World No. 27 Argentine David Nalbandian saved two match points in the fifth set to beat former World No. 1 and 2005 runner-up Lleyton Hewitt 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(1), 9-7 in four hours and 48 minutes.
World No. 1 Rafael Nadal made a resounding start to his ‘Rafa Slam’ bid, racing out to a 6-0, 5-0 lead on Tuesday at the Australian Open when Brazilian Marcos Daniel retired with a knee injury.
World No. 7 David Ferrer, held off Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen 6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 in just under two hours.
World No. 32 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez earned a 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 victory over German Michael Berrer.
World No. 10 Mikhail Youzhny, making his first appearance of the 2011 season, opened his campaign by dispatching Turkey’s Marsel Ilhan 6-2, 6-3, 7-6(5) in two hours and 11 minutes.
World |No. 15 Croatian Marin Cilic, defeated the American qualifier Donald Young 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 in 91 minutes.
World No. 4 Swede Robin Soderling, held off Italian Potito Starace 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 in just 90 minutes.
World No. 13 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the 2008 finalist, recovered from a two-sets-to-love to defeat the talented German Philipp Petzschner 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 in three hours and 15 minutes during the night session.
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