchoke, TAI, 6-2, 6-2, 1-6, 6-7 (4), 6-1.
Ivan Ljubicic (7), CRO, def. Chris Guccione, AUS, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (3).
Gaston Gaudio (8), ARG, def. Razvan Sabau, ROM, 6-2, 5-0, ret.
Thomas Johansson (10), SWE, def. Cyril Saulnier, FRA, 6-1, 7-6 (3), 6-4.
David Ferrer (11), ESP, def. Florent Serra, FRA, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-4.
Robby Ginepri (13), USA, def. Jurgen Melzer, AST, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2.
Tommy Robredo (16), ESP, def. Jiri Vanek, CZE, 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-3.
Radek Stepanek (17), CZE, def. Bjorn Rehnquist, SWE, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.
Mario Ancic (18), CRO, def. Agustin Calleri, ARG, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Tomas Berdych (19), CZE, def. Bobby Reynolds, USA, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-1.
James Blake (20), USA, def. Jose Acasuso, ARG, 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4)
Jarkko Nieminen (26), FIN, def. Marc Kimmich, AST, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1.
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, ESP, def. Taylor Dent (27), USA, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (4).
Feliciano Lopez (31), ESP, def. Tomas Behrend, GER, 6-2, 7-5, 6-3.
Andrei Pavel, ROM, def. Carlos Moya (32), ESP, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 3-6, 6-4.
WOMEN – FIRST ROUND
Lindsay Davenport (1), USA, def. Casey Dellacqua, AUS, 6-2, 6-1.
Maria Sharapova (4), RUS, def. Sandra Kloesel, GER, 6-2, 6-1.
Mary Pierce (5), FRA, def. Nicole Pratt, AUS, 6-1, 6-1.
Nadia Petrova (6), RUS, def. Sophie Ferguson, AUS, 6-2, 6-1.
Patty Schnyder (7), SUI, def. Eleni Daniilidou, GRE, 6-4, 6-3.
Justine Henin-Hardenne (8), BEL, def. Marta Domachowska, POL, 6-2, 6-1.
Julia Schruff, GER, def. Elena Dementieva (9), RUS, 7-5, 6-2.
Anastasia Myskina (12), RUS, def. Yuliana Fedak, UKR, 7-6 (6), 6-1.
Svetlana Kuznetsova (14), RUS, def. Lauren Breadmore, AUS, 6-1, 6-3.
Daniela Hantuchova (17), SLK, def. Saori Obata, JPN, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0.
Elena Likhovtseva (18), RUS, def. Lisa Raymond, USA, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5).
Jelena Jankovic (23), SER, def. Jill Craybas, USA, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
Mara Santangelo, ITA, def. Tatiana Golovin (24), FRA, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
Maria Kirilenko (25), RUS, def. Evgenia Linetskaya, RUS, 6-1, 3-1, ret.
Conchita Martinez Granados, ESP, def. Ai Sugiyama (26), JPN, 6-4, 6-3.
Zuzana Ondraskova, CZE, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (28), ESP, 6-3, 6-4.
Ekaterina Bychkova, RUS, def. Klara Koukalova (29), CZE, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2.
