Australian Open

At Melbourne, Australia

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Men

First Round

Julien Benneteau (32), France, def. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.

Xavier Malisse, Belgium, def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2.

Kei Nishikori (16), Japan, def. Victor Hanescu, Romania, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1, 6-3.

Guillaume Rufin, France, def. Julian Reister, Germany, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-2.

Stanislas Wawrinka (15), Switzerland, def. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Germany, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3.

Nicolas Almagro (10), Spain, def. Steve Johnson, United States, 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-2.

Women

First Round

Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, def. Olga Puchkova, Russia, 6-0, 6-0.

Venus Williams (25), United States, def. Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, 6-1, 6-0.

Li Na (6), China, def. Sesil Karatantcheva, Kazakhstan, 6-1, 6-3.

Kristyna Pliskova, Czech Republic, def. Sacha Jones, Australia, 6-3, 6-2.

Sorana Cirstea (27), Romania, def. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, 6-4, 6-2.

Olga Govortsova, Belarus, def. Pauline Parmentier, France, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Romina Oprandi, Switzerland, def. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.

Julia Goerges (18), Germany, def. Vera Dushevina, Russia, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4.

Sam Stosur (9), Australia, def. Chang Kai-chen, Taiwan, 7-6 (3), 6-3.

Agnieszka Radwanska (4), Poland, def. Bojana Bobusic, Australia, 7-5, 6-0.