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AUSTRALIAN OPEN
(Melbourne, Australia; outdoor hard (Rebound Ace); Grand Slam)
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This message is a subset of my Day 2 round-up...

1. Photos
3. First-round report

...merged with a subset of my Day 3 round-up:

1. Photos
8. Second-round draw: Top half
9. Third-round draw: Bottom half
12. Order of Play for Thursday

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1. Photos (merged & Anna-filtered)
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Search Getty Images for "chakvetadze"

Various players including Anna:
http://www.tennis.info/AusOpen7.html (First round - day 2)

Anna's official website:
http://www.theannachakvetadze.com/

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3. First round (Tuesday 16th January)
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+ ANNA CHAKVETADZE [12,EF] d. Sybille Bammer, 6-4 7-5

Anna did well to win in straight sets after trailing *1-4 (0/30) in
the second set! She also had to save two break-points at *5-4 (15/40)
in the first set.

It was ridiculously hot out there (Maria Sharapova was struggling
against Camille Pin at the same time), so I'm very glad Anna wasn't
taken to three (she did save a set-point in the second).

The match lasted 1h35m.


First set
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CHAKVE _* * * *@* 6
BAMMER * * * *___ 4

Second set
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CHAKVE _*___* *@*@* 7
BAMMER * *@* *_____ 5

Matt Cronin's pre-AO comments about Anna:
"Tracy Austin calls her the new Hingis. She might be a little
grittier, but is also a bit too emotional. She's smart, play the
angles well and is rising daily. Don't be stunned if the Russian
reaches the semis."

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8. Second-round draw
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8.1 Top half (to be played on Thursday)
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* MARIA SHARAPOVA [1,EF] v Anastassia Rodionova (DAVAI MARIA!)
* Renata Vorácová [Q] v TATHIANA GARBIN [30]
* VERA ZVONARËVA [22,EF] v Tamira Paszek [Q] (DAVAI VERA!)
* ANA IVANOVIC [13,DF] v Agnieszka Radwanska (ajde Ana!)

* ANNA CHAKVETADZE [12,EF] v Laura Granville (DAVAI ANNA!)
* Jelena Kostanic Tošic v SAMANTHA STOSUR [24]
* Alicia Molik [WC] v Kaia Kanepi (go Alicia!)
* Peng,Shuai [S] v PATTY SCHNYDER [8] (jia you Shuai!)

* Akiko Morigami [S] v KIM CLIJSTERS [4] (ganbatte Akiko!)
* ALYONA BONDARENKO [29] v Virginie Razzano (davai Alyona!)
* Ashley Harkleroad v ANNA-LENA GRÖNEFELD [17] (go Ashley!)
* DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [15,EF] v Emilie Loit (PODME DANIELA!)

* DINARA SAFINA [9] v Youlia Fedossova [WC] (allez Youlia!)
* Lourdes Domínguez Lino v LI,NA [19]
* Sania Mirza [DF] v Aiko Nakamura [S] (my loyalty is to Sania)
* Alla Kudryavtseva [Q] v MARTINA HINGIS [6]

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9. Third-round draw
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9.1 Bottom half (to be played on Friday)
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* NADIA PETROVA [5] v Serena Williams
* Victoria Azarenka v JELENA JANKOVIC [11]
* TATIANA GOLOVIN [20,DF] v SHAHAR PEER [16] (both nice; my loyalty
is to Tatiana)
* MARIA KIRILENKO [26,DF] v SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA [3] (davai Maria!)

* ELENA DEMENTIEVA [7] v Maria Elena Camerin (my loyalty is to Maria
Elena)
* NICOLE VAIDIŠOVÁ [10,EF] v KATARINA SREBOTNIK [21] (POJDME NICOLE!)
* Lucie Šafárová v Anastasiya Yakimova (pojdme Lucie!)
* Eva Birnerová v AMÉLIE MAURESMO [2] (pojdme Eva!)

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12. Order of Play for Thursday (Anna-filtered)
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Court 19 (start 11:00 AEST = 00:00 GMT)
WS 2r: ANNA CHAKVETADZE [12,EF] v Laura Granville
WS 2r: Ashley Harkleroad v ANNA-LENA GRÖNEFELD [17]
WD 1r: (DULKO [DF]/ELENA CAMERIN)[12] v Granville/Gullickson
MS 2r: Florian Mayer v Andreas Seppi

The cretins in charge of BBCi have decided to show Murray v Verdasco
live, then shut down (presumably) and then show a repeat at 08:30 GMT
instead of live women's tennis! :-||

I have nothing against Murray personally, but I hope he gets knocked
out so that the BBC won't be able to use him as an excuse to show no
women's match on Saturday, when Anna v Samantha Stosur could well be
the women's match on the Rod Laver Arena evening-session.

Full order of play:
http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/scores/schedule/

--
Dr. Andrew Broad
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