MELBOURNE, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- French Open champion Anastasia Myskina won her first-round match Tuesday at the Australian Open.
The little-known Russian topped Kveta Peschke 6-1, 6-4.
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Among other seeded winners in women's matches were Alicia Molik, Karolina Sprem, Francesca Schiavone and Nathalie Dechy.
Winners on the men's side were No. 2 Andy Roddick and sixth-seeded Guillermo Coria, as well as Guillermo Canas, Sebastien Grosjean, Mikhail Youzhny and Andrei Pavel.
Roddick, 22, a semifinalist at Melbourne in 2003 and a former world No. 1, is looking to win his second career Grand Slam title, and Coria, 23, is trying to bounce back from last year's first-round loss to Cyril Saulnier.
He did make the third round in 2003.
