TENNIS

Malaysian Open

Men’s singles, Round I, Tuesday — Joachim Johansson (Swe) bt Lleyton Hewitt (8, Aus) 7-6(7), 6-3 Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt David Ferrer (7, Esp) 7-6(3), 6-2 Karol Beck (Svk) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-3 Tomas Berdych (6, Cze) bt Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 Rohan Bopanna (Ind) bt Jose Acasuso (Arg) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Martin Vassallo Arguello (Arg) bt Feliciano Lopez (Esp) 6-3, 6-3 Round I, Wednesday — Simon Greul (Ger) bt Christophe Rochus (Bel) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 Gael Monfils (5, Fra) bt Denis Istomin (Uzb) 7-6(3), 7-6(2) Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Victor Crivoi (Rom) 6-1, 6-2 Round II — Nikolay Davydenko (1, Rus) bt Taylor Dent (US) 6-3, 7-6(4) Robin Soderling (3, Swe) bt Brendan Evans (US) 6-1, 6-1 Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) 6-2, 6-3

Pan Pacific Open

Women’s singles, Round II, Tuesday — Jelena Jankovic (7, Srb) bt Sabine Lisicki (Ger) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 Aleksandra Wozniak (Can) bt Caroline Wozniacki (4, Den) 5-0 (Wozniacki retired) Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt Samantha Stosur (12, Aus) 6-0, 6-1 Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) bt Elena Dementieva (3, Rus) 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-1 Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Peng Shuai (Chn) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 Iveta Benesova (Cze) bt Gisela Dulko (Arg) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 Victoria Azarenka (8, Blr) bt Zheng Jie (Chn) 6-1, 6-1 Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) bt Vera Zvonareva (6, Rus) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt Roberta Vinci (Ita) 6-1, 7-6(6) Li Na (15, Chn) bt Vera Dushevina (Rus) 7-5, 6-0 Marion Bartoli (14, Fra) bt Aravane Rezai (Fra) 6-4, 6-2 Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) bt Nadia Petrova (13, Rus) 6-2, 6-2 Round III, Wednesday — Victoria Azarenka (8, Blr) bt Lucie Safarova (Cze) 7-5, 6-4 Agnieszka Radwanska (11, Pol) bt Andrea Petkovic (Ger) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 Jelena Jankovic (7, Srb) bt Elena Vesnina (Rus) 6-1, 3-0 (Vesnina retired) Marion Bartoli (14, Fra) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 4-6, 6-2, 7-5

Thailand Open

Men’s singles, Round I, Tuesday — Robby Ginepri (US) bt Danai Udomchoke (Tha) 6-4, 6-3 Marat Safin (Rus) bt Philipp Petzschner (5, Ger) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 Ernests Gulbis (Lat) bt Somdev Dev Varman (Ind) 7-6(7), 6-2 Marsel Ilhan (Tur) bt Benjamin Becker (Ger) 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-3 Evgeny Korolev (Rus) bt Fabrice Santoro (7, Fra) 4-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(7) Marco Chiudinelli (Sui) bt Florian Mayer (Ger) 6-3, 6-3 Andreas Beck (Ger) bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) 7-5, 7-6(1) Juergen Melzer (6, Aut) bt Marcos Daniel (Bra) 6-3, 6-2 Round I, Wednesday — Mischa Zverev (Ger) bt Leonardo Mayer (Arg) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 Kevin Kim (US) bt Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 6-4, 6-4 Round II — Viktor Troicki (4, Srb) bt Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) 6-3, 7-6(4) Juergen Melzer (6, Aut) bt Marsel Ilhan (Tur) 6-4, 6-2