SYDNEY, Jan 8: Former world No 2 Svetlana Kuznetsova defied sweltering heat that earlier prompted Agnieszka Radwanska to suggest it was too hot to play to beat seventh seed Caroline Wozniacki on Tuesday in the second round of the Sydney International.

Results (prefix number denotes seeding):

Men’s singles:

First round: Bernard Tomic (Australia) bt Marinko Matosevic (Australia) 6-3, 6-4; Ryan Harrison (US) bt Roberto Bautista (Spain) 2-1 – Bautista retired; Kevin Anderson (South Africa) bt Aljaz Bedene (Slovenia) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Fabio Fognini (Italy) bt Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 6-3, 6-1; John Millman (Australia) bt Tommy Robredo (Spain) 6-3, 6-4; Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) bt Bjoern Phau (Germany) 6-0, 6-1; Feliciano Lopez (Spain) bt 7-Jeremy Chardy (France) 6-7 (2-7), 7-5, 6-3; 6-Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 6-2, 6-3.

Women’s singles:

Second round: Madison Keys (US) bt Zheng Jie (China) 6-0, 6-4; Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) bt 7-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 7-6 (7-4), 1-6, 6-2; Roberta Vinci (Italy) bt Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4); 2-Angelique Kerber (Germany) bt Galina Voskoboeva (Kazakhstan) 6-2, 7-5; Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) bt Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 7-6 (7-3), 1-6, 7-6 (7-1); 4-Li Na (China) bt Ayumi Morita (Japan) 6-1, 6-0; 3-Sara Errani (Italy) bt Maria Kirilenko (Russia) 6-1, 6-1; 1-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) bt Kimiko Date-Krumm (Japan) 6-4, 6-3.

MONFILS STRUGGLES

AUCKLAND: Frenchman Gael Monfils battled into the 2nd round of the Auckland Open, displaying flashes of brilliance as he came from behind to keep his injury comeback on track. He beat German Benjamin Becker 6-7, 6-3, 6-4.

Results:

First round: Lu Yen-Hsun (Taiwan) bt Benoit Paire (France) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2; Gael Monfils (France) bt Benjamin Becker (Germany) 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 6-4; Jesse Levine (Canada) bt Daniel King-Turner (New Zealand) 6-2, 6-2; Alejandro Falla (Colombia) bt Grega Zemlja (Slovenia) 6-4, 3-1 – Zemlja retired; Greg Jones (Australia) bt 6-Jurgen Melzer (Austria) 7-6 (9-7), 6-2; Igor Sijsling (Netherlands) bt Robin Haase (Netherlands) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5; Lukas Lacko (Slovakia) bt Paolo Lorenzi (Italy) 6-3, 6-3; Santiago Giraldo (Colombia) bt Go Soeda (Japan) 6-1, 6-0.—Agencies