Australian Open Results

[Research Station Drive]

I thought I'd try to make one thread where we can talk about all the Australian Open results over the next fortnight.

Enjoy.

[Research Station Drive]

Today was a day of decimation in the womens draw!

Several seeds dropping already, Venus Williams and Elena Dementieva gooooooone.

Did anyone watch the Dokic match? Jelena appeared to crack under the pressure, which is a terrible shame because I'm in love with her.

Jelena had a match point in the second set (after saving a set point) and thought she won it. She didn't hear the linesman call out. She looked really out of sorts after that.
She dropped the 2nd set in a tie break and then collapsed in the 3rd set 6-1.

Poor Jelena, it was good to see a proud Aussie crowd cheering her on again though.

[DeeGan]

My picks Andy Roddick and Lindsay Davenport are safely through to the second round with relative ease. Always a good sign in the first week of any Grand Slam event.

Serena Williams struggled as predicted by most - I think it is only a matter of time before we see the defending champion exit the tournament.

Today we see Lleyton Hewitt on court as well.

DeeGan

[Eel 33]

I think that Martina Hingis ( I loooooove the Swiss Miss) will make it through to the 3rd round, and then her lack of match fitness and a better prepared opponent will knock her out.

Fast forward 12 months, if her ankles have survived, she will be back up towards the top 20 and will make the finals.

[DeeGan]

Results from Day 1 from SMH.com.au:


January 17, 2006 - 12:36AM

RESULTS FROM DAY ONE (prefix denotes seeding):

Women's singles, first round

1-Lindsay Davenport (USA) bt Casey Dellacqua (Aus) 6-2 6-1
Hana Sromova (Cze) bt Akiko Morigami (Jpn) 3-0 (retired).
Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzb) bt Dally Randriantefy (Mad) 6-3 2-6 6-1
Julia Schruff (Ger) bt 9-Elena Dementieva (Rus) 7-5 6-2
Martina Muller (Ger) bt Jarmila Gajdosova (Svk) 1-6 6-2 6-3
17-Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Saori Obata (Jpn) 3-6 6-3 6-0.
Karolina Sprem (Cro) bt Alona Bondarenko (Ukr) 6-4 6-2.
Conchita Martinez Granados (Esp) bt 26-Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) 6-4 6-3.
6-Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt Sophie Ferguson (Aus) 6-2 6-1.
Mara Santangelo (Ita) bt 24-Tatiana Golovin (Fra) 6-4 4-6 6-4.
Virginie Razzano (Fra) bt Jelena Dokic (Aus) 3-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-1.
Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) bt Stephanie Foretz (Fra) 6-4 6-3.
Olga Savchuk (Ukr) bt Tzipora Obziler (ISR) 6-1 3-6 6-4.
25-Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt Evgenia Linetskaya (Rus) 6-1 3-1 (ret).
23-Jelena Jankovic (Scg) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 6-2 4-6 6-4.
Tszvetana Pironkova (Bul) bt 10-Venus Williams (USA) 2-6 6-0 9-7.
Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt Ting Li (Chn) 6-2 6-3.
Galina Voskoboeva (Rus) bt Emmanuelle Gagliardi (Sui) 6-4 6-3.
Laura Granville (USA) bt Kathrin Woerle (Ger) 5-7 6-2 6-0.
4-Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt Sandra Kloesel (Ger) 6-2 6-1.
Ashley Harkleroad (USA) bt Shuai Peng (Chn) 6-4 6-1.
Zuzana Ondraskova (Cze) bt 28-Anabel Medina Garrigues (Esp) 6-3 6-4.
14-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Lauren Breadmore (Aus) 6-1 6-3.
Maria Elena Camerin (Ita) bt Yvonne Meusburger (Aut) 6-4 6-2.
Virginia Ruano Pascual (Esp) bt Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Esp) 6-2 7-6 (1).
8-Justine Henin-Hardenne (Bel) bt Marta Domachowska (Pol) 6-2 6-1.
18-Elena Likhovtseva (Rus bt Lisa Raymond (USA) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5).
Ekaterina Bychkova (Rus) bt 29-Klara Koukalova (Cze) 6-1 5-7 6-2.
Jelena Kostanic (Cro) bt Mashona Washington (USA) 6-1 6-2.
Arantxa Parra Santonja (Esp) bt Tatiana Panova (Rus) 4-6 7-5 6-1.
Camille Pin (Fra) bt Mariana Diaz-Oliva (Arg) 2-6 7-5 6-4.
13-Serena Williams (USA) bt Na Li (Chn) 6-3 6-7 (1-7) 6-2.

Men's singles, first round

8-Gaston Gaudio (Arg) bt Razvan Sabau (Rom) 6-2 5-0 (ret).
13-Robby Ginepri (USA) bt Jurgen Melzer (Aut) 6-1 6-4 6-2.
Daniele Bracciali (Ita) bt Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) 6-1 7-6 (7-3) 6-2.
17-Radek Stepanek (Cze) bt Bjorn Rehnquist (Swe) 6-1 6-2 6-2.
Denis Gremelmayr (Ger) bt Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) 3-6 6-2 6-0 6-1.
11-David Ferrer (Esp) bt Florent Serra (Fra) 4-6 6-3 6-1 6-4.
Jan Hernych (Cze) bt Fernando Vicente (Esp) 2-6 6-3 7-6 (7-5) 6-2.
Lars Burgsmuller (Ger) bt Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 3-6 6-3 7-6 (7-2) 6-3.
Stanislas Wawrinka (Sui) bt Albert Montanes (Esp) 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-0.
26-Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Marc Kimmich (Aus) 6-2 6-3 6-1.
Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt Justin Gimelstob (USA) 7-6 (8-6) 7-5 6-0.
Yeu-Tzuoo Wang (Tpe) bt Mariano Zabaleta (Arg) 6-2 7-5 4-1 (ret).
4-David Nalbandian (Arg) bt Danai Udomchoke (Tha) 6-2 6-2 1-6 6-7 (7-4) 6-1.
18-Mario Ancic (Cro) bt Agustin Calleri (Arg) 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-4.
Julien Benneteau (Fra) bt Marcos Daniel (Bra) 6-2 6-1 3-0 (ret).
Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt Lukas Dlouhy (Cze) 7-5 6-2 6-4.
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Esp) bt 27-Taylor Dent (USA) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 7-6 (7-4).
Jean-Christophe Faurel (Fra) bt Alexander Waske (Ger) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 7-6 (7-2).
31-Feliciano Lopez (Esp) bt Tomas Behrend (Ger) 6-2 7-5 6-3.
Fabrice Santoro (Fra) bt Vincent Spadea (USA) 3-6 6-0 6-2 6-3.
16-Tommy Robredo (Esp) bt Jiri Vanek (Cze) 6-4 7-6 (7-6) 6-3.
7-Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Chris Guccione (Aus) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 7-6 (7-3).
Andrei Pavel (Rom) bt 32-Carlos Moya (Esp) 6-4 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 3-6 6-4.
Wesley Moodie (Rsa) bt Oscar Hernandez (Esp) 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 6-2.
19-Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Bobby Reynolds (USA) 7-5 6-3 6-7 (7-2) 6-1.
20-James Blake (USA) bt Jose Acasuso (Arg) 6-2 6-3 4-6 7-6 (7-4).
10-Thomas Johansson (Swe) bt Cyril Saulnier (Fra) 6-1 7-6 (7-3) 6-4.
Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Nicolas Massu (Chi) 7-6 (8-6) 6-2 3-6 4-6 6-3.
Xavier Malisse (Bel) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 7-5 5-7 6-4 6-2.
Gilles Muller (Lux) bt Ricardo Mello (Bra) 5-7 6-2 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-0.
Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) bt Tim Henman (GBr) 5-7 6-3 6-4 7-5
2-Andy Roddick (USA) bt Michael Lammer (Sui) 6-4 6-2 6-2

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[Ipswich Fan]

Dokic appeared to suffer from the same problems which plagued her early on in her career. When she lost that second set her head went down far too quickly & she appeared to give up. To win grand slam tournaments you need to show more heart than what she showed in that third set yesterday.

[Research Station Drive]

Dokic appeared to suffer from the same problems which plagued her early on in her career. When she lost that second set her head went down far too quickly & she appeared to give up. To win grand slam tournaments you need to show more heart than what she showed in that third set yesterday.

It seemed like she was gone from the moment she thought she had won. She even mentioned it in some interviews.

She looks like she'll come good though.

Hewitt loves a battle doesn't he? There was a whole bunch of 5 set matches featuring seeds in the Mens today. Compare that with Federer cruising - he's just too good!

[DeeGan]

WARNING! WARNING!

Martina Hingis looked like she had never left the game for three years tonight! An awesome showing from the 'Swiss Miss', it was great to see her back on court with that trademark smile most red blooded men love (raised hand) :laugh:

Martina was one of the more impressive women in round 1 - Serena Williams said four months out had effected her game, obviously, though would she come back with the same venom after three years? Hard to answer that though Martina's form is really tempting for the punter ;)

DeeGan

[DeeGan]

Oh, BTW, if Lleyton makes it to the final 16 it will be a great effort. Hewitt looks out of sorts and as much as I admire his courage and heart when on court, I think he will not repeat his 2005 herorics.

I hope I am wrong.

DeeGan

[Ipswich Fan]

From what i saw from Hewitt he has a lot of improving to do to even go close to winning the title but he has a habit of going through tournaments struggling & still getting up.

[Eel 33]

The Scud had another shocker. The only way he could recapture any of his previous form is to get rid of the 18 yr old gf, forcibly remove himself from the party scene and wholey and solely focus on tennis. But I doubt any of the above will happen.

[DeeGan]

Day 2 results from SMH.com.au:


Day 2 - all the results

RESULTS FROM DAY TWO (prefix denotes seeding):

Women's singles, first round

5-Mary Pierce (Fra) bt Nicole Pratt (Aus) 6-1 6-1
7-Patty Schnyder (Sui) bt Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) 6-4 6-3
31-Gisela Dulko (Arg) bt Maret Ani (Est) 6-0 7-6 (9-7)
12-Anastasia Myskina (Rus) bt Yuliana Fedak (Ukr) 7-6 (8-6) 6-1
Shinobu Asagoe (Jpn) bt Shahar Peer (Isr) 3-6 6-1 6-4
Jamea Jackson (Usa) bt Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) 7-6 (7-5) 6-2
Maria Sanchez Lorenzo (Esp) bt Lucie Safarova (Cze) 6-4 6-3
3-Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) bt Tiantian Sun (Chn) 4-6 6-2 6-2
21-Ana Ivanovic (Scg) bt Shenay Perry (Usa) 6-4 6-4
Iveta Benesova (Cze) bt Rika Fujiwara (Jpn) 2-6 6-1 7-5
Aiko Nakamura (Jpn) bt Alize Cornet (Fra) 6-2 4-6 6-2
22-Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) bt Laura Pous Tio (Esp) 2-6 6-4 7-5
Emilie Loit (Fra) bt Viktoriya Kutuzova (Ukr) 6-2 6-0
15-Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Antonella Serra Zanetti (Ita) 6-2 7-5
20-Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt Cara Black (Zim) 6-2 2-6 6-3
Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Severine Bremond (Fra) 6-3 6-4
27-Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt Amy Frazier (Usa) 6-3 6-2
Michaella Krajicek (Ned) bt Kristina Brandi (Pur) 6-4 7-6 (7-1)
Martina Sucha (Svk) bt Anna Smashnova (Isr) 3-6 6-3 6-4
2-Kim Clijsters (Bel) bt Yoon Jeong Cho (Kor) 6-3 6-0
Catalina Castano (Col) bt Vera Dushevina (Rus) 5-7 6-3 6-1
32-Sania Mirza (Ind) bt Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 7-6(8-6) 6-2
Roberta Vinci (Ita) bt Meghann Shaughnessy (Usa) 7-5 6-4
Sofia Arvidsson (Swe) bt Maria Vento-Kabchi (Ven) 6-1 6-2
19-Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Tathiana Garbin (Ita) 6-0 6-1
16-Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) bt Anastasiya Yakimova (Blr) 6-1 6-3
Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) bt Jie Zheng (Chn) 5-7 6-2 6-4
Emma Laine (Fin) bt Nuria Llagostera Vives (Esp) 6-1 6-1
Martina Hingis (Sui) bt 30-Vera Zvonareva (Rus) 6-1 6-2
Meng Yuan (Chn) bt Melinda Czink (Hun) 6-4 6-2
Zi Yan (Chn) bt 11-Nathalie Dechy (Fra) 6-7(5-7) 6-2 6-3
Sybille Bammer (Aut) bt Eva Birnerova (Cze) 7-5 6-4

Men's singles, first round

1-Roger Federer (Sui) bt Denis Istomin (Uzb) 6-2 6-3 6-2
24-Olivier Rochus (Bel) bt Michael Llodra (Fra) 6-4 6-2 6-2
Peter Luczak (Aus) bt Ivo Minar (Cze) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4
Luis Horna (Per) bt 22-Gael Monfils (Fra) 6-4 7-5 6-1
Federico Luzzi (Ita) bt Juan Antonio Marin (Crc) 6-1 6-4 7-5
Tommy Haas (Ger) bt 14-Richard Gasquet (Fra) 6-2 7-5 6-2
Paul Goldstein (Usa) bt Novak Djokovic (Scg) 6-2 1-6 6-3 6-2
Nathan Healey (Aus) bt 29-Filippo Volandri (Ita) 6-2 6-3 (ret)
12-Dominik Hrbaty (Svk) bt Oliver Marach (Aut) 3-6 4-6 6-2 6-1 6-3
6-Guillermo Coria (Arg) bt Victor Hanescu (Rom) 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-2 6-1
Dick Norman (Bel) bt Zack Fleishman (Usa) 6-4 7-6 (8-6) 5-7 0-6 6-3
Bjorn Phau (Ger) bt Carlos Berlocq (Arg) 6-4 7-6 (7-3) 2-6 7-6 (7-4)
Kevin Kim (Usa) bt Harel Levy (Isr) 6-4 6-4 6-0
Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) bt Andy Murray (Gbr) 6-1 6-3 6-3
23-Igor Andreev (Rus) bt Nicolas Almagro (Esp) 7-5 6-4 6-3
5-Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 7-5 4-6 3-6 7-5 6-3
Kristof Vliegen (Bel) bt Christophe Rochus (Bel) 6-3 6-1 6-4
Boris Pashanski (Scg) bt Wayne Arthurs (Aus) 6-3 6-4 4-6 7-6 (7-2)
Juan Monaco (Arg) bt Jean-Rene Lisnard (Fra) 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-3
21-Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) bt Paradorn Srichaphan (Tha) 6-7(5-7) 4-6 7-6(7-5) 6-1 6-2
3-Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt Robin Vik (Cze) 6-4 2-6 5-7 7-6(7-4) 6-3
Florian Mayer (Ger) bt Hyung-Taik Lee (Kor) 6-4 6-1 4-6 6-4
Davide Sanguinetti (Ita) bt Jacob Adaktusson (Swe) 7-6(7-5) 6-3 6-2
30-Max Mirnyi (Blr) bt Thierry Ascione (Fra) 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-7(4-7) 6-0
Janko Tipsarevic (Scg) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 1-6 6-4 4-6 6-2 6-4
Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) bt Arnaud Clement (Fra) 6-3 7-6(7-4) 6-3
Amer Delic (Usa) bt Potito Starace (Ita) 7-5 6-7(7-3) 6-3 3-6 6-3
Raemon Sluiter (Ned) bt Pavel Snobel (Cze) 6-4 2-6 6-2 6-4
Alex Bogomolov Jr (Usa) bt 9-Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) 4-6 7-6(8-6) 6-3 6-7(3-7) 7-5
28-Fernando Verdasco (Esp) bt Kenneth Carlsen (Den) 7-6(7-5) 6-4 6-4
15-Juan Carlos Ferrero (Esp) bt Tomas Zib (Cze) 7-5 6-0 6-2
25-Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) bt Mark Philippoussis (Aus) 6-4 6-2 6-3

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[Titanium_BD1103]

Congrats to Ana Ivanovic from Serbia and Montenegro... she performed so well yesterday and I say she is someone you should all look at as a future Number 1... she has that killer instinct about her.. :)

Well done Lleyton for surviving that and giving the crowd something to cheer about yesterday, lets hope you can go all the way now.. :)

AND GO Martina.. that was pure class yesterday I looved watching that... well watching it when there was drinks breaks in the cricket.. ;).. but from what I saw she was flawless.. and LOL at her opponent... she threw her racquet at the end and it nearly hit her back in the face.. :laugh:

[Steelers]

Ah well, the poo is gooone again.

[SuperCliffy#01]

Ah well, the poo is gooone again.

Yeah who would have thought?.

But it was always going to be like that seriously, even in Hopman Cup Alicia Molik always carried him, but what a pity that such a talent has gone to waste. cya.

P.S i want to Marry Martina Hingis.

[DeeGan]

I got a bit of a scare this morning with my women's tip Lindsay Davenport winning through to the third round in a so-so performance.


Lindsay given a workout
By Andy Withers
January 18, 2006

LINDSAY Davenport, the women's top seed, has progressed to round three of the Australian Open, but only after being made to work harder than expected by Karolina Sprem.

The American won 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 in 85 minutes, but her performance was anything but that of a world No.1.

Davenport failed to impose herself on Sprem, the world No.66 from Croatia, and the match was all but decided by the protagonists' respective serves.

The 2000 Open champion out-aced her rival, 6-3, while Sprem coughed up nine double faults compared with Davenport's three.

Davenport next faces either Galina Voskoboeva or No.25 seed Maria Kirilenko, both of whom hail from Russia.

FOX SPORTS

Funny that Hewitt's victory is lauded in positives winning in five sets yet Davenport's two set win is labelled "ut her performance was anything but that of a world No.1". Ok, so it wasn't, though a win is a win in the and she ain't going to win the tournament in the first week.

DeeGan

[Titanium_BD1103]

It is Australia Day today at the Open

Well done to Samantha Stosur defeating World Number 21 Ana Ivanovic 6-3, 7-5

Sam played a match that totally made Ana, who is a fighter and determined, at times very worried and rustled, and showed why we may have a new Australian Tennis superstar.. and that is coming from me, someone who is a huge fan of Ana Ivanovic and who believes she will be world Number 1 one day.. ;)

GO Peter Luczak who won against Oliver Rochus 6-7 6-4 6-1 6-7 6-1.. :D

Luczak had Rochus lost throughout many stages of that game and was very precise in his shots, he looked good and with all the crowd behind him he got through.. ;)

Finally Nathan Healey is playing Amer Delic 6-4 6-7 6-3 0-1 ATM

Nathan has played couragously and it has been a great game.. I think he can do it and make it 3/3 for Australia

and of course Lleyton plays tonight against Juan.. may Australia day continue to come early and GO AUSSIE GO.. :D

[Social Loafer]

Healey serving for the match :)

Be a great effort if he can get up.

[[BroncosGirl]]

Woot woo... 2 aussie men through to 3rd round, make it 3 if hewitt can pull it off tonight.

And go Stosur in the womens draw who played awesome against Ivanovic. Stosur was down 1-5 in the second set, but ending up winning it 7-5!!!!

[DeeGan]

Lleyton Hewitt will be lucky to make the 3rd round - he is being totally outclassed by his opponent tonight.

DeeGan

[Social Loafer]

Hewitt is in deep trouble, even if he can get out of this set, I don;t see him winning the 4th...

[Research Station Drive]

Lleyton Hewitt will be lucky to make the 3rd round - he is being totally outclassed by his opponent tonight.

DeeGan

That's true Deegan - you can't ever write him off though!

Here comes a set to Hewitt - can he win another in 5?

C'MON BALBOA!

[DeeGan]

Hewitt goorrne - I said earlier in the thread that "if Lleyton makes it to the final 16 it will be a great effort" as his lead up form was poor.

We still have 3 Aussies flying the flag, all is not lost :)

DeeGan

[DeeGan]

Day 4 results


RESULTS FROM DAY FOUR (prefix denotes seeding):

Men's Singles (second round)

5-Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt Kevin Kim (USA) 4-6 6-0 6-3 6-2.
1-Roger Federer (Sui) bt Florian Mayer (Ger) 6-1 6-4 6-0.
6-Guillermo Coria (Arg) bt Federico Luzzi (Ita) 7-6 (12-10) 6-4 6-3.
Peter Luczak (Aus) bt 24-Olivier Rochus (Bel) 6-7 (7-4) 6-4 6-1 6-7 (7-1) 6-1.
Kristof Vliegen (Bel) bt 28-Fernando Verdasco (Esp) 3-6 6-2 7-6 (7-4) 7-5.
30-Max Mirnyi (Blr) bt Davide Sanguinetti (Ita) 7-5 6-3 4-6 7-6 (10-8).
23-Igor Andreev (Rus) bt Raemon Sluiter (Ned) 3-6 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 2-6 6-2.
Luis Horna (Per) bt Bjorn Phau (Ger) 6-3 6-2 6-1.
25-Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) bt Juan Monaco (Arg) 6-4 6-3 6-3.
12-Dominik Hrbaty (Svk) bt Dick Norman (Bel) 6-2 7-5 5-7 4-6 10-8.
21-Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) bt Boris Pashanski (Scg) 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-1.
Nathan Healey (Aus) bt Amer Delic (USA) 6-4 6-7 (7-4) 6-3 6-4.
15-Juan Carlos Ferrero (Esp) bt Janko Tipsarevic (Scg) 6-3 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-2.
Tommy Haas (Ger) bt Paul Goldstein (USA) 6-0 6-1 6-2.
Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) bt 3-Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) 6-4 6-4 6-7(8) 6-2.

Women's Singles (second round)

Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt 21-Ana Ivanovic (Scg) 6-3 7-5.
Aiko Nakamura (Jpn) bt 31-Gisela Dulko (Arg) 6-1 6-1.
20-Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt Martina Sucha (Svk) 6-3 6-0.
16-Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) bt Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) 6-2 6-1.
Michaella Krajicek (Ned) bt 32-Sania Mirza (Ind) 6-3 7-5.
Maria Sanchez Lorenzo (Esp) bt 22-Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) 4-6 6-4 6-1.
Sybille Bammer (Aut) bt Zi Yan (Chn) 6-3 6-4.
7-Patty Schnyder (Sui) bt Shinobu Asagoe (Jpn) 6-1 7-6 (11-9).
12-Anastasia Myskina (Rus) bt Jamea Jackson (USA) 7-6 (7-4) 0-6 6-3.
2-Kim Clijsters (Bel) bt Meng Yuan (Chn) 6-4 6-2.
Sofia Arvidsson (Swe) bt 19-Dinara Safina (Rus) 6-4 6-0.
3-Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) bt Emilie Loit (Fra) 7-6 (7-1) 6-2.
15-Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Catalina Castano (Col) 6-1 4-6 6-3.
Roberta Vinci (Ita) bt 27-Marion Bartoli (Fra) 6-4 3-6 6-3.
Iveta Benesova (Cze) bt 5-Mary Pierce (Fra) 6-3 7-5.
Martina Hingis (Sui) bt Emma Laine (Fin) 6-1 6-1.

Men's Doubles ( first round)

Ivo Minar (Cze)/Jiri Vanek (Cze) bt Sadik Kadir (Aus)/Todd Reid (Aus) 6-2 1-6 7-5.
4-Paul Hanley (Aus)/4-Kevin Ullyett (Rsa) bt Robin Vik (Cze)/Tomas Zib (Cze) 6-3 3-6 6-1.
10-Frantisek Cermak (Cze)/10-Leos Friedl (Cze) bt Rainer Schuettler (Ger)/Alexander Waske (Ger) 7-5 6-2.
14-Jordan Kerr (Aus)/14-Travis Parrott (USA) bt Gaston Etlis (Arg)/Rajeev Ram (USA) 7-5 6-7 (5-7) 6-4.
Robert Lindstedt (Swe)/Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Tomas Cibulec (Cze)/Petr Pala (Cze) 6-1 4-6 6-1.
5-Fabrice Santoro (Fra)/5-Nenad Zimonjic (Scg) bt Novak Djokovic (Scg)/Andy Murray (Gbr) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3.
11-Mahesh Bhupathi (Ind)/11-Wesley Moodie (Rsa) bt Daniele Bracciali (Ita)/Oliver Marach (Aut) 7-5 6-3.
David Ferrer (Esp)/Fernando Vicente (Esp) bt Julien Benneteau (Fra)/Nicolas Mahut (Fra) 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7-1).
Lukas Dlouhy (Cze)/Pavel Vizner (Cze) bt Luke Bourgeois (Aus)/Rameez Junaid (Aus) 7-5 6-3.
16-Tomas Berdych (Cze)/Cyril Suk (Cze) bt Thierry Ascione (Fra)/Florent Serra (Fra) 6-0 3-6 6-3.
Paul Baccanello (Aus)/Robert Smeets (Aus) bt Robby Ginepri (USA)/Bobby Reynolds (USA) 6-4 7-6 (8-6).
1-Bob Bryan (USA)/Mike Bryan (USA) bt Victor Hanescu (Rom)/Andrei Pavel (Rom) 6-1 6-4.
Feliciano Lopez (Esp)/Fernando Verdasco (Esp) bt Satoshi Iwabuchi (Jpn)/Takao Suzuki (Jpn) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-3).
Xavier Malisse (Bel)/Olivier Rochus (Bel) bt Tomas Behrend (Ger)/Marcos Daniel (Bra) 2-6 6-3 6-3.
Christophe Rochus (Bel)/Stanislas Wawrinka (Sui) bt Carlos Berlocq (Arg)/Agustin Calleri (Arg) 6-7 (7-1) 7-6 (9-7) 6-4.
2-Jonas Bjorkman (Swe)/Max Mirnyi (Blr) bt Michael Kohlmann (Ger)/Gilles Muller (Lux) 7-5 6-7 (7-5) 7-6 (7-4).
Jan Hernych (Cze)/Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt 9-Wayne Arthurs (Aus)/Stephen Huss (Aus) 7-6 (7-3) 6-4.

Women's Doubles (first round)

Emmanuelle Gagliardi (Sui)/Karolina Sprem (Cro) bt Tina Krizan (Slo)/Jennifer Russell (USA) 6-3 3-6 6-2.
Nathalie Dechy (Fra)/Tatiana Golovin (Fra) bt Jelena Jankovic (Scg)/Silvija Talaja (Cro) 1-6 6-3 6-3.
Maria Elena Camerin (Ita)/Tathiana Garbin (Ita) bt Klara Koukalova (Cze)/Lucie Safarova (Cze) 6-2 6-2.
3-Elena Likhovtseva (Rus)/3-Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Beti Sekulovski (AUS)/Cindy Watson (AUS) 6-2 6-3.
6-Daniela Hantuchova (Svk)/6-Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) bt Barbora Strycova (Cze)/Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) 7-5 6-3 .
4-Virginia Ruano Pascual (Esp)/4-Paola Suarez (Arg) bt Vera Dushevina (Rus)/Shahar Peer (Isr) 6-4 7-5.
10-Gisela Dulko (Arg)/10-Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt Dally Randriantefy (Mad)/Anna Smashnova (Isr) 6-2 6-2.
12-Zi Yan (Chn)/Jie Zheng (Chn) bt Evgenia Linetskaya (Rus)/Galina Voskoboeva (Rus) 6-1 6-0.
7-Elena Dementieva (Rus)/Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt Laura Granville (USA)/Abigail Spears (USA) 6-7 (7-3) 7-5 6-0.
Sophie Ferguson (Aus)/Christina Wheeler (Aus) bt Julia Schruff (Ger)/Jasmin Woehr (Ger) 7-5 6-3.
9-Shinobu Asagoe (Jpn)/Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) bt Denisa Chladkova (Cze)/Virginie Razzano (Fra) 6-2 6-2.
13-Anastasia Myskina (Rus)/Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Ekaterina Bychkova (Rus)/Zuzana Ondraskova (Cze) 6-4 6-3.
14-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus)/Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) bt Sania Mirza (Ind)/Corina Morariu (USA) 6-2 6-1.
11-Emilie Loit (Fra)/Nicole Pratt (Aus) bt Anna Chakvetadze (Rus)/Elena Vesnina (Rus) 6-3 0-6 6-1.

AAP

[DeeGan]

How are you tips going?

Andy Roddick looks sensational and the only mens player that looks a threat to Roger Federer who is cantering through the first week.

Lindsay Davenport is still there though she is doing it tougher than other leading players. I am not going to steer away from her as my tip though the 'Swiss Miss' could be the player that slips under everyone's radar.

DeeGan

[qld power]

sharapova v hutchanova today man o man talk about drool city of a game lol :satan:

[Titanium_BD1103]

LOL at you TBC.. they are also very very good players too.. :)

As for the match I am looking forward to it.. but won't be here to see it.. have to go out tonight.. I am sure it will be a good match though.. and All the best of luck to Daniela... she is so determined and smarter this time around.. I think she can trouble Maria and may just win this one.. :)

[DeeGan]

Roddick is gooorne! Didn't see that coming :laugh: Ahh well, another Grand Slam title for Federer is looks like.

DeeGan

[Go_The_Doggies]

Hingis to win the open :D
Ive always thought this...that auzzie who she plays in the next round...sorry to say(not really :P) but shes gone-skiis

[DeeGan]

GTD - you really no how to pick em'

First it was death riding Australia in the cricket when they were 6 wickets down and now you have "always thought" that Martina Hingis would win the open now she has safely navigated her way to the quarters :laugh:

After the first set of the women's final, can you give me your tip?

What about the cricket tonight? Sri Lanka the goods?

DeeGan

[Ipswich Fan]

Roddick losing has meant that there are no geniune threats to Federer for the title now. I'll go out on a limb & declare that Stosur will end Hingis' campaign.

[Titanium_BD1103]

That could occur.. I wish Sam all the best of luck.. I am sitting on the fence on this one.. :)

As for Roddick's loss.. well now that Cyprus bloke has every chance of doing the unthinkable and beating Federer... or maybe Tommy Hass may do it today.. if he does.. then it will be one heck of a finals run.. :D :D

[Go_The_Doggies]

GTD - you really no how to pick em'

First it was death riding Australia in the cricket when they were 6 wickets down and now you have "always thought" that Martina Hingis would win the open now she has safely navigated her way to the quarters :laugh:

After the first set of the women's final, can you give me your tip?

What about the cricket tonight? Sri Lanka the goods?

DeeGan
You'd have to be silly not to think Martina didnt have a chance...c'mon...
And...you forgot about the draw in the SA vs OZ game..that i was the only one who picked:D
Also...i really want Sri Lanka to win the series..they are cool:D..especially Chaminda :happy:

[Go_The_Doggies]

Goo Martina...i was a bit stressed in the tie break..cos skit house was on like at 11:30pm, and the tennis finished at 11:17pm....*wipes brow* phewww....

[qld power]

miss u daniela so close yet so far o well go lindsey and maria my second and third rating on hot

[DeeGan]

Well my picks are bundled out with Davenport blowing a great start last night (6-2 in the first set) only to see the gritty Henin-Hardenne claw her way back to win the match. I was disappointed to say the least.

My attention now goes to Martina Hingis (love that smile) and Marcos Baghdatis - I hope they do well.

Just a report you might be interested in re: Marcos Baghdatis.


Marcos hopes to dodge draft
From Michele Kamabas in Nicosia
January 25, 2006

NOTHING worries Australian Open semi-finalist Marcos Baghdatis, except the army.

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The military draft could wreck the Cypriot's career if army chiefs on the east Mediterranean island decide to call him up, and his family says the uncertainty is affecting his game.

Not that you would guess from his performances in Melbourne.

Baghdatis is the talk of Cyprus, a country with virtually no tradition in tennis, after extending his extraordinary run to the semi-finals by beating No.7 seed Ivan Ljubicic from Croatia.

Unfortunately for the unseeded 20-year-old it is virtually impossible to dodge the draft in Cyprus, with all males aged 18-plus having to spend 26 months in the armed services.

"We are pleading with the military to give him exemption from the army," Baghdatis's Lebanese father, Christos, was quoted as saying by the Cyprus Mail.

"They should at least inform him that he will not have to (join) the army until he is 35.

"But they are not willing to do that. He is constantly being given postponements from the Ministry of Defence regarding his draft. It is in itself a worry for our son."

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Baghdatis, who started playing aged five, was packed off to a France boarding school to develop his game when he was 14 under an Olympic Solidarity scholarship.

His tough on-court mentality was shaped by this parting from his family and particularly his mother, Androulla, highly unusual in the close-knit communities of Cyprus.

"He has sacrificed everything ? his parents, his life here," Simon Aynedjian, the Cyprus over-35 and over-45 champion, said.

"I've seen him with his mother, and how affectionate and lovey-dovey they are. He misses it, he has given everything for the game."

Marcos has a younger sister, Zena, and two older brothers who also played Davis Cup for their country.

Baghdatis was the world No.1 junior in 2003 and, ranked No.54 in the world before the Australian Open, is the first Cypriot to feature in the top 100.

"His performance is quite unprecedented, given the tennis history that Cyprus has, but for those who have followed his career this is not much of a surprise," Sotiris Charalambous, sports editor of the Cyprus Mail, said

That newspaper was the first to highlight Baghdatis's army problem and brought the player's talent to the attention of the authorities.

"One member of the review board said they had no idea," Charalambous said.

Reuters

[Steelers]

I am jumping on the Baghdatis bandwagon now. I remember seeing a story at the start of the tournament and there were these group of Aussies and they were members of the Baghdatis supporter group (the ones who wear the blue) and it was quite funny.

[SuperCliffy#01]

I know this will get the backs up of tennis fans, but i tried to watch the Maria Sharapova match last night and could only take about 5 minutes of it, i really think something should be done to penalise those who are excesively noisey on the court, Sharapova was screaming every time she hit the ball, like she was having the best orgasm of her life during sex.

I think the Tennis officials should bring in Points violations for excesive noise, i have played many sports incuding competative Squash and never in my time have i heard a squash player grunt or scream like those in professional tennis.

It is time to tell those players who grunt, squeal and scream to shut up. Maybe just maybe during a major grand slam event someone like Sharapova getting a points violation during the final will shut her and the others up. cya.

[Go_The_Doggies]

*sigh* Martina lost :upset: she did very well to get to the quaters tho...not playing for 3 years...You done well Martina *respect* :hi:

[Dakink]

Yep hats of to Martins - Did well against the new #1.

Look forward to seeing more of her too!

[Go_The_Doggies]

I dont care who wins it now....all my plans have gone down the dunny anyways :(

[Steelers]

Currently in the Baghdatis vs Nalbandian match, it is 2 sets all. Nalbandian won the first 2 sets, but Baghdati came back and won the next 2. The 5th set has just started. COME ON!!!

[Titanium_BD1103]

Baghdatis won that match.. and he played so well.. he is looking like a fairytale waiting to happen.. but it will most probably be Federer in the Final.. however if anyone can beat Federer, Marcus can.. and he will give it a shot no matter what.. :D :D

GO MARCUS and all the best for the final of the Australian Open.. :)

[Go_The_Doggies]

Poor Justine :(
I really wanted her to win :upset:
What a way to win a grand slam....
I bet shes wishing she took that medical time out now :hmm:

[DeeGan]

Congrats to Federer and commiserations to Marcos. After having a call over turned by the ump that gave Federer the second set, it all went down hill for the 20 y.o. who has won fans world wide after the last two weeks.

Just quickly, CH7 should pull their head on playing live music AFTER the players had walked out on court. Get all the garbage over and done with BEFORE the players are on court!

DeeGan

[Go_The_Doggies]

That call was clearly out lol
Yay go fed!!
Hes cool:)
How emotional was his speech....him crying an all....i was nearly crying :o...and when he hugged rod laver...aww....<3
Hehe Marcos's speech was funny...i was waiting for him to thank roger...tehehe...ahh both top blokes imo :)


Whens the next grand slam....its weird without tennis on now *cries*

[Lachy]

The French Open in March, I'm pretty sure... Or maybe it will move for the commonwealth games?