Harboursport - Australian Open Day 2 2009.

TENNIS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Day 2 review - Tuesday 20th January 2009.

SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles

1 – Rafael Nadal (ESP) - Through to Round 2
2 – Roger Federer (SUI) – Through to Round 2
3 – Novak Djokovic (SRB) – Through to Round 2
4 – Andy Murray (GBR) - Through to Round 2
5 – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - Through to Round 2
6 – Gilles Simon (FRA) - Through to Round 2
7 – Andy Roddick (USA) – Through to Round 2
8 – Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) – Through to Round 2
9 – James Blake (USA) - Through to Round 2
10 – David Nalbandian (ARG) – Through to Round 2
11 – David Ferrer (ESP) – Through to Round 2
12 – Gael Monfils (FRA) - Through to Round 2
13 – Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) - Through to Round 2
14 – Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Through to Round 2
15 – Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) – Through to Round 2
16 – Robin Soderling (SWE) – Through to Round 2
17 – Nicolas Almagro (ESP) - Through to Round 2
18 – Igor Andreev (RUS) - Through to Round 2
19 – Marin Cilic (CRO) – Through to Round 2
20 – Tomas Berdych (CZE) – Through to Round 2
21 – Tommy Robredo (ESP) – Through to Round 2
22 – Radek Stepanek (CZE) - Through to Round 2
23 – Mardy Fish (USA) – Through to Round 2
24 – Richard Gasquet (FRA) - Through to Round 2
25 – Ivo Karlovic (CRO) - Through to Round 2
26 – Marat Safin (RUS) – Through to Round 2
27 – Feliciano Lopez (ESP) – Eliminated Round 1
28 – Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) – Through to Round 2
29 – Dmitry Tursinov (RUS) - Eliminated Round 1
30 – Rainier Schuettler (GER) - Eliminated Round 1
31 – Jurgen Melzer (AUT) - Through to Round 2
32 – Philipp Kolschreiber (GER) – Through to Round 2

SEEDWATCH - Womens Singles

1 – Jelena Jankovic (SRB) – Through to Round 2.
2 – Serena Williams (USA) - Through to Round 2
3 – Dinara Safina (RUS) – Through to Round 2.
4 – Elena Dementieva (RUS) - Through to Round 2
5 – Ana Ivanovic (SRB) – Through to Round 2.
6 – Venus Williams (USA) - Through to Round 2
7 – Vera Zvonareva (RUS) – Through to Round 2.
8 – Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) - Through to Round 2.
9 – Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) - Eliminated Rnd 1
10 – Nadia Petrova (RUS) – Through to Round 2.
11 – Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) – Through to Round 2.
12 – Flavia Pennetta (ITA) - Through to Round 2
13 – Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - Through to Round 2
14 – Patty Schnyder (SUI) - Through to Round 2
15 – Alize Cornet (FRA) – Through to Round 2.
16 – Marion Bartoli (FRA) – Through to Round 2.
17 – Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) – Through to Round 2.
18 – Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) - Through to Round 2
19 –Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) – Through to Round 2.
20 – Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) - Through to Round 2
21 – Anabel Medina Garriques (ESP) - Thru to Rnd 2
22 – Jie Zheng (CHN) - Through to Round 2
23 – Agnes Szavay (HUN) – Eliminated Round 1.
24 – Sybille Bammer (AUT) – Eliminated Round 1.
25 – Kaia Kanepi (EST) – Through to Round 2.
26 – Ai Sugiyama (JPN) – Through to Round 2.
27 – Maria Kirilenko (RUS) – Eliminated Round 1.
28 – Francesca Schiavone (ITA) - Eliminated Round 1
29 – Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) – Through to Round 2.
30 – Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) - Eliminated Round 1
31 – Alona Bondarenko (UKR) - Through to Round 2
32 – Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) - Eliminated Rnd 1

Aussie Lleyton Hewitt, returning after an injury layoff and with a reduced ranking that sees him no
longer seeded, was forced into an epic showdown on Rod Laver Arena against 13th seed Fernando
Gonzalez. After taking the first set, Hewitt dropped early service games in the second and third sets.
But when it appeared the Chilean was cruising to victory, Hewitt regrouped in the fourth set to take the
match to a decider. But in the end, the buildup of pressure was just too much and it was Hewitt who
cracked, going down 6-3 in the final set to bring his tournament to an end.
The Australian challenge was continued by Chris Guccione and Samantha Stosur, both of whom had
straight sets wins. But Stosur's was a tough contest against Klara Zakopalova, with both sets going
to tiebreaks before Stosur prevailed; the second tiebreak being a comprehensive 7-0 result.
Most of the top seeds had little difficulty getting through their first round matches. Rafael Nadal was
awesome, putting on a clinical display on Rod Laver Arena to overpower Christophe Rochus in
straight sets. The Williams sisters both had easy wins, while Andy Murray barely raised a sweat
before his Romanian opponent, Andrei Pavel, withdrew.
The major casualty in the day 2 heat was womens' 9th seed Agneiszka Radwanska, who was
bundled out by Kateryna Bondarenko. Elena Dementieva was also given a fright, being taken to a
third set, but then cruised through the third set 6-1 to dispose of Kristina Barrois.

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The Aussies
Mens Singles, First Round
13 - Fernando Gonzalez(CHI) d Lleyton Hewitt(AUS) 5-7 6-2 6-2 3-6 6-3
Chris Guccione(AUS) d Nicolas Devilder(FRA) 6-4 6-2 6-4
Michael Berrer(GER) d Carsten Ball(AUS) 6-2 6-4 6-3
Andreas Beck(GER) d Colin Ebelthite(AUS) 7-5 6-1 6-0

Womens Singles, First Round
8 - Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS) d Anastasia Rodionova(AUS) 6-2 3-6 6-3
21 - Anabel Medina Garrigues(ESP) d Isabella Holland(AUS) 6-1 7-5
31 - Alona Bondarenko(UKR) d Olivia Rogowska(AUS) 5-7 6-3 6-2
Samantha Stosur(AUS) d Klara Zakopalova(CZE) 7-6 7-6
Virginie Razzano(FRA) d Jarmila Gajdosova(AUS) 6-1 6-7 6-4
Jessica Moore(AUS) d Christina McHale(USA) 1-6 6-3 9-7

The Seeds
Mens Singles, First Round
1 - Rafael Nadal(ESP) d Christophe Rochus(BEL) 6-0 6-2 6-2
4 - Andy Murray(GBR) d Andrei Pavel(ROU) 6-2 3-1 ret.
5 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(FRA) d Juan Monaco(ARG) 6-4 6-4 6-0
6 - Gilles Simon(FRA) d Pablo Andujar(ESP) 6-4 6-1 6-1
9 - James Blake(USA) d Frank Dancevic(CAN) 6-4 6-3 7-5
12 - Gael Monfils(FRA) d Martin Vassallo Arguello(ARG) 6-1 6-3 7-5
14 - Fernando Verdasco(ESP) d Adrian Mannarino(FRA) 6-0 6-2 6-2
18 - Igor Andreev(RUS) d Peter Polansky(CAN) 5-7 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-4
22 - Radek Stepanek(CZE) d Nicolas Lapentti(ECU) 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4
24 - Richard Gasquet(FRA) d Diego Junqueira(ARG) 6-7 7-6 6-3 6-4
25 - Ivo Karlovic(CRO) d Daniel Gimeno-Traver(ESP) 6-3 6-4 6-4
Flavio Cipolla(ITA) d 29 - Dmitry Tursunov(RUS) 4-6 6-2 7-6 7-5
Dudi Sela(ISR) d 30 - Rainer Schuettler(GER) 1-6 6-2 6-4 6-4
31 - Jurgen Melzer(AUT) d Kei Nishikori(JPN) 7-5 6-2 6-1

Womens Singles, First Round
2 -Serena Williams(USA) d Meng Yuan(CHN) 6-3 6-2
4 - Elena Dementieva(RUS) d Kristina Barrois(GER) 7-6 2-6 6-1
6 - Venus Williams(USA) d Angelique Kerber(GER) 6-3 6-3
Kateryna Bondarenko(UKR) d 9 - Agnieszka Radwanska(POL) 7-6 4-6 6-1
12 - Flavia Pennetta(ITA) d Mara Santangelo(ITA) 6-2 5-7 6-2
13 - Victoria Azarenka(BLR) d Petra Kvitova(CZE) 6-2 6-1
14 - Patty Schnyder(SUI) d Kristina Mladenovic(FRA) 2-6 6-4 6-2
17 - Nicolas Almagro(ESP) d Nicolas Massu(CHI) 6-4 6-4 3-6 5-7 6-3
18 - Dominika Cibulkova(SVK) d Chanelle Scheepers(RSA) 6-0 6-0
20 - Amelie Mauresmo(FRA) d Olga Govortsova(BLR) 6-4 6-3
22 - Jie Zheng(CHN) d Camille Pin(FRA) 6-3 6-3
Shuai Peng(CHN) d 28 - Francesca Schiavone(ITA) 7-6 6-1
Sabine Lisicki(GER) d 30 - Aleksandra Wozniak(CAN) 6-4 6-3
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez(ESP) d 32 - Tamarine Tanasugarn(THA) 7-5 6-3

The Others
Mens Singles, First Round
Tommy Haas(GER) d Eduardo Schwank(ARG) 6-3 6-3 6-4
Denis Istomin(UZB) d Vincent Spadea(USA) 6-2 7-5 6-4
Stefan Koubek(AUT) d Mikhail Youzhny(RUS) 6-3 6-2 6-2
Marcel Granollers(ESP) d Teimuraz Gabashvili(RUS) 6-4 7-6 4-6 6-0
Ernests Gulbis(LAT) d Albert Montanes(ESP) 6-3 6-2 6-3
Sebastien De Chaunac(FRA) d Steve Darcis(BEL) 2-6 6-3 0-6 6-2 6-2
Ivan Ljubicic(CRO) d Igor Kunitsyn(RUS) 4-6 7-6 7-6 5-7 6-3
Fabio Fognini(ITA) d Andrey Golubev(KAZ) 3-6 7-6 6-4 6-2
Arnaud Clement(FRA) d Sergiy Stakhovsky(UKR) 6-3 2-6 4-6 6-2 6-1
Mario Ancic(CRO) d Wayne Odesnik(USA) 7-5 6-4 4-6 6-2
Roko Karanusic(CRO) d Florent Serra(FRA) 6-3 1-6 6-3 3-6 6-3
Victor Hanescu(ROU) d Jan Hernych(CZE) 3-6 3-6 7-6 7-6 8-6
Guillermo Canas(ARG) d Dieter Kindlmann(GER) 3-6 7-5 5-7 6-0 7-5

Womens Singles, First Round
Akgul Amanmuradova(UZB) d Melanie Oudin(USA) 6-1 6-4
Severine Bremond(FRA) d Nicole Vaidisova(CZE) 6-2 6-1
Tatjana Malek(GER) d Ayumi Morita(JPN) 7-6 6-2
Julie Coin(FRA) d Elena Vesnina(RUS) 6-4 4-6 6-1
Elena Baltacha(GBR) d Anna-Lena Groenefeld(GER) 6-1 6-4
Carla Suarez Navarro(ESP) d Roberta Vinci(ITA) 7-5 6-4
Sesil Karatantcheva(BUL) d Nuria Llagostera Vives(ESP) 2-6 6-1 6-2
Lourdes Dominguez Lino(ESP) d Ekaterina Bychkova(RUS) 6-3 6-0
Iveta Benesova(CZE) d Vera Dushevina(RUS) 6-4 0-6 6-2
Tathiana Garbin(ITA) d Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(RUS) 6-4 2-6 7-5
Yung-Jan Chan(TPE) d Su-Wei Hsieh(TPE) 6-3 6-3
Gisela Dulko(ARG) d Anastasiya Yakimova(BLR) 6-3 5-7 7-6
Melinda Czink(HUN) d Sorana Cirstea(ROU) 6-2 6-2

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