2011 Australian Open

[Vlad n U 2]

It's that time of the year again. The draw has just emerged so naturally I thought it to be the right time to start the thread.

The womens draw:

Spoiler

[1] WOZNIACKI, Caroline DEN v DULKO, Gisela ARG
PASZEK, Tamira AUT v KING, Vania USA
HRADECKA, Lucie CZE v BRIANTI, Alberta ITA
KERBER, Angelique GER v [29] CIBULKOVA, Dominika SVK

[21] WICKMAYER, Yanina BEL v GROTH, Jarmila AUS
HERCOG, Polona SLO v SEVASTOVA, Anastasija LAT
[Q] QUALIFIER v POUS-TIO, Laura ESP
GARBIN, Tathiana ITA v [15] BARTOLI, Marion FRA

[11] HENIN, Justine BEL v [Q] QUALIFIER
[Q] QUALIFIER v BALTACHA, Elena GBR
MATTEK-SANDS, Bethanie USA v [Q] QUALIFIER
RISKE, Alison USA v [23] KUZNETSOVA, Svetlana RUS

[32] PIRONKOVA, Tsvetana BUL v PARMENTIER, Pauline FRA
BACSINSZKY, Timea SUI v NICULESCU, Monica ROU
MARINO, Rebecca CAN v NAMIGATA, Junri JPN
PARRA SANTONJA, Arantxa ESP v [6] SCHIAVONE, Francesca ITA

[4] WILLIAMS, Venus USA v ERRANI, Sara ITA
ZAHLAVOVA, Sandra CZE v VORACOVA, Renata CZE
[Q] QUALIFIER v [Q] QUALIFIER
CRAYBAS, Jill USA v [30] PETKOVIC, Andrea GER

[20] KANEPI, Kaia EST v RYBARIKOVA, Magdalena SVK
GOERGES, Julia GER v GALLOVITS-HALL, Edina ROU
VESNINA, Elena RUS v RAZZANO, Virgini FRA
TANASUGARN, Tamarine THA v [14] SHARAPOVA, Maria RUS

[9] LI, Na CHN v ARVIDSSON, Sofia SWE
RODINA, Evgeniya RUS v [WC] ROGOWSKA, Olivia AUS
ONDRASKOVA, Zuzana CZE v [WC] DOKIC, Jelena AUS
ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA, Barbora CZE v [17] REZAI, Aravane FRA

[28] HANTUCHOVA, Daniela SVK v KULIKOVA, Regina RUS
SPREM, Karolina CRO v SCHEEPERS, Chanelle RSA
MAYR-ACHLEITNER, Patricia AUT v HLAVACKOVA, Andrea CZE
[Q] QUALIFIER v [8] AZARENKA, Victoria BLR

[7] JANKOVIC, Jelena SRB v KUDRYAVTSEVA, Alla RUS
BONDARENKO, Kateryna UKR v PENG, Shuai CHN
[WC] GARCIA, Caroline FRA v LEPCHENKO, Varvara USA
MORITA, Ayumi JPN v [27] DULGHERU, Alexandra ROU

[24] KLEYBANOVA, Alisa RUS v [Q] QUALIFIER
[Q] QUALIFIER v HALEP, Simona ROU
[WC] FERGUSON, Sophie AUS v [Q] QUALIFIER
DATE-KRUMM, Kimiko JPN v [12] RADWANSKA, Agnieszka POL

[13] PETROVA, Nadia RUS v PERVAK, Ksenia RUS
[WC] MOLIK, Alicia AUS v VINCI, Roberta ITA
SCHNYDER, Patty SUI v [Q] QUALIFIER
MAKAROVA, Ekaterina RUS v [19] IVANOVIC, Ana SRB

[26] MARTINEZ SANCHEZ, Maria Jose ESP v ARN, Greta HUN
[Q] QUALIFIER v CORNET, Alize FRA
MCHALE, Christina USA v SUAREZ NAVARRO, Carla ESP
SAFINA, Dinara RUS v [3] CLIJSTERS, Kim BEL

[5] STOSUR, Samantha AUS v [WC] DAVIS, Lauren USA
CAMERIN, Maria Elena ITA v DUSHEVINA, Vera RUS
GOVORTSOVA, Olga BLR v CHAKVETADZE, Anna RUS
[WC] PEERS, Sally AUS v [25] KVITOVA, Petra CZE

[22] PENNETTA, Flavia ITA v RODIONOVA, Anastasia AUS
DOMINGUEZ LINO, Lourdes ESP v LARSSON, Johanna SWE
CIRSTEA, Sorana ROU v LUCIC, Mirjana CRO
JOHANSSON, Mathilde FRA v [10] PEER, Shahar ISR

[16] PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia RUS v FLIPKENS, Kirsten BEL
AMANMURADOVA, Akgul UZB v BARROIS, Kristina GER
MEDINA GARRIGUES, Anabel ESP v BENESOVA, Iveta CZE
OPRANDI, Romina ITA v [18] KIRILENKO, Maria RUS

[31] SAFAROVA, Lucie CZE v ZHANG, Shuai CHN
ZAKOPALOVA, Klara CZE v OUDIN, Melanie USA
JOVANOVSKI, Bojana SRB v [WC] CHANG, Kai-Chen TPE
BAMMER, Sybille AUT v [2] ZVONAREVA, Vera RUS

And the mens draw:

Spoiler

[1] Nadal vs Daniel
Q vs Gimeno-Traver
Tomic vs Chardy
Falla vs [31] Lopez

[20] Isner vs Serra
Stepanek vs Q
Machado vs Giraldo
Q vs [15] Cilic

[10] Youzhny vs Ilhan
Q vs Anderson
Q vs Phau
Chela vs [22] Llodra

[27] Nalbandian vs Hewitt
Berankis vs Matosevic
Russell vs Ebden
Nieminen vs [7] Ferrer

[4] Soderling vs Starace
Q vs Q
Istomin vs Q
Mello vs [30] Bellucci

[24] Gulbis vs Becker
Dolgopolov vs Kukushkin
Seppi vs Clement
Petzschner vs [13] Tsonga

[11] Melzer vs Q
Ball vs Riba
Sela vs Del Potro
Q vs [21] Baghdatis

[32] Garcia-Lopez vs Berrer
Schwank vs Mayer
Marchenko vs Ramirez Hidalgo
Beck vs [5] Murray

[6] Berdych vs Q
Kohlschreiber vs Kamke
Harrison vs Mannarino
Q vs [28] Gasquet

[23] Davydenko vs Mayer
Fognini vs Nishikori
Zverev vs Tipsarevic
Schuettler vs [9] Verdasco

[14] Almagro vs Q
Andreev vs Volandri
Q vs Paire
Luczak vs [17] Ljubicic

[29] Troicki vs Tursunov
Dabul vs Q
Karlovic vs Dodig
Granollers vs [3] Djokovic

[8] Roddick vs Hajek
Przysiezny vs Kunitsyn
Berlocq vs Haase
Benneteau vs [26] Monaco

[19] Wawrinka vs Gabashvili
Q vs Golubev
Gil vs Cuevas
De Bakker vs [12] Monfils

[16] Fish vs Hanescu
Robredo vs Devvarman
Stakhovsky vs Brands
Kubot vs [18] Querrey

[25] Montanes vs Brown
Andujar vs Malisse
Lu vs Simon
Lacko vs [2] Federer

Discuss.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Roddick, motherfuckers.

Roddick.

Fuck the rest.

 

[cobl04]

Fuck "Aussie Kim" as well. Fuck Lleyton.

Go The GOOCH!

 

[coolian2]

Fuck "Aussie Kim" as well. Fuck Lleyton.

they're divorced, you know.

edit: did they even get married?

 

[Vlad n U 2]

I can't wait to see little Ley Ley get bundled out of the first round. It HAS to happen.

I'm tired of the media making these montages with those annoying deep voices that say "Is it Lleyton's time to shine again???".

I HATE THEM.

I HATE THEM SO MUCH.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

they're divorced, you know.

edit: did they even get married?

No, I don't think they did. Thank god for that.

 

[cobl04]

Yeah I know but people still like to refer to her as Aussie Kim. I hate the two of them.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

I've never understood why Australia like to claim so many as their own.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Not a huge fan of her in particular, but in general I've always quite liked the name Kim for a girl. I think it's a good one.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

On the other hand, it doesn't work well for males at all. In my opinion.

 

[cobl04]

Roddick, motherfuckers.

Roddick.

Fuck the rest.

I can get behind this. He can be a bit petulant at times, but I really do like him. His imitation of Djokovic is funny.

 

[1stepcloser]

Andy Murray while he's still in a major tournament = Britains great young hope, our first good player in years, fantastic, what an amazing array of shots, do it for all of Britain son.

Andy Murray when he invariably gets knocked out = Miserable overrated Scottish wanker.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

I hope he wins sometime soon.

 

[coolian2]

as a 50% scotsman, i agree with vlad.


and yet, as a 50% scotsman, fuck england.

 

[1stepcloser]

I wasn't slagging Scotland off

Just saying how Murray is often perceived depending on how well he does.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

as a 50% scotsman, i agree with vlad.


and yet, as a 50% scotsman, fuck england.

Aye.

 

[Inner El Guapo]

I know who I'm pulling for.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

She's no.1 and not even one grand slam.

 

[cobl04]

I know who I'm pulling for.

Fuck. Yes. I'll be "pulling" for her indeed.

Oh hey vlad

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Fuck. Yes. I'll be "pulling" for her indeed.

Oh hey vlad

I think it's about time for the AO predictions. Speaking of predictions, I don't know who's going to win at all.

 

[Inner El Guapo]

She's no.1 and not even one grand slam.

Depends on how you define "grand slam".
She gets the 'high seed' because they know what butters their 'bread stick'.
More TV time so we can all watch how her 'game' has 'developed'.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Looks you're up 40 - Love there.

 

[Saracene]

I've never understood why Australia like to claim so many as their own.

Because we don't have any female tennis players on that level of our own?

I hate the Hewitt "comeback" hype too.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Because we don't have any female tennis players on that level of our own?

I hate the Hewitt "comeback" hype too.

Too bad the Russian player they decided to lure is pretty ordinary.

 

[Just_Boy]

If someone can knock out Nadal and Djokovic, I'm sure Federer will take the title.

Watch out for Golubev.

Roddick

 

[cobl04]

Anyone watching this relief game? It's a bit awkward but also pretty funny. Novak and ARod are funny blokes.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

I'm watching. Who would've ever thought that Hewitt's voice is even more annoying than his face.

Novak was awesome. As enjoyable as this is it is no match for the doubles match I saw between Henri Leconte/Michael Llodra and Mansour Bharami/Ivan Ljubicic last Tuesday in the World Tennis Challenge. It was the most hilariously entertaining tennis match ever.

 

[intedomine]

Probably be headed to Melbourne Park at least two or three times this week... Ground pass is great fun.

Would still love to see Federer win the men's, he can never win enough Grand Slam tournaments for my liking.

And rooting for Cristea who will get booted first round probably being ranked 94... Still find her beautiful though

 

[bono_man2002]

Totally forgot this started today! Yippie!

 

[Vlad n U 2]

It's on, guys. But I don't like how Monfils is deciding to lose. So much for being 4-1 up in the first set.