Australian Open Results

[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.

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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..

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..

[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.

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[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 Ahh well, another Grand Slam title for Federer is looks like.

DeeGan

[Go_The_Doggies]

Hingis to win the open
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

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