Maria Sharapova beat Lindsay Davenport Wednesday

Top seed Justine Henin of Belgium led the way on the women's side Wednesday, playing an especially strong first set in a 6-1, 7-5 win over Olga Poutchkova of Russia.

No. 3 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia faced a second set challenge before downing Romanian Edina Gallovits, 6-2, 7-5. Fifth seeded Russian Maria Sharapova ended the comeback of new mom Lindsay Davenport of United States, 6-1, 6-3, but her fellow American, No. 7 Serena Williams, defeated Yuan Meng of China, 6-3, 6-1.

In the men's draw, second seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal breezed to a 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 win over Frenchman Florent Serra. No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko advanced to the third round by beating France's Nicolas Mahut, 6-4, 6-0, 6-3.

Rafael Nadal of Spain easily advanced

The highest seeded American had little trouble, as Andy Roddick upended Germany's Michael Berrer, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4, while No. 8 Frenchman Richard Gasquet topped Feliciano Lopez of Spain, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3.

The biggest upset of the day came on the men's side as American Mardy Fish surprised 11th seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3. On the women's side the highest ranked player to fall.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.