(Andy Roddick wins first round at the 2009 Australian Open. He played Bjorn Rehnquist of Sweden.) 

The 2009 Australian Open started on Monday, January 19th, for the men also. Here are the men’s singles results for Day 1:

Andy Roddick (7), United States, def. Bjorn Rehnquist, Sweden, 6-0, 6-2, 6-2.

Tomas Berdych (20), Czech Republic, def. Robby Ginepri, United States, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.

Brian Dabul, Argentina, def. Philipp Petzschner, Germany, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4.

Florian Mayer, Germany, def. Lamine Ouahab, Algeria, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2.

Robin Soderling (16), Sweden, def. Robert Kendrick, United States, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5.

See the rest below.

Xavier Malisse, Belgium, def. Michael Llodra, France, 7-6 (10-8), 6-1, 6-1.

Dominik Hrbaty, Slovakia, def. John Isner, United States, 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-2, 7-5.

Tommy Robredo (21), Spain, def. Bobby Reynolds, United States, 6-2, 7-5, 6-1.

David Ferrer (11), Spain, def. Denis Gremelmayr, Germany, 6-1, 6-7 (6-8), 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4.

Juan Martin del Potro (8), Argentina, def. Mischa Zverev, Germany, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. Julien Benneteau, France, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-2.

Stanislas Wawrinka (15), Switzerland, def. Ivo Minar, Czech Republic, 6-1, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (11-9).

Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Potito Starace, Italy, 7-6 (7-5), 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (8-6).

Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Alberto Martin, Spain, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Marcos Daniel, Brazil, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1.

Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, def. Andrea Stoppini, Italy, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5.

Brydan Klein, Australia, def. Bjorn Phau, Germany, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, def. Feliciano Lopez (27), Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 4-6, 16-14.

Mardy Fish (23), United States, def. Samuel Groth, Australia, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 7-5, 6-0.

Evgeny Korolev, Russia, def. Carlos Moya, Spain, 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (9-7).

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Agustin Calleri, Argentina, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2, 6-0.

Amer Delic, United States, def. Taylor Dent, United States, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Marin Cilic (19), Croatia, def. Kevin Anderson, South Africa, 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3.

Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4.

Simone Bolelli, Italy, def. Kristof Vliegen, Belgium, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-3), 7-5.

Philipp Kohlschreiber (32), Germany, def. Sam Querrey, United States, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3, 6-2.

Paul-Henri Mathieu (28), France, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-2, 4-1 retired.

Marat Safin (26), Russia, def. Ivan Navarro, Spain, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4.

Fabrice Santoro, France, def. Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2.

Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, def. Oscar Hernandez, Spain, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0.

David Nalbandian (10), Argentina, def. Marc Gicquel, France, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5.

Source: USA Today

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