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Australian OPEN 2008 ATP

Here, we'll talk about all the happenings on the Men's side.

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Permalink Reply by yellowball on January 13, 2008 at 8:57pm
I've signed on to ESPN360.com. So far it's been great and FREE! Having 6 courts to choose from is super. I hope this continues since I didn't get to see any Chennai or Kooyong.
Permalink Reply by ThePoet on January 13, 2008 at 8:59pm
Oh you're so lucky. My provider doesn't offer it :-(

What service provider do you guys have?
Permalink Reply by ThePoet on January 14, 2008 at 11:05am
I'm miserable about some of these results. Moya went down to Koubek:-(


Day 1, Monday 14 January

Rod Laver Arena
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA df. Andy Murray GBR (5) 7-5, 6-4, 0-6, 7-6(5)
Rafael Nadal ESP (2) df. Viktor Troicki SRB (Q) 7-6(3), 7-5, 6-1

Vodafone Arena
Andy Roddick USA (6) df. Lukas Dlouhy CZE (Q) 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
Richard Gasquet FRA (8) df. Nick Lindhal AUS (WC) 6-0, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2

Margaret Court Arena
Paul Capdeville CHI df Brydan Klein AUS (WC) 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
Nikolay Davydenko RUS (4) df. Michael Llodra FRA 7-5, 7-5, 6-3
Stefan Koubek AUT df. Carlos Moya ESP (16) 7-6(5), 6-7(2), 7-5, 6-4

Show Court 2
Tommy Robredo ESP (11) df. Mischa Zverev GER 4-6, 2-6, 7-6(2), 6-4, 7-5
Mikhail Youzhny RUS (14) df. Mahieu Montcourt FRA (WC) 6-0, 6-2, 7-6(3)

Show Court 3
Rainer Schuettler GER df. Arnaud Clement FRA 6-4, 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-4
Stanislas Wawrinka SUI (26) df. Julien Benneteau FRA 6-3, 6-3, 6-3

Court 5
Kristof Vliegen BEL df. Olivier Patience FRA 6-0, 6-1, 7-6(3)
Evgeny Korolev RUS df. Marcel Granollers-Pujol ESP (Q) 7-5, 6-2, 6-0

Court 6
Michael Berrer GER df. Michael Young USA 6-7(5), 7-6(4), 6-3, 7-6(5)

Court 7
Ivo Karlovic CRO (20) df. Jamie Baker GRB (Q) 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(1), 6-4
Philipp Kohlschreiber GER (29) df. Roko Saramusic CRO (Q) 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-1

Court 8
Gilles Simon FRA (28) df. Bobby Reynolds USA 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-4

Court 10
Jesse Levine USA (WC) df. Martin Vasallo Arguello ARG 6-1, 7-5, 6-1
Sam Warburg USA (Q) df. Juan Pablo Brzezicki ARG 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4

Court 11
Marc Gicquel FRA df. Yen-Hsun Lu TPE 6-3, 4-6, 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-2
Andreas Seppi ITA df. Harel Levy ISR (Q) 6-4, 6-2, 6-1
Florent Serra FRA df. Florian Mayer GER 6-3, 7-6(2), 7-6(5)

Court 13
Jarkko Nieminen FIN (24) df. Frank Dancevic CAN 6-3, 6-1, 5-7, 2-6, 6-1
Nicolas Mahut FRA df. Jose Acasuso ARG 7-6(2). 5-7, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5

Court 14
Igor Andreev RUS (31) df. Andrei Pavel ROU 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(4), 6-3
Agustin Calleri ARG df. Luis Horna PER 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-4

Court 18
Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA (23) df. Victor Hanescu ROU 6-1, 7-6(4), 6-2
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP df. Juan Ignacio Chela ARG (20) 6-4, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2

Court 19
Mardy Fish USA df. Boris Pashanski SRB 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Feliciano Lopez ESP df. Wayne Odesnik USA (Q) 7-6(6), 6-1, 6-4

Court 21
Dudi Sela ISR df. Martin Slanar AUT (Q) 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Alejandro Falla COL df. Kevin Anderson RSA (Q) 5-7, 7-5, 6-7(8), 6-2, 7-5
Permalink Reply by ThePoet on January 14, 2008 at 11:54am
Permalink Reply by BlueShirt on January 14, 2008 at 1:29pm
I can't believe Moya lost. He did play the Medibank, which tricked me into think maybe he had new found stamina that allowed him to play more than he should. Guess not.
Permalink Reply by ThePoet on January 14, 2008 at 2:32pm
So far, I'm not so happy with the results. Moya and Murray already out. It can get worse if someone else goes out but I won't say who since I don't want to jinx him :-)
Permalink Reply by ThePoet on January 15, 2008 at 11:16am
Day 2 results, Tuesday 15 January

Rod Laver Arena
Novak Djokovic SRB (3) df. Benjamin Becker GER 6-0, 6-2, 7-6(5)
Lleyton Hewitt AUS (19) df. Steve Darcis BEL 6-0, 6-3, 6-0
Roger Federer SUI (1) df. Diego Hartfield ARG 6-0, 6-3, 6-0

Vodafone Arena
Marcos Baghdatis CYP (15) df. Thomas Johansson SWE 7-6(0, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
James Blake USA (12) df. Nicolas Massu CHI 6-3, 6-2, 6-2

Margaret Court Arena
Hyung-Taik Lee KOR df. Chris Guccione AUS 7-6(6), 6-3, 6-4
Peter Luczak AUS df. Mariano Zabaleta ARG 6-1, 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-4
Fernando Gonzalez CHI (7) df. Konstantinos Economidis GRE (Q) 6-4, 7-6(2), 6-1

Show Court 2
Janko Tipsarevic SRB df. Joseph Sirianni AUS (WC) 7-5, 6-2, 6-7(6), 0-6, 6-0
Marat Safin RUS df. Ernests Gulbis LAT 6-0, 6-4, 7-6(2)

Show Court 3
David Nalbandian ARG (10) df. Robert Smeets AUS (WC) 6-1, 6-1, 7-6(3)
David Ferrer ESP (5) df. Edouard Roger-Vasselin FRA 6-2, 6-2, 6-1

Court 5
Sam Querrey USA df. Olivier Rochus BEL 6-3, 6-2, 7-5

Court 6
Juan Monaco ARG (21) df. Carlos Berlocq ARG 7-6(5), 7-5, 6-1
Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP (22) df. Nicolas Kiefer GER 6-4, 6-3, 6-1

Court 7
Alun Jones AUS (WC) df. Albert Montanes ESP 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
Tomas Berdych CZE (13) df. Werner Eschauer AUT 6-4, 6-4, 6-4

Court 8
Amer Delic USA (Q) df. Robert Kendrick USA 6-4, 7-5, 6-2
Michael Russell USA df. Fabio Fognini ITA 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3

Court 9
Denis Istomin UZB (WC) df. Lukas Lacko SVK (Q) 6-3, 6-7(1), 7-6(4), 6-1
Oscar Hernandez ESP df. Ivo Minar CZE 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-2, 6-1

Court 11
Simone Bolleli ITA df. Rajeev Ram USA (Q) 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Jurgen Melzer AUT df. Jiri Vanek CZE 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

Court 13
Fernando Verdsaco ESP (25) df. Thierry Ascione FRA 6-4, 6-0, 6-3
Fabrice Santoro FRA df. John Isner USA 6-2, 6-2, 6-4

Court 14
Denis Gremelmayr GER (Q) df. Sergio Roitman ARG 6-1, 0-6, 6-4, 7-5

Court 18
Robin Haase NED (Q) df. Ivan Ljubicic CRO (17) 6-7, 6-3, 6-0, 7-6(1)
Dmitry Tursunov RUS (32) df. Xavier Malisse BEL 6-7(1) 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3

Court 19
Marin Cilic CRO df. Nicolas Almagro ESP (27) 7-6(4), 7-5, 6-2
Vincent Spadea USA df. Radek Stepanek CZE (30) 6-2, 6-2, 5-7, 2-6, 3-6

Court 21
Sebastien Grosjean FRA df. Filippo Volandri ITA 7-6(3), 6-3, 7-6(0)
Juan Martin Del Potro ARG df. Santiago Ventura ESP 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
Permalink Reply by BlueShirt on January 15, 2008 at 8:04pm
Alun Jones AUS (WC) df. Albert Montanes ESP 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2

Good win for Alun. I don't remember the first place I saw him play, but he made a pretty fair impression. I believe I have him losing the next round in my bracket to Ferrero, but hopefully he'll put on a good show for the home crowd.
Permalink Reply by BlueShirt on January 17, 2008 at 9:50am
Whoa, close call for Baghdatis.
I really needed him to win that one; I almost started rooting for Safin!
Marat was playing great during the 3 and 4th sets. Vintage, if I may say so myself. Then it went downhill from there. His serve stopped going in for him, and started making errors on shots that were totally routine for him in the 3rd and fourth sets. Marcos did good not to take his eyes off the prize. Good job.
Permalink Reply by ThePoet on January 17, 2008 at 10:34am
I feel asleep so I missed it :( I hoping to catch the replay this morning. I can't wait to see this match.
Permalink Reply by Mark / The Mayor on January 17, 2008 at 10:53am
I saw the scoreline but missed the match. I have to say that the coverage is pretty horrible if you only have espn2. last night they showed williams sisters doubles.... and i'm sure there were some amazing matches happening. I cant remember who i picked in the s/b match....
Permalink Reply by ThePoet on January 17, 2008 at 11:01am
Espn always has horrible coverage. There could be a really great competitive match going on and they'd rather show Serena, Sharapova or Federer trouncing their opponent.

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