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leftys_rock

AO Day 2

OOP: http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/scores/schedule/schedule6.html

Sharapova first up on RLA, followed by Nadal and Clijsters with the Aussies having the night matches. Hingis and Blake on Vodafone.
J-man

To bad I don't get Tuesday off too Sad Would like to stay up and watch those matches. Next live match is at 3 AM this morning (Monday 1/15/06).
Tennis fan

J-man wrote:
To bad I don't get Tuesday off too Sad Would like to stay up and watch those matches. Next live match is at 3 AM this morning (Monday 1/15/06).
Same here... it was fun staying up watching the matches tonite!
dav6789

That is an exciting line-up on Laver tommorow. Nadal v Kendrick re-match! I loved their match at Wimbledon last year and hopefully they can repeat. Nadal is less confident now aswell, so Kendrick has a chance to cause some damage. Interesting match with Clijsters v Bardina. Bardina just made the final in Hobart and Clijsters has already won 2 events, so both are in top form. I am really pleased they put Molik on Laver because she is a big star and gets the crowd going. Hopefully she has a good run. Other Australians Hewitt and Guccione should win their matches. Another good match is the Sydney final Blake v Moya!

I am also looking for Murray and Mackin to win their matches Very Happy
J-man

Blake vs Moya is a very good 1 round match. A lot of big hitting in that match
Tennis fan

Sharapova drama... Nalbandian drama... lots of drama tonite!
leftys_rock

Oh my god, 9-7 in the third for Sharapova.
stevos14

Wow, that was insane. Not cool, she did not play well, had to call the trainer, almost had me freaking out. She was two points away from losing this one.

Maria I still love you.
leftys_rock

stevos14 wrote:
Wow, that was insane. Not cool, she did not play well, had to call the trainer, almost had me freaking out. She was two points away from losing this one.

Maria I still love you.


5-0 to 5-5. Gosh. I had a headache the whole time!
PSALT

stevos14 wrote:
Wow, that was insane. Not cool, she did not play well, had to call the trainer, almost had me freaking out. She was two points away from losing this one.

Maria I still love you.


she called the doctor. this might be serious.....

I fell so bad for Pin. she should have won, it was heartbreaking seeing her cry after the match.... Sad
leftys_rock

PSALT wrote:
stevos14 wrote:
Wow, that was insane. Not cool, she did not play well, had to call the trainer, almost had me freaking out. She was two points away from losing this one.

Maria I still love you.


she called the doctor. this might be serious.....

I fell so bad for Pin. she should have won, it was heartbreaking seeing her cry after the match.... Sad


It was really nice seeing people ask for her autograph afterwards. Smile
Tennis fan

leftys_rock wrote:
PSALT wrote:
stevos14 wrote:
Wow, that was insane. Not cool, she did not play well, had to call the trainer, almost had me freaking out. She was two points away from losing this one.

Maria I still love you.


she called the doctor. this might be serious.....

I fell so bad for Pin. she should have won, it was heartbreaking seeing her cry after the match.... Sad


It was really nice seeing people ask for her autograph afterwards. Smile

Yeah, Pin deserved to win... I found myself routing for her when she was serving for the match.
Anyhow, I am not unhappy Maria won. Besides I picked her to win the whole thing... which she might anyhow!
Tennis fan

What about Nalbandian? He was down 2-0 sets and into a tiebreaker in the third. Tipsarevic lost the tie break, then the fourth set at 0-6 and finally retired in the 5th while Nalbandian was up 2-1.

I am guessing that the heat got to him... That's what happened to Schuetler yesterday against Baghdatis.... The top players are always better conditioned to withstand long matches and extreeme weather
PSALT

Tennis fan wrote:
What about Nalbandian? He was down 2-0 sets and into a tiebreaker in the third. Tipsarevic lost the tie break, then the fourth set at 0-6 and finally retired in the 5th while Nalbandian was up 2-1.

I am guessing that the heat got to him... That's what happened to Schuetler yesterday against Baghdatis.... The top players are always better conditioned to withstand long matches and extreeme weather


not with Pin-Sharapova. Pin handled the heat much better. I was rather suprised.
pacomexican

Cam was so close Sad
x.doublea

Pin must have been playing amazingly... Sharapova definitely doesn't want to get into matches as such. I guess global warming struck....

And Nalbandian never makes life easy for himself... always rallying back, always letting opponents get back into the match. This is why he can't go to the final rounds....
x.doublea

Ivanovic gave Vania King a clinic... 62 60.
PSALT

x.doublea wrote:
Ivanovic gave Vania King a clinic... 62 60.


woo Ana!
Tennis fan

PSALT wrote:
Tennis fan wrote:
What about Nalbandian? He was down 2-0 sets and into a tiebreaker in the third. Tipsarevic lost the tie break, then the fourth set at 0-6 and finally retired in the 5th while Nalbandian was up 2-1.

I am guessing that the heat got to him... That's what happened to Schuetler yesterday against Baghdatis.... The top players are always better conditioned to withstand long matches and extreeme weather


not with Pin-Sharapova. Pin handled the heat much better. I was rather suprised.

Yep! It was Sharapova who could not handle the heat in this one.
x.doublea

Nadal toughed out the first set 8-6 over Kendrick.
Tennis fan

x.doublea wrote:
Pin must have been playing amazingly... Sharapova definitely doesn't want to get into matches as such. I guess global warming struck....

And Nalbandian never makes life easy for himself... always rallying back, always letting opponents get back into the match. This is why he can't go to the final rounds....

Actually it this case it was Tipsarevic who let Nalbandian get back into the match ... Still Nalbandian made things difficult in the beginning... I don't see him in the second week, even though he made the SF last year.
Tennis fan

x.doublea wrote:
Nadal toughed out the first set 8-6 over Kendrick.

Deja vous! (spelling ?)
PSALT

x.doublea wrote:
Nadal toughed out the first set 8-6 over Kendrick.


7-6. they only for go tiebreaks in the fifth. Wink
Tennis fan

PSALT wrote:
x.doublea wrote:
Nadal toughed out the first set 8-6 over Kendrick.


7-6. they only for go tiebreaks in the fifth. Wink

I think X meant 8-6 in the tiebreak... Wink
x.doublea

Tennis fan wrote:
PSALT wrote:
x.doublea wrote:
Nadal toughed out the first set 8-6 over Kendrick.


7-6. they only for go tiebreaks in the fifth. Wink

I think X meant 8-6 in the tiebreak... Wink


Yes, that's what I meant, sorry for not clarifying. Rochus has his back against the wall, serving at 6-7 in the final set against Guccione on Vodafone.
x.doublea

Rochus is through 9-7 in the fifth set. Nadal's running over Kendrick now, 4-1 in the third.
Not_Even_Amateur

Murray 6-0, 6-0 and....

6-1.

Oh. Almost a trible bagle. 6-0, 6-0, 5-0, then Martin decided to hold his serve for some bizarre reason. For a guy who has his fitness questioned all the time, this easy and amazingly quick victory may really pay dividence later on in the tournament.
x.doublea

Not_Even_Amateur wrote:
Murray 6-0, 6-0 and....

6-1.

Oh. Almost a trible bagle. 6-0, 6-0, 5-0, then Martin decided to hold his serve for some bizarre reason. For a guy who has his fitness questioned all the time, this easy and amazingly quick victory may really pay dividence later on in the tournament.


That's really close... last time a triple bagel almost occurred at the AO must have been the Agassi 61 60 60 win over Lee.... this is good for Murray's confidence, but he must make sure he doesn't get to ahead of himself.
PSALT

Results

ATP

Lleyton Hewitt (Aus - 19) def Michael Russul (USA) 3-6 2-6 6-3 6-3 6-3
Rafael Nadal (ESP - 2) def Robert Kendrick (USA) 7-6 6-3 6-2
Olivier Rochus (BEL) def Chris Guccione (AUS) 3-6 7-5 7-5 6-7 9-7
James Blake (USA - 5) def Carlos Moya (ESP) 7-6 6-2 6-4
Andy Murray (GBR - 15) def Alberto Martin (ESP) 6-0 6-0 6-1
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) def Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 6-7 4-6 6-6 (ret - Mathieu was even up a mini break in the third set tiebreak)
David Nalbandian (ARG - Cool def Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 6-7 4-6 7-6 6-0 2-1 (ret)
Alex Kuznetsov (USA) def Peter Luczak (AUS) 6-4 5-7 6-7 6-1 6-4
Tommy Haas (GER - 12) def Albert Montanes (ESP) 7-5 6-1 7-6
Tomas Berdych (CZE - 13) def Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR) 6-1 6-2 6-2
Arnaud Clement (FRA) def Xavier Malisse (BEL - 29) 6-3 3-6 7-5 6-4
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS - 3) def Sergio Roitman (ARG) 6-2 7-5 6-2
Florian Mayer (GER) def Robin Soderling (SWE - 23) 3-6 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-0
Sebastien Grosjean (FRA - 2Cool def Christophe Rochus (BEL) 6-2 4-1 (ret)
Fernando Gonzalez (CHI - 10) def Evgeny Korolev (RUS) 6-7 7-6 6-3 6-2
Robert Smeets (AUS) def Lukas Lacko (SVK) 6-2 3-6 6-1 6-4
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS - 21) def Alexander Waske (GER) 5-7 6-4 6-3 6-4
Max Mirnyi (BLR) def Luis Horna (PER) 7-6 3-6 2-6 6-4 6-4
Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) def Potito Starace (ITA) 7-6 6-4 6-4
Mischa Zverev (GER) def Michael Berrer (GER) 6-4 7-6 3-6 6-4
Frank Dancevic (CAN) def Victor Hanescu (ROM) 6-3 6-3 7-6
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) def Kristof Vliegen (BEL) 5-7 6-3 6-2 6-4
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN - 17) def Paul Goldstein (USA) 5-7 6-2 7-6 6-4
Andreas Seppi (ITA) def Bobby Reynolds (USA) 6-1 6-7 6-7 7-6 6-3
Robby Ginepri (USA) def Nicolas Almagro (ESP - 32) 4-6 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-3
Paul Capdeville (CHI) def Julien Benneteau (FRA) 4-6 6-7 6-2 6-1 6-2
Fabrice Santoro (FRA) def Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) 7-6 6-3 6-0
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI - 31) def Kevin Kim (USA) 6-1 2-6 6-4 6-2
Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) def Alan Mackin (GBR) 6-4 6-4 6-2
Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) def Alessio Di Mauro (ITA) 6-3 6-3 6-1
Ilia Bozoljac (SRB) def Marin Cilic (CRO) 6-2 6-4 6-1
Gilles Muller (LUX) def Gaston Gaudio (ARG) 6-0 4-6 6-2 6-3

WTA

Maria Sharapova (RUS - 1) def Camille Pin (FRA) 6-3 5-7 9-7
Alicia Molik (AUS) def Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) 6-2 7-6
Kim Clijsters (BEL - 4) def Vasilisa Bardina (RUS) 6-0 6-0
Ana Ivanovic (SRB - 13) def Vania King (USA) 6-2 6-0
Martina Hingis (SUI - 6) def Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 6-0 6-2
Samantha Stosur (AUS - 24) def Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 6-3 6-1
Virginie Razzano (FRA) def Nicole Pratt (AUS) 6-7 6-4 6-0
Sania Mirza (IND) def Olga Savchuk (UKR) 6-3 7-5
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) def Varvara Lepchenko (UZB) 5-7 6-3 6-2
Aiko Nakamura (JPN) def Eleni Daniilidou (GRE - 32) 6-4 6-0
Jelena Kostanic Tosic (CRO) def Sophie Ferguson (AUS) 7-5 6-3
Renata Voracova (CZE) def Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) 7-5 6-3
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) def Emma Laine (FIN) 4-6 6-2 9-7
Laura Granville (USA) def Yulia Beygelzimer (UKR) 6-2 6-3
Kaia Kanepi (EST) def Flavia Pennetta (ITA - 2Cool 7-5 7-6
Anna Chakvetadze (RUS - 12) def Sybille Bammer (AUT) 6-4 7-5
Akiko Morigami (JPN) def Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 7-5 2-6 6-4
Tathiana Garbin (ITA - 30) def Emmanuelle Gagliardi (SUI) 3-6 6-2 6-1
Alona Bondarenko (UKR - 29) def Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (FRA) 6-1 7-6
Anastassia Rodionova (RUS) def Roberta Vinci (ITA) 6-3 6-1
dav6789

Murray was amazing today! He definetely is playing the best tennis of all the men's draw so far. This win joins Agassi's as the most comfortable wins in Australian Open history.

I also saw Hewitt v Russell which was a really entertaining match with both players just slugging it out. Russell is really fit right now and should really get into the top 50/60 during this year. This loss ends a 8-match (16-set) winning streak he had going since the start of the year, as he won a challenger and came through qualifying.
PSALT

I didn't get to see Murray. Sad

Blake was playing very well. Excluding a small problem in the first set tiebreak, he rolled over Moya. He was ruthless on second serves. It was something to see some of his returns. Shocked
x.doublea

PSALT wrote:
I didn't get to see Murray. Sad

Blake was playing very well. Excluding a small problem in the first set tiebreak, he rolled over Moya. He was ruthless on second serves. It was something to see some of his returns. Shocked


They changed his forehand technique a bit (apparently)... that's probably the difference.
PSALT

x.doublea wrote:
PSALT wrote:
I didn't get to see Murray. Sad

Blake was playing very well. Excluding a small problem in the first set tiebreak, he rolled over Moya. He was ruthless on second serves. It was something to see some of his returns. Shocked


They changed his forehand technique a bit (apparently)... that's probably the difference.


Blake? I didn't know that. I know Fish did and it's helping him a lot.
x.doublea

PSALT wrote:
x.doublea wrote:
PSALT wrote:
I didn't get to see Murray. Sad

Blake was playing very well. Excluding a small problem in the first set tiebreak, he rolled over Moya. He was ruthless on second serves. It was something to see some of his returns. Shocked


They changed his forehand technique a bit (apparently)... that's probably the difference.


Blake? I didn't know that. I know Fish did and it's helping him a lot.


They made some very slight changes to it (I think one was compression, being, how long the ball stays on the bed of the strings), because, as good as his forehand was, they said that he was not getting 100% response from it. They way one hits a forehand is totally changing right now....
Tennis fan

dav6789 wrote:
Murray was amazing today! He definetely is playing the best tennis of all the men's draw so far. This win joins Agassi's as the most comfortable wins in Australian Open history.

I also saw Hewitt v Russell which was a really entertaining match with both players just slugging it out. Russell is really fit right now and should really get into the top 50/60 during this year. This loss ends a 8-match (16-set) winning streak he had going since the start of the year, as he won a challenger and came through qualifying.


Yep, When I got up this morning the Hewitt match was still on and he was down 2-0 sets... three major upsets came so close to taking place on day 2 but the favorites eventually prevailed
J-man

I really wanted to see the Russell vs Hewitt match. Russell is a grinder. I saw him play Monfils at the Open in '06.

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