Tennis: Mauresmo and Nalbandian advance
Australian Open champion Mauresmo ousted French compatriot Marion Bartoli 6-4, 6-0 while Argentina’s Nalbandian bounced back strong after dropping a tie-breaker to bounce Czech Tomas Berdych 6-7 (3-7), 6-1, 6-0.
Hingis battled to the finish but Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova eliminated the Swiss star 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (11-9). Hingis, a five-time Grand Slam champion coming off a three-year retirement, had beaten Kuznetsova in a Doha quarterfinal.
A confident Mauresmo, now 3-0 against Bartoli, advanced to a round of 16 matchup with Serbian Ana Ivanovic, who eliminated Ukranian Alona Bondarenko 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.
Kuznetsova will face another Swiss player, seventh seed Patty Schnyder, for a spot in the quarter-finals. Schnyder eliminated Slovenia’s Katarina Srebotnik 7-6 (7-3), 6-3.
Nalbandian will next face Czech Radek Stepanek, who outlasted Chile’s Nicolas Massu 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-5), 7-5. Nalbandian overcame a tough start to breeze in the last two sets.
Fifth-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko was a break down in the second and third sets but fought back to defeat Australian Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Russian fourth seed Maria Sharapova beat Italian qualifier Maria Elena Camerin 6-2, 7-6 (7-2) while Japan’s Ai Sugiyama defeated Russian Elena Likhovtseva 3-6, 7-5, 6-0.
China’s Zheng Jie downed Germany’s Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-4, 7-5 to book a fourth-round date with American Jill Craybas, who followed her upset of Belgian second seed Kim Clijsters by beating Czech Klara Koukalova 6-1, 6-2.
Sunday’s results:
Men’s singles:
Third round: Christophe Rochus (Belgium) bt 20-Robby Ginepri (US) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; Agustin Calleri (Argentina) bt Carlos Moya (Spain) 6-3 7-6 (8-6); 6-Ivan Ljubicic (Croatia) bt 30-Filippo Volandri (Italy) 6-2, 6-3; 16-Nicolas Kiefer (Germany) bt 18-Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5; 15-Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) bt Nicolas Massu (Chile) 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-5), 7-5; 5-Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) bt 25-Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) 2-6, 6-2, 7-5; 22-Mario Ancic (Croatia) bt Florent Serra (France) 7-6 (6-4) 6-7 (11-13), 6-2; 3-David Nalbandian (Argentina) bt 26-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 6-7 (3-6), 6-1, 6-0.
Women’s singles:
Third round: 6-Elena Dementieva (Russia) bt Michaella Krajicek (Netherlands) 6-0, 6-1; 22-Tatiana Golovin (France) bt Elena Vesnina (Russia) 6-2, 6-3; 12-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) bt 24-Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (11-9); 7-Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) bt 28-Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) 7-6 (6-3), 6-3; 4-Maria Sharapova (Russia) bt Maria Elena Camerin (Italy) 6-2, 7-6 (6-2); 10-Anastasia Myskina (Russia) bt Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 6-3, 7-5; 5-Nadia Petrova (Russia) bt Jamea Jackson (US) 4-6, 6-0, 6-0; 1-Amelie Mauresmo (France) bt 30-Marion Bartoli (France) 6-4, 6-0; 21-Ai Sugiyama (Japan) bt 15-Elena Likhovtseva (Russia) 3-6, 7-5, 6-0; Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) bt Virginie Razzano (France) 6-4, 6-0; 20-Maria Kirilenko (Russia) bt Viktoriya Kutuzova (Ukraine) 6-1, 6-4; Eleni Daniilidou (Greece) bt 13-Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; 32-Sofia Arvidsson (Sweden) bt Meghann Shaughnessy (US) 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5); Jill Craybas (US) bt 27-Klara Koukalova (Czech Republic) 6-1, 6-2; Jie Zheng (China) bt 16-Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Germany) 6-4, 7-5; 14-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia and Montenegro) bt Alona Bondarenko (Ukraine) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.
—Agencies