Harboursport - Australian Open, Day 5 2010

HARBOURSPORT

TENNIS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Day 5 review - Friday 22nd January 2010.

SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles

1 - Roger Federer (SUI) - Through to Round 3
2 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) - Through to Round 4
3 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) - Through to Round 3
4 - Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) - Through to Round 4
5 - Andy Murray (GBR) - Through to Round 4
6 - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - Through to Round 3
7 - Andy Roddick (USA) - Through to Round 4
8 - Robin Soderling (SWE) - Eliminated Round 1
9 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Through to Round 3
10 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - Through to Round 3
11 - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) - Through to Round 4
12 - Gael Monfils (FRA) - Eliminated Round 3
13 - Radek Stepanek (CZE) - Eliminated Round 1
14 - Marin Cilic (CRO) - Through to Round 4
15 - Gilles Simon (FRA) - Withdrawn
16 - Tommy Robredo (ESP) - Eliminated Round 1
17 - David Ferrer (ESP) - Eliminated Round 2
18 - Tommy Haas (GER) - Through to Round 3
19 - Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) - Eliminated Round 3
20 - Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) - Through to Round 3
21 - Tomas Berdych (CZE) - Eliminated Round 2
22 - Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) - Through to Round 3
23 - Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) - Eliminated Round 1
24 - Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) - Eliminated Round 3
25 - Sam Querry (USA) - Eliminated Round 1
26 - Nikolas Almagro (ESP) - Through to Round 3
27 - Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) - Eliminated Round 3
28 - Jurgen Melzer (AUT) - Eliminated Round 1
29 - Viktor Troicki (SRB) - Eliminated Round 2
30 - Juan Monaco (ARG) - Through to Round 3
31 - Albert Montanes (ESP) - Through to Round 3
32 - Jeremy Chardy (FRA) - Eliminated Round 1

SEEDWATCH - Womens Singles

1 - Serena Williams (USA) - Through to Round 3
2 - Dinara Safina (RUS) - Through to Round 4
3 - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) - Through to Round 4
4 - Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) - Through to Round 3
5 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) - Eliminated Round 2
6 - Venus Williams (USA) - Through to Round 3
7 - Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - Through to Round 3
8 - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) - Eliminated Round 3
9 - Vera Zvonareva (RUS) - Through to Round 3
10 - Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) - Through to Round 3
11 - Marion Bartoli (FRA) - Eliminated Round 3
12 - Flavia Pennetta (ITA) - Eliminated Round 2
13 - Samantha Stosur (AUS) - Through to Round 3
14 - Maria Sharapova (RUS) - Eliminated Round 1
15 - Kim Clijsters (BEL) -Eliminated Round 3
16 - Na Li (CHI) - Through to Round 3
17 - Francesca Schiavone (ITA) - Through to Round 3
18 - Virginie Razzano (FRA) - Eliminated Round 1
19 - Nadia Petrova (RUS) - Through to Round 4
20 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) - Eliminated Round 2
21 - Sabine Lisicki (GER)- Eliminated Round 2
22 - Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) - Through to Round 3
23 - Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) - Eliminated Round 1
24 - Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) - Elimin Rnd 2
25 - Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) - Eliminated Rnd 1
26 - Aravane Rezai (FRA) - Eliminated Round 2
27 - Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) -Eliminated Round 3
28 - Elena Vesnina (RUS)- Eliminated Round 1
29 - Shahar Peer (ISR) - Through to Round 3
30 - Kataryna Bondarenko (UKR) - Eliminated Round 2
31 - Alona Bondarenko (UKR) - Through to Round 4
32 - Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) - Through to Round 3

Into the third round, and the matches began to get tougher. While only one top 16 seeded
player lost a set yesterday, it was a different story this time.
12th seed Gael Monfils is out of the tournament. The Frenchman was never in the hunt
against beanpole American John Isner, with the American's height and explosive serve too
much for Monfils to contend with; and although Monfils forced the third and fourth sets to
tie-breakers, Isner was the better player on the day.
In the womens' draw, 8th seed Jelena Jankovic was eliminated, with a straight sets loss to
Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko. 11th seed Marion Bartoli also had a premature exit. After
taking the first set against China's Jie Zheng, Zheng bounced back to win the second set
and with the match back on level terms the Chinese player took control in the deciding set,
taking it 6-0 to progress to the round of 16.
But the seed whose exit was the biggest talking point was 15th seed Kim Clijsters. The US
Open champion had a shocker against Russia's Nadia Petrova, struggling to land a serve
and with appalling returns and a string of unforced errors. It was one of those nights
where nothing went right for Clijsters, with Petrova cruising to a 6-0 6-1 win.
Better news for the other Belgian comeback player, Justine Henin too good for Alisa
Kleybanova. Dinara Safina progressed through in straight sets, while Svetlana Kuznetsova
suffered an early scare when she dropped the opening set against Angelique Kerber but
recovered to take the match in 3 sets.
Fernando Gonzalez got through against Kazakhstan's Evgeny Korolev but had a hard time
getting the win, twice coming from a set down before taking the match in 5 sets. Rafael
Nadal, Juan Martin Del Potro, Andy Roddick and Marin Cilic all dropped a set on the way in
their matches, but progressed in 4 sets.

The Aussies
Mens Doubles, Second Round
11 - Simon Aspelin(SWE) / Paul Hanley(AUS) d Prakash Amritraj(IND) / Somdev
Devvarman                    (IND) 6-1 6-3
Philipp Marx(GER)/Igor Zelenay(SVK) d Rameez Junaid(AUS) / Peter Luczak(AUS) 7-6 6-4

Womens Doubles, Second Round
6 - Lisa Raymond(USA) / Rennae Stubbs(AUS) d Julie Coin(FRA) / Marie-Eve
Pelletier(CAN)                        6-2 7-5
11 - Alla Kudryavtseva(RUS) / Ekaterina Makarova(RUS) d Casey Dellacqua(AUS) /
Marina                       Erakovic(NZL) 2-6 6-2 6-1
Sally Peers(AUS)/Laura Robson(GBR) d 12 - Chia-Jung Chuang(TPE) / Kveta
Peschke(CZE)                      6-3 6-4

Mixed Doubles, First Round
1 - Cara Black(ZIM) / Leander Paes(IND) d Sophie Ferguson(AUS) / Carsten
Ball(AUS)                         7-5 7-5
Jarmila Groth(AUS) / Samuel Groth(AUS) d 4 - Nuria Llagostera Vives(ESP) /
Michal                             Mertinak (SVK) 7-6 7-6
8 - Elena Vesnina(RUS) Andy Ram(ISR) d Alicia Molik(AUS) / Matthew Ebden(AUS) 6-0 6-3

The Seeds
Mens Singles, Third Round
2 - Rafael Nadal(ESP) d 27 - Philipp Kohlschreiber(GER) 6-4 6-2 2-6 7-5
4 - Juan Martin Del Potro(ARG) d Florian Mayer(GER) 6-3 0-6 6-4 7-5
5 - Andy Murray(GBR) d Florent Serra(FRA) 7-5 6-1 6-4
7 - Andy Roddick(USA) d Feliciano Lopez(ESP) 6-7 6-4 6-4 7-6
11 - Fernando Gonzalez(CHI) d Evgeny Korolev(KAZ) 6-7 6-3 1-6 6-3 6-4
John Isner(USA) d 12 - Gael Monfils(FRA) 6-1 4-6 7-6 7-6
14 - Marin Cilic(CRO) d 19 - Stanislas Wawrinka(SUI) 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-3
Ivo Karlovic(CRO) d 24 - Ivan Ljubicic(CRO) 6-3 3-6 6-3 7-6

Womens Singles, Third Round
2 - Dinara Safina(RUS) d Elena Baltacha(GBR) 6-1 6-2
3 - Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS) d Angelique Kerber(GER) 3-6 7-5 6-4
31 - Alona Bondarenko(UKR) d 8 - Jelena Jankovic(SRB) 6-2 6-3
Jie Zheng(CHN) d 11 - Marion Bartoli(FRA) 5-7 6-3 6-0
19 - Nadia Petrova(RUS) d 15 - Kim Clijsters(BEL) 6-0 6-1
Justine Henin(BEL) d 27 - Alisa Kleybanova(RUS) 3-6 6-4 6-2

Mens Doubles, Second Round
1 - Bob Bryan(USA) / Mike Bryan(USA) d Rik De Voest(RSA) / Scott Lipsky(USA) 6-7 6-4 6-4
2 - Daniel Nestor(CAN) / Nenad Zimonjic(SRB) d Albert Montanes(ESP) / Martin
Vassallo                             Arguello(ARG) 6-3 6-3
5 - Lukasz Kubot(POL) / Oliver Marach(AUT) d Igor Kunitsyn(RUS) / Dudi Sela(ISR) 6-3 6-2
Eric Butorac(USA) / Rajeev Ram(USA) d 7 - Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL) / Marcin
Matkowski                           (POL) 6-2 3-6 7-6
Johan Brunstrom(SWE)/Jean-Julien Rojer(AHO) d 8 - Marcel Granollers(ESP)/Tommy
Robredo                     (ESP) 6-3 6-7 6-4
Simone Bolelli(ITA) / Andreas Seppi(ITA) d 14 - Martin Damm(CZE) / Filip Polasek(SVK) 7-6 6-3

Womens Doubles, Second Round
1 -Cara Black(ZIM)/Liezel Huber(USA) d Carly Gullickson(USA)/Vladimira Uhlirova(CZE) 6-2 6-2
2 - Venus Williams(USA) / Serena Williams(USA) d Ioana Raluca Olaru(ROU) / Olga
Savchuk                        (UKR) 6-1 6-2
3 - Nuria Llagostera Vives(ESP) / Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez(ESP) d Shahar Peer(ISR)
/                           Galina Voskoboeva(KAZ) 7-6 6-4
4 - Su-Wei Hsieh(TPE) / Shuai Peng(CHN) d Klaudia Jans(POL) / Alicja Rosolska(POL) 6-3 6-2
7 - Alisa Kleybanova(RUS)/ Francesca Schiavone(ITA) d Melinda Czink(HUN) / Natalie
Grandin                     (RSA) 7-5 6-4
10 - Sania Mirza(IND)/Virginia Ruano Pascual(ESP) d Timea Bacsinszky(SUI)/Tathiana
Garbin                      (ITA) 7-6 6-3
13 - Gisela Dulko(ARG) / Flavia Pennetta(ITA) d Sarah Borwell(GBR) / Raquel
Kops-Jones                            (USA) 7-5 6-2
Andrea Hlavackova(CZE) / Lucie Hradecka(CZE) d 16 - Iveta Benesova(CZE)
/Barbora                                Zahlavova Strycova(CZE) 7-6 6-2

The Others
Womens Singles, Third Round
Yanina Wickmayer(BEL) d Sara Errani(ITA) 6-1 6-7 6-3
Maria Kirilenko(RUS) d Roberta Vinci(ITA) 7-5 7-6

Mens Doubles, Second Round
Jurgen Melzer(AUT)/Philipp Petzschner(GER) d Fabio Fognini(ITA)/Potito Starace(ITA) 6-3
6-2ns