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)

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..

[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.