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NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark made short work of American wildcard Chelsey Gullickson, breezing into the second round of the U.S. Open with a 6-1 6-1 victory to close out Tuesday's programme.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=byf931OYMe4:0MTFzM0JsCI:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=byf931OYMe4:0MTFzM0JsCI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?i=byf931OYMe4:0MTFzM0JsCI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=byf931OYMe4:0MTFzM0JsCI:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?i=byf931OYMe4:0MTFzM0JsCI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKTennisNews/~4/byf931OYMe4" height="1" width="1"/

NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal made a smooth start to his bid to capture the one grand slam that has eluded him when he wore down Russia's Teymuraz Gabashvili 7-6 7-6 6-3 in the first round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=h60uRlV5z_A:XZYqTajYXGg:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=h60uRlV5z_A:XZYqTajYXGg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?i=h60uRlV5z_A:XZYqTajYXGg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=h60uRlV5z_A:XZYqTajYXGg:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?i=h60uRlV5z_A:XZYqTajYXGg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKTennisNews/~4/h60uRlV5z_A" height="1" width="1"/

Aug. 31 (Reuters) - U.S. Open Women's singles first round results from New York on Tuesday (prefix denotes seeding; * new result) * 1-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) beat Chelsey Gullickson (U.S.) 6-1 6-1 Andrea Petkovic (Germany) beat 17-Nadia Petrova (Russia) 6-2 4-6 7-6(4) Sabine Lisicki (Germany) beat Coco Vandeweghe (U.S.) 6-1 6-0 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (U.S.) beat Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain) 4-6 6-4 6-1 31-Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) beat Alize Cornetdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=cJSu0x2tEqk:Qhy6HQrFi2c:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=cJSu0x2tEqk:Qhy6HQrFi2c:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?i=cJSu0x2tEqk:Qhy6HQrFi2c:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=cJSu0x2tEqk:Qhy6HQrFi2c:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?i=cJSu0x2tEqk:Qhy6HQrFi2c:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKTennisNews/~4/cJSu0x2tEqk" height="1" width="1"/

NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal made a smooth start to his bid to capture the one grand slam that has eluded him when he wore down Russia's Teymuraz Gabashvili 7-6 7-6 6-3 in the first round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=VR-XOIPZ35g:RRpVGzyA_4U:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=VR-XOIPZ35g:RRpVGzyA_4U:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?i=VR-XOIPZ35g:RRpVGzyA_4U:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=VR-XOIPZ35g:RRpVGzyA_4U:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?i=VR-XOIPZ35g:RRpVGzyA_4U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKTennisNews/~4/VR-XOIPZ35g" height="1" width="1"/

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Aug 31 ,(Reuters) - U.S. Open men's singles first round results from New York Tuesday (prefix denotes seeding) *1-Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat Teymuraz Gabashvili (Russia) 7-6(4) 7-6(4) 6-3 *31-David Nalbandian (Argentina) beat Rik De Voest (South Africa) 7-6(4) 3-6 6-4 6-7(6) 6-4 Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) beat Maximo Gonzalez (Argentina) 7-5 7-5 6-1 8-Fernando Verdasco (Spain) beat Fabio Fognini (Italy) 1-6 7-5 6-1 4-6 6-3 Florent Serra (France) beat Florian Mayer (Germany) 7-5 6-2 6-0 Benjadiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=Hnhzvs1dMZ4:tt6xD3P36Rs:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=Hnhzvs1dMZ4:tt6xD3P36Rs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?i=Hnhzvs1dMZ4:tt6xD3P36Rs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=Hnhzvs1dMZ4:tt6xD3P36Rs:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?i=Hnhzvs1dMZ4:tt6xD3P36Rs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKTennisNews/~4/Hnhzvs1dMZ4" height="1" width="1"/

NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - David Nalbandian has beaten better credentialed opponents and won bigger matches but rarely has he felt as satisfied as he did after a first round win over South African qualifier Rik De Voest at the U.S. Open on Tuesday.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=GIcR_8RHYLw:ef1tT84468k:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=GIcR_8RHYLw:ef1tT84468k:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?i=GIcR_8RHYLw:ef1tT84468k:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=GIcR_8RHYLw:ef1tT84468k:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?i=GIcR_8RHYLw:ef1tT84468k:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKTennisNews/~4/GIcR_8RHYLw" height="1" width="1"/

Aug 31 (Reuters) - U.S. Open men's singles first round results from New York on Tuesday (prefix denotes seeding, * new result). * 31-David Nalbandian (Argentina) beat Rik De Voest (South Africa) 7-6(4) 3-6 6-4 6-7(6) 6-4 * Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) beat Maximo Gonzalez (Argentina) 7-5 7-5 6-1 * 8-Fernando Verdasco (Spain) beat Fabio Fognini (Italy) 1-6 7-5 6-1 4-6 6-3 * Florent Serra (France) beat Florian Mayer (Germany) 7-5 6-2 6-0 * Benjamin Becker (Germandiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=q69PSZzLAOA:EQNSk410JFk:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=q69PSZzLAOA:EQNSk410JFk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?i=q69PSZzLAOA:EQNSk410JFk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=q69PSZzLAOA:EQNSk410JFk:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?i=q69PSZzLAOA:EQNSk410JFk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKTennisNews/~4/q69PSZzLAOA" height="1" width="1"/

NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - James Blake shrugs off the suggestion that he can still inspire others after overcoming serious childhood health problems to carve an unlikely career in tennis.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=6c3piXjcp1w:VA_24VWcOPY:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=6c3piXjcp1w:VA_24VWcOPY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?i=6c3piXjcp1w:VA_24VWcOPY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=6c3piXjcp1w:VA_24VWcOPY:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?i=6c3piXjcp1w:VA_24VWcOPY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKTennisNews/~4/6c3piXjcp1w" height="1" width="1"/

NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic, dogged by nagging questions about his stamina and guts when pressed in big matches and high temperatures, showed fortitude against an old friend at the U.S. Open on Tuesday.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=0yVHscrzyKw:bjeFEFbljqQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=0yVHscrzyKw:bjeFEFbljqQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?i=0yVHscrzyKw:bjeFEFbljqQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=0yVHscrzyKw:bjeFEFbljqQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?i=0yVHscrzyKw:bjeFEFbljqQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKTennisNews/~4/0yVHscrzyKw" height="1" width="1"/