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AUSTRALIAN OPEN
(Melbourne, Australia; outdoor hard (Rebound Ace); Grand Slam)
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Contents
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This message is a subset of my Day 3 round-up:

1. Photos
4. First-round report
8. Second-round draw: Top half
9. Third-round draw: Bottom half
11. Mixed Doubles: First-round draw
12. Order of Play for Thursday

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1. Photos (Daniela-filtered)
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Daniela Hantuchová:
http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news/?c=news_photos&p=hantuchova
http://www.wtaworld.com/showthread.php?t=278875&page=4 (pp. 4-5)
Search Getty Images for "hantuchova"

Daniela looks red, drenched with sweat, and her skin looks rougher
than normal IMO - hopefully just the heat and not her illness!

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4. First round (Wednesday 17th January)
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Nice winner, nice loser:
+ DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [15,EF] d. Alizé Cornet [Q], 6-4 6-1

I'm very happy that Daniela came through this one - and so
comfortably - after last week it was doubtful she would even play the
Australian Open because of a viral infection.

The match lasted 77 minutes.


First set
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HANTUC *@__*@__*@ 6
CORNET __@*__@*__ 4

This was what David Mercer would call a "Noah's Ark" set.

Daniela serving 0-0: held after saving 3 break-points.

Daniela serving 2-0: broken after wasting a game-point.

Daniela serving 2-2: held after saving a break-point.

Daniela serving 4-2: broken after wasting a game-point.

Cornet serving 4-5: 0/15, 15/15, 15/40 (2 SPs), Daniela won the first
set 6-4.


Second set
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HANTUC *@*@* * 6
CORNET _____*_ 1

Cornet serving 0-3: Daniela pegged her back from 40/15, then wasted 4
break-points, then Cornet had another game-point, then Daniela broke.

Daniela serving 5-1: She held to love to win 6-4 6-1.


Second-round preview
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In the second round, Daniela plays Emilie Loit, who had a much
tougher first-round win: 6-3 4-6 6-3 over Aravane Rezaď. The only
time Daniela played Loit before (Montréal 2004), Loit retired.

Loit seems to have been around forever, although she's only 27. She
didn't have a particularly impressive 2006, but at Auckland she upset
defending champion Marion Bartoli before losing in the quarter-finals
to Camille Pin.

Loit will try to mess up Daniela's rhythm with junk-shots - the way
she beat Maria Sharapova at the US Open 2003 - but if Daniela has
fully recovered then I fancy her chances.

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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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11. Mixed Doubles: First-round draw (Daniela-filtered)
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* Daniela Hantuchová/Mahesh Bhupathi v Jelena Jankovic/Nenad Zimonjic

I thought Daniela had retired from mixed doubles after completing her
career Grand Slam at the US Open 2005. I wonder if her decision to
enter had anything to do with her illness and expectations for
singles?

Full XD draw:
http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/scores/draws/xd/

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12. Order of Play for Thursday (Daniela-filtered)
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Show-Court 2 (start 11:00 AEST = 00:00 GMT)
WS 2r: DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [15,EF] v Emilie Loit
MS 2r: Olivier Rochus v SÉBASTIEN GROSJEAN [28]
WS 2r: Peng,Shuai [S] v PATTY SCHNYDER [8]
MS 2r: Gilles Muller v NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO [3]

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

--
Dr. Andrew Broad
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