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

For those who take a larger view of tennis than just the Selesians,
I've written up a full preview of the women's singles draw here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jeldani/message/3113

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UK TV-alert
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For those in the UK who have a Freeview box or other form of digital
TV, there will be extra coverage of the Australian Open on BBCi!
They will be televising the evening-session of the Rod Laver Arena
from 8:30am GMT each day, in addition to the usual weekend-coverage
on BBC 1 & 2.

Further details:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/4582096.stm

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Men's Singles: First-round draw (Selesians on the left)
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* Raemon Sluiter v Pavel Šnobel [Q]
* Fabrice Santoro v Vincent Spadea

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Women's Singles: First-round draw
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* Arantxa Parra Santonja v Tatiana Panova
* Akiko Morigami v Hana Šromová
* Peng,Shuai v Ashley Harkleroad [Q]
* Aiko Nakamura v Alizé Cornet [WC]
* Yan,Zi v NATHALIE DECHY [11]
* María Sánchez Lorenzo v Lucie Šafárová
* MARION BARTOLI [27] v Amy Frazier

After playing so magnificently to win Auckland, could Marion upset
US Open champion Kim Clijsters in the third round, assuming that
Clijsters recovers sufficiently from her hip-injury to play?

Shuai beat Clijsters 6-4 6-4 at San Diego 2005 - the only player to
beat Clijsters on a hard court before the WTA Tour Championships
IIRC. She could play Maria Sharapova, who is struggling with a
shoulder-injury/dislocated rib, in the second round.

I believe Shuai is capable of closing out a win over Maria (as
opposed to Maria retiring), but Maria beat Shuai 6-2 6-1 in their
only meeting so far (Berlin 2005), and Shuai's year started with a
6-2 6-4 loss to Ana Ivanovic in 1r Sydney.

Adriana Serra Zanetti is missing the Australian Open with a foot-
injury. She hasn't played since October 2005.
<http://www.wtaworld.com/showthread.php?t=208836>

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Dr. Andrew Broad
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/
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http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/tennis/seles/
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/tennis/seles/selesians.html

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/selesians/