Paes-Raymond packed off in first round

This ended Paes8217; campaign in the first Grand Slam of the year. Paes fell to Swede Andreas Vinceiguerra 6-7 3-7 4-6 3-6 in the singles, after making the main draw by coming through the qualifiers. The Indian, ranked No 1 in the doubles, lost in the first round of the doubles with Canadian Sebastian Lareau. The top-seeded Paes-Lareau crashed out to Americans Geoff Grant and Jack Waite, 6-7 2-7, 6-2, 5-7.

Defending champions Martina Hingis and Yevgeny Kafelnikov swept into the fourth round.

Hingis, the top seed from Switzerland, beat Australian Alicia Molik 6-2, 6-3 and next plays French 12th seed Sandrine Testud, who fought back from three match points down to beat Thailand8217;s Tamarine Tanasugarn 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.

Kafelnikov, the Russian second seed, beat Austrian Stefan Koubek 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 and will face Belgian qualifier Christophe Rochus in the fourth round.Kafelnikov8217;s only serious threat in his half of the men8217;s draw are 18-year-old Australian Lleyton Hewitt, on a roll after his tournament wins in Adelaide and Sydney, and German fourth seed Nicolas Kiefer.

Kiefer advanced to the fourth round with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Moroccan Karim Alami.

RESULTS

Men8217;s singles 3rd round: 1-Andre Agassi US bt Mariano Zabaleta Arg 6-4, 6-4, 6-2, 2-Yevgeny Kafelnikov Rus bt Stefan Koubek Aut 6-3 6-3 6-4, 4-Nicolas Kiefer Ger bt Karim Alami Mor 6-3 6-4 6-2, 12-Magnus Norman Swe bt Jonas Bjorkman Swe 6-4 6-4 7-6 10-8; Arnaud Clement Fra bt Roger Federer Swi 6-1 6-4 6-3, Christophe Rochus Bel bt Max Mirnyi Bel 3-6 6-4 6-3 7-6 7-2, Wayne Ferreira RSA leads Francisco Clavet Spa 6-3 6-4 3-6 rain stopped play, Juan Carlos Ferrero Spa vs Younes El Aynaoui Mor 6-7 3-7 6-4 6-4 6-7 5-7 2-2 rain stopped play.

Men8217;s doubles 2nd round: 4-Jared Palmer/Alex O8217;Brien US bt Thonas Shimada Jap/Myles Wakefield RSA 6-3 6-4, 8-Wayne Black Zim/Andrew Kratzmann Aus bt Michael Hill Aus/Marcos Ondruska RSA 1-6 7-5 6-3.

Women8217;s singles 3rd round: 1-Martina Hingis Swi bt Alicia Molik Aus 6-2 6-3, 2-Lindsay Davenport US bt Alina Jidkova Rus 6-0, 6-1, 3-Serena Williams US bt Sabine Appelmans Bel 6-2, 7-6 7-2, 6-Barbara Schett Aut bt Florencia Labat Arg 6-1 6-3, 12-Sandrine Testud Fra bt Tamarine Tanasugarn Tha 4-6 7-5 6-2, 16-Elena Likhovtseva Rus bt Els Callens Bel 5-7, 7-6 7-5, 6-3. 2nd round: 13-Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario Spa bt Bryanne Stewart Aus 7-5 6-1, 10-Conchita Martinez Spa bt Jelena Kostanic Cro 6-4 6-4, 16-Elena Likhovtseva Rus bt Els Callens Bel 5-7 7-6 7-5 6-3.

Women8217;s doubles 2nd round: 2-Lindsay Davenport/Corina Marariu US bt Asa Carlsson Swe/Emilie Loit Fra 6-1 6-0, 3-Martina Hingis Swi/Mary Pierce Fra bt Meghann Shaughnessy/Linda Wild US 6-3 6-2, 10-Julie Halard-Decugis Fra/Ai Sugiyama Jap bt Surina de Beer RSA/Jana Kandarr Ger 2-6 1-0 retired, Sonya Jeyaseelan Can/Patty Schnyder Swi bt 14-Virginia Ruano Pascual Spa/Paola Suarez Arg 6-1 6-7 4-7 6-3.

Mixed doubles 1st round: 1-Jonas Bjorkman Swe/Anna Kournikova Rus leads Sebastian Prieto/Patricia Tarabini Arg 5-3, David Adams RSA/Kristie Boogert Ned bt 2-Leander Paes/Lisa Raymond US 7-6 9-7 6-2, 4-Todd Woodbridge Aus-Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario Spa bt Martin Damm Czech-Barbara Rittner Ger 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-Jeff Tarango US-Elena Likhovtseva Rus bt Ellis Ferreira RSA-Kristine Kunce Aus 6-7 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 8-Andrei Olhovskiy Rus/Elena Tatarkova Ukr bt Piet Norbal RSA/Katarina Srebotnik Slo 6-4 6-4.

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