Archive for January 10th, 2008

Australian Open - Womens Draw

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Justine Henin BEL (1) v Aiko Nakamura JPN
Monique Adamczak AUS v Olga Poutchkova RUS
Maret Ani EST v Angelique Kerber GER
Emilie Loit FRA v Francesca Schiavone ITA (25)
Sybille Bammer AUT (19) v QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER v Klara Zakopalova CZE
Kateryna Bondarenko UKR v Aravane Rezai FRA
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro FRA v Tatiana Golovin FRA (13)
Elena Dementieva RUS (11) v Tzipora Obziler ISR
Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP v Petra Cetkovska CZE
Jessica Moore AUS v Julie Ditty USA
Renata Voracova CZE v Shahar Peer ISR (17)
Julia Vakulenko UKR (32) v Elena Vesnina RUS
Jill Craybas USA v Yung-Jan Chan TPE
Lindsay Davenport USA v Sara Errani ITA
Jelena Kostanic Tosic CRO v Maria Sharapova RUS (5)

Jelena Jankovic SRB (3) v Tamira Paszek AUT
Stephanie Dubois CAN v Edina Gallovits ROU
Flavia Pennetta ITA v Dominika Cibulkova SVK
Ashley Harkleroad USA v Virginie Razzano FRA (30)
Amelie Mauresmo FRA (18) v Tatiana Poutchek BLR
Yaroslava Shvedova RUS v Tatjana Malek GER
Casey Dellacqua AUS v Karin Knapp ITA
Lilia Osterloh USA v Patty Schnyder SUI (15)
Nicole Vaidisova CZE (12) v Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU
Kaia Kanepi EST v Alicia Molik AUS
Madison Brengle USA v Tatiana Perebiynis UKR
Ai Sugiyama JPN v Vera Zvonareva RUS (23)
Victoria Azarenka BLR (26) v Akgul Amanmuradova UZB
QUALIFIER v QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER v QUALIFIER
Jarmila Gajdosova AUS v Serena Williams USA (7)

Venus Williams USA (8) v Zi Yan CHN
Camille Pin FRA v QUALIFIER
Sophie Ferguson AUS v QUALIFIER
Iroda Tulyaganova UZB v Sania Mirza IND (31)
Na Li CHN (24) v Severine Bremond FRA
Maria Elena Camerin ITA v Christina Wheeler AUS
Mathilde Johansson FRA v QUALIFIER
Sofia Arvidsson SWE v Marion Bartoli FRA (10)
Dinara Safina RUS (16) v QUALIFIER
Ma. Emilia Salerni ARG v Mariya Koryttseva UKR
Caroline Wozniacki DEN v Gisela Dulko ARG
Alla Kudryavtseva RUS v Alona Bondarenko UKR (21)
Katarina Srebotnik SLO (28) v Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP
QUALIFIER v Anastasia Rodionova AUS
Tathiana Garbin ITA v Eleni Daniilidou GRE
Sorana Cirstea ROU v Ana Ivanovic SRB (4)

Anna Chakvetadze RUS (6) v Andrea Petkovic GER
Shuai Peng CHN v QUALIFIER
Akiko Morigami JPN v Michaella Krajicek NED
Meilen Tu USA v Maria Kirilenko RUS (27)
Lucie Safarova CZE (22) v Catalina Castano COL
Roberta Vinci ITA v Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP
Alize Cornet FRA v Clarisa Fernandez ARG
Vania King USA v Daniela Hantuchova SVK (9)
Nadia Petrova RUS (14) v Nicole Pratt AUS
Evgenia Linetskaya ISR v Anne Kremer LUX
Laura Granville USA v Yvonne Meusburger AUT
Ekaterina Makarova RUS v Agnes Szavay HUN (20)
Agnieszka Radwanska POL (29) v Olga Savchuk UKR
Martina Muller GER v Pauline Parmentier FRA
Olga Govortsova BLR v Tsvetana Pironkova BUL
Nathalie Dechy FRA v Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (2)

Australian Open - Mens Draw

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Roger Federer SUI (1) v Diego Hartfield ARG
Fabrice Santoro FRA v John Isner USA
Janko Tipsarevic SRB v Joseph Sirianni AUS
Thierry Ascione FRA v Fernando Verdasco ESP (25)
Juan Monaco ARG (21) v Carlos Berlocq ARG
Robert Kendrick USA v QUALIFIER
Oscar Hernandez ESP v Ivo Minar CZE
Werner Eschauer AUT v Tomas Berdych CZE (13)
James Blake USA (12) v Nicolas Massu CHI
Michael Russell USA v Fabio Fognini ITA
Sebastien Grosjean FRA v Filippo Volandri ITA
QUALIFIER v Ivan Ljubicic CRO (17)
Nicolas Almagro ESP (27) v Marin Cilic CRO
Jiri Vanek CZE v Jurgen Melzer AUT
Hyung-Taik Lee KOR v Chris Guccione AUS
QUALIFIER v Fernando Gonzalez CHI (7)

Novak Djokovic SRB (3) v Benjamin Becker GER
QUALIFIER v Simone Bolelli ITA
Sam Querrey USA v Olivier Rochus BEL
Xavier Malisse BEL v Dmitry Tursunov RUS (32)
Lleyton Hewitt AUS (19) v Steve Darcis BEL
Denis Istomin UZB v QUALIFIER
Ernests Gulbis LAT v Marat Safin RUS
Thomas Johansson SWE v Marcos Baghdatis CYP (15)
David Nalbandian ARG (10) v Robert Smeets AUS
Mariano Zabaleta ARG v Peter Luczak AUS
Alun Jones AUS v Albert Montanes ESP
Nicolas Kiefer GER v Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP (22)
Radek Stepanek CZE (30) v Vincent Spadea USA
QUALIFIER v Sergio Roitman ARG
Santiago Ventura ESP v Juan Martin Del Potro ARG
Edouard Roger-Vasselin FRA v David Ferrer ESP (5)

Richard Gasquet FRA (8) v Nick Lindahl AUS
Feliciano Lopez ESP v QUALIFIER
Kristof Vliegen BEL v Olivier Patience FRA
Andrei Pavel ROU v Igor Andreev RUS (31)
Juan Ignacio Chela ARG (18) v Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP
Alejandro Falla COL v QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER v Juan Pablo Brzezicki ARG
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA v Andy Murray GBR (9)
Mikhail Youzhny RUS (14) v Mathieu Montcourt FRA
QUALIFIER v Andreas Seppi ITA
Dudi Sela ISR v QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER v Ivo Karlovic CRO (20)
Stanislas Wawrinka SUI (26) v Julien Benneteau FRA
Yen-Hsun Lu TPE v Marc Gicquel FRA
Nicolas Mahut FRA v Jose Acasuso ARG
Michael Llodra FRA v Nikolay Davydenko RUS (4)

Andy Roddick USA (6) v QUALIFIER
Donald Young USA v Michael Berrer GER
Evgeny Korolev RUS v QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER v Philipp Kohlschreiber GER (29)
Jarkko Nieminen FIN (24) v Frank Dancevic CAN
Jesse Levine USA v Martin Vassallo Arguello ARG
Mardy Fish USA v Boris Pashanski SRB
Mischa Zverev GER v Tommy Robredo ESP (11)
Carlos Moya ESP (16) v Stefan Koubek AUT
Luis Horna PER v Agustin Calleri ARG
Paul Capdeville CHI v Brydan Klein AUS
Victor Hanescu ROU v Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA (23)
Gilles Simon FRA (28) v Bobby Reynolds USA
Arnaud Clement FRA v Rainer Schuettler GER
Florent Serra FRA v Florian Mayer GER
QUALIFIER v Rafael Nadal ESP (2)

Australian Open Seeds List

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

The mens and womens seeds lists were released today for the Australian Open. No surprises on either side of course as they follow the rankings however it will be interesting to see how far some of the younger women fare being seeded for the first time like Agnes Szavay and Victoria Azarenka. The draw will be announced in just a few hours so I will post that along with a preview.

Men
1. Roger Federer (SUI)
2. Rafael Nadal (ESP)
3. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
4. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
5. David Ferrer (ESP)
6. Andy Roddick (USA)
7. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)
8. Richard Gasquet (FRA)
9. Andy Murray (GBR)
10. David Nalbandian (ARG)
11. Tommy Robredo (ESP)
12. James Blake (USA)
13. Tomas Berdych (CZE)
14. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
15. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
16. Carlos Moya (ESP)
17. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
18. Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)
19. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
20. Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
21. Juan Monaco (ARG)
22. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
23. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)
24. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
25. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
26. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
27. Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
28. Gilles Simon (FRA)
29. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
30. Radek Stepanek (CZE)
31. Igor Andreev (RUS)
32. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)

Women
1. Justine Henin (BEL)
2. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
3. Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
4. Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
5. Maria Sharapova (RUS)
6. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)
7. Serena Williams (USA)
8. Venus Williams (USA)
9. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
10. Marion Bartoli (FRA)
11. Elena Dementieva (RUS)
12. Nicole Vaidisova (CZE)
13. Tatiana Golovin (FRA)
14. Nadia Petrova (RUS)
15. Patty Schnyder (SUI)
16. Dinara Safina (RUS)
17. Shahar Peer (ISR)
18. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA)
19. Sybille Bammer (AUT)
20. Agnes Szavay (HUN)
21. Alona Bondarenko (UKR)
22. Lucie Safarova (CZE)
23. Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
24. Na Li (CHN)
25. Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
26. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
27. Maria Kirilenko (RUS)
28. Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)
29. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
30. Virginie Razzano (FRA)
31. Sania Mirza (IND)
32. Julia Vakulenko (UKR)