Tennis: Berdych, Benešová and Cetkovská advance to Australian Open’s second round

Czech tennis players Tomáš Berdych, Iveta Benešová and Petra Cetkovská on Monday advanced to the second round of the Australian Open. Seventh seed Tomáš Berdych beat Spain’s Albert Ramos 7:5, 4:6, 6:2, 6:3 in a three-hour battle, Petra Cetkovská, seeded 32nd, defeated Ayumi Morita of Japan 3:6, 6:1, 7:5 while Iveta Benešová beat the Frenchwoman Mathilde Johansson 6:3, 2:6, 6:4. Another Czech Lucie Šafářová, seeded 24th, lost to Christina McHale from the US and was knocked out. World’s number two, and second seed Petra Kvitová will face Vera Dushevina of Russia, on Tuesday.

Author: Jan Richter