NEW YORK, Sept 1 - Results of men's singles
matches at the U.S. Open tennis championships on Wednesday
(prefix number denotes seeding, * denotes new result):
First round
* 8-David Nalbandian (Argentina) beat Dennis van Scheppingen
(Netherlands) 6-4 7-6 (7-5) 6-3
* 30-Feliciano Lopez (Spain) beat Arnaud di Pasquale (France)
7-6 (7-4) 6-3 6-2
* Hicham Arazi (Morocco) beat Kenneth Carlsen (Denmark) 6-4
7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (0-7) 3-6 6-3
Kristian Pless (Denmark) beat 20-Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil)
6-4 3-6 6-1 7-6 (7-4)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) beat Julien Benneteau (France)
6-1 6-1 6-4
Karol Beck (Slovakia) beat Thierry Ascione (France) 6-3 7-6
(7-4) 6-4
Robin Soderling (Sweden) beat 14-Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) 6-4
7-6 (7-3) 6-7 (4-7) 6-1
Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) beat Albert Montanes (Spain) 6-1 6-3
6-2
Tuomas Ketola (Finland) beat Jeff Morrison (U.S.) 6-1 3-6 6-3
7-6 (10-8)
4-Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) beat Wayne Ferreira (South Africa)
6-1 7-5 6-4
Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) beat Mark Philippoussis (Australia)
1-6 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 4-1, retired
Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat 32-Jonas Bjorkman (Sweden)
6-3 2-6 6-2 1-6 6-3
23-Vincent Spadea (U.S.) beat Luis Horna (Peru) 6-7 (3-7) 6-2
6-4 6-4
Jurgen Melzer (Austria) beat Gregory Carraz (France) 7-5 6-0
4-6 6-3
12-Sebastien Grosjean (France) beat Olivier Patience (France)
7-5 6-7 (6-8) 6-2 6-1