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French Open: How the seeds fared

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SELECTED RESULTS from the second round of the French Open tennis tournament.

Men

Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, defeated Marcel Granollers, Spain, 6-2, 7-6 (1), 6-3.

Tomas Berdych (4), Czech Republic, def. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-3.

Kei Nishikori (5), Japan, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4.

Stan Wawrinka (8), Switzerland, def. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.

Gilles Simon (12), France, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3.

Gael Monfils (13), France, def. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (14), France, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 6-4, 6-1, 6-1.

Roberto Bautista Agut (19), Spain, lost to Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2, -2.

Pablo Cuevas (21), Uruguay, def. Dominic Thiem, Austria, 7-6 (7), 7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-5.

Ernests Gulbis (24), Latvia, lost to Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Fabio Fognini (28), Italy, lost to Benoit Paire, France, 6-1, 6-3, 7-5.

Fernando Verdasco (32), Spain, lost to Benjamin Becker, Germany, 6-4, 0-6, 1-6, 7-5, 10-8.

Women

Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, def. Vitalia Diatchenko, Russia, 6-3, 6-1.

Simona Halep (3), Romania, lost to Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croatia, 7-5, 6-1.

Ana Ivanovic (7), Serbia, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Carla Suarez Navarro (8), Spain, def. Virginie Razzano, France, 6-3, 1-0, retired.

Ekaterina Makarova (9), Russia, def. Teliana Pereira, Brazil, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.

Angelique Kerber (11), Germany, def. Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, 6-3, 6-2.

Lucie Safarova (13), Czech Republic, def. Kurumi Nara, Japan, 6-2, 6-0.

Elina Svitolina (19), Ukraine, def. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, 1-6, 7-5, 9-7.

Sabine Lisicki (20), Germany, def. Daria Gavrilova, Australia, 6-1, retired.

Garbine Muguruza (21), Spain, def. Camila Giorgi, Italy, 6-1, 6-4.

Sam Stosur (26), Australia, def. Amandine Hesse, France, 6-0, 6-1.

Flavia Pennetta (28), Italy, def. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-0.

Alize Cornet (29), France, def. Alexandra Dulgheru, Romania, 6-2, 7-5.

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