Romanian tennis player Edina Gallovits qualified for the second round of Australian Open, after having defeated, in Melbourne, Canadian Stephanie Dubois, in two sets, 7-6 (7), 6-3.

In round two, Gallovits will play vs. Jelena Jankovic, from Serbia, seeded third, who qualified after having beaten Tamira Paszek, from Austria, 2-6, 6-2, 12-10.

Andrei Pavel and Victor Hanescu were beaten in the first round of the competition, Pavel by Russian Igor Andreev (seeded 31st), in four sets, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-3, and Hanescu by Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu (seeded 23rd), in three sets, 6-1, 7-6 (4), 6-2). ROMPRES