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Day Six - Saturday June 28

Men's Singles third round:

(2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt (27) Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 6-3

(17) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt (16) Radek Stepanek (Cze) 7-5 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-7 (4-7) 6-3

Marin Cilic (Cro) bt (14) Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-4 7-6 (9-7)

(9) Rainer Schuettler (Ger) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) 6-2 6-3 6-4

Arnaud Clement (Fra) bt Jurgen Melzer (Aut) 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4

Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) bt (25) Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) 7-6 (7-1) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3

(8) Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt (28) Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-3 6-3 6-7 (3-7) 6-3

(12) Andrew Murray (Gbr) bt Tommy Haas (Ger) 6-4 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 6-2

Women's Singles third round:

Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) bt Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) 6-4 6-4

(5) Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt Gisela Dulko (Arg) 7-6 (7-2) 7-5

(7) Venus Williams (USA) bt Martinez Sanchez (Spa) 6-1 7-5

Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) bt Marina Erakovic (Nzl) 4-6 6-4 6-4

(2) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt (31) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 2-6 6-4 6-2

(21) Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt (16) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 7-6 (13-11) 7-6 (7-4)

Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) bt Shuai Peng (Chn) 6-3 1-6 6-4

(24) Shahar Peer (Isr) bt (9) Dinara Safina (Rus) 7-5 6-7 (4-7) 8-6

Men's Doubles second round:

(1) Bob Bryan (USA) & Mike Bryan (USA) bt (13) Frantisek Cermak (Cze) & Jordan Kerr (Aus) 6-7 (10-12) 6-4 6-4 6-2

(2) Daniel Nestor (Can) & Nenad Zimonjic (Ser) bt Rajeev Ram (USA) & Bobby Reynolds (USA) 6-1 7-6 (8-6) 2-6 7-6 (7-1)

Feliciano Lopez (Spa) & Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt (11) Jeff Coetzee (Rsa) & Wesley Moodie (Rsa) 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 7-6 (7-3)

(14) Max Mirnyi (Blr) & Jamie Murray (Gbr) bt James Cerretani (USA) & Victor Hanescu (Rom) 6-4 6-4 7-6 (7-0)

Men's Doubles third round:

Philipp Petzschner (Ger) & Alexander Peya (Aut) bt Christopher Kas (Ger) & Rogier Wassen (Ned) 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (9-7) 6-2 6-4

Marcel Granollers-Pujol (Spa) & Santiago Ventura (Spa) bt Petr Pala (Cze) & Igor Zelenay (Svk) 7-5 6-2 6-4

Women's Doubles second round:

(5) Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) & Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spa) bt Sara Errani (Ita) & Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-1 6-3

Nathalie Dechy (Fra) & Casey Dellacqua (Aus) bt Tatiana Perebiynis (Ukr) & Alicja Rosolska (Pol) 6-3 6-2

(13) Bethanie Mattek (USA) & Sania Mirza (Ind) bt Maria Kirilenko (Rus) & Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 6-3 6-4

(9) Zi Yan (Chn) & Jie Zheng (Chn) bt Elena Vesnina (Rus) & Vera Zvonareva (Rus) 6-3 6-2

Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzb) & Darya Kustova (Blr) bt Anne Keothavong (Gbr) & Melanie South (Gbr) 6-4 4-6 7-5

Women's Doubles third round:

(1) Cara Black (Zim) & Liezel Huber (USA) bt Vania King (USA) & Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) 6-1 6-3

Nuria Llagostera Vives (Spa) & Martinez Sanchez (Spa) bt Catalina Castano (Col) & Kaia Kanepi (Est) 6-4 6-4

Mixed Doubles first round:

Bob Bryan (USA) & Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Eric Butorac (USA) & Bethanie Mattek (USA) 6-7 (5-7) 6-1 6-3

Mixed Doubles second round:

(3) Pavel Vizner (Cze) & Kveta Peschke (Cze) bt David Skoch (Cze) & Iveta Benesova (Cze) 6-1 7-6 (7-3)

(13) Simon Aspelin (Swe) & Lisa Raymond (USA) bt Rohan Bopanna (Ind) & Tatiana Poutchek (Blr) 6-3 7-6 (7-1)

(1) Mike Bryan (USA) & Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) bt Marcin Matkowski (Pol) & Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 6-3 6-2

(9) Andy Ram (Isr) & Nathalie Dechy (Fra) bt Jamie Delgado (Gbr) & Katie O'Brien (Gbr) 6-4 6-0

Daniel Nestor (Can) & Chia-Jung Chuang (Tpe) bt Wesley Moodie (Rsa) & Jill Craybas (USA) 7-6 (7-5) 6-2

Lukas Dlouhy (Cze) & Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) bt (8) Nenad Zimonjic (Ser) & Tian Tian Sun (Chn) 7-5 7-5

(5) Kevin Ullyett (Zim) & Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) bt Dusan Vemic (Ser) & Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 2-6 7-5 7-5

Igor Andreev (Rus) & Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt (11) Mahesh Bhupathi (Ind) & Sania Mirza (Ind) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3

Julian Knowle (Aut) & Yung-Jan Chan (Tpe) bt Ross Hutchins (Gbr) & Anne Keothavong (Gbr) 6-4 6-4

Scott Lipsky (USA) & Casey Dellacqua (Aus) bt Mark Knowles (Bah) & Zi Yan (Chn) 6-3 3-6 6-4

Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) & Alicia Molik (Aus) bt (10) Leander Paes (Ind) & Rennae Stubbs (Aus) 6-3 3-6 6-3

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