Australian Open results

Melbourne, Jan 23 The following are the results of matches played Thursday at the Australian Open.

Women’s singles, second round:

Serena Williams, 2, US, def. Gisela Dulko, Argentina, 6-3, 7-5;
Elena Dementieva, 4, Russia, def. Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-1l;
Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, def. Venus Williams, 6, US, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5;
Svetlana Kuznetsova, 8, Russia, def. Tatjana Malek, Germany, 6-2, 6-2;
Flavia Pennetta, 12, Italy, def. Jessica Moore, Australia, 6-4, 6-1;
Victoria Azarenka, 13, Belarus, def. Tathiana Garbin, Italy, 4-1 retired, abdominal injury;
Virginie Razzano, France, def. Patty Schnyder, 14, Switzerland, 6-3, 6-1;
Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, def. Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain, 7-5, 7-5;
Amelie Mauresmo, France, def. Elena Baltacha, Britain, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2;
Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, def. Julie Coin, France, 6-1, 6-4;
Zheng Jie, China, def. Melinda Czink, Hungary, 7-6 (7-0), 5-7, 6-3;
Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, def. Chan Yung-Jan, Taiwan, 6-0, 6-2;
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, def. Akgul Amanmuradova, Uzbekistan, 6-2, 6-4;
Samantha Stosur, Australia, def. Sabine Lisicki, Germany, 6-3, 6-4;
Peng Shuai, China, def. Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgaria, 6-4, 6-0;
Alona Bondarenko, Ukraine, def. Severine Bremond, France, 7-6 (7-1), 1-6, 6-2;
Men’s singles, second round:
Rafael Nadal, 1, Spain, def. Roko Karanusic, Croatia, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2;
Andy Murray, 4, Britain, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2;
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 5, France, def. Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (10-8), 7-6 (9-7), 6-2;
Gilles Simon, 6, France, def. Chris Guccione, Australia, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-1, 6-2;
James Blake, 9, US, def. Sebastien De Chaunac, France, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3;
Gael Monfils, 12, France, def. Stefan Koubek, Austria, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2;
Fernando Gonzalez, 13, Chile, def. Guillermo Canas, Argentina, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4;
Fernando Verdasco, 14, Spain, def. Arnaud Clement, France, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2;
Richard Gasquet, France, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4;
Dudi Sela, Israel, def. Victor Hanescu, Romania, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2;
Jurgen Melzer, Austria, def. Andreas Beck, Germany, 5-7, 7-6 (9-7), 6-4, 6-3;
Tommy Haas, Germany, def. Flavio Cipolla, Italy, 6-1, 6-2, 6-1;
Nicolas Almagro, Spain, def. Fabio Fognini, Italy, 6-2, 7-5, 6-0;
Mario Ancic, Croatia, def. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 5-7, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3;
Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def. Michael Berrer, Germany, 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 7-5;
Igor Andreev, Russia, def. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 6-4.