Australian Open Results

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -Results Thursday at the US$15.68 million (?12.12 million) Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses):

Singles

Men

Second Round

James Blake (5), United States, def. Alex Kuznetsov, United States, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2.

Tomas Berdych (13), Czech Republic, def. Robert Smeets, Australia, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.

Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentina, def. Jarkko Nieminen (17), Finland, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Dmitry Tursunov (21), Russia, def. Max Mirnyi, Belarus, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Robby Ginepri, United States, def. Mischa Zverev, Germany, 6-4, 7-5, 6-1.

Lleyton Hewitt (19), Australia, def. Frank Dancevic, Canada, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

Fabrice Santoro, France, def. Arnaud Clement, France, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4.

Andy Murray (15), Britain, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 7-6 (4), 7-5, 6-4.

David Nalbandian (8), Argentina, def. Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.