Australian Open

Australian Open
Thursday
At Melbourne, Australia
Purse: $14.6 million (Grand Slam)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Men
Semifinals
Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. David Nalbandian (4), Argentina, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
Women
Semifinals
Justine Henin-Hardenne (8), Belgium, def. Maria Sharapova (4), Russia, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Amelie Mauresmo (3), France, def. Kim Clijsters (2), Belgium, 5-7, 6-2, 3-2, retired.
Doubles
Men
Semifinals
Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Paul Hanley, Australia, and Kevin Ullyett (4), Zimbabwe, 6-3, 6-4.
Martin Damm, Czech Republic, and Leander Paes (7), India, def. Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski, Poland, 6-2, 6-4.
Mixed
Quarterfinals
Paul Hanley and Samantha Stosur (5), Australia, def. Mike Bryan and Corina Morariu (4), United States, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (8).
Leander Paes, India, and Nathalie Dechy, France, def. Frantisek Cermak, Czech Republic, and Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, 6-1, 7-6 (4).
Mahesh Bhupathi, India, and Martina Hingis, Switzerland, def. Todd Perry and Rennae Stubbs (8), Australia, 7-5, 7-6 (5).
Legends Doubles
Men
Championship
John Fitzgerald and Todd Woodbridge, Australia, def. Pat Cash and Peter McNamara, Australia,. 6-3, 6-3.
Mixed
Championship
Phil Dent and Dianne Balestrat, Australia, def. Tony Roche and Liz Smylie, Australia, 6-1, 6-1.
Junior Singles
Boys
Third Round
Nick Lindahl, Australia, def. Yan Levinski, Australia, 7-5, 6-4.
Austen Childs, New Zealand, def. Sanam Singh (3), India, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Luka Belic (13), Croatia, def. Grzegorz Panfil, Poland, 6-2, 6-2.
Ryan Bellamy, Australia, def. Sho Aida (11), Japan, 6-4, 7-5.
Girls
Third Round
Raluca-Ioana Olaru (2), Romania, def. Chelsey Gullickson, United States, 6-4, 6-4.
Sharon Fichman (5), Canada, def. Anna Tatishvili (10), Georgia, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.
Dominika Cibulkova (3), Slovakia, def. Alexandra Panova, Russia, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (8), Russia, def. Kimberly Couts, United States, 7-6 (3), 6-4.
Junior Doubles
Boys
Quarterfinals
Kellen Damico and Nathaniel Schnugg (6), United States, def. Kevin Botti, France, and Stephen Donald (2), Australia, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1.
Kei Nishikori, Japan, and Peter Polansky, Canada, def. Dennis Lajola, United States, and Christian Vitulli, Kenya, 6-1, 6-4.
Bassam Beidas, Lebanon, and Mateusz Kecki, United States, def. Nikola Mektic and Antonio Sancic, Croatia, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5.
Blazej Koniusz and Grzegorz Panfil, Poland, def. Sho Aida and Shuhei Uzawa (7), Japan, 7-5, 7-5.
Girls
Quarterfinals
Alize Cornet, France, and Corinna Dentoni (8), Italy, def. Kristina Pejkovic, Australia, and Nathasha Zoric, Serbia & amp; Montenegro, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-4.
Raluca-Ioana Olaru, Romania, and Amina Rakhim (1), Kazakhstan, def. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, and Evgeniya Rodina (5), Russia, 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-2.
Anna Tatishvili, Georgia, and Caroline Wozniacki (2), Denmark, def. Marrit Boonstra and Renee Reinhard (7), Netherlands, 6-4, 6-2.
Sharon Fichman, Canada, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (4), Russia, def. Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea, Romania, and Tamira Paszek (6), Austria, 6-3, 6-2.
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