Australian Open Results: January 16, 2008
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Justine Henin, Jelena Jankovic, Serena Williams, Elena Dementieva, Nicole Vaidisova, and Amelie Mauresmo advanced into the third round during the afternoon on Wednesday.
Fifth seed Maria Sharapova defeated Lindsay Davenport in straights sets during the night session.
Second Round Singles Results on January 16, 2008
(1) Justine Henin (BEL) d. Olga Poutchkova (RUS) 61 75
(3) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Edina Gallovits (ROU) 62 75
(5) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Lindsay Davenport (USA) 61 63
(7) Serena Williams (USA) d. (Q) Yuan Meng (CHN) 63 61
(11) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 57 62 63
(12) Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) d. Alicia Molik (AUS) 62 63
Aravane Rezai (FRA) d. (13) Tatiana Golovin (FRA) 63 36 63
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d. (15) Patty Schnyder (SUI) 46 75 86
(17) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. (WC) Jessica Moore (AUS) 60 75
(18) Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) d. Yaroslava Shvedova (RUS) 64 76(5)
(Q) Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) d. (19) Sybille Bammer (AUT) 62 60
(25) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Angelique Kerber (GER) 62 63
(26) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. (Q) Sandra Kloesel (GER) 61 61
(30) Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 62 57 63
Ai Sugiyama (JPN) d. Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) 64 64
Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. Jill Craybas (USA) 62 64
First Round Doubles Results on January 16, 2008
(1) Black/Huber (ZIM/USA) d. Kremer/Parmentier (LUX/FRA) 61 61
(2) Srebotnik/Sugiyama (SLO/JPN) d. Gajdosova/Stewart (AUS/AUS) 64 63
(6) Mirza/Molik (IND/AUS) d. Daniilidou/Woehr (GRE/GER) 63 46 64
(8) Peng/T.Sun (CHN/CHN) d. Chakvetadze/Li (RUS/CHN) 62 67(7) 62
Koryttseva/Perebiynis (UKR/UKR) d. (15) Camerin/Dulko (ITA/ARG) 64 75
(16) Benesova/Voskoboeva (CZE/RUS) d. Cornet/Pin (FRA/FRA) 63 75
Granville/Uhlirova (USA/CZE) d. Harkleroad/Obziler (USA/ISR) 36 62 76(4)
Garbin/Vinci (ITA/ITA) d. Jidkova/Morigami (RUS/JPN) 64 76(7)
Foretz/Sfar (FRA/TUN) d. Hradecka/Voracova (CZE/CZE) 46 63 64
Jans/Wozniacki (POL/DEN) d. Errani/Knapp (ITA/ITA) 16 62 60
Ji/S.Sun (CHN/CHN) d. Brémond/Vakulenko (FRA/UKR) 46 62 63
Petrova/Vesnina (RUS/RUS) d. (WC) Ferguson/Musgrave (AUS/AUS) 63 64
Kostanic Tosic/Muller (CRO/GER) d. (WC) Mirkovic/Wlodarczak (AUS/AUS) 61 62
Poutchek/Rodionova (BLR/AUS) d. (WC) Calderwood/Hubacek (AUS/AUS) 61 62
Nakamura/Tanasugarn (JPN/THA) d. DomÃnguez Lino/Parra Santonja (ESP/ESP) 63 75
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Nick | Jan 16, 2008 | Reply
Justine, Serena, and Amelie had tough matches today, even Jankovic even though they won in straight sets.
Serena had to win every point to win those two sets, it wasn’t easy. Justine choked on her serve in the second set and played like a Top 20 player, while Amelie also choked in the second set.