Harboursport - Australian Open Day 4 2011

HARBOURSPORT

TENNIS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Day 4 review - Thursday 20th January 2011.

SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles

1. Rafael Nadal (ESP) - Through to Round 3
2. Roger Federer (SUI) - Through to Round 3
3. Novak Djokovic (SRB) - Through to Round 3
4. Robin Soderling (SWE) - Through to Round 3
5. Andy Murray (GBR) - Through to Round 3
6. Tomas Berdych (CZE) - Through to Round 3
7. David Ferrer (ESP) - Through to Round 3
8. Andy Roddick (USA) - Through to Round 3
9. Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Through to Round 3
10. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) - Through to Round 3
11. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) - Through to Round 3
12. Gael Monfils (FRA) - Through to Round 3
13. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - Through to Round 3
14. Nicolas Almagro (ESP) - Through to Round 3
15. Marin Cilic (CRO) - Through to Round 3
16. Mardy Fish (USA) - Eliminated Round 2
17. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) - Through to Round 3
18. Sam Querrey (USA) - Eliminated Round 1
19. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) - Through to Round 3
20. John Isner (USA) - Through to Round 3
21. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) - Through 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) - Through to Round 3
29. Viktor Troicki (SRB) - Through to Round 3
30. Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) - Eliminated Round 2
31. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) - Eliminated Round 2
32. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) - Through to Round 3

SEEDWATCH - Womens Singles

1. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) - Through to Round 3
2. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) - Through to Round 3
3. Kim Clijsters (BEL) - Through to Round 3
4. Venus Williams (USA) - Through to Round 3
5. Samantha Stosur (AUS) - Through to Round 3
6. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) - Through to Round 3
7. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) - Eliminated Round 2
8. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - Through to Round 3
9. Li Na (CHN) - Through to Round 3
10. Shahar Peer (ISR) - Through to Round 3
11. Justine Henin (BEL) - Through to Round 3
12. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) - Through to Round 3
13. Nadia Petrova (RUS) - Through to Round 3
14. Maria Sharapova (RUS) - Through to Round 3
15. Marion Bartoli (FRA) - Eliminated Round 2
16. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) - Through to 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 3
23. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) - Through to Round 3
24. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) - Eliminated Round 2
25. Petra Kvitova (CZE) - Through to Round 3
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) - Through to Round 3
30. Andrea Petkovic (GER) - Through to Round 3
31. Lucie Safarova (CZE) - Through to Round 3
32. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) - Eliminated Round 2

Thursday saw some more magnificent tennis weather, the roofs on Rod Laver and Hisense Arenas remaining open
for the day. And in a good day for the Australians, Bernard Tomic continued his rise up the rankings when he claimed
the scalp of 31st seed Feliciano Lopez. Tomic's serve was unstoppable, and although Lopez held his serves for two
sets, the young Aussie got the edge by winning both tie-breaks. And once Tomic got the break in the third set, with a
vocal crowd behind him, the result was assured.
5th seed Sam Stosur also progressed, recording a straight-sets win over Vera Dushevina. But it was the end for Alicia
Molik, who was never in the contest against Nadia Petrova.
The upset of the day was the demise of 7th seed Jelena Jankovic. The former world no 1 was in trouble after dropping
the first set to China's Shuai Peng in a tie-breaker, and when Peng broke Jankovic in the opening game of the second
set it was only a matter of time.
But other than Jankovic, the top seeds remained in the tournament and few were threatened. 8 of the top 16 mens
seeds were in action, and only two of them dropped a set. One of the two, Mikhail Youhzny, was given a scare by
Croatia's Blaz Kavcic when he was taken to five sets; but stepped up when he needed to, taking the final set 6-1. It
was a similar story in the womens' side of the draw; where other than Jankovic, Vera Zvonareva was the only top 16
seed to drop a set but pulled away with a 6-1 result in the deciding set.

The Aussies
Mens Singles, Second Round
Bernard Tomic(AUS) d 31 - Feliciano Lopez(ESP) 7-6 7-6 6-3

Womens Singles, Second Round
5 - Samantha Stosur(AUS) d Vera Dushevina(RUS) 6-3 6-2
13 - Nadia Petrova(RUS) d Alicia Molik(AUS) 6-4 6-1

Mens Doubles, First Round
4 - Lukasz Kubot(POL) / Oliver Marach(AUT) d Johan Brunstrom(SWE) / Stephen Huss(AUS) 6-3 6-3
Colin Ebelthite(AUS) / Adam Feeney(AUS) d 11 - Robert Lindstedt(SWE) / Horia Tecau(ROU) 4-6 0-1 ret.
Feliciano Lopez(ESP) / Juan Monaco(ARG) d Marinko Matosevic(AUS) / John Millman(AUS) 3-6 6-0 6-1
Michael Berrer(GER) / Florian Mayer(GER) d Rameez Junaid(AUS) / Tobias Kamke(GER) 6-3 6-2
Ivan Dodig(CRO) / Jarkko Nieminen(FIN) d Ashley Fisher(AUS) / Jordan Kerr(AUS) 6-4 6-4

Womens Doubles, First Round
5 - Cara Black(ZIM) / Anastasia Rodionova(AUS) d Tamira Paszek(AUT) / Tsvetana Pironkova(BUL) 6-2 6-1
6 - Iveta Benesova(CZE)/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(CZE) d Kateryna Bondarenko(UKR) / Dinara Safina(RUS) 6-2 6-4
Michaella Krajicek(NED) / Petra Kvitova(CZE) d 11 - Francesca Schiavone(ITA) / Rennae Stubbs(AUS) 6-0 7-5
16 - Timea Bacsinszky(SUI) / Tathiana Garbin(ITA) d Jelena Dokic(AUS) / Sally Peers(AUS) 6-1 6-4
Jill Craybas(USA) / Olga Savchuk(UKR) d Tammi Patterson(AUS) / Olivia Rogowska(AUS) 6-4 6-2
Maria Kondratieva(RUS) / Sophie Lefevre(FRA) d Sophie Letcher(AUS) / Viktorija Rajicic(AUS) 6-4 6-2

The Seeds
Mens Singles, Second Round
1 - Rafael Nadal(ESP) d Ryan Sweeting(USA) 6-2 6-1 6-1
4 - Robin Soderling(SWE) d Gilles Muller(LUX) 6-3 7-6 6-1
5 - Andy Murray(GBR) d Illya Marchenko(UKR) 6-1 6-3 6-3
7 - David Ferrer(ESP) d Michael Russell(USA) 6-0 6-1 7-5
10 - Mikhail Youzhny(RUS) d Blaz Kavcic(SLO) 6-3 6-1 5-7 4-6 6-1
11 - Jurgen Melzer(AUT) d Pere Riba(ESP) 6-2 6-4 6-2
13 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(FRA) d Andreas Seppi(ITA) 6-3 7-6 7-6
15 - Marin Cilic(CRO) d Santiago Giraldo(COL) 6-3 7-6 6-1
20 - John Isner(USA) d Radek Stepanek(CZE) 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-1
21 - Marcos Baghdatis(CYP) d Juan Martin Del Potro(ARG) 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-3
Milos Raonic(CAN) d 22 - Michael Llodra(FRA) 7-6 6-3 7-6
Richard Berankis(LTU) d 27 - David Nalbandian(ARG) 6-1 6-0 2-0 ret.
Jan Hernych(CZE) d 30 - Thomaz Bellucci(BRA) 6-2 6-7 6-4 6-7 8-6
32 - Guillermo Garcia-Lopez(ESP) d Eduardo Schwank(ARG) 6-4 7-6 6-1

Womens Singles, Second Round
2 - Vera Zvonareva(RUS) d Bojana Jovanovski(SRB) 2-6 6-3 6-1
3 - Kim Clijsters(BEL) d Carla Suarez Navarro(ESP) 6-1 6-3
Shuai Peng(CHN) d 7 - Jelena Jankovic(SRB) 7-6 6-3
10 - Shahar Peer(ISR) d Sorana Cirstea(ROU) 6-3 6-2
12 - Agnieszka Radwanska(POL) d Petra Martic(CRO) 6-3 6-4
16 - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(RUS) d Kristina Barrois(GER) 6-2 6-2
Iveta Benesova(CZE) d 18 - Maria Kirilenko(RUS) 6-3 6-1
22 - Flavia Pennetta(ITA) d Lourdes Dominguez Lino(ESP) 6-2 6-2
Simona Halep(ROU) d 24 - Alisa Kleybanova(RUS) 6-4 7-6
25 - Petra Kvitova(CZE) d Anna Chakvetadze(RUS) 6-3 6-4
Alize Cornet(FRA) d 26 - Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez(ESP) 7-5 6-1
31 - Lucie Safarova(CZE) d Klara Zakopalova(CZE) 6-3 6-7 7-5

Mens Doubles, First Round
3 - Mahesh Bhupathi(IND) / Leander Paes(IND) d Ivo Karlovic(CRO) / Dusan Vemic(SRB) 5-7 6-3 6-0
5 - Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL) / Marcin Matkowski(POL) d Guillermo Garcia-Lopez(ESP) / Albert Montanes(ESP) 6-3 7-5
Xavier Malisse(BEL) / Jamie Murray(GBR) d 9 - Wesley Moodie(RSA) / Dick Norman(BEL) 6-4 6-0
10 - Rohan Bopanna(IND) / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi(PAK) d Franco Ferreiro(BRA) / Andre Sa(BRA) 6-3 6-0
13 - Marcel Granollers(ESP) / Tommy Robredo(ESP) d Edouard Roger-Vasselin(FRA) / Gilles Simon(FRA) 6-1 6-1
14 - Jonathan Erlich(ISR) / Andy Ram(ISR) d Colin Fleming(GBR) / Ross Hutchins(GBR) 4-6 6-2 6-2
Daniele Bracciali(ITA) / Potito Starace(ITA) d 15 - Nicolas Almagro(ESP) / Marc Lopez(ESP) 1-6 7-6 7-5
Filip Polasek(SVK) / Igor Zelenay(SVK) d 16 - Marcelo Melo(BRA) / Bruno Soares(BRA) 6-2 4-6 6-2

Womens Doubles, First Round
2 - Kveta Peschke(CZE) / Katarina Srebotnik(SLO) d Marina Erakovic(NZL) / Tamarine Tanasugarn(THA) 6-4 7-5
7 - Julia Goerges(GER) / Lisa Raymond(USA) d Vitalia Diatchenko(RUS) / Tatiana Poutchek(BLR) 6-2 6-1
10 - Monica Niculescu(ROU) / Zi Yan(CHN) d Klaudia Jans(POL) / Alicja Rosolska(POL) 6-2 6-2
12 - Victoria Azarenka(BLR) / Maria Kirilenko(RUS) d Romina Oprandi(ITA) / Jasmin Woehr(GER) 6-1 6-0
14 - Shahar Peer(ISR) / Shuai Peng(CHN) d Tatjana Malek(GER) / Andrea Petkovic(GER) 6-2 6-3

The Others
Mens Singles, Second Round
Alexandr Dolgopolov(UKR) d Benjamin Becker(GER) 6-3 6-0 3-6 7-6

Womens Singles, Second Round
Ayumi Morita(JPN) d Caroline Garcia(FRA) 6-4 6-4
Ekaterina Makarova(RUS) d Lesya Tsurenko(UKR) 7-6 6-1

Mens Doubles, First Round
Yen-Hsun Lu(TPE) / Rainer Schuettler(GER) d Simon Aspelin(SWE) / Alexander Peya(AUT) 7-6 7-6
Bjorn Phau(GER) / Janko Tipsarevic(SRB) d Ivan Ljubicic(CRO) / Lovro Zovko(CRO) 6-1 6-4
Benjamin Becker(GER) / Michael Kohlmann(GER) d Sanchai Ratiwatana(THA) / Sonchat Ratiwatana(THA) 7-5 7-5

Womens Doubles, First Round
Andrea Hlavackova(CZE) / Lucie Hradecka(CZE) d Sybille Bammer(AUT) / Anastasija Sevastova(LAT) 6-3 7-6
Eleni Daniilidou(GRE) / Kaia Kanepi(EST) d Lourdes Dominguez Lino(ESP) / Carla Suarez Navarro(ESP) 6-1 6-3
Liga Dekmeijere(LAT) / Ayumi Morita(JPN) d Simona Halep(ROU) / Yanina Wickmayer(BEL) 6-4 6-3
Olga Govortsova(BLR) / Alla Kudryavtseva(RUS) d Ioana Raluca Olaru(ROU) / Zuzana Ondraskova(CZE) 6-1 6-2
Alexandra Dulgheru(ROU) / Magdalena Rybarikova(SVK) d Vania King(USA) / Arantxa Parra Santonja(ESP) 4-6 6-2 7-6