Harboursport - Australian Open, Day 9 2009.

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AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Day 9 review - Tuesday 27th January 2009.

SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles

1 – Rafael Nadal (ESP) - Through to Quarter Final
2 – Roger Federer (SUI) – Through to Semi Final
3 – Novak Djokovic (SRB) – Eliminated Quarter Final
4 – Andy Murray (GBR) - Eliminated Round 4
5 – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - Through to Q Final
6 – Gilles Simon (FRA) - Through to Quarter Final
7 – Andy Roddick (USA) – Through to Semi Final
8 – Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) – Eliminated Qtr Final
9 – James Blake (USA) - Eliminated Round 4
10 – David Nalbandian (ARG) – Eliminated Round 2
11 – David Ferrer (ESP) – Eliminated Round 3
12 – Gael Monfils (FRA) - Eliminated Round 4
13 – Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) - Eliminated Round 4
14 – Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Through to Quarter F
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) – Eliminated Round 4
20 – Tomas Berdych (CZE) – Eliminated Round 4
21 – Tommy Robredo (ESP) – Eliminated 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) – Eliminated Round 4
2 – Serena Williams (USA) - Through to Quarter Final
3 – Dinara Safina (RUS) – Through to Semi Final
4 – Elena Dementieva (RUS) - Through to Quarter Fin
5 – Ana Ivanovic (SRB) – Eliminated Round 3
6 – Venus Williams (USA) - Eliminated Round 2
7 – Vera Zvonareva (RUS) – Through to Semi Final
8 – Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) - Through to Q Final
9 – Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) - Eliminated Rnd 1
10 – Nadia Petrova (RUS) – Eliminated Round 4
11 – Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) – Eliminated Round 3
12 – Flavia Pennetta (ITA) - Eliminated Round 3
13 – Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - Eliminated Round 4
14 – Patty Schnyder (SUI) - Eliminated Round 2
15 – Alize Cornet (FRA) – Eliminated Round 4
16 – Marion Bartoli (FRA) – Eliminated Quarter Final
17 – Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) – Eliminated Round 2
18 – Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) - Eliminated Round 4
19 – Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) – Eliminated Round 3
20 – Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) - Eliminated Round 3
21 – Anabel Medina Garriques (ESP) - Elim Round 4
22 – Jie Zheng (CHN) - Eliminated 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) – Eliminated Round 4
30 – Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) - Eliminated Round 1
31 – Alona Bondarenko (UKR) - Eliminated Round 3
32 – Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) - Eliminated Rnd 1

Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) - Through to Quarter Fin

By this stage of the tournament, only a few players remain. The big crowds around the outside courts
are gone, with junior matches in progress. Tickets to Rod Laver Arena are scarce and expensive but
those who have them are witnessing the best of the best in action.
Falling into that category is Roger Federer. The Swiss master, aiming to equal Pete Sampras's
record for the most grand slam titles, again showed his class in cruising through his quarter final
clash. His hapless opponent was Juan Martin Del Potro, wiped off the court with just 3 games to
show for his efforts. Federer was in awesome touch, with an array of shots that would have beaten
anyone; while Del Potro was rattled and had no answers to Federer's genius.
Last year's champion, Novak Djokovic, bowed out in controversial circumstances. After taking the first
set against Andy Roddick in a tie-breaker and then dropping the second and third sets, illness took
over and Djokovic pulled out of the contest, to the boos of the crowd who believed he wasn't sick
enough to withdraw and should have completed the match.
Fighting it out to the end was Aussie Jelena Dokic. The first woman to play 3-set matches in all of her
first 5 games in a Grand Slam tournament, the strain finally took its toll. But not before a fighting effort
against the classy third-seeded Russian Dinara Safina. Safina's semi-final opponent will be Svetlana
Kuznetsova, after the Russian took out a comfortable straight sets win over Marion Bartoli.

The Aussies
Womens Singles, Quarter Finals
3 - Dinara Safina(RUS) d Jelena Dokic(AUS) 6-4 4-6 6-4

Womens Doubles, Quarter Finals
12 - Casey Dellacqua(AUS)/Francesca Schiavone(ITA) d Anna-Lena Groenefeld(GER)/Patty
Schnyder                         (SUI) 0-6 7-5 6-1

Junior Boys Singles, Second Round
1 - Yuki Bhambri(IND) d Stephen Hoh(AUS) 7-6 6-0
6 - James Duckworth(AUS) d Gabriel Dias(BRA) 6-4 6-1
13 - Dino Marcan(CRO) d Luke Saville(AUS) 6-3 3-6 6-2
Jordan Szabo(AUS) d 14 - Shuichi Sekiguchi(JPN) 7-6 5-7 6-4
Mark Verryth(AUS) d Pierre-Hugues Herbert(FRA) 7-6 6-4
Miguel Almeida(POR) d Alex Sanders(AUS) 2-6 6-2 6-1

Junior Girls Singles, Second Round
4 - Elena Bogdan(ROU) d Isabella Holland(AUS) 6-1 5-7 6-1
7 - Kristina Mladenovic(FRA) d Mia Vriens(AUS) 6-2 6-1
8 - Lauren Embree(USA) d Sophie Letcher(AUS) 3-6 7-5 6-0
Miyabi Inoue(JPN) d Brittany Sheed(AUS) 6-3 7-5
Olivia Rogowska(AUS) d Sandra Zaniewska(POL) 6-1 7-6

Junior Boys Doubles, Second Round
2 - Marin Draganja(CRO)/Dino Marcan(CRO) d David Sofaer(AUS)/Joey Swaysland(AUS) 6-3 6-2
Mikhal Biryukov(RUS)/Yasutaka Uchiyama(JPN) d Jarryd Chaplin(AUS)/James Duckworth(AUS)
6-3                             6-4
Pierre-Hugues Herbert(FRA)/Marko Krickovic(GER) d Luke Saville(AUS)/Jack Schipanski(AUS) 6-3 6-2

Junior Girls Doubles, Second Round
Isabella Holland(AUS)/Sally Peers(AUS) d Christi Potgieter(RSA)/Bianca Swanepoel(RSA) 6-3 6-2

Legends Doubles
Wally Masur(AUS)/Patrick Rafter(AUS) d Peter McNamara(AUS)/Paul McNamee(AUS) 6-4 6-4
Wayne Arthurs(AUS)/Pat Cash(AUS) d Darren Cahill(AUS)/Mansour Bahrami(IRI) 7-5 7-5
Mansour Bahrami(IRI)/John Fitzgerald(AUS) d Mats Wilander(SWE)/Joakim Nystrom(SWE) 7-6 7-5

The Seeds
Mens Singles, Quarter Finals
2 - Roger Federer(SUI) d 8 - Juan Martin Del Potro(ARG) 6-3 6-0 6-0
7 - Andy Roddick(USA) d 3 - Novak Djokovic(SRB) 6-7 6-4 6-2 2-1 ret.

Womens Singles, Quarter Finals
7 - Vera Zvonareva(RUS) d 16 - Marion Bartoli(FRA) 6-3 6-0

Mens Doubles, Quarter Finals
3 - Mahesh Bhupathi(IND)/Mark Knowles(BAH) d Feliciano Lopez(ESP)/Fernando Verdasco(ESP)
6-1                          2-6 6-4
Lukasz Kubot(POL)/Oliver Marach(AUT) d 6 - Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL)/Marcin Matkowski(POL) 6-2 6-2

Womens Doubles, Quarter Finals
9 - Daniela Hantuchova(SVK)/Ai Sugiyama(JPN) d 1 - Cara Black(ZIM)/Liezel Huber(USA) 6-7 6-3 7-6
10 - Serena Williams(USA)/Venus Williams(USA) d 16 - Su-Wei Hsieh(TPE)/Shuai Peng(CHN) 6-2
4-6                        6-3
Nathalie Dechy(FRA)/Mara Santangelo(ITA) d 11 - Nuria Llagostera Vives(ESP)/Maria Jose
Martinez                             Sanchez(ESP) 3-6 7-6 7-6

Mixed Doubles, Second Round
Patty Schnyder(SUI)/Wesley Moodie(RSA) d 1 - Cara Black(ZIM)/Leander Paes(IND) 6-1 7-5
Nathalie Dechy(FRA)/Andy Ram(ISR) d 4 - Liezel Huber(USA)/Jamie Murray(GBR) 6-7 6-2 [10-4]
7 - Anabel Medina Garrigues(ESP)/Tommy Robredo(ESP) d Chia-Jung Chuang(TPE)/Christopher
Kas                        (GER) 4-6 6-1 [10-8]

Junior Boys Singles, Second Round
2 - Julen Uriguen(GUA) d Marko Krickovic(GER) 7-6 3-6 6-4
5 - Julien Obry(FRA) d Federico Gaio(ITA) 7-5 6-4
7 - Adrien Puget(FRA) d Henri Laaksonen(FIN) 4-6 6-2 7-5
Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas(GER) d 11 - Carlos Boluda-Purkiss(ESP) 6-3 5-7 7-5
15 - Cheng-Peng Hsieh(TPE) d Riki McLachlan(NZL) 6-3 6-1

Junior Girls Singles, Second Round
1 - Noppawan Lertcheewakarn(THA) d Quirine Lemoine(NED) 6-3 6-2
2 - Ana Bogdan(ROU) d Alexandra Krunic(SRB) 6-4 2-6 6-3
3 - Ksenia Pervak(RUS) d Eugenie Bouchard(CAN) 6-2 6-3
5 - Laura Robson(GBR) d Kanyapat Narattana(THA) 6-3 7-6
9 - Heather Watson(GBR) d Chanel Simmonds(RSA) 6-2 6-1
Anna Orlik(BLR) d 10 - Aki Yamasoto(JPN) 6-0 6-3
13 - Yana Buchina(RUS) d Monika Tumova(CZE) 6-2 6-4
14 - Ksenia Kirillova(RUS) d Alexandra Cercone(USA) 6-3 3-6 6-4
15 - Beatrice Gumulya(INA) d Zuzana Luknarova(SVK) 7-6 4-6 6-2

Junior Boys Doubles, Second Round
1 - Yuki Bhambri(IND)/Liang-Chi Huang(TPE) d Marco Bortolotti(ITA)/Vladzimir Kruk(BLR) 6-3 6-4
5 - Julien Obry(FRA)/Adrien Puget(FRA) d Alessandro Colella(ITA)/Federico Gaio(ITA) 3-6 6-3 [13-11]
7 - Francis Casey Alcantara(PHI)/Cheng-Peng Hsieh(TPE) d James Chaudry(GBR)/John
Morrissey                               (IRL) 6-0 6-3

Junior Girls Doubles, Second Round
1 - Elena Bogdan(ROU)/Kristina Mladenovic(FRA) d Martina Borecka(CZE)/Martina
Kubicikova(CZE)                              6-4 2-6 [10-6]
2 - Beatrice Gumulya(INA)/Noppawan Lertcheewakarn(THA) d Miyabi Inoue(JPN)/Aki
Yamasoto(JPN)                            4-6 7-5 [10-5]
Alexandra Krunic(SRB)/Sandra Zaniewska(POL) d 3 - Ana Bogdan(ROU)/Alexandra Cercone(USA)
6-1                         6-2
4 - Ksenia Kirillova(RUS)/Ksenia Pervak(RUS) d Linda Berlinecke(GER)/Monika Tumova(CZE) 3-6
6-3                        [10-3]
5 - Anna Orlik(BLR)/Laura Robson(GBR) d Ester Goldfeld(USA)/Hannah James(GBR) 6-1 6-0
6 - Christina McHale(USA)/Ajla Tomljanovic(CRO) d Eugenie Bouchard(CAN)/Kyra Shroff(IND) 6-4 6-1

The Others
Mixed Doubles, Second Round
Iveta Benesova(CZE)/Lukas Dlouhy(CZE) d Mara Santangelo(ITA)/Simon Aspelin(SWE) 3-6 6-2 [12-10]

Junior Boys Singles, Second Round
Daniel Berta(SWE) d Dominik Schulz(GER) 6-2 6-3
Richard Becker(GER) d Jung-Woong Na(KOR) 6-4 6-2
Justin Eleveld(NED) d Kaza Vinayak Sharma(IND) 6-1 6-1
Mikhal Biryukov(RUS) d Kevin Krawietz(GER) 6-2 6-4
Yasutaka Uchiyama(JPN) d Maximilian Neuchrist(AUT) 6-3 6-3

Junior Girls Singles, Second Round
Victoria Kamenskaya(RUS) d Nicha Lertpitaksinchai(THA) 6-4 6-1
Silvia Njiric(CRO) d Polina Rodionova(RUS) 6-1 6-1

Junior Boys Doubles, Second Round
Kevin Krawietz(GER)/Dominik Schulz(GER) d Daniel Berta(SWE)/Henri Laaksonen(FIN) - walkover
Maximilian Neuchrist(AUT)/Tristan-Samuel Weissborn(AUT) d Patrk Brydolf(SWE)/Andrei
Vasilevski                              (BLR) 6-3 6-4

Junior Girls Doubles, Second Round
Victoria Kamenskaya(RUS)/Karina Pimkina(RUS) d Luksika Kumkhum(THA)/Nicha
Lertpitaksinchai                             (THA) 6-1 4-6 [12-10]