U.S. Open men's singles first round results

(Reuters) - U.S. Open men's singles first round results from New York on Wednesday (prefix number denotes seeding, * new result)

* 8-Andy Roddick (U.S.) beat Fabrice Santoro (France) 6-2 6-2 6-2

Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) beat Thomas Johansson (Sweden) 7-5 6-1 7-6(3)

Robert Kendrick (U.S.) beat Nicolas Mahut (France) 7-6(3) 6-4 5-7 7-5

Chris Guccione (Australia) beat Jesse Levine (U.S.) 6-3 3-6 7-6(6) 7-6(6)

30-Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat Julien Benneteau (France) 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-7(7) 6-2

3-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Arnaud Clement (France) 6-3 6-3 6-4

28-Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) beat Potito Starace (Italy) 7-5 6-3 6-1

Victor Hanescu (Romania) beat Albert Montanes (Spain) 7-6(5) 6-3 2-6 6-3