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AUSTRALIAN OPEN
(Melbourne, Australia; outdoor hard (Plexicushion); Grand Slam)
=============== http://www.australianopen.com/

This is a Daniela-filtered subset of my Australian Open preview. You
can follow my full reports at any of the following:
http://www.wtaworld.com/showthread.php?t=328704
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jeldani/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharapova_vaidisova_hantuchova/

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Contents
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1. Photos
2. UK TV-alert
3. First-round draw: Bottom half
4. Second-round draw: Top half
5. Daniela Hantuchová preview
6. Andrew's wishes
7. Women's Doubles: First-round draw
8. Order of Play for Tuesday

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1. Photos
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Search Getty Images for "hantuchova"

Many players:
http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/gallery?pg=1&cap=1

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2. UK TV-alert
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The evening-sessions of the Australian Open will be televised on BBCi
from 08:25 GMT each day of the tournament (digital viewers press Red
or select the appropriate Freeview-channel: either 301 or 302 - today
it was 301).

My understanding is that this coverage will consist of the women's
match on the evening-session of the Rod Laver Arena (Kanepi v Molik
on Monday), followed by the men's match, followed by recorded
coverage of the "best" match of the day on a continuous loop.

But don't set your hopes too high - last year, only 7% of BBCi's
Australian Open coverage was of the women! :mad: There isn't a
women's match on the Rod Laver Arena evening-session every day.

Other Australian Open coverage on BBC television:
* Sunday 20th January on BBC 2 (12:30 to 14:00 GMT);
* Saturday 26th January: Women's Singles final on BBC 1 (from 02:20
GMT);
* Saturday 26th January: repeat of WS final on BBCi (from 07:00 GMT);
* Saturday 26th January: highlights of WS final on BBC 2 (13:00 to
14:00 GMT);
* Sunday 27th January: Men's Singles final on BBC 2 (from 08:30 GMT);
* Sunday 27th January: repeat of MS final on BBCi (from 10:00 GMT).

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3. First-round draw: Bottom half
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3.1 Third quarter: Iroda Tulyaganova
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* Yan,Zi [S] v VENUS WILLIAMS [8] (jia you Zi!)
* Camille Pin v Monica Niculescu [Q]
* Timea Bacsinszky [Q] v Sophie Ferguson [WC] (hopp Timea!)
* Iroda Tulyaganova [WC,EF] v SANIA MIRZA [31,DF] (I like Sania a
lot, but DAVAI IRODA!!)

* Séverine Brémond v LI,NA [24] (allez Séverine!)
* Maria Elena Camerin v Christina Wheeler [WC] (forza Maria Elena!)
* Marta Domachowska [Q] v Mathilde Johansson [WC] (my loyalty is to
Marta)
* MARION BARTOLI [10,DF,S] v Sofia Arvidsson (allez Marion!)

* Sabine Lisicki [Q] v DINARA SAFINA [16] (komm jetzt Sabine!)
* María Emilia Salerni v Mariya Koryttseva (Ąvamos María Emilia!)
* Gisela Dulko [DF] v Caroline Wozniacki (my loyalty is to Gisela)
* ALYONA BONDARENKO [21] v Alla Kudryavtseva (davai Alyona!)

* KATARINA SREBOTNIK [28] v Lourdes Domínguez Lino (dajmo Katarina!)
* Angelika Bachmann v Anastasia Rodionova
* Tathiana Garbin v Eleni Daniilidou
* ANA IVANOVIC [4,DF] v Sorana Cîrstea (my loyalty is to Ana)


3.2 Bottom quarter: Chakvetadze, Šafárová, Hantuchová
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* ANNA CHAKVETADZE [6,EF] v Andrea Petkovic (DAVAI ANNA!!)
* Peng,Shuai [S] v Alisa Kleybanova [Q] (jia you Shuai!)
* Michaëlla Krajícek [DF] v Akiko Morigami [S] (my loyalty is to
Michaëlla)
* MARIA KIRILENKO [27,DF] v Meilen Tu (davai Maria!)

* LUCIE ŠAFÁROVÁ [22,EF] v Catalina Castańo (POJDME LUCIE!!)
* Roberta Vinci v Virginia Ruano Pascual (may the better win)
* Alizé Cornet v Clarisa Fernández (allez Alizé!)
* DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [9,EF] v Vania King (PODME DANIELA!!)

* NADIA PETROVA [14] v Nicole Pratt
* Anne Kremer v Evgenia Linetskaya (dajee Anne!)
* Laura Granville v Yvonne Meusburger
* Ekaterina Makarova v ÁGNES SZÁVAY [20] (I did a Google Image search
for "Ekaterina Makarova" and found an absolute stunner, but
unfortunately she wasn't the tennis-player)

* AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA [29] v Olga Savchuk
* Martina Müller v Pauline Parmentier
* Tsvetana Pironkova v Olga Govortsova (my loyalty is to Tsvetana)
* Nathalie Dechy v SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA [2] (allez Nathalie!)

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4. Second-round draw: Top half
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* Olga Poutchkova v JUSTINE HENIN [1] (davai Olga!)
* Angelique Kerber v FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE [25]
* Hsieh,Su-Wei [Q,S] v SYBILLE BAMMER [19] (jia you Su-Wei!)
* TATIANA GOLOVIN [13,DF] v Aravane Rezaď (my loyalty is to Tatiana)

* ELENA DEMENTIEVA [11] v Anabel Medina Garrigues (davai Elena!)
* SHAHAR PE'ER [17] v Jessica Moore [WC] (kadima Shahar!)
* Elena Vesnina v Jill Craybas (davai Elena!)
* MARIA SHARAPOVA [5,EF] v Lindsay Davenport (DAVAI MARIA!!)

* JELENA JANKOVIC [3] v Edina Gallovits
* Flavia Pennetta [DF] v VIRGINIE RAZZANO [30] (forza Flavia!)
* Yaroslava Shvedova v AMÉLIE MAURESMO [18] (davai Yaroslava!)
* Casey Dell'Acqua v PATTY SCHNYDER [15]

* NICOLE VAIDIŠOVÁ [12,EF] v Alicia Molik (POJDME NICOLE!!)
* Tatiana Perebiynis v Ai Sugiyama (davai Tatiana!)
* VICTORIA AZARENKA [26] v Sandra Klösel [Q]
* Yuan,Meng [Q] v SERENA WILLIAMS [7]

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5. Daniela Hantuchová preview
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After losing 6-4 6-3 to Anna Chakvetadze at Hong Kong, Daniela pulled
out of the exhibition-tournament (doubles and losers' play-off) with
abdominal pains that reportedly made her a doubt for the Australian
Open. But she bounced back at Sydney with a 5-7 6-4 6-4 win over the
very dangerous Dinara Safina, before losing 6-4 6-2 to the very
brilliant Nicole Vaidišová.


5.1 First round
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When then-17-year-old Vania King swept to the Bangkok title in
October 2006 winning six sets 6-1, I feared that my girls had a major
new force to reckon with. But King (presumably no relation to Billie
Jean) had a disappointing 2007 with a 21:24 win/loss record, dropping
out of the top 100. She finished the year with two Tier III quarter-
finals (her only quarter-finals of the year), and began 2008 with one
win and one loss in qualifying for Hobart.

Daniela has never played King before. King does pose a slight threat
to Daniela based purely on her Bangkok 2006 form, but her eyes are
too far apart for my liking, and if Daniela were to lose to her, she
should hang her head in shame.

I don't have time to preview beyond the first round now, save to
acknowledge that the seedings decree a mouthwatering third-round
match with Daniela Hantuchová - it's a shame that one of them will
have to lose earlier than she did last year.

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6. Andrew's wishes
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DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [9,EF]:
1r + Vania King
2r + Alizé Cornet
3r + LUCIE ŠAFÁROVÁ [22,EF]
4r + ANNA CHAKVETADZE [6,EF]
qf + Tsvetana Pironkova
sf + Iroda Tulyaganova [WC,EF]
_f + NICOLE VAIDIŠOVÁ [12,EF]

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7. Women's Doubles: First-round draw
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* Daniela Hantuchová [EF]/Lindsay Davenport v (MARIA KIRILENKO
[DF]/ÁGNES SZÁVAY)[11]

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8. Order of Play for Tuesday
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Margaret Court Arena (start 11:00 AEST = 00:00 GMT)
WS 1r: DANIELA HANTUCHOVÁ [9,EF] v Vania King
MS 1r: Lee,Hyunk-Taik v Chris Guccione
MS 1r: Mariano Zabaleta v Peter Luczak
Evening-session (not before 19:30 AEST = 08:30 GMT)
MS 1r: Konstantinos Economidis v FERNANDO GONZÁLEZ [7]

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

--
Dr. Andrew Broad
http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/
http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/tennis/
http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/tennis/hantu/