Harboursport - Australian Open, Day 5 2009

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TENNIS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Day 5 review - Friday 23rd January 2009.

SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles

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

SEEDWATCH - Womens Singles

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

Day 5 at the Open was sadly marred by crowd violence, after scuffles broke out in Garden Square
following Serbia's Novak Djokovic's win over Bosnian American Amer Delic. Despite both players
pleading for fans to behave, the scenes were reminiscent of the ugly scenes that marred the opening
day in 2007. To make matters worse, in an unrelated incident a pitch invader jumped the fence to
disrupt play in a womens' doubles match on Show Court 3.
On court, Djokovic was far too good for the unseeded Delic, taking out the match in 4 sets. Other
matches where the results were according to the form book included comfortable wins to Roger
Federer, Andy Roddick, Juan Martin Del Potro, Jelena Jankovic, Dinara Safina, Vera Zvonareva and
Nadia Petrova.
But the evening saw some unexpected results thrown up. Returned Australian Jelena Dokic's
fairytale comeback continued against 11th seed Caroline Wozniacki. Capitalising on Dokic's early
nerves, the Dane took out the first set; but once Dokic regained her composure her peak form and
confidence returned, and the results of the second and third sets were never in doubt.
And Dokic's fortunes took another boost when it was revealed that her opponent for the round of 16
would not be 5th seed Ana Ivanovic. The glamourous Serbian was stunned by Russian 29th seed
Alisa Kleybanova in 3 sets.
Also exiting the tournament ahead of time, eliminated by lower seeds, were 11th seed David Ferrer
and 15th seed Stanislas Wawrinka.

The Aussies
Womens Singles, Third Round
Jelena Dokic(AUS) d 11 - Caroline Wozniacki(DEN) 3-6 6-1 6-2

Mens Doubles, Second Round
6 - Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL)/Marcin Matkowski(POL) d Stephen Huss(AUS)/Ross Hutchins(GBR) 6-4
                       3-6 6-3
Carsten Ball(AUS)/Chris Guccione(AUS) d 13 - Christopher Kas(GER)/Rogier Wassen(NED) 7-6 3-6
                       6-3

Womens Doubles, Second Round
5 - Samantha Stosur(AUS)/Rennae Stubbs(AUS) d Agnieszka Radwanska(POL)/Urszula Radwanska
                      (POL) 6-1 6-4
Anna-Lena Groenefeld(GER)/Patty Schnyder(SUI) d 15 - Tatiana Poutchek(BLR)/Anastasia Rodionova
                      (AUS) 5-7 6-3 6-0

Mixed Doubles, First Round
Jarmila Gajdosova(AUS)/Samuel Groth(AUS) d 8 - Kateryna Bondarenko(UKR)/Jordan Kerr(AUS) 6-4
                      6-3
Anastasia Rodionova(AUS)/Stephen Huss(AUS) d Jessica Moore(AUS)/Carsten Ball(AUS) 7-5 7-5

The Seeds
Mens Singles, Third Round
2 - Roger Federer(SUI) d 26 - Marat Safin(RUS) 6-3 6-2 7-6
3 - Novak Djokovic(SRB) d Amer Delic(USA) 6-2 4-6 6-3 7-6
7 - Andy Roddick(USA) d Fabrice Santoro(FRA) 6-3 6-4 6-2
8 - Juan Martin Del Potro(ARG) d Gilles Muller(LUX) 6-7 7-5 6-3 7-5
19 - Marin Cilic(CRO) d 11 - David Ferrer(ESP) 7-6 6-3 6-4
20 - Tomas Berdych(CZE) d 15 - Stanislas Wawrinka(SUI) 4-6 6-1 6-3 6-4
21 - Tommy Robredo(ESP) d Yen-Hsun Lu(TPE) 6-1 6-3 6-2
Marcos Baghdatis(CYP) d 23 - Mardy Fish(USA) 6-2 6-4 6-4

Womens Singles, Third Round
1 - Jelena Jankovic(SRB) d 26 - Ai Sugiyama(JPN) 6-4 6-4
3 - Dinara Safina(RUS) d 25 - Kaia Kanepi(EST) 6-2 6-2
7 - Vera Zvonareva(RUS) d Sara Errani(ITA) 6-4 6-1
29 - Alisa Kleybanova(RUS) d 5 - Ana Ivanovic(SRB) 7-5 6-7 6-2
10 - Nadia Petrova(RUS) d Galina Voskoboeva(KAZ) 6-1 ret.
15 - Alize Cornet(FRA) d 19 - Daniela Hantuchova(SVK) 4-6 6-4 6-2
16 - Marion Bartoli(FRA) d Lucie Safarova(CZE) 3-6 6-2 6-1

Mens Doubles, Second Round
Lukasz Kubot(POL)/Oliver Marach(AUT) d 1 - Daniel Nestor(CAN)/Nenad Zimonjic(SRB) 7-5 6-4
4 - Lukas Dlouhy(CZE)/Leander Paes(IND) d Fabio Fognini(ITA)/Ivan Ljubicic(CRO) 6-3 6-4
Lucas Arnold Ker(ARG)/Juan Monaco(ARG) d 8 - Marcelo Melo(BRA)/Andre Sa(BRA) 7-6 7-6
Feliciano Lopez(ESP)/Fernando Verdasco(ESP) d 9 - Max Mirnyi(BLR)/Andy Ram(ISR) 6-2 6-4
Rajeev Ram(USA)/Bobby Reynolds(USA) d 15 - Travis Parrott(USA)/Filip Polasek(SVK) 7-6 4-6 6-4

Womens Doubles, Second Round
2 - Anabel Medina Garrigues(ESP)/Virginia Ruano Pascual(ESP) d Raquel Kops-Jones(USA)/Abigail
                    Spears(USA) 6-2 6-7 6-3
6 - Zi Yan(CHN)/Jie Zheng(CHN) d Klaudia Jans(POL)/Alicja Rosolska(POL) 6-2 6-2
7 - Maria Kirilenko(RUS)/Flavia Pennetta(ITA) d Mervana Jugic-Salkic(BIH)/Anne Keothavong(GBR) 6-1
                    6-2
10 - Serena Williams(USA)/Venus Williams(USA) d Ayumi Morita(JPN)/Martina Muller(GER) 6-3 6-3
11 - Nuria Llagostera Vives(ESP)/Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez(ESP) d Akgul
Amanmuradova(UZB)/Tsvetana Pironkova(BUL) 6-4 6-2
16 - Su-Wei Hsieh(TPE)/Shuai Peng(CHN) d Andrea Hlavackova(CZE)/Lucie Hradecka(CZE) 6-4 6-7
                    6-3

Mixed Doubles, First Round
Alize Cornet(FRA)/Marcelo Melo(BRA) d 5 - Alona Bondarenko(UKR)/Andre Sa(BRA) 3-6 6-4 [10-6]
Sania Mirza(IND)/Mahesh Bhupathi(IND) d 6 - Kveta Peschke(CZE)/Pavel Vizner(CZE) 6-2 6-4

The Others
Mens Doubles, Second Round
Rohan Bopanna(IND)/Jarkko Nieminen(FIN) d Marcel Granollers(ESP)/Santiago Ventura(ESP) 3-6 6-4
                     6-1
Andrei Pavel(ROU)/Horia Tecau(ROU) d Ivo Karlovic(CRO)/Jean-Claude Scherrer(SUI) 6-2 7-6

Mixed Doubles, First Round
Mara Santangelo(ITA)/Simon Aspelin(SWE) d Francesca Schiavone(ITA)/Jeff Coetzee(RSA) 7-5 6-3
Dominika Cibulkova(SVK)/Jurgen Melzer(AUT) d Shahar Peer(ISR)/Robert Lindstedt(SWE) 7-6 7-5