Berdych, Fish advance in Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia – Tomas Berdych and Mardy Fish were round winners of the 2012 Australian open on Monday.

Berdych, the seventh-seed Czech, took a 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 decision over Spain's Albert Ramos, popping seven aces and breaking Ramos' serve five times to move on.

The eighth-seeded Fish rolled to a 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 straight-set victory over Luxembourg's Gilles Muller. Muller reeled off nine aces in the match, but also committed 39 unforced errors and failed to break the American's serve in three chances.

Other matches with seeded players saw Nicolas Almagro, the 10th seed, overcome a first-set defeat to take a 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Poland's Lukasz Kubot. 11th-seeded Argentinean Juan Martin Del Potro also battled back from an early setback to move on in Melbourne, recording a 2-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 decision over France's Adrian Mannarino.

Kevin Anderson of South Africa, the 30th seed, roll past Denmark's Frederik Nielsen 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, and 18th-seeded Spaniard Feliciano Lopez, who defeated Leonardo Mayer of Argentina 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, 7-6 (7-2).

Austria's Jurgen Melzer, the 31st seed, was knocked out of the tournament by Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 7-6 (7-3), 7-5, 6-3.

Also moving on Monday was Spain's Pere Riba, who took down fellow countryman Albert Montanes 7-6 (7-2), 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5). Additionally, Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia downed Great Britain's James Ward 6-4, 6-3, 6-4; Italy's Flavio Cipolla outlasted Russian Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1; Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky outlasted compatriot Illya Marchenko 6-3, 6-7 (9-11), 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 and Germany's Tobias Kamke cruised to a 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Victor Hanescu of Croatia.