AUSTRALIAN OPEN

AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Friday
At Melbourne Park
Melbourne, Australia
Purse: $14.6 million (Grand Slam)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Men Third Round
Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. Denis Gremelmayr, Germany, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2. David Ferrer (11), Spain, def. Mario Ancic (18), Croatia, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
Women Third Round
Maria Sharapova (4), Russia, def. Jelena Kostanic, Croatia, 6-0, 6-1. Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles
Men Second Round
Jose Acasuso and Sebastian Prieto (13), Argentina, def. Chris Haggard, South Africa, and Harel Levy, Israel, 6-4, 6-4.
Women Second Round
Li Ting and Sun Tiantian (16), China, def. Casey Dellacqua and Trudi Musgrave, Australia, 7-5, 6-4. Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Rennae Stubbs (2), Australia, def. Amy Frazier, United States, and Janet Lee, Taiwan, 6-1, 6-4.
Lisa Raymond, United States, and Samantha Stosur (1), Australia, def. Maret Ani, Estonia, and Andreea Vanc, Romania, 6-1, 6-3. Michaella Krajicek, Netherlands, and Agnes Szavay, Hungary, def. Nathalie Dechy and Tatiana Golovin, France, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-3.
Mixed First Round
Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Elena Likhovtseva (6), Russia, def. Julian Knowle, Austria, and Jelena Jankovic, Serbia & amp; Montenegro, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (11). Frantisek Cermak, Czech Republic, and Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, def. Marc Kimmich and Lisa McShea, Australia, 6-4, 6-1.
HOW THE SEEDS FARED
Men Third Round
Andy Roddick (2), United States, def. Julien Benneteau, France, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. David Ferrer (11), Spain, def. Mario Ancic (18), Croatia, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
Women Third Round
Maria Sharapova (4), Russia, def. Jelena Kostanic, Croatia, 6-0, 6-1.
Nadia Petrova (6), Russia, def. Maria Elena Camerin, Italy, 6-1, 6-2.
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