Harboursport - Australian Open Day 6 2011

HARBOURSPORT

TENNIS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Day 6 review - Saturday 22nd January 2011.

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. Robin Soderling (SWE) - Through to Round 4
5. Andy Murray (GBR) - Through to Round 4
6. Tomas Berdych (CZE) - Through to Round 4
7. David Ferrer (ESP) - Through to Round 4
8. Andy Roddick (USA) - Through to Round 4
9. Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Through to Round 4
10. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) - Eliminated Round 3
11. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) - Through to Round 4
12. Gael Monfils (FRA) - Eliminated Round 3
13. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - Eliminated Round 3
14. Nicolas Almagro (ESP) - Through to Round 4
15. Marin Cilic (CRO) - Through to Round 4
16. Mardy Fish (USA) - Eliminated Round 2
17. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) - Eliminated Round 3
18. Sam Querrey (USA) - Eliminated Round 1
19. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) - Through to Round 4
20. John Isner (USA) - Eliminated Round 3
21. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) - Eliminated to Round 3
22. Michael Llodra (FRA) - Eliminated Round 2
23. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - Eliminated Round 1
24. Ernests Gulbis (LAT) - Eliminated Round 1
25. Albert Montanes (ESP) - Eliminated Round 2
26. Juan Monaco (ARG) - Eliminated Round 2
27. David Nalbandian (ARG) - Eliminated Round 2
28. Richard Gasquet (FRA) - Eliminated Round 3
29. Viktor Troicki (SRB) - Eliminated Round 3
30. Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) - Eliminated Round 2
31. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) - Eliminated Round 2
32. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) - Eliminated Round 3

SEEDWATCH - Womens Singles

1. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) - Through to Round 4
2. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) - Through to Round 4
3. Kim Clijsters (BEL) - Through to Round 4
4. Venus Williams (USA) - Eliminated Round 3
5. Samantha Stosur (AUS) - Eliminated Round 3
6. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) - Through to Round 4
7. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) - Eliminated Round 2
8. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - Through to Round 4
9. Li Na (CHN) - Through to Round 4
10. Shahar Peer (ISR) - Eliminated Round 3
11. Justine Henin (BEL) - Eliminated Round 3
12. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) - Through to Round 4
13. Nadia Petrova (RUS) - Eliminated Round 3
14. Maria Sharapova (RUS) - Through to Round 4
15. Marion Bartoli (FRA) - Eliminated Round 2
16. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) - Eliminated Round 3
17. Aravane Rezai (FRA) - Eliminated Round 1
18. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) - Eliminated Round 2
19. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) - Eliminated Round 1
20. Kaia Kanepi (EST) - Eliminated Round 2
21. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) - Eliminated Round 2
22. Flavia Pennetta (ITA) - Through to Round 4
23. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) - Through to Round 4
24. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) - Eliminated Round 2
25. Petra Kvitova (CZE) - Through to Round 4
26. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) - Eliminated Rnd 2
27. Alexandra Dulgheru (ROM) - Eliminated Round 1
28. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) - Eliminated Round 1
29. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) - Eliminated Round 3
30. Andrea Petkovic (GER) - Through to Round 4
31. Lucie Safarova (CZE) - Eliminated Round 3
32. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) - Eliminated Round 2

The Australian Open continued to draw massive crowds, and over 50,000 attended Melbourne Park on Saturday. All
the Rod Laver Arena and Hisense Arena tickets were sold; and for the first time in the history of Melbourne Park, even
all grounds passes were sold out.
The main interest for the locals was the night session at Rod Laver Arena, where the two remaining Australians in
singles were in action. Sam Stosur took on Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova, but Stosur was struggling early and
conceded an early service break. But later in the set, urged on by the vocal crowd, Stosur worked her way back into the
contest, breaking back to force the set to a tie-break. But Kvitova managed to stop Stosur's momentum to win the
tie-break; and having got a sniff, there was no turning back as Kvitova broke Stosur's serve in the second set to
complete a straight-sets win.
Few gave Bernard Tomic much hope of beating Rafael Nadal, and everything looked to be going according to the form
book when Nadal broke Tomic twice in the first set to win 6-2. But suddenly, against all expectations, Tomic turned on
a few games of scintillating tennis to break Nadal twice and lead 4-0. But Nadal quickly recovered from his poor patch,
winning the next five games to snuff out the Tomic challenge.
John Isner, hero of the epic at Wimbledon last year, was in another 5-setter when he took on 15th seed Marin Cilic.
But there would be no repeat of the Wimbledon marathon, with Cilic taking the final set 9-7. And for the second year in
a row, injury forced Marcos Baghdatis to pull out on middle Saturday, this time gifting Jurgen Melzer a spot in the round
of 16.
Mikhail Youhzny and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were casualties, both going down in 5-set marathons. 10th seed Shaher
Peer, 13th seed Nadia Petrova and 16th seed Anastasia Pavlyenchova departed after long 3-set matches.

The Aussies
Mens Singles, Third Round
1 - Rafael Nadal(ESP) d Bernard Tomic(AUS) 6-2 7-5 6-3

Womens Singles, Third Round
25 - Petra Kvitova(CZE) d 5 - Samantha Stosur(AUS) 7-6 6-3

Mens Doubles, Second Round
Colin Ebelthite(AUS) / Adam Feeney(AUS) d Dustin Brown(GER) / Rogier Wassen(NED) 6-3 3-6 6-2

Womens Doubles, Second Round
7 - Julia Goerges(GER) / Lisa Raymond(USA) d Jarmila Groth(AUS) / Klara Zakopalova(CZE) 4-6 6-3 6-2
12 - Victoria Azarenka(BLR) / Maria Kirilenko(RUS) d Sophie Ferguson(AUS) / Alicia Molik(AUS) 6-2 6-1

Mixed Doubles, First Round
Rennae Stubbs(AUS)/Chris Guccione(AUS) d 5 - Kveta Peschke(CZE)/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi(PAK) 3-6 6-3 [10-5]
Sally Peers(AUS) / Carsten Ball(AUS) d Monica Niculescu(ROU) / Eric Butorac(USA) 6-1 6-2
Sara Errani(ITA) / David Marrero(ESP) d Jarmila Groth(AUS) / Samuel Groth(AUS) 7-6 6-3
Anastasia Rodionova(AUS) / Mahesh Bhupathi(IND) d Andrea Petkovic(GER) / Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL) 6-2 6-2

Legends Doubles
Henri Leconte(FRA) / Patrick Rafter(AUS) d Wayne Arthurs(AUS) / Pat Cash(AUS) 6-4 7-6

The Seeds
Mens Singles, Third Round
4 - Robin Soderling(SWE) d Jan Hernych(CZE) 6-3 6-1 6-4
5 - Andy Murray(GBR) d 32 - Guillermo Garcia-Lopez(ESP) 6-1 6-1 6-2
7 - David Ferrer(ESP) d Richard Berankis(LTU) 6-2 6-2 6-1
Milos Raonic(CAN) d 10 - Mikhail Youzhny(RUS) 6-4 7-5 4-6 6-4
11 - Jurgen Melzer(AUT) d 21 - Marcos Baghdatis(CYP) 6-7 6-2 6-1 4-3 ret.
Alexandr Dolgopolov(UKR) d 13 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(FRA) 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-1
15 - Marin Cilic(CRO) d 20 - John Isner(USA) 4-6 6-2 6-7 7-6 9-7

Womens Singles, Third Round
2 - Vera Zvonareva(RUS) d 31 - Lucie Safarova(CZE) 6-3 7-6
3 - Kim Clijsters(BEL) d Alize Cornet(FRA) 7-6 6-3
22 - Flavia Pennetta(ITA) d 10 - Shahar Peer(ISR) 3-6 7-6 6-4
12 - Agnieszka Radwanska(POL) d Simona Halep(ROU) 6-1 6-2
Ekaterina Makarova(RUS) d 13 - Nadia Petrova(RUS) 6-2 3-6 8-6
Iveta Benesova(CZE) d 16 - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(RUS) 6-3 1-6 7-5

Mens Doubles, Second Round
3 - Mahesh Bhupathi(IND) / Leander Paes(IND) d Feliciano Lopez(ESP) / Juan Monaco(ARG) 7-6 6-4
13 - Marcel Granollers(ESP) / Tommy Robredo(ESP) d Alexandr Dolgopolov(UKR) / Jan Hajek(CZE) 7-5 6-3

Womens Doubles, Second Round
2 - Kveta Peschke(CZE) / Katarina Srebotnik(SLO) d Andrea Hlavackova(CZE) / Lucie Hradecka(CZE) 4-6 7-5 6-2
9 - Bethanie Mattek-Sands(USA) / Meghann Shaughnessy(USA) d Maria Kondratieva(RUS) / Sophie Lefevre(FRA) 6-2
- 6-7 6-0
Raquel Kops-Jones(USA) / Abigail Spears(USA) d 10 - Monica Niculescu(ROU) / Zi Yan(CHN) 7-6 5-7 6-2
Olga Govortsova(BLR) / Alla Kudryavtseva(RUS) d 15 - Alisa Kleybanova(RUS) / Anabel Medina Garrigues(ESP) 6-2 6-4
Alexandra Dulgheru(ROU) / Magdalena Rybarikova(SVK) d 16 – Timea Bacsinszky(SUI) / Tathiana Garbin(ITA) 6-3 6-3

Mixed Doubles, First Round
1 - Liezel Huber(USA) / Bob Bryan(USA) d Elena Vesnina(RUS) / Mark Knowles(BAH) 7-6 6-3
4 - Cara Black(ZIM) / Leander Paes(IND) d Alisa Kleybanova(RUS) / Max Mirnyi(BLR) 7-6 4-6 [12-10]

The Others
Womens Singles, Third Round
Shuai Peng(CHN) d Ayumi Morita(JPN) 6-1 3-6 6-3

Mens Doubles, Second Round
Daniele Bracciali(ITA) / Potito Starace(ITA) d Ivan Dodig(CRO) / Jarkko Nieminen(FIN) 6-4 6-4
David Marrero(ESP) / Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo(ESP) d Sergiy Stakhovsky(UKR) / Mikhail Youzhny(RUS) 2-6 6-4 6-4
Benjamin Becker(GER) / Michael Kohlmann(GER) d Filip Polasek(SVK) / Igor Zelenay(SVK) 6-4 6-4
Bjorn Phau(GER) / Janko Tipsarevic(SRB) d Xavier Malisse(BEL) / Jamie Murray(GBR) 3-6 6-4 6-3

Mixed Doubles, First Round
Olga Govortsova(BLR) / Marcin Matkowski(POL) d Anabel Medina Garrigues(ESP) / Nicolas Almagro(ESP) 6-2 6-1
Meghann Shaughnessy(USA) / Andy Ram(ISR) d Vania King(USA) / Marcelo Melo(BRA) 6-1 7-5