Aussie Open - Results and News

Gillie

The Aussie Open kicked off today. Thought I'd start a thread on it.

Here are the 1st round results so far:

Men's Australian Open draw
FIRST ROUND
(1) Roger Federer (Swi) bt Bjorn Phau (Ger)
Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) bt Olivier Patience (Fra)
Yen-Hsun Lu (Tai) bt Simon Greul (Ger)
(25) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt Jan Hernych (Cze)
(24) Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) bt Jan Hajek (Cze)
Danai Udomchoke (Tha) bt Martin Vassallo Arguello (Arg)
Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Brian Wilson (US)
(14) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Nicolas Massu (Chi)
(11) Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt Rainer Schuettler (Ger)
Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Daniele Bracciali (Ita)
Amer Delic (US) bt Gilles Simon (France)
(18) Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Filippo Volandri (Ita)
Sam Querrey (US) bt (27) Jose Acasuso (Arg)
Florent Serra (Fra) bt Nicolas Devilder (Fra)
Juergen Melzer (Aut) bt Ivo Karlovic (Croa)
(7) Tommy Robredo (Spa) bt Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spa)

Mardy Fish (US) bt (4) Ivan Ljubicic (Cro)
Nicolas Mahut (Fra) bt Juan Monaco (Arg)
Wayne Arthurs (Aut) bt Stefan Koubek (Aut)
Zach Fleishman (US) bt (30) Agustin Calleri (Arg)
(20) Radek Stepanek (Cze) bt Michael Llodra (Fra)
Lukas Dlouhy (Cze) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (Rus)
Thomas Johansson (Swe) bt Marco Chiudinelli (Swi)
(16) David Ferrer (Spa) bt Kristian Pless (Den)
(9) Mario Ancic (Cro) bt Go Soeda (Jpn)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) bt Joachim Johansson (Swe)
Vincent Spadea (US) bt Igor Andreev (Rus)
(22) Dominik Hrbaty (Svk) bt Jiri Vanek (Cze)
(26) Marat Safin (Rus) bt Benjamin Becker (Ger)
Dudi Sela (Isr) bt Paradorn Srichaphan (Tha)
Marc Gicquel (Fra) bt Alun Jones (Aus)
(6) Andy Roddick (US) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra)

Games to be played:

(8) David Nalbandian (Arg) v Janko Tipsarevic (Ser)
Alan Mackin (GB) v Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu)
Chris Guccione (Aus) v Olivier Rochus (Bel)
Christophe Rochus (Bel) v (28) Sebastien Grosjean (Fra)
(23) Robin Soderling (Swe) v Florian Mayer (Ger)
Andreas Seppi (Ita) v Bobby Reynolds (US)
Marin Cilic (Cro) v Ilia Bozoljac (Ser)
Albert Montanes (Spa) v (12) Tommy Haas (Ger)
(13) Tomas Berdych (Cze) v Lee Hyung-taik (Kor)
Lukas Lacko (Svk) v Robert Smeets (Aus)
Max Mirnyi (Blr) v Luis Horna (Per)
Alexander Waske (Ger) v (21) Dmitry Tursunov (Rus)
(29) Xavier Malisse (Bel) v Arnaud Clement (Fra)
Fabrice Santoro (Fra) v Igor Kunitsyn (Rus)
Gilles Muller (Lux) v Gaston Gaudio (Arg)
Sergio Roitman (Arg) v (3) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus)


(5) James Blake (US) v Carlos Moya (Spa)
Peter Luczak (Australia) v Alex Kuznetsov (US)
Mischa Zverev (US) v Michael Berrer (Ger)
Robby Ginepri (US) v (32) Nicolas Almagro (Spa)
(19) Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) v Michael Russell (US)
Frank Dancevic (Can) v Victor Hanescu (Rom)
Juan Martin del Potro (Arg) v Alessio di Mauro (Ita)
Evgeny Korolev (Rus) v (10) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi)
(15) Andy Murray (GB) v Alberto Martin (Spa)
Fernando Verdasco (Spa) v Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra)
Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) v Potito Starace (Ita)
Paul Goldstein (US) v (17) Jarkko Nieminen (Fin)
(31) Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) v Kevin Kim (US)
Julien Benneteau (Fra) v Paul Capdeville (Chi)
Kristof Vliegen (Bel) v Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger)
Robert Kendrick (US) v (2) Rafael Nadal (Spa)

Women's Australian Open draw
FIRST ROUND
(5) Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thai)
Gisela Dulko (Arg) bt Tian Tian Sun (Chi)
Anne Kremer (Lux) bt Michaella Krajicek (Ned)
Serena Williams (US) bt (27) Mara Santangelo (Ita)
(18) Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt Vera Dushevina (Rus)
Victoria Azarenka (Bel) bt Yuliana Fedak (Ukr)
Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spa) bt Melinda Czink (Hun)
(11) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt Aleksandra Wozniak (Can)
(16) Shahar Peer (Isr) bt Romina Oprandi (Ita)
Meilen Tu (US) bt Edina Gallovits (Rom)
Zuzana Ondraskova (Cze) bt Clarisa Fernandez (Arg)
(20) Tatiana Golovin (Fra) bt Anna Smashnova (Isr)
(26) Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt Karolina Sprem (Cro)
Julia Vakulenko (Ukr) bt Elena Likhovtseva (Rus)
Monique Adamczak (Aus) bt Iroda Tulyaganova (Uzb)
(3) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Jessica Moore (Aus)


(7) Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt Stephanie Foretz (Fra)
Martina Muller (Ger) bt Jorgelina Cravero (Arg)
Maria Elena Camerin (Ita) bt Kirsten Flipkens (Bel)
Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt (25) Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa)
(21) Katarina Srebotnik (Slk) bt Casey Dellacqua (Aus)
Iveta Benesova (Cze) bt Galina Voskoboeva (Rus)
Milagros Sequera (Ven) bt Jarmila Gajdosova (Slk)
(10) Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) bt Jill Craybas (US)
(14) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Sandra Kloesel (Ger)
Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Alberta Brianti (Ita)
Anastasiya Yakimova (Bel) bt Laura Pous Tio (Spa)
(23) Ai Sugiyama (Jap) bt Sofia Arvidsson (Swe)
Julia Schruff (Ger) bt (31) Zheng Jie (Chi)
Eva Birnerova (Cze) bt Martina Sucha (Slk)
Olga Poutchkova (Rus) bt Marta Domachowska (Pol)
(2) Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) bt Shenay Perry (US)

Games to be played:

(1) Maria Sharapova (Rus) v Camille Pin (Fra)
Roberta Vinci (Ita) v Anastassia Rodionova (Rus)
Renata Voracova (Cze) v Meghann Shaughnessy (US)
Emmanuelle Gagliardi (Swi) v (30) Tathiana Garbin (Ita)
(22) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) v Tzipi Obziler (Isr)
Tamira Paszek (Aut) v Severine Bremond (France)
Varvara Lepchenko (Uzb) v Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol)
Vania King (US) v (13) Ana Ivanovic (Ser)
(12) Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) v Sybille Bammer (Aut)
Yulia Beygelzimer (Ukr) v Laura Granville (US)
Sophie Ferguson (Aus) v Jelena Kostanic Tosic (Cro)
Klara Zakopalova (Cze) v (24) Samantha Stosur (Aus)
(28) Flavia Pennetta (Ita) v Kaia Kanepi (Est)
Chan Yung-jan (Tai) v Alicia Molik (Aus)
Andreja Klepac (Slo) v Peng Shuai (Chn)
Madison Brengle (US) v (8) Patty Schnyder (Swi)


(4) Kim Clijsters (Bel) v Vasilisa Bardina (Rus)
Akiko Morigami (Jap) v Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul)
Nicole Pratt (Aus) v Virginie Razzano (Fra)
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (Fra) v (29) Alona Bondarenko (Ukr)
(17) Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) v Sandra Zahlavova (Cze)
Ashley Harkleroad (US) v Yuan Meng (Chi)
Emilie Loit (Fra) v Aravane Rezai (Fra)
Alize Cornet (Fra) v (15) Daniela Hantuchova (Slo)
(9) Dinara Safina (Rus) v Ekaterina Bychkova (Rus)
Youlia Fedossova (Fra) v Catalina Castano (Col)
Ahsha Rolle (US) v Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spa)
Elena Bovina (Rus) v (19) Li Na (Chi)
(32) Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) v Aiko Nakamura (Jap)
Olga Savchuk (Ukr) v Sania Mirza (Ind)
Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) v Emma Laine (Fin)
Nathalie Dechy (Fra) v (6) Martina Hingis (Swi)



Any thoughts on the favourites for this year?
Hard to see past Fed but would love to see Safin or Hewitt win it!

jackdaw

Yeah would be great to see Safin win it, but he needs to get by Roddick
in the 3rd round, I can't see it happening to be honest...

Ferrero lost today to some nobody ... there's a player in freefall...

Gillie

Third and Fourth round mens:

FOURTH ROUND
(1) Roger Federer (Swi) bt (14) Novak Djokovic (Ser)
(7) Tommy Robredo (Spa) bt (18) Richard Gasquet (Fra)
Mardy Fish (US) bt (16) David Ferrer (Spa)
(6) Andy Roddick (US) bt (9) Mario Ancic (Cro)
(12) Tommy Haas (Ger) bt (8) David Nalbandian (Arg)
(3) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt (13) Tomas Berdych (Cze)
(10) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) bt (5) James Blake (US)
(2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt (15) Andy Murray (GB)


THIRD ROUND
(1) Roger Federer (Swi) bt (25) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus)
(14) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Danai Udomchoke (Tha)
(18) Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Gael Monfils (Fra)
(7) Tommy Robredo (Spa) bt Sam Querrey (US)
Mardy Fish (US) bt Wayne Arthurs (Aus)
(16) David Ferrer (Spa) bt (20) Radek Stepanek (Cze)
(9) Mario Ancic (Cro) bt (22) Dominik Hrbaty (Svk)
(6) Andy Roddick (US) bt (26) Marat Safin (Rus)
(8) David Nalbandian (Arg) bt (28) Sebastien Grosjean (Fra)
(12) Tommy Haas (Ger) bt Florian Mayer (Ger)
(13) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt (21) Dmitry Tursunov (Rus)
(3) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt Fabrice Santoro (Fra)
(5) James Blake (US) bt Robby Ginepri (US)
(10) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) bt (19) Lleyton Hewitt (Aus)
(15) Andy Murray (GB) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg)
(2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt (31) Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi)

Bateman

Managed to see most of the Nadal - Murray game between being in bed with the laptop and in Paddy Power. Have to say Murray surprised me; he is clearly capable of living with these players for power and pace, he just needs to work on his stamina, and obviously needs to trim the unforced error count. But both of these aspects of his game should improve with experience.

I am thinking of having a speculative bet on Roddick on the outright market; will obviously have to make up my mind soon though, before he dispatches with this Fish character.

cooker3

Well not watched this as much as I would have liked due to exams but did manage to catch Federer versus Roddick.
All I can say is wow, not sure I have seen such a complete performance as the one Federer gave, he made Roddick look distinctly average. On that form he is untouchable. Gonzalaz is playing real well by all accounts, managed not to see him unfortunaely but if Federer is on his game then he will be lucky to win a set.

As for the womens I am going to go for Serena.

MisterAnarchy

Watched the ladies final last night and Serena just blew Sharapova away.
She played brilliant tennis.
Hard hitting but very accurate ,she dominated from the baseline but was flawless at the net when necessary, it was one of the best performances I have seen in the ladies game in a long time.
Delighted she won as she is a much more complete tennis player than Sharapova who I think is very akward and limited in her play.
Couldnt believe Williams a 7 time Grand Slam champion was the 2-1 underdog.Too good a bet to refuse.
Makes a mockery of the ridiculous rankings system.
First unseeded player to win since 1978,Williams won it the hard way.

cooker3

MisterAnarchy wrote:

Watched the ladies final last night and Serena just blew Sharapova away.
She played brilliant tennis.
Hard hitting but very accurate ,she dominated from the baseline but was flawless at the net when necessary, it was one of the best performances I have seen in the ladies game in a long time.
Delighted she won as she is a much more complete tennis player than Sharapova who I think is very akward and limited in her play.
Couldnt believe Williams a 7 time Grand Slam champion was the 2-1 underdog.Too good a bet to refuse.
Makes a mockery of the ridiculous rankings system.
First unseeded player to win since 1978,Williams won it the hard way.

Agreed, she blew sharapova of the court. I heard she was like 180-1 roughly to win it before the tournament began which is mad.
I don't think ranking systems did too much wrong. I mean she has bearly played for 2 years, you can't expect her to be ranked highly.

MisterAnarchy

cooker3 wrote:

Agreed, she blew sharapova of the court. I heard she was like 180-1 roughly to win it before the tournament began which is mad.
I don't think ranking systems did too much wrong. I mean she has bearly played for 2 years, you can't expect her to be ranked highly.

She was ranked 81st in the World before the tournament but that ranking was largely due to inactivity.
The commentators were basically trying to say that someone ranked 81st in the World hadnt a hope.
But she isnt the 81st best player in the world ,she is prob the best on form.
It would be like Tiger Woods not playing for 2 years then coming back to golf .
Do you think he'd have a chance of winning ?
You can be sure he would.
Form is temporary,class is permanent.
Federer looks invincible .
First player not to drop a set in a Grand Slam since Bjorg in 1980.
He truly is a genius on the court.

cooker3

MisterAnarchy wrote:

She was ranked 81st in the World before the tournament but that ranking was largely due to inactivity.
The commentators were basically trying to say that someone ranked 81st in the World hadnt a hope.
But she isnt the 81st best player in the world ,she is prob the best on form.
It would be like Tiger Woods not playing for 2 years then coming back to golf .
Do you think he'd have a chance of winning ?
You can be sure he would.
Form is temporary,class is permanent.
Federer looks invincible .
First player not to drop a set in a Grand Slam since Bjorg in 1980.
He truly is a genius on the court.

Aye, on form she is better then 81st in world but you can't just have ranking system where she is ranked in top 10 after not playing in 2 years and honestly who actually thought she would win it before the tournament kicked off.
No matter how good you are it usually takes time to come to top form. It just doesn't happen overnight.