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In the Australian Open doubles, Pakistani star Aisam-ul-Haq and Indian star Rohan Bopana were defeated during the first round. Aisam-ul-Haq and Rohan Bopana were defeated by the South African Rik De Voest and American Scott Lipsky. Match score was 6-4, 1-6, 1-7. In the men's draw, defending champion Rafael Nadal converted five of his first six break-point chances in a 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 second-round win over Lukas Lacko of Slovakia, No. 7 Andy Roddick had a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 win over Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil and No. 11 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile, the 2007 runner-up, defeated Marsel Ilhan of Turkey, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters took another step toward winning a second consecutive Grand Slam event with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Tamarine Tanasugarn today in the second round of the Australian Open. Clijsters, ranked No. 15, won the last six games after an early service break in the second set. Her next opponent will be No. 19 Nadia Petrova, one of the Russian women already into the third round after French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and Maria Kirilenko advanced today.
