It wasn’t always pretty but it was thrilling and 23 minutes shy of the record of the longest women’s match at the Australian Open. The record of course is the 3 hours 33 minute battle between Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario and Chanda Rubin.
While everyone thought the big upset on Day 1 at the Australian Open would have been Michael Llodra over #4 Nikolay Davydenko, I called JJo-Wilfried Tsonga to upset #9 Andy Murray and looks like I was right.
So is this fine thing, this lean mean predicting machine calling for any upsets on Day 2? No, though if Marat Safin doesn’t come out firing, he will be going home courtesy of everyone’s favourite Latvian, Ernests Gulbis.
Also, my stats show that I am getting an insane amount of traffic from Australia (I can’t for the life of me figure out why though…any tournaments going on down there?), especially from Sydney so I just wanted to say a big hello to all of you from the one place I want to visit more than any other. Please note how I didn’t give a cheezy G-Day Mate greeting…I figure you guys would be sick of that by now.
WOOOOO! I never thought I would see Evgenia Linetskaya back in a Grand Slam again but she’s back and I am so excited. After all the crap she had to go through and the long layoff, she is mounting her comeback, representing Israel now no less, and is young enough she can still have a solid career. On Day 2, she faces Anne Kremer. Here’s the OOP:
Rod Laver Arena
11:00 AM Start
Novak Djokovic (SRB)[3] v. Benjamin Becker (GER)
Nathalie Dechy (FRA) v. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)[2]
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)[19] v. Steve Darcis (BEL)
Rod Laver Arena
7:30 PM Start
Venus Williams (USA)[8] v. Zi Yan (CHN)
Roger Federer (SUI)[1] v. Diego Hartfield (ARG)
Vodafone Arena
11:00 AM Start
Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)[6] v. Andrea Petkovic (GER)
Thomas Johansson (SWE) v. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)[15]
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) v. Ana Ivanovic (SRB)[4]
James Blake (USA)[12] v. Nicolas Massu (CHI)
MCA
11:00 AM Start
Vania King (USA) v. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)[9]
Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR) v. Chris Guccione (AUS)
Mariano Zabaleta (ARG) v. Peter Luczak (AUS)
Konstantinos Economidis (GRE) v. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)[7]
Show Court 2
11:00 AM Start
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) v. Joseph Sirianni (AUS)
Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) v. Marion Bartoli (FRA)[10]
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) v. Marat Safin (RUS)
Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) v. Christina Wheeler (AUS)
Show Court 3
11:00 AM Start
Akiko Morigami (JPN) v. Michaella Krajicek (NED)
David Nalbandian (ARG)[10] v. Robert Smeets (AUS)
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) v. David Ferrer (ESP)[5]
Nadia Petrova (RUS)[14] v. Nicole Pratt (AUS)
Court 5
11:00 AM Start
Alize Cornet (FRA) v. Clarisa Fernandez (ARG)
Martina Muller (GER) v. Pauline Parmentier (FRA)
Sam Querrey (USA) v. Olivier Rochus (BEL)
Camille Pin (FRA) v. Monica Niculescu (ROU)
Court 6
11:00 AM Start
Juan Monaco (ARG)[21] v. Carlos Berlocq (ARG)
Iroda Tulyaganova (UZB) v. Sania Mirza (IND)[31]
Nicolas Kiefer (GER) v. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)[22]
Na Li (CHN)[24] v. Severine Bremond (FRA)
Court 7
11:00 AM Start
Alun Jones (AUS) v. Albert Montanes (ESP)
Sophie Ferguson (AUS) v. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)
Angelika Bachmann (GER) v. Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)
Werner Eschauer (AUT) v. Tomas Berdych (CZE)[13]
Court 8
11:00 AM Start
Robert Kendrick (USA) v. Amer Delic (USA)
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) v. Alona Bondarenko (UKR)[21]
Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)[28] v. Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP)
Michael Russell (USA) v. Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Court 10
11:00 AM Start
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) v. Gisela Dulko (ARG)
Mathilde Johansson (FRA) v. Marta Domachowska (POL)
Denis Istomin (UZB) v. Lukas Lacko (SVK)
Oscar Hernandez (ESP) v. Ivo Minar (CZE)
Court 11
11:00 AM Start
Rajeev Ram (USA) v. Simone Bolelli (ITA)
Ma. Emilia Salerni (ARG) v. Mariya Koryttseva (UKR)
Jiri Vanek (CZE) v. Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Evgenia Linetskaya (ISR) v. Anne Kremer (LUX)
Court 13
11:00 AM Start
Thierry Ascione (FRA) v. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)[25]
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) v. Agnes Szavay (HUN)[20]
Lucie Safarova (CZE)[22] v. Catalina Castano (COL)
Fabrice Santoro (FRA) v. John Isner (USA)
Court 14
11:00 AM Start
Laura Granville (USA) v. Yvonne Meusburger (AUT)
Olga Govortsova (BLR) v. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
Denis Gremelmayr (GER) v. Sergio Roitman (ARG)
Court 18
11:00 AM Start
Robin Haase (NED) v. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)[17]
Dinara Safina (RUS)[16] v. Sabine Lisicki (GER)
Tathiana Garbin (ITA) v. Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)
Xavier Malisse (BEL) v. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)[32]
Court 19
11:00 AM Start
Meilen Tu (USA) v. Maria Kirilenko (RUS)[27]
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)[29] v. Olga Savchuk (UKR)
Nicolas Almagro (ESP)[27] v. Marin Cilic (CRO)
Radek Stepanek (CZE)[30] v. Vincent Spadea (USA)
Court 21
11:00 AM Start
Shuai Peng (CHN) v. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)
Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) v. Filippo Volandri (ITA)
Roberta Vinci (ITA) v. Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)
Santiago Ventura (ESP) v. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)