Croatia's Mario Ancic celebrates after beating Go Soeda of Japan 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 in the first round.
Former French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero reached the second round of the Australian Open on Monday when his ailing Czech opponent Jan Hajek retired.
Spaniard Ferrero, the 24th seed, was leading 3-0 when the Czech threw in the towel complaining of a stomach bug.
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