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Defending Champions:

Men's Champion

Women's Champion

[1] Nadal def. [2] Federer 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(3), 3–6, 6–2                    [2] S. Williams def. [3] Safina 6-0, 6-3






The Top 5 Favorites - Men:

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Roger Federer

           Rafael Nadal

              Novak Djokovic

        Juan Martin del Potro

 Andy Murray

Rank: 1                              Rank: 2                               Rank: 3                             Rank: 4                                 Rank: 5
Seed: 1                              Seed: 2                               Seed: 3                             Seed: 4                                 Seed: 5
Best Result: Champion        Best Result: Champion          Best Result: Champion        Best Result: Quarter Finals     Best Result: 4th Round
('04, '06-'07)                      ('09)                                    ('08)                                  ('09)                                   ('07, '09)
2009: Finals                       2009: Champion                   2009: Quarter Finals            2009: Quarter Finals              2009: 4th Round



The Top 5 Favorites - Women (ordered by rank):

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Serena Williams

        Elena Dementieva

    Maria Sharapova

       Kim Clijsters

              Justine Henin

Rank: 1                              Rank: 5                              Rank: 14                             Rank: 15                             Rank: -
Seed: 1                              Seed: 5                              Seed: 14                             Seed: 15                             Seed: -
Best Result: Champion        Best Result: Semi Finals       Best Result: Champion         Best Result: Finals                Best Result: Champion
('03, '05, '07 & '09)             ('09)                                   ('08)                                   ('04)                                    ('04)
2009: Champion                 2009: Semi Finals                2009: DNP (injury)               2009: DNP (retired)              2009: DNP (retired)



TV SCHEDULE (taken from here)

ESPN360
http://espn.go.com/broadband/espn360/

Check your local listings.

ESPN2
http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnTopics?topic=ESPN_Tennis3

Sunday, January 19
7:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. ET (live) R128

Monday, January 18
3:00-8:00 a.m. ET (live) R128
3:00-7:00 p.m. ET R128
9:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. ET (live) R128

Tuesday, January 19
3:00-8:00 a.m. ET (live) R128
3:00-7:00 p.m. ET R128
9:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. ET (live) R64

Wednesday, January 20
3:00-8:00 a.m. ET (live) R64
3:00-7:00 p.m. ET R64
11:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. ET (live) R64

Thursday, January 21
3:00-8:00 a.m. ET (live) R64
3:00-7:00 p.m. ET R64
9:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. ET (live) R32

Friday, January 22
3:00-8:00 a.m. ET (live) R32
3:00-7:00 p.m. ET R32
9:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. ET (live) R32

Saturday, January 23
3:00-8:00 a.m. ET (live) R32
10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. ET R32
10:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. ET (live) R16

Sunday, January 24
3:00-8:00 a.m. ET (live) R16
11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. ET R16
7:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. ET R16

Monday, January 25
3:30-8:00 a.m. ET (live) R16
3:00-7:00 p.m. ET R16
9:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. ET (live) quarterfinals

Tuesday, January 26
3:30-8:00 a.m. ET (live) quarterfinals
3:00-7:00 p.m. ET quarterfinals
9:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. ET (live) quarterfinals

Wednesday, January 27
3:30-8:00 a.m. ET (live) quarterfinals
3:00-7:00 p.m. ET quarterfinals
9:30 p.m.-2:00 a.m. ET (live) women's semifinals

Thursday, January 28
3:30-6:00 a.m. ET (live) men's semifinal #1
3:00-6:00 p.m. ET men's semifinal #1

Friday, January 29
3:30-6:00 a.m. ET (live) men's semifinal #2
3:00-6:00 p.m. ET men's semifinal #2

Saturday, January 30
3:30-5:30 a.m. ET (live) women's final
8:00-9:55 a.m. ET women's final
10:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. ET women's final

Sunday, January 31
3:30-6:00 a.m. ET (live) men's final
10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. ET men's final

Tennis Channel
http://www.tennischannel.com/schedule/index.aspx

Monday, January 18
8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. ET AO Today
7:00-9:00 p.m. ET (live) R128

Tuesday, January 19
8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. ET AO Today
7:00-9:00 p.m. ET (live) R64

Wednesday, January 20
8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. ET AO Today
7:00-11:00 p.m. ET (live) R64

Thursday, January 21
8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. ET AO Today
7:00-9:00 p.m. ET (live) R32

Friday, January 22
8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. ET AO Today
7:00-9:00 p.m. ET (live) R32

Saturday, January 23
1:00-7:00 p.m. ET AO Today
7:00-10:00 p.m. ET (live) R16

Sunday, January 24
8:00-11:00 a.m. ET AO Today

Monday, January 25
8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. ET AO Today
7:00-9:00 p.m. ET (live) quarterfinals

Tuesday, January 26
8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. ET AO Today
7:00-9:00 p.m. ET (live) quarterfinals

Wednesday, January 27
8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. ET AO Today
7:00-9:30 p.m. ET (live) men's doubles semifinals

Thursday, January 28
6:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. ET AO Today
6:00-9:00 p.m. ET men's semifinal #1
9:00-11:00 p.m. ET women's semifinal #1
11:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. ET (live) women's doubles final

Friday, January 29
1:00-3:00 a.m. ET women's semifinal #2
6:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. ET AO Today
6:00-9:00 p.m. ET men's semifinal #2

Saturday, January 30
5:30-7:30 a.m. ET (live) men's doubles final
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. ET women's final

Sunday, January 31
12:30-2:30 a.m. ET (live) mixed doubles final
1:00-4:00 p.m. ET men's final

 

[MIMIC]

Draws, Results & Order of Play

-Men's Singles
-Women's Singles

Seeds and Draws (seeded players in bold)

MEN:

FEDERER'S QUARTER
(1)Roger Federer SUI v Igor Andreev RUS
Juan Ignacio Chela ARG v Victor Hanescu ROU
Stephane Robert FRA v Potito Starace ITA
(31)Albert Montanes ESP v Oscar Hernandez ESP

(22)Lleyton Hewitt AUS v Ricardo Hocevar BRA
Christophe Rochus BEL v Donald Young USA
Paolo Lorenzi ITA v Marcos Baghdatis CYP
(17)David Ferrer ESP v Frederico Gil POR

(9)Fernando Verdasco ESP v Carsten Ball AUS
Ivan Sergiyev UKR v Dudi Sela ISR
Rajeev Ram USA[/s] v Stefan Koubek AUT
(23)Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP v Ivan Dodig CRO

(30)Juan Monaco ARG v Ernests Gulbis LAT
Martin Vassallo Arguello ARG v Michael Llodra FRA
Carlos Moya ESP v Ilya Marchenko UKR
(6)Nikolay Davydenko RUS v Dietr Kindleman GER

DJOKOVIC'S QUARTER
(3)Novak Djokovic SRB v Daniel Gimeno-Traver ESP
Marinko Matosevic AUS v Marco Chiudinelli SUI
Kristof Vliegen BEL v Michael Berrer GER
(32)Jeremy Chardy FRA v Denis Istomin UZB

(20)Mikhail Youzhny RUS v Richard Gasquet FRA[
Jan Hajek CZE v Robby Ginepri USA
Lukasz Kubot POL v Mischa Zverev GER
(16)Tommy Robredo ESP v Santiago Giraldo COL

(10)Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA v Sergiy Stakhovsky UKR
Fabio Fognini ITA v Taylor Dent USA
Ryan Harrison USA v Janko Tipsarevic SRB
(18)Tommy Haas GER v Simon Greul GER

(26)Nicolas Almagro ESP v Xavier Malisse BEL
Benjamin Becker GER v Grega Zemjla SLO
Alejandro Falla COL v Marcos Daniel BRA
(8)Robin Soderling SWE v Marcel Granollers ESP

DEL POTRO'S QUARTER
(7)Andy Roddick USA v Thiemo de Bakker NED
Teimuraz Gabashvili RUS v Thomaz Bellucci BRA
Feliciano Lopez ESP v Pablo Cuevas URU
(25)Sam Querrey USA v Rainer Schuettler GER

(21)Tomas Berdych CZE v Robin Haase NED
Daniel Brands GERv Evgeny Korolev KAZ
Sebastien Grosjean FRA v Marsel Ilhan
(11)Fernando Gonzalez CHI v Olivier Rochus BEL

(14)Marin Cilic CRO v Fabrice Santoro FRA
Bernard Tomic AUS v Guiallme Rufin FRA
Igor Kunitsyn RUS v Jose Acasuso ARG
(19)Stanislas Wawrinka SUI v Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP

(29)Viktor Troicki SRB v Nicolas Lapentti ECU
Philipp Petzschner GER v Florian Mayer GER
James Blake USA v Arnaud Clement FRA
(4)Juan Martin Del Potro ARG v Michael Russell USA

NADAL'S QUARTER
(5)Andy Murray GBR v Kevin Anderson RSA
Marc Gicquel FRA v Simone Bolelli ITA[
Jarkko Nieminen FIN v Nick Lindahl AUS
(28)Juergen Melzer AUT v Florent Serra FRA

(33)John Isner USA v Andreas Seppi ITA
Louk Sorenson IRL v Yen-Hsun Lu TPE
Daniel Koellerer AUT v Antonio Vecic CRO
(12)Gael Monfils FRA v Matthew Ebden AUS

(13)Radek Stepanek CZE v Ivo Karlovic CRO
Julien Benneteau FRA v David Guez FRA
Mardy Fish USA[ v Andrey Golubev KAZ
(24)Ivan Ljubicic CRO v Jason Kubler AUS

(27)Philipp Kohlschreiber GER v Horacio Zeballos ARG
Blaz Kavcic SLO v Wayne Odesnik USA
Lukas Lacko SVK v Leonardo Mayer ARG
(2)Rafael Nadal ESP v Peter Luczak AUS



WOMEN:

SERENA'S QUARTER
(1)Serena Williams USA v Urszula Radwanska POL
Petra Kvitova CZE v Jill Craybas USA
Qualifier v Andrea Petkovic GER
(32)Carla Suarez Navarro ESP v Ayumi Morita JPN

(21)Sabine Lisicki GER v Petra Martic CRO
Varvara Lepchenko USA v Alberta Brianti ITA
Kristina Barrois GER v Akgul Amanmuradova UZB
(13)Samantha Stosur AUS v Xinyun Han CHN

(9)Vera Zvonareva RUS v Kristina Kucova SVK
Kai-Chen Chang TPE v Iveta Benesova CZE
Zuzana Kucova SVK v Gisela Dulko ARG
(20)Ana Ivanovic SRB v Shenay Perry USA

(28)Elena Vesnina RUS v Tathiana Garbin ITA
Kimiko Date Krumm JPN v Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ
Stefanie Voegele SUI v Melinda Czink HUN
(7)Victoria Azarenka BLR v Stephanie Cohen-Aloro FRA

WOZNIACKI'S QUARTER
(4)Caroline Wozniacki DEN v Aleksandra Wozniak CAN
Tamira Paszek AUT v Julia Goerges GER
Galina Voskoboeva KAZ v Tsvetana Pironkova BUL
(29)Shahar Peer ISR v Lucie Hradecka CZE

(22)Daniela Hantuchova SVK v Viktoriya Kutuzova UKR
Jarmila Groth AUS v Sofia Arvidsson SWE
Stephanie Dubois CAN v Agnes Szavay HUN
(16)Na Li CHN v Marina Erakovic NZL

(10)Agnieszka Radwanska POL v Tatjana Malek GER
Melanie Oudin USA v Alla Kudryavtseva RUS
Julie Coin FRA v Alicia Molik AUS
(17)Francesca Schiavone ITA v Alize Cornet FRA

(25)Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP v Karolina Sprem CRO
Anastasiya Yakimova BLR v Casey Dellacqua AUS
Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP v Sybille Bammer AUT
(6)Venus Williams USA v Lucie Safarova CZE

KUZNETSOVA'S QUARTER
(5)Elena Dementieva RUS v Vera Dushevina RUS
Kirsten Flipkens BEL v Justine Henin BEL
Sorana Cirstea ROU v Olivia Rogowska AUS
(27)Alisa Kleybanova RUS v Jelena Dokic AUS

(18)Virginie Razzano FRA v Ekaterina Makarova RUS
Klara Zakopalova CZE v Sara Errani ITA
Yanina Wickmayer BEL v Alexandra Dulgheru ROU
(12)Flavia Pennetta ITA v Anna Chakvetadze RUS

(15)Kim Clijsters BEL v Valerie Tetreault CAN
Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ v Tamarine Tanasugarn THA
Yung-Jan Chan TPE v Kaia Kanepi EST
(19)Nadia Petrova RUS v Edina Gallovits ROU

(26)Aravane Rezai FRA v Sania Mirza IND
Olga Govortsova BLR v Angelique Kerber GER
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS v Anastasija Sevastova LAT
(3)Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS v Anastasia Rodionova AUS

SAFINA'S QUARTER
(8)Jelena Jankovic SRB v Monica Niculescu ROU
Patricia Mayr AUT v Katie O'brien GBR
Yuliana Fedak UKR v Polona Hercog SLO
Kathrin Woerle GER v (31)Alona Bondarenko UKR

(24)Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP v Evgeniya Rodina RUS
Jie Zheng CHN v Shuai Peng CHN
Coco Vandeweghe USA v Sandra Zahlavova CZE
Rossana De Los Rios PAR v (11)Marion Bartoli FRA

(14)Maria Sharapova RUS v Maria Kirilenko RUS
Yvonne Meusburger AUT v Timea Bacsinszky SUI
Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER v Roberta Vinci ITA
Vania King USA v (23)Dominika Cibulkova SVK

(30)Kateryna Bondarenko UKR v Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU
Pauline Parmentier FRA v Elena Baltacha GBR
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE v Qualifier
Magdalena Rybarikova SVK v (2)Dinara Safina RUS

Order of Play:

 

[benita316]

LOL at those Williams sisters headshots.

 

[hsin]

EEEEEEE

Exciting to see Justine Henin in action again!

Edit: And also Sharapova! I guess I missed the news that she was going to play again...

 

[Dizzan]

Im calling a Nadal win now. And Henin or Clijsters in the womens. Im leaning towards Kimmy.

 

[Koshiro]

Just clocking in to support this thread. Here's hoping Nadal has found his form over the winter.

 

[Wes]

Goooooooo Belgium!

And of course Murray and Wozniacki.

 

[BowieZ]

Every freaking year there's a bunch of high profile pull-outs or a disappointing list of seeds out in the first round.

Who is it/will it be this year? :/

 

[Falch]

I'll be rooting for Federer and Sharapova. They're so pretty. I mean, Sharapova is.

Is Dementieva still playing btw? I always had a thing for her.

 

[MIMIC]

Every freaking year there's a bunch of high profile pull-outs or a disappointing list of seeds out in the first round.

Who is it/will it be this year? :/

Hopefully Federer =p People need to stop choking against this man.

Anyway, he's how I think the favorites go:

1. Federer (because he's Federer)
2. Del Potro
3. Djokovic
4. Nadal
5. Murray

(with Davydenko, Tsonga, Soderling and.......GULBIS, I mean Roddick floating around)

 

[Kozak]

James Black just ousted a fellow American. (Brisbane International)

 

[santouras]

I really should try and get along to one day this year.

 

[ScientificNinja]

I can't wait to see Justine Henin in action again - best backhand I've ever seen, bar none.

Also:
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/...-father-gives-hewitt-serve-20100104-lq50.html

Lleyton Hewitt is a fucking twat.

 

[BowieZ]

I can't wait to see Justine Henin in action again - best backhand I've ever seen, bar none.

Also:
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/...-father-gives-hewitt-serve-20100104-lq50.html

Lleyton Hewitt is a fucking twat.

Everything's always Lleyton's fault...


PS. Bernard Tomic bowed out in first round of Brisbane International to Ukrainian qualifier Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr.

Even if Lleyton Hewitt himself is behind all the conspiracies to upend the career of his 16-year-old compatriot, Tomic's performances are kind of vindicating him.

 

[zero_suit]

Go Nadal!!

If he fails, hopefully Murray doesn't choke this time.:lol

Also, I'm looking forward to Henin's return.

 

[i_am_ben]

you people are missing the real action: fan violence.

or basically Serbian fans v Croatian fans.

My money is on the Serbians.

 

[Jangaroo]

I'm curious as to how well Nadal will do in this tournament. I'll root for Federer, but I get the feeling he's going to lose.

 

[exarkun]

I don't understand how Murray is up there. Played some rather disappointing matches as of late. I like Djokovic alot but he is hit or miss in some of his matches.

Roddick's resurgence has come at the right time. I built momentum in 09 and I think 10 is the year I gets a major. He took Fed to 5 sets and a heartbreakingly close tiebreak...he can do it again and win I think.

 

[Jay Sosa]

James Black just ousted a fellow American. (Brisbane International)

And Blake did too!

What a coincidence!

Not that excited about Henin coming back, she played wonderful tennis but I always "hated" everything else about here. She never seemed to have any fun playing, hate players like that.

I'm eager to see which dog makes the final this year(If Gulbis finally gets his shit together he could get to the semis), and of course hope that both Williams sister lose in the early stages(At least Serena, Venus is not so bad..)

Personal favorites beside Fed are Hewitt, Melzer, Koellerer, Monfils.

In womens tennis, Carla Suarez-Navarro(she reminds me of Arantxa Sanchez), Kirilenko, Sharapova, Bondarenko and Kim.

And any other cute girl..

EDIT: Forgot about Wozzy, shame on me. She got a bit chubby at the end of the year though..

 

[MIMIC]

I don't understand how Murray is up there. Played some rather disappointing matches as of late. I like Djokovic alot but he is hit or miss in some of his matches.

Murray is like the wild card of the top seeds. I really can't find the words to describe his situation. I'll just say that he doesn't win the right matches. =p

And I agree about Djokovic. I think his main problem is his conditioning. If the point goes over 25+ shots, 1) watch out for an inevitable drop shot and 2) make him run corner to corner because he's going to run out of gas. That's what Nadal did to him in Madrid.

His forehand is definitely a lot better than last year though.

I hope he wins

 

[jdforge]

My predictions:

Del Potro & Clijsters.

I can't wait to see Henin back playing. Such a spirited athlete with the most amazing backhand.

 

[ScientificNinja]

Everything's always Lleyton's fault...


PS. Bernard Tomic bowed out in first round of Brisbane International to Ukrainian qualifier Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr.

Even if Lleyton Hewitt himself is behind all the conspiracies to upend the career of his 16-year-old compatriot, Tomic's performances are kind of vindicating him.

I honestly don't see how Hewitt's inexcusable arrogance and Tomic's poor on-court performance are related. Tomic could be playing like a fucking champ and Hewitt would still be demanding for him to kneel down and kiss his shoes.

Hewitt carries himself around as though the world owes him a favor, and his self-congratulatory fist-pumping antics are downright embarrassing and lacking in dignity. I don't care how highly ranked he is - if I've got a chance to practice with someone else, I'll practice with someone else.

 

[painey]

im in england so whenever the Aus Open comes on I go nocturnal and change my sleep time from 6pm to midnight and stay up and watch, I love to do this.. my fav time of the year.

 

[Peru]

What a fucking tournament!

So many storylines!!!


Pointless to list them all. I'm cheering for Sharapova but I have zero idea how this one will go. Zero.

That goes for both men and women, actually.

 

[legend166]

Lleyton Hewitt is awesome. Screw the haters.

 

[BowieZ]

Lleyton Hewitt is awesome. Screw the haters.

Indeed Such a nice guy, so soft-spoken and kindhearted, his interviews are modesty personified. The wrap he gets is absolutely ridiculous.

I honestly don't see how Hewitt's inexcusable arrogance and Tomic's poor on-court performance are related.

Hewitt's supposed arrogance (not that I've actually seen any genuine evidence for it as it seems mainly to be media spin) is directly based on Tomic's performances... that is, if you actually do take stock in what the tabloids say.

I ignore the tabloids, though.

 

[jett]

Henin stepped out of retirement huh?

 

[Kozak]

Lleyton Hewitt is awesome. Screw the haters.

Agreed. Totally cheering him on to get a nice easy path to at-least the semis.

COME ON AUSSIE COME ON!

I hope Roddick gets this tournament though. He needs something to make up for Wimbledon

 

[MIMIC]

Davydenko beat Nadal and Federer to take the Doha title. Although a best of 5 is a totally different thing, Davy could be one to look out for at the Aussie Open.

 

[Souldriver]

Clijsters VS Henin



That finale line up would be so full of win! It's like they'd have never left.

 

[Future PhaZe]

Henin is back?

GO Serena!

 

[MIMIC]

Seeds have been released (and OPs updated). I didn't know this until a few days ago, but Del Potro has surpassed Murray and is the new No. 4 (and thus is seeded 4th).

 

[perfectchaos007]

So Michelle Larcher De Brito lost her qualifyers match. I guess this Australian open will be quiet without her

At least we have Sharapova.

Donald Young is 1 qualies round away from qualifying though!

 

[bjaelke]

Seeds have been released (and OPs updated). I didn't know this until a few days ago, but Del Potro has surpassed Murray and is the new No. 4 (and thus is seeded 4th).

Any reason you didn't post the seeds for the women?

 

[Hootie]

FEDGOD

I completely forgot about the AO. So happy to realize it's starting in a couple of days

 

[Peru]

Five hours 'till draw! This is a party waiting to happen.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Five hours 'till draw! This is a party waiting to happen.

I find it interesting that the draw ceremony is being done by John McEnroe and....Ana Ivanovic.

Is Ana just going into modeling now for tennis? She sure as hell can't play well anymore

edit: btw am I the only one following the qualifiers right now? It's pretty interesting. I know we have one fan of Laura Robson on here. The 15 year old from Great Britain, but today she's facing this bombshel Michaella Krajicek. I'm going to have to root for Michaella on this one.

 

[Peru]

Are you following the results or watching it live anywhere?

 

[perfectchaos007]

Are you following the results or watching it live anywhere?

I have been scoreboard watching the matches. I wish they broadcasted them. The qualifyers are where it's at. If the player doesn't win, they may not eat! It's gritty out there!

They are doing the draw right now but I can't find a stream. it's probably somewhere on twitter

 

[Peru]

Draws are UP

http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/scores/draws/ws/index.html

Serena cakewalk.
Henin - Dementieva in 2nd round


Federer Davydenko

 

[perfectchaos007]

In other news, this girl is 1 round away for getting a qualifyers spot in the open.

Michaella Krajicek is her name, and being hot is her game

 

[MIMIC]

Any reason you didn't post the seeds for the women?

Cuz the women suck.

But seriously, when I posted, women's seed list wasn't in a list form that I could find when I posted; I could only find an article that listed only the top seeds for the women. It wasn't even on the official site at that time.

But I'm about to update everything now.

 

[Kozak]

Cuz the women suck.

I agree with this. Not only is there nothing special about any of the players but they are all very weak compared to Serena and Venus. The only time Serena loses is if she gets pissed off at the linesman or the umpire and then womens Tennis resumes being boring.

 

[perfectchaos007]

I agree with this. Not only is there nothing special about any of the players but they are all very weak compared to Serena and Venus. The only time Serena loses is if she gets pissed off at the linesman or the umpire and then womens Tennis resumes being boring.

too bad that one more misconduct by Serena disqualifies her from the next US Open. She has to be on good behavior. It's time for Venus to raise hell.

 

[MIMIC]

Well, to be fair, I wouldn't say that they "suck" (I was kidding, of course); it's just not as fast-paced as men's tennis due to the power disparity. It's still fun to watch....albeit a little slower.

But seriously....I was watching some of the Australian Open classic matches on the Tennis Channel the other day and they showed Navratilova and Evert. I could NOT watch that. ALL tennis back then was slow and women's tennis was like in slow(er) motion.

ETA: The seeds have been updated. I'll update more but I gotta get something to eat!

 

[H_Prestige]

I hope Ferrero doesn't have to pull out with that ankle injury he had in Auckland. His season almost always starts off on a bad note.

 

[bjaelke]

Kirilenko vs Sharapova in the first round. hot damn.

 

[BowieZ]

Another Grand Slam, another loss by Hewitt to Federer (this time in the 4th round) or the eventual champion, whomever he meets first. :,(

Meanwhile, could Tomic's draw been that much easier?

qualifier, Cilic(14), Wawrinka(19), defending Champion del Potro(4), Roddick(7), Nadal(2), Federer(1)?

Biggest names towards the end... if he wins his first three matches (granted, not likely), he'll be on a roll and could put up a great fight against del Potro... and then... but yeah. It's a pretty good draw for him, all things considered.

 

[Dizzan]

Federer v Davydenko in the quarters. Watch out Fed

 

[perfectchaos007]

Wait hold up, hold up, hold up....



Why the hell is Santoro back??? I thought the 2009 US Open was his last event.

He's gone Brett Favre on us.