Federer Cruises to First-Round Victory
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How the Seeds Fared:
Men – First Round
Roger Federer (1), SUI, def. Sam Querrey, USA, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.
Tomas Berdych (11), CZE, def. Robert Smeets, AUS, 6-1, 6-0, 6-0.
Tommy Robredo (12), ESP, def. Guillermo Coria, ARG, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4.
Simone Bolelli, ITA, def. Marcos Baghdatis (17), CYP, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.
Fernando Verdasco (22), ESP, def. Santiago Ventura, ESP, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-1.
Fernando Gonzalez (24), CHI, def. Pablo Cuevas, URU, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1.
Wayne Odesnik, USA, def. Guillermo Canas (29), ARG, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (8).
Women – First Round
Jelena Jankovic (3), SER, def. Monica Niculescu, ROM, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
Venus Williams (8), USA, def. Tzipi Obziler, ISR, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Patty Schnyder (10), SUI, def. Ekaterina Bychkova, RUS, 6-3, 6-4.
Agnes Szavay (12), HUN, def. Ayumi Morita, JPN, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.
Petra Cetkovska, CZE, def. Alona Bondarenko (23), UKR, 6-3, 6-0.
Karin Knapp (32), ITA, def. Martina Muller, GER, 6-0, 6-4.
