Second-seeded Andy Murray has won his first-round match at the U.S. Open, a 7-5, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Ernests Gulbis of Latvia. Murray, who lost to Roger Federer in last year's final, broke Gulbis at 5-5 in the third set Tuesday, then won his service game to seal the victory. On the other hand, former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic, seeded 11th, was bundled out in the first round by 52nd-ranked Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7). The Serb had the worst showing ever by a top-seeded woman in New York last year when she exited in the second round. Ivanovic did herself one worse this time. Meanwhile After missing last year's U.S. Open with a shoulder injury, former champion Maria Sharapova returned to the spotlight with an impressive 6-3, 6-0 victory over Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria on Tuesday. Otherwise, winners included 2004 U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, past runners-up Elena Dementieva of Russia and Serbian Jelena Jankovic, No. 9 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and Russian No. 13 Nadia Petrova. Men's winners included 2008 Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia and that tournament's runner-up, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, along with Spanish No. 10 Fernando Verdasco, No. 11 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile, No. 16 Marin Cilic of Croatia, Czech No. 17 Tomas Berdych and No. 22 Sam Querrey of the United States.
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