NEW HAVEN (Connecticut), Aug 23: Defending champion James Blake suffered a shock 2-6, 7-6, 7-6 defeat by Spaniard Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo in the New Haven event second round on Tuesday.

Second seed Nikolay Davydenko bounced back from early defeats in his last two tournaments by beating Frenchman Arnaud Clement 6-2, 6-1 to reach the third round.

Russian Davydenko, the world No 7, needed just 64 minutes to beat Clement and set up a third-round clash with Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand, who beat Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 7-6, 4-6, 6-4.

It was generally a good day for seeds with 14 of the 15 in action advancing to the last 16, even though number three Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus and number five David Ferrer of Spain both survived tough tests.

Seventh seed Fernando Verdasco beat Frenchman Julien Benneteau 7-6, 6-4.

Former US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova survived another three-set battle to beat Tatiana Golovin 6-0, 2-6, 6-4 and reach the women’s quarter-finals.

Lindsay Davenport earned her first win since returning from a back injury but there was a first-round defeat for eighth seed Anastasia Myskina, who could now be doubtful for next week's US Open because of a niggling foot problem.

Having dropped a set to American Jill Craybas on Monday, Kuznetsova took just under two hours to defeat Frenchwoman Golovin, the world No 28.

Myskina lost 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to Italy's Mara Santangelo.

Davenport overcame a slow start to crush Katarina Srebotnik 6-3, 6-3 and set up a second-round match with Italian Francesca Schiavone.

Tuesday’s second round results:

Men's singles: Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spain) beat 1-James Blake (US) 2-6, 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-4); 13-Xavier Malisse (Belgium) beat Robin Vik (Czech Republic) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; 8-Olivier Rochus (Belgium) beat Gilles Simon (France) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; 15-Robin Soederling (Sweden) beat Sam Querrey (US) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1; 4-Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) beat Greg Rusedski (Britain) 7-6 (7-2), 6-4; 9-Gael Monfils (France) beat Marc Gicquel (France) 7-6 (8-6), 6-4; 3-Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) beat Michael Berrer (Germany) 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (8-6); 14-Nicolas Massu (Chile) beat Boris Pasanski (Serbia & Montenegro) 6-3, 7-6 (7-4); Juergen Melzer (Austria) beat Feliciano Lopez (Spain) 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-1), 6-4; 10-Agustin Calleri (Argentina) beat Max Mirnyi (Belarus) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3; 5-David Ferrer (Spain) beat Mardy Fish (US) 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5); 16-Paradorn Srichaphan (Thailand) beat Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) 7-6 (7-2), 4 -6, 6-4; 7-Fernando Verdasco (Spain) beat Julien Benneteau (France) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4; 2-Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) beat Arnaud Clement (France) 6-2 ,6-1; 6-Jose Acasuso (Argentina) beat Nicolas Mahut (France) 7-5, 3-3 – Mahut retired; 12-Juan Ignacio Chela (Argentina) beat Andreas Seppi (Italy) 6-3, 6-2.

Women's singles: Samantha Stosur (Australia) beat Tiantian Sun (China) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; 5-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) beat Tatiana Golovin (France) 6-0, 2-6, 6-4.

First round: Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) beat Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Germany) 6-3 6-7 (5-7), 6-4; 7-Lindsay Davenport (US) beat Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) 6-3, 6-3; Mara Santangelo (Italy) beat 8-Anastasia Myskina (Russia) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Galina Voskoboeva (Russia) beat Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) 6-3, 6-5 -- Chakvetadze retired.

Monday’s first round results:

Men’s singles: Simon beat Justin Gimelstob (US) 4-6, 7-5, 6-1; Mirnyi beat Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 6-2, 7-6 (8-6); Hidalgo beat Christophe Rochus (Belgium) 6-3, 7-5; Gicquel beat Jan Hajek (Czech Republic) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3; Berrer beat Ryan Sweeting (US) 7-5, 6-2; Pasanski beat Gilles Muller (Luxembourg) 6-3, 2-6, 7 -6 (7-3); Rusedski beat Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) 7-6 (7-2), 6-7 (7-9), 6-2; Fish beat Davide Sanguinetti (Italy) 6-3, 6-3; Querrey beat Alberto Martin (Spain) 6-3, 6-2; Lopez beat Filippo Volandri (Italy) 6-3, 6-4; Benneteau beat Luis Horna (Peru) 7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 6-1; Vik beat Fabrice Santoro (France) 6-4, 6-2.

Women’s singles: Kuznetsova beat Jill Craybas (US) 6-7 (6-8), 6-1, 6-1; Anabel Medina (Spain) beat Eleni Daniilidou (Greece) 6-4, 6-1; Sun beat 6-Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) 6-1, 6-3; Stosur (Australia) beat Nathalie Dechy (France) 4-6, 5-2 –Dechy retired; Francesca Schiavone (Italy) beat Elena Likhovtseva (Russia) 6-3, 6-4; Marion Bartoli (France) beat Gisela Dulko (Argentina) 6-3, 6-2.—Reuters