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US Open results
31/08/2006 22:46  - (SA)  

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New York - Results on Thursday in the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (seedings in parentheses):

Singles

Men

Second Round

Tommy Robredo (6), Spain, def. Lee Hyung-taik, South Korea, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1.

Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, def. Robin Soderling, Sweden, 6-7 (4), 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-0, 6-1.

Fernando Verdasco (22), Spain, def. Thiago Alves, Brazil, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-1.

Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Luis Horna, Peru, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Richard Gasquet (25), France, def. Gilles Simon, France, 6-0, 6-2, 6-3.

David Ferrer (11), Spain, def. Justin Gimelstob, United States, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1.

Xavier Malisse, Belgium, def. Bjorn Phau, Germany, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2.

Lleyton Hewitt (15), Australia, def. Jan Hernych, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.

Women

Second Round

Lindsay Davenport (10), United States, def. Jelena Kostanic, Croatia, 6-0, 6-0.

Svetlana Kuznetsova (6), Russia, def. Lauren Albanese, United States, 6-1, 6-1.

Jelena Jankovic (19), Serbia, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 6-2, 6-3.

Marion Bartoli (26), France, def. Varvara Lepchenko, Uzbekistan, 6-1, 6-2.

Maria Kirilenko (20), Russia, def. Severine Bremond, France, 6-2, 6-3.

Anastassia Rodionova, Russia, def. Zheng Jie (29), China, 7-5, 6-3.

Nicole Vaidisova (9), Czech Republic, def. Alina Jidkova, Russia, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

Francesca Schiavone (14), Italy, def. Sania Mirza, India, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2.

Shahar Peer (21), Israel, def. Martina Muller, Germany, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2.

Justine Henin-Hardenne (2), Belgium, def. Vania King, United States, 6-1, 6-2.

Patty Schnyder (7), Switzerland, def. Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, 6-3, 7-5.

Aravane Rezai, France, def. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-4.

Mara Santangelo, Italy, def. Sybille Bammer, Austria, 6-3, 6-1.

Anna Chakvetadze (23), Russia, def. Alona Bondarenko, Ukraine, 7-6 (6), 6-0.

Jarmila Gajdosova, Slovakia, def. Viktoriya Kutuzova, Ukraine, 6-3, 7-6 (5).

Elena Dementieva (4), Russia, def. Emma Laine, Finland, 6-4, 6-0.

Doubles

Men

First Round

Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra, France, def. Davide Sanguinetti and Filippo Volandri, Italy, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Yves Allegro, Switzerland, and Daniele Bracciali, Italy, def. Oliver Marach, Austria, and Cyril Suk (15), Czech Republic, 6-2, 7-5.

Simon Aspelin, Sweden, and Todd Perry (8), Australia, def. Alex Clayton and Donald Young, United States, 7-5, 6-0.

Paul Hanley, Australia, and Kevin Ullyett (4), Zimbabwe, def. Jordan Kerr, Australia, and David Skoch, Czech Republic, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.

Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski (10), Poland, def. Alberto Martin, Spain, and Potito Starace, Italy, 6-0, 3-2, retired.

Mark Knowles, Bahamas, and Daniel Nestor (3), Canada, def. Tomas Berdych and Jan Hajek, Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-3.

Olivier Rochus and Kristof Vliegen, Belgium, def. Jose Acasuso and Sebastian Prieto (12), Argentina, 6-3, 6-4.

Chris Haggard, South Africa, and Bobby Reynolds, United States, def. Tomas Cibulec, Czech Republic, and Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 6-1, 6-4.

Julian Knowle and Jurgen Melzer (11), Austria, def. Dominik Hrbaty and Michal Mertinak, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-1.

- SAPA



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