Paes-Dlouhy enter second round at Wimbledon

London: Leander Paes and Luckas Dlouhy, seeded ninth, overcame a tough fight from the British pair of James Auckland and Jamie Delgado in the men's doubles first round match at Wimbledon on Tuesday.

Paes and Dlouhy took about three hours to register a 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win in the first round.

The Indo-Czech pair will take on another unseeded pair of American Eric Butorac and Australian Ashley Fisher in the second round.

Meanwhile, Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi stunned the 10th seeded Polish pair of Mariusz Fyrstenbeg and Marcin Matkowski in straight sets to book a second round berth.

The Indo-Pak pair beat their opponents 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 in their opening match in one hour and 58 minutes.

Bopanna and Qureshi have a relatively easier battle at hand next as they take on the winners of the contest between unseeded pairings of Thais Sonchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana and Spaniards Marcell Granollers-Pujol and Santiago Ventura.

Men Singles: First Round

Jarkko Nieminen (24), Finland, def. Wayne Odesnik, United States, 6-3, retired.

Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador, 6-3, 4-0, retired.

Sebastien Grosjean, France, def. Potito Starace, Italy, 6-2, 7-5, 6-1.

Marin Cilic, Croatia, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Nicolas Kiefer (27), Germany, def. Julien Benneteau, France, 6-1, 7-5, 6-3.

Tommy Haas, Germany, def. Guillermo Canas, Argentina, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

Richard Gasquet (8), France, def. Mardy Fish, United States, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

Martin Vassallo Arguello, Argentina, def. Ivo Minar, Czech Republic, 6-4, 2-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Tommy Robredo (23), Spain, def. Kristof Vliegen, Belgium, 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-4.

Paul-Henri Mathieu (14), France, def. Oscar Hernandez, Spain, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0, 6-2.

Radek Stepanek (16), Czech Republic, def. Jan Hernych, Czech Republic, 6-3, 7-5, 6-0.

Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, def. John Isner, United States, 7-5, 7-5, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6).

Benjamin Becker, Germany, def. Nikolay Davydenko (4), Russia, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

Xavier Malisse, Belgium, def. Denis Gremelmayr, Germany, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Andreas Beck, Germany, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (0).

Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Frederico Gil, Portugal, 7-5, 6-7 (1), 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Arnaud Clement, France, def. Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Jesse Levine, United States, def. Donald Young, United States, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4.

Nicolas Almagro (19), Spain, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2.

Gilles Simon (28), France, def. Dawid Olejniczak, Poland, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Izak Van der Merwe, South Africa, 7-5, 6-2, 6-2.

Jurgen Melzer, Austria, def. Ivan Ljubicic (26), Croatia, 6-4, 7-6 (7), 4-6, 2-6, 6-3.

Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, def. Thierry Ascione, France, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-2.

Agustin Calleri, Argentina, def. Kevin Anderson, South Africa, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-1.

Andy Roddick (6), United States, def. Eduardo Schwank, Argentina, 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (0).

Andy Murray (12), Britain, def. Fabrice Santoro, France, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Dmitry Tursunov (25), Russia, def. Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-4, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (7), 3-6, 7-5.

Mikhail Youzhny (17), Russia, def. Sergio Roitman, Argentina, 6-1, 6-4, 6-0.

Stefano Galvani, Italy, def. Jamie Baker, Britain, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3.

James Blake (9), United States, def. Christophe Rochus, Belgium, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-4.

Chris Eaton, Britain, def. Boris Pashanski, Serbia, 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-4.

Rainer Schuettler, Germany, def. Santiago Ventura, Spain, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.

Women First Round

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, def. Martina Muller, Germany, 6-1, 6-1.

Flavia Pennetta (22), Italy, def. Julia Vakulenko, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-4.

Caroline Wozniacki (31), Denmark, def. Eva Hrdinova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 7-5.

Ai Sugiyama, Japan, def. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 6-4, 6-2.

Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, def. Mariya Koryttseva, Ukraine, 7-5, 6-4.

Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Venus Williams (7), United States, def. Naomi Cavaday, Britain, 7-6 (5), 6-1.

Sania Mirza (32), India, def. Catalina Castano, Colombia, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4.

Anne Keothavong, Britain, def. Vania King, United States, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Sybille Bammer (26), Austria, def. Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, 4-6, 4-1, retired.

Peng Shuai, China, def. Viktoriya Kutuzova, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-4.

Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def. Michaella Krajicek, Netherlands, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6).

Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, def. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, 6-0, 6-4.

Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand, def. Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-3.

Victoria Azarenka (16), Belarus, def. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 6-1, 6-1.

Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Ekaterina Bychkova, Russia, 6-4, 6-4.

Maria Sharapova (3), Russia, def. Stephanie Foretz, France, 6-1, 6-4.

Francesca Schiavone (20), Italy, def. Tamira Paszek, Austria, 6-3, 5-7, 10-8.

Julia Goerges, Germany, def. Katarina Srebotnik (23), Slovenia, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 16-14.

Lindsay Davenport (25), United States, def. Renata Voracova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.

Gisela Dulko, Argentina, def. Aravane Rezai, France, 1-6, 6-0, 6-2.

Alisa Kleybanova, Russia, def. Tzipi Obziler, Israel, 6-4, 6-0.

Mara Santangelo, Italy, def. Maret Ani, Estonia, 7-5, 6-3.

Vera Zvonareva (13), Russia, def. Aiko Nakamura, Japan, 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-1.

Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, def. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro, France, 6-3, 6-2.

Shahar Peer (24), Israel, def. Katie O'Brien, Britain, 6-3, 7-5.

Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, def. Julie Ditty, United States, 7-5, 6-3.

Nadia Petrova (21), Russia, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 6-4, 6-4.

Daniela Hantuchova (10), Slovakia, def. Sara Errani, Italy, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Dinara Safina (9), Russia, def. Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, 7-6 (8), 6-2.

Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, def. Galina Voskoboeva, Russia, 6-2, 6-4.

Emilie Loit, France, def. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Jelena Jankovic (2), Serbia, def. Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-2.

Elena Dementieva (5), Russia, leads Maria Elena Camerin, Italy, 6-3, 3-3, susp., darkness.

Doubles Men First Round

Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie (11), South Africa, def. Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram (3), Israel, def. Scott Lipsky and David Martin, United States, 5-7, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 11-9.

Lukas Dlouhy, Czech Republic, and Leander Paes (9), India, def. James Auckland and Jamie Delgado, Britain, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

Rohan Bopanna, India, and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, def. Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski (10), Poland, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4.

Johan Brunstrom, Sweden, and Adam Feeney, Australia, vs. Chris Haggard, South Africa, and Lovro Zovko, Croatia, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, susp., darkness.

Frantisek Cermak, Czech Republic, and Jordan Kerr (13), Australia, lead Richard Bloomfield and Kenneth Skupski, Britain, 6-4, 5-7, 4-2, susp., darkness.

Women First Round

Nathalie Dechy, France, and Casey Dellacqua, Australia, def. Anna Fitzpatrick and Anna Elizabeth Hawkins, Britain, 6-1, 6-0.

Marta Domachowska and Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, def. Sarah Borwell and Jocelyn Rae, Britain, 6-3, 6-4.

Serena and Venus Williams (11), United States, def. Tatiana Poutchek, Belarus, and Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, 6-0, 6-3.

(With inputs from Associated Press)