But Soderling showed few signs of nerves with an immediate break of service to lead 3-0.
Krejci scored a pair of power play goals to take the lead 3-2.
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In the second set, Nadal maintained the pressure and broke to lead 3-1.
Murray, 21, began positively, with two aces in the opening game, and broke in the next before holding to lead 3-0.
And it looked as though the Briton would be progressing to the next round when she coolly broke Martic for a third time to lead 3-2 in the second set.
Goals by Steven Nzonzi and David Dunn threatened an upset for Blackburn, but the Gunners hit back through goalscoring defender Thomas Vermaelen, Robin van Persie and Andrei Arshavin to lead 3-2 at halftime.
Henman then used his serve and volley attack to lead 3-0 and then 5-2 in the second but his nerve failed him and he allowed Hewitt to claw his way back and force a tiebreaker.
Evgeni Malkin brought the puck into the zone and lost control, but Bennett chased it down and raced in on the right side before flipping a shot over Nabokov's shoulder from in close to give the Penguins the lead 3:30 in.
Buffalo took the lead 3:29 into the second period when Vanek won a battle for the puck along the boards and sent a cross-ice pass to Flynn, who fired a slap shot from the top of the right circle over Nabokov's glove.
Grabner gave New York a 4-3 lead at 3:27 of the third, firing a wrist shot past Ben Scrivens for his second of the season before Aucoin scored his first just 1:08 later to put the Islanders ahead 5-3.
Moments later Abigail Corning hit a 3 to give Fordham the lead with 3:12 left.
Anthony actually went 10 minutes without scoring, then made two jumpers the second a 3-pointer 40 seconds apart, giving the Knicks a 95-88 lead with 3:32 left.
Juve's 39-year-old third-choice goalkeeper Antonio Chimenti made an error-strewn first start of the season against Siena at the weekend as the Turin side let slip a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3, but he was on hand to tip Zamora's set-piece over the bar.
The Cubs extended their lead to 3-1 in the sixth on Ryan Sweeney's leadoff homer.
Two free throws by Porter capped the surge and gave the Hoyas a 53-39 lead with 3:30 to go.
His 1, 501st rang considerably louder a solo home run into the Colorado Rockies bullpen that extended his Yankees' lead to 3-1.
Nabokov didn't have a chance as the wrist shot zipped over the goaltender's stick to push the lead to 3-0.
That gave Indiana a 76-57 lead with 3:16 left in the quarter, and Miami never got closer than 12 again.
The Orange quickly jumped to a 13-3 lead as Brittney Sykes hit a 3 and Alexander had back-to-back three point plays.
The Knicks closed the first quarter with a 9-0 spurt, taking a 27-22 lead after 3-pointers by Smith and Felton to end the period.
Kunitz pushed the lead to 3-0 by the end of the period after a pair of power-play goals within a span of 3 minutes.
Abdallah Mohammed extended Egpyt's lead to 3-0 in the 75th minute before Mahmoud Alla Fadl put the game beyond doubt with an 82nd minute strike.
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Sidelined by a back injury since April 27, Youkilis was 1 for 4 as the designated hitter with a fifth-inning single that boosted the lead to 3-0.
Kevin Garnett had 16 points and 18 rebounds and the Celtics stayed alive in the playoffs, cutting New York's lead to 3-2 with a 92-86 victory Wednesday night.
But the lead was 3-0 on 50 minutes as the superb Shirokov's shot from 25 yards was deflected by Dunne and into the net past a stranded Given.
In the seventh, Clippard escaped a bases-loaded jam that he created by allowing Freeman's single that cut the lead to 3-2 and by hitting the next two batters he faced.
Brooklyn led by as many as 21 points and almost saw their reserves squander a 15 point lead with 3:52 left in the fourth quarter after Blatche's 3-pointer made it 103-88.
In the seventh, Tyler Clippard escaped a bases-loaded jam that he created by allowing an RBI single to Freeman that cut the lead to 3-2 and by hitting the next two batters he faced.
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