14 Thursday 21st January, 2010 Brazilian player Andy Roddick of the United States returns the ball to Brazil’s Thomaz investigated for Bellucci during their Men’s singles match. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) alleged dispute MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Brazilian Marcos Daniel is being investigated by Australian Open organizers for an alleged alterca- tion with a spectator following his first-round loss to Colombia’s Alejandro Falla. The Age newspaper reported Wednesday that Daniel had a dis- pute with Colombian spectators, and that a woman was caught in a A tennis fan smiles, with his face disagreement between her brother painted with the colours of French and the 31-year-old player. No fur- national flag. ther details were available. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) “The referee’s office is looking into it,” a Tennis Australia spokesman confirmed Wednesday. The No. 87-ranked Daniel, a cousin of Brazilian football referee Carlos Eugenio Simon, has only been past the first round once at 14 Grand Slam events. International Tennis Federation rules bar competitors from “the unauthorized touching of an official, opponent, spectator or other person.” Violations can result in fines of up to $10,000. September in only her third tournament back from two years off the tour in which Penneta of Italy. she got married and had a baby. Kuznetsova was first into the third No. 15-ranked Clijsters improved to 20 round when she beat Anastasia wins and three losses since her comeback, Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-2. a run in which she became the first moth- She broke Pavlyuchenkova’s serve er to win a major since Evonne Goolagong twice to start and got on top of most ral- MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Cawley at Wimbledon in 1980. lies with a strong forehand and had 27 U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters She beat former No. 1-ranked Justine winners against only seven for her fellow remained on course for her second Henin for the title at the Brisbane Russian. straight Grand Slam singles title with a 6- International on Jan. 9 in what was Kuznetsova, who has two Grand Slam 3, 6-3 win over Tamarine Tanasugarn on Henin’s comeback tournament after 20 singles championships - adding the Wednesday to reach the third round of the months off the tour. French last year to her win at the 2004 U.S. Australian Open. The Belgian pair will stay on Open - has a chance to reach the No. 1 Clijsters won the last six games after track to meet in the quarterfinals ranking for the first time if she clinches dropping serve to open the second set here if unranked and unseeded the Australian Open title. against the 32-year-old Thai veteran who Henin can get past Olympic gold In eight previous trips to Melbourne was playing her 51st major. Clijsters will next play No. 19 Nadia Petrova, one of the Russian women already into the third round after French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and Maria Kirilenko advanced earlier Wednesday. On the men’s side, No. 7 Andy Roddick had a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 win over Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci and No. 11 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile, the 2007 runner-up, beat Turkey’s Marsel Ilhan 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. Fernando The 26-year-old Clijsters Gonzalez of won at Flushing Meadows in Chile returns to Turkish Marsel Ilhan during their men’s singles match. (AP Photo) Park, Kuznetsova has advanced to the quarterfinals twice, including last year when she lost to eventual champion Serena Williams after being up a set and a break. This year, the 24-year-old Russian is feeling more confident of winning. “Yes, definitely, I know all the way how to go - I’ve done it twice,” Kuznetsova said. “It’s exciting. You always have dif- ferent motivation at the Grand Slams - I love to play here.” No. 11 Marion Bartoli advanced and Britain’s Elena Baltacha equalled her medalist Elena Dementieva later best run at the season’s first major by Wednesday.Clijsters, who has reached the reaching the third round with a 6-2, 7-5 semifinals or better in her last four trips win over No. 30 Kateryna Bondarenko of to Melbourne Park and lost the 2004 final Ukraine. She could next meet 2009 finalist Kim Clijsters of Belgium to Henin, next plays No. 19 Nadia Petrova. Dinara Safina, who was playing later returns the ball to No. 16-ranked Yanina Wickmayer, a Wednesday. Thailand’s Tamarine Belgian who didn’t get a seeding here China’s Zheng Jie had an upset 2-6, 6- Tanasugarn during their because her suspension for a World Anti- 2, 6-3 win over No. 24 Maria Jose Martinez Women’s singles match. Doping Agency “whereabouts rule” viola- of Spain. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) tion hadn’t been overturned before No. 4 Caroline Wozniacki of entries closed, reached the third-round Denmark, who lost the U.S. Open final to with a 7-6 (2), 6-1 win over No. 12 Flavia Clijsters, had a 6-4, 6-2 first-round win over Canada’s Aleksandra Wozniak. In other first-round matches carried Wednesday’s Results over to Wednesday from the rain-inter- rupted opening days, No. 7 Victoria MELBOURNE, Vera Zvonareva (9), Russia, def. Kristina Shahar Peer (29), Israel, def. Lucie Azarenka of Belarus beat French wild Australia (AP) - Results Kucova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-0. Hradecka, Czech Republic, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-1. card Stephanie Cohen-Aloro 6-2, 6-0, No. 9 Wednesday from the Li Na (16), China, def. Marina Erakovic, Agnes Szavay, Hungary, def. Stephanie Vera Zvonareva beat Kristina Kucova of $22.14 million Australian New Zealand, 6-2, 6-0. Dubois, Canada, 6-3, 6-2. Slovakia 6-2, 6-0 and No. 16 Li Na of Open at Melbourne Park Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, def. Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, def. Jarmila China, a quarterfinalist at the U.S. Open, (seedings in parentheses): Kimiko Date Krumm, Japan, 6-4, 6-2. Groth, Australia, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. beat New Zealander Marina Erakovic 6-2, Singles Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, def. Galina Second Round 6-0. Svetlana Women’s First Round Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-4. Svetlana Kuznetsova (3), Russia, def. No. 22 Daniela Hantuchova of Kuznetsova of Caroline Wozniacki (4), Tathiana Garbin, Italy, def. Elena Vesnina Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 6-2, 6-2. Slovakia and No. 29 Shahar Peer of Israel Russia reacts after Denmark, def. Aleksandra Wozniak, (28), Russia, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Doubles also advanced. beating Anastasia Canada, 6-4, 6-2. Julia Goerges, Germany, def. Tamira Men’s First Round Rafal Nadal, the defending champion, Pavlyuchenkova Victoria Azarenka (7), Belarus, Paszek, Austria, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3. Philipp Marx, Germany, and Igor Zelenay, played Lukas Lacko at Rod Laver Arena also of Russia. def. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro, France, Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, def. Slovakia, def. Nick Lindahl and Matt Reid, on Wednesday, and U.S. Open champion (AP Photo) 6-2, 6-0. Chang Kai-chen, Taiwan, 7-5, 6-2. Australia, 6-3, 6-4. Juan Martin del Potro faced James Blake..