Harboursport - Australian Open, Day 6 2009.

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AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Day 6 review - Saturday 24th January 2009.

SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles

1 – Rafael Nadal (ESP) - Through to Round 4
2 – Roger Federer (SUI) – Through to Round 4
3 – Novak Djokovic (SRB) – Through to Round 4
4 – Andy Murray (GBR) - Through to Round 4
5 – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - Through to Round 4
6 – Gilles Simon (FRA) - Through to Round 4
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 4
10 – David Nalbandian (ARG) – Eliminated Round 2
11 – David Ferrer (ESP) – Eliminated Round 3
12 – Gael Monfils (FRA) - Through to Round 4
13 – Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) - Through to Round 4
14 – Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Through to Round 4
15 – Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) – Eliminated Round 3
16 – Robin Soderling (SWE) – Eliminated Round 2
17 – Nicolas Almagro (ESP) - Eliminated Round 3
18 – Igor Andreev (RUS) - Eliminated 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) - Eliminated Round 3
23 – Mardy Fish (USA) – Eliminated Round 3
24 – Richard Gasquet (FRA) - Eliminated 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) - Eliminated 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 4
3 – Dinara Safina (RUS) – Through to Round 4
4 – Elena Dementieva (RUS) - Through to Round 4
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 4
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) - Eliminated Round 3
13 – Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - Through to Round 4
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 4
19 – Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) – Eliminated Round 3
20 – Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) - Eliminated Round 3
21 – Anabel Medina Garriques (ESP) - Thru to Rnd 4
22 – Jie Zheng (CHN) - Through to Round 4
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) - Eliminated Round 3
32 – Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) - Eliminated Rnd 1

Fortunately for the tournament organisers there was no repeat of the 4:30am finish that made middle
Saturday such a talking point last year; although an epic match under lights on Margaret Court Arena
went well past midnight, over an hour after a 2-match program starting at the same time on Rod Laver
Arena was finished.
The match saw 13th seeded Chilean Fernando Gonzalez come from 2 sets down to force the match to a
5th set, and after an epic final set in which no service breaks took place for 21 games, Richard Gasquet
finally cracked, sending a huge pro-Chilean crowd into raptures and igniting hopes that Gonzalez may
repeat his 2007 appearance in the final.
Meanwhile on Rod Laver Arena, Sam Stosur's Australian Open campaign came to a close when she
was defeated in straight sets by 4th seed Elena Dementieva. Stosur had two chances to serve out the
first set and held set points in the tie-break, but when Dementieva took out the set she was on her way to
the round of 16. Next up, Rafael Nadal put on a clinical display to overpower Tommy Haas in straight
sets.
Cooler but fine weather during the day saw big crowds again flock to Melbourne Park, and again the
action was entertaining. Most of the matches went according to the form book, with the biggest upset
being the departure of 12th seed Flavia Pennetta at the hands of Anabel Medina Garrigues. Crowd
favourite James Blake and 2008 finallist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga each dropped a set, but progressed in 4
sets; while the most entertaining match of the day saw 12th seed Gael Monfils and Nicolas Almagro put
on a dazzling array of shots, theatrical antics and plenty of colour in the grandstands at Hisense Arena to
keep the crowd amused in a 3-hour straight-sets win to Monfils.

Click here to see Harboursport's photo gallery from Day 6.

The Aussies
Womens Singles, Third Round
4 - Elena Dementieva(RUS) d Samantha Stosur(AUS) 7-6 6-4

Mens Doubles, Second Round
2 - Bob Bryan(USA)/Mike Bryan(USA) d Adam Feeney(AUS)/Robert Smeets(AUS) 6-3 6-1
Andrew Coelho(AUS)/Joseph Sirianni(AUS) d 5 - Jeff Coetzee(RSA)/Wesley Moodie(RSA) 6-1 7-5
7 - Bruno Soares(BRA)/Kevin Ullyett(ZIM) d Rik De Voest(RSA)/Ashley Fisher(AUS) 7-6 7-6
Paul Hanley(AUS)/Jordan Kerr(AUS) d 14 - Frantisek Cermak(CZE)/Michal Mertinak(SVK) 6-3 7-6

Womens Doubles, Second Round
12 - Casey Dellacqua(AUS)/Francesca Schiavone(ITA) d Alla Kudryavtseva(RUS)/Ekaterina
Makarova (RUS) 6-4 6-3

Mixed Doubles, First Round
Aleksandra Wozniak(CAN)/Daniel Nestor(CAN) d Monika Wejnert(AUS)/Bernard Tomic(AUS) 6-3 6-2
Nathalie Dechy(FRA)/Andy Ram(ISR) d Rennae Stubbs(AUS)/Frantisek Cermak(CZE) 6-1 6-4

The Seeds
Mens Singles, Third Round
1 - Rafael Nadal(ESP) d Tommy Haas(GER) 6-4 6-2 6-2
4 - Andy Murray(GBR) d 31 - Jurgen Melzer(AUT) 7-5 6-0 6-3
5 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(FRA) d Dudi Sela(ISR) 6-4 6-2 1-6 6-1
6 - Gilles Simon(FRA) d Mario Ancic(CRO) 7-6 6-4 6-2
9 - James Blake(USA) d 18 - Igor Andreev(RUS) 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-1
12 - Gael Monfils(FRA) d 17 - Nicolas Almagro(ESP) 6-4 6-3 7-5
13 - Fernando Gonzalez(CHI) d 24 - Richard Gasquet(FRA) 3-6 3-6 7-6 6-2 12-10
14 - Fernando Verdasco(ESP) d 22 - Radek Stepanek(CZE) 6-4 6-0 6-0

Womens Singles, Third Round
2 - Serena Williams(USA) d Shuai Peng(CHN) 6-1 6-4
8 - Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS) d 31 - Alona Bondarenko(UKR) 7-6 6-4
21 - Anabel Medina Garrigues(ESP) d 12 - Flavia Pennetta(ITA) 6-4 6-1
13 - Victoria Azarenka(BLR) d 20 - Amelie Mauresmo(FRA) 6-4 6-2
18 - Dominika Cibulkova(SVK) d Virginie Razzano(FRA) 7-5 7-5
22 - Jie Zheng(CHN) d Kateryna Bondarenko(UKR) 6-2 6-2

Mens Doubles, Second Round
3 - Mahesh Bhupathi(IND)/Mark Knowles(BAH) d Igor Kunitsyn(RUS)/Dmitry Tursunov(RUS) 7-5 7-5
Mardy Fish(USA)/John Isner(USA) d 11 - Martin Damm(CZE)/Robert Lindstedt(SWE) 6-4 3-6 6-3

Womens Doubles, Second Round
1 - Cara Black(ZIM)/Liezel Huber(USA) d Edina Gallovits(ROU)/Arantxa Parra Santonja(ESP) 6-1 6-2
3 - Kveta Peschke(CZE)/Lisa Raymond(USA) d Sofia Arvidsson(SWE)/Natalie Grandin(RSA) 6-2 6-4
9 - Daniela Hantuchova(SVK)/Ai Sugiyama(JPN) d Vera Dushevina(RUS)/Olga Savchuk(UKR) 6-4 6-1
13 - Victoria Azarenka(BLR)/Vera Zvonareva(RUS) d Alize Cornet(FRA)/Camille Pin(FRA) 6-3 6-0
Nathalie Dechy(FRA)/Mara Santangelo(ITA)d 14 -Sorana Cirstea(ROU)/Monica Niculescu(ROU) 6-3 6-3

Mixed Doubles, First Round
2 - Zi Yan(CHN)/Mark Knowles(BAH) d Nadia Petrova(RUS)/Max Mirnyi(BLR) 6-3 6-3
Iveta Benesova(CZE)/Lukas Dlouhy(CZE)d3-Lisa Raymond(USA)/Marcin Matkowski(POL) 7-6 4-6 [10-5]

The Others
Womens Singles, Third Round
Carla Suarez Navarro(ESP) d Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez(ESP) 6-1 6-4

Mens Doubles, Second Round
Nicolas Lapentti(ECU)/Tommy Robredo(ESP) d Rohan Bopanna(IND)/Jarkko Nieminen(FIN) 6-4 6-4
Simone Bolelli(ITA)/Andreas Seppi(ITA) d Philipp Petzschner(GER)/Alexander Peya(AUT) 6-3 3-6 6-4

Womens Doubles, Second Round
Agnes Szavay(HUN)/Elena Vesnina(RUS) d Iveta Benesova(CZE)/Barbora Zahlavova
Strycova(CZE) 4-6 6-4 6-3
Lucie Safarova(CZE)/Galina Voskoboeva(KAZ) d Gisela Dulko(ARG)/Roberta Vinci(ITA) 6-2 6-4

Mixed Doubles, First Round
Patty Schnyder(SUI)/Wesley Moodie(RSA) d Alisa Kleybanova(RUS)/Bruno Soares(BRA) 6-3 6-4
Flavia Pennetta(ITA)/Dusan Vemic(SRB) d Vladimira Uhlirova(CZE)/Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL) 6-4 6-4