Greg Rusedski and Thomas Enqvist cruised through their opening round matches at the Australian men's
hardcourt tennis championship today.
British sixth seed Rusedski eclipsed Spain's Jacobo Diaz in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4).
Sweden's Enqvist, the tournament's third seed, accounted for Chilean Marcelo Rios 6-0, 6-3.
While Rusedski and Enqvist advanced to the second round, Swedish seventh seed Andreas Vinciguerra was eliminated by Spain's Alberto Martin, 6-3, 6-4.
Eighth seed Ivan Ljubicic from Croatia also advanced in a tight encounter with American Michael Russell, winning 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (15/13).
Frenchman Jerome Golmard ousted Australian Davis Cup team member Wayne Arthurs, 6-4, 6-0, while compatriot Michael Llodra eliminated South African Wayne Ferreira 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Australian Richard Fromberg won his qualifying match Monday against Frenchman Gregory Carraz 6-4, 6-4 and will play tournament top seed Britain's Tim Henman on Tuesday.
Second seed Pete Sampras meets Todd Martin in an all-American encounter on Tuesday night.
Australian Mark Philippoussis also opens his campaign Tuesday against Frenchman Julien Boutter while compatriot Andrew Ilie meets Paul-Henri Mathieu in another first round match Tuesday night.
AFP