Wimbledon Thursday results

The Associated Press
Published: June 26, 2008

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) – Results Thursday from Wimbledon, played on grass at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club (seedings in parentheses):

Men’s Singles Second Round

Nicolas Kiefer (27), Germany, def. Martin Vassallo Arguello, Argentina, 6-0, 6-3, 6-1.

Jurgen Melzer, Austria, def. Jesse Levine, United States, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Arnaud Clement, France, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-3), 6-3.

Mikhail Youzhny (17), Russia, def. Stefano Galvani, Italy, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3.

Tommy Haas, Germany, def. Tommy Robredo (23), Spain, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.

Andy Murray (12), Britain, def. Xavier Malisse, Belgium, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.

Rainer Schuettler, Germany, def. James Blake (9), United States, 6-3, 6-7 (8-10), 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Radek Stepanek (16), Czech Republic, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-7 (1), 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 6-1, 6-2.

Marin Cilic, Croatia, def. Jarkko Nieminen (24), Finland, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 7-5.

Richard Gasquet (8), France, def. Sebastien Grosjean, France, 6-2, 6-2, retired.

Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, def. Andy Roddick (6), United States, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4).

Women’s Singles Second Round

Gisela Dulko, Argentina, def. Lindsay Davenport (25), United States, walkover.

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, def. Sania Mirza (32), India, 6-0, 4-6, 9-7.

Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand, def. Vera Zvonareva (13), Russia, 7-6 (12-10), 4-6, 6-3.

Venus Williams (7), United States, def. Anne Keothavong, Britain, 7-5, 6-2.

Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5).

Caroline Wozniacki (31), Denmark, def. Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, 6-1, 6-1.

Dinara Safina (9), Russia, def. Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, 6-3, 6-2.

Shahar Peer (24), Israel, def. Emilie Loit, France, 6-3, 6-4.

Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, def. Maria Sharapova (3), Russia, 6-2, 6-4.

Peng Shuai, China, def. Sybille Bammer (26), Austria, 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 6-3.

Victoria Azarenka (16), Belarus, def. Sorana Cirstea, Romania, 6-1, 6-3.

Jelena Jankovic (2), Serbia, def. Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, 6-1, 6-3.

Elena Dementieva (5), Russia, def. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Men’s Doubles First Round

Rik de Voest, South Africa, and Lukasz Kubot, Poland, def. Neil Bamford and Joshua Goodall, Britain, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2.

Rajeev Ram and Bobby Reynolds, United States, def. Amer Delic and Brendan Evans, United States, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3.

Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Nenad Zimonjic (2), Serbia, def. Alex Bogdanovic and Jonathan Marray, Britain, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), 6-1.

Christopher Kas, Germany, and Rogier Wassen (15), Netherlands, def. Oscar Hernandez and Albert Montanes, Spain, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2.

Petr Pala, Czech Republic, and Igor Zelenay, Slovakia, def. Thomaz Bellucci and Marcos Daniel, Brazil, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3.

Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. Tomas Cibulec and Ivo Minar, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

Travis Parrott, United States, and Filip Polasek, Slovakia, def. Martin Damm and Pavel Vizner (6), Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6), 2-6, 6-4.

James Cerretani, United States, and Victor Hanescu, Romania, def. Bruno Soares, Brazil, and Dusan Vemic, Serbia, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-3).

Max Mirnyi, Belarus, and Jamie Murray (14), Britain, def. Marc Gicquel and Fabrice Santoro, France, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-5), 6-3.

Philipp Petzschner, Germany, and Alexander Peya, Austria, def. Mahesh Bhupathi, India, and Mark Knowles (4), Bahamas, 7-5, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4).

Men’s Doubles Second Round

Marcel Granollers and Santiago Ventura, Spain, def. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.

Women’s Doubles First Round

Vera Dushevina, Russia, and Ekaterina Dzehalevich, Belarus, def. Virginie Razzano, France, and Julia Vakulenko, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-2.

Christina Fusano and Angela Haynes, United States, def. Edina Gallovits, Romania, and Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2. Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual (5), Spain, def. Stephanie Foretz and Camille Pin, France, 6-3, 6-1.

Sara Errani and Francesca Schiavone, Italy, def. Tamira Paszek, Austria, and Jasmin Woehr, Germany, 7-5, 7-6 (8-6).

Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, and Selima Sfar, Tunisia, def. Ayumi Morita and Junri Namigata, 6-3, 6-3.

Bethanie Mattek, United States, and Sania Mirza (13), India, def. Elena Baltacha and Naomi Cavaday, Britain, 6-4, 6-2.

Bethanie Mattek, United States, and Sania Mirza (13), India, def. Elena Baltacha and Naomi Cavaday, Britain, 6-4, 6-2.

Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, def. Anna Smith and Georgie Stoop, Britain, 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-3).

Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva, Russia, def. Eva Hrdinova and Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, 7-6 (10-8), 4-6, 6-2.

Mixed Doubles First Round

Wesley Moodie, South Africa, and Jill Craybas, United States, def. Andre Sa, Brazil, and Janette Husarova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-2.

Yves Allegro, Switzerland, and Agnes Szavay, Hungary, def. Alex Bogdanovic and Melanie South, Britain, 7-6 (8-6), 2-6, 9-7.

Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, and Alicia Molik, Australia, def. Frantisek Cermak and Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Copyright © 2008 the International Herald Tribune All rights reserved

This entry was posted on Friday, June 27th, 2008 at 8:45 pm and is filed under Tennis News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.