Nadal, Blake, Hewitt move into Aussie round of 32

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01/18/2007 - Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Reigning two-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal and Tennis Masters Cup runner-up James Blake were among Thursday's second-round winners at the 2007 Australian Open. Former Aussie Open runner-up Lleyton Hewitt also advanced here on Day 4.

The second-seeded Nadal, last year's Wimbledon runner-up, got past German Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 in Thursday's nightcap at Melbourne Park.

Nadal's third-round opponent will be 31st-seeded Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka.

A fifth-seeded Blake, off to a perfect 6-0 start this season, committed only 13 unforced errors in a 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 thrashing of his fellow American Alex Kuznetsov, who piled up 36 miscues on his way to defeat.

Blake's match in Rod Laver Arena was the first in the books for the men on Day 4, as brief rain delayed the start of the outdoor matches. The American already has one title under his belt this year, as he captured last week's Sydney International tournament.

The ever-improving Blake, who has never advanced beyond the fourth round in Melbourne, will face another fellow American in the round of 32, Robby Ginepri.

A 19th-seeded Hewitt moved on by handling Canadian Frank Dancevic 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. The two-time Grand Slam champion and former world No. 1 Hewitt was the 2005 Aussie Open runner-up to big Russian Marat Safin.

Some other serious contenders here notched Day-4 wins, as third-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko drubbed Luxembourg's Gilles Muller 6-4, 6-0, 6-3 and No. 8 Argentine David Nalbandian drove past Ecuador's Nicolas Lapentti 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Davydenko will battle crafty Frenchman Fabrice Santoro in the third round, while Nalbandian, a former Wimbledon runner-up who captured the prestigious Masters Cup in 2005, will face pesky Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean.

Tenth-seeded Chilean Fernando Gonzalez snuck past rising Juan Martin del Potro 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 4-0, as the Argentine retired in the fifth set. "Gonzo" will tangle with Hewitt here on Saturday.

Meanwhile, 12th-seeded German Tommy Haas handled Serbian Ilia Bozoljac 7-6 (7-3), 6-1, 6-3; 13th-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych blitzed Aussie Robert Smeets 6-3, 6-2, 6-4; and No. 15 Brit Andy Murray topped Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 7-6 (7-4), 7-5, 6-4. Haas, Berdych and Murray are also among the contenders here in Melbourne.

Other seeded Day-4 winners were No. 21 Russian Dmitry Tursunov, a No. 28 Grosjean and the aforementioned Wawrinka. A mild upset came when Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela took out 17th-seeded Finn Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Additional second-round winners were German Florian Mayer, Frenchman Fabrice Santoro and Ginepri, who straight-setted German Mischa Zverev 6-4, 7-5, 6-1. Santoro erased his countryman and the 2001 Aussie Open runner-up Arnaud Clement in straight sets.

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