Sydney 2006

[SAFINNO1]

Well after a solid week in Doha 3 russians are in sydney in a strong field which includes reigning champ Lleyton Hewitt

Main Draw
HEWITT, Lleyton AUS (1) vs Q
CHELA, Juan Ignacio ARG vs MELZER, Jurgen AUT
Q vs VLIEGEN, Kristof BEL (SE)
GUCCIONE, Chris AUS (WC) vs FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP (5/WC)

[glow=red,2,300]GASQUET, Richard FRA (4) vs ANDREEV, Igor RUS[/glow]
MALISSE, Xavier BEL vs LUCZAK, Peter AUS (WC)
SANTORO, Fabrice FRA vs SERRA, Florent FRA
[glow=red,2,300]TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS vs ROBREDO, Tommy ESP (6)
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BLAKE, James USA (8) vs SANGUINETTI, Davide ITA
GROSJEAN, Sebastien FRA vs MOYA, Carlos ESP
Q vs DENT, Taylor USA
VERDASCO, Fernando ESP vs JOHANSSON, Thomas SWE (3)

STEPANEK, Radek CZE (7) vs SRICHAPHAN, Paradorn THA
Q vs HANESCU, Victor ROM
MATHIEU, Paul-Henri FRA vs CALLERI, Agustin ARG
[glow=red,2,300]BERDYCH, Tomas CZE vs DAVYDENKO, Nikolay RUS (2)
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The draw's not been to nice to them though Gasquet a quality player and Berdych is a great talent. Hopefully they can do well and prepare nicely for AO

This week another all russian pairing are playingin the doubles
(4) Santoro/Zimonjic vs. Igor Andreev/Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)

There is also a WTA event going on at the same time with Dinara playing along with Hingis and Henin.

1) Clijsters - bye
Pennetta - Q
Q - Chakvetadze
Sugiyama - (7) Schiavone

Schnyder (3) - bye
Hantuchova - Mirza
Likhovtseva - Q
Stosur - Vaidisova (8)

[glow=red,2,300]Henin-Hardenne (5) - Hingis[/glow]
Q - Zvonareva
Dulko - Kirilenko
bye - Petrova (4)

Kuznetsova (6) - Asagoe
[glow=red,2,300]Groenefeld - Safina[/glow]
Peng - Ivanovic
bye - Mauresmo (2)

DIna is also in the doubles with Nastya
Douchevina/Yan vs. Myskina/Safina

[marats]

Great match that last one: Tomas against Nikolay !

[pau]

Indeed!, I like both of them very much!!! whoever wins will be fine for me!!!
Thanks for the info!

[marats]

I hope that Juan Carlos Fererro can win some matches !
Stays a good player !

[SAFINNO1]

Monday OOP

Centre Court
Chris GUCCIONE (AUS) Vs Juan Carlos FERRERO (ESP)
Justine HENIN- HARDENNE (BEL) Vs Martina HINGIS (SUI)
Lleyton HEWITT (AUS) Vs Vincent SPADEA (USA)
Daniela HANTUCHOVA (SVK) Vs Sania MIRZA (IND)

NOT BEFORE 7: 30 PM
Samantha STOSUR (AUS) Vs Nicole VAIDISOVA (CZE)
Arnaud CLEMENT (FRA) Vs Taylor DENT (USA)

Court 2
Ai SUGIYAMA (JPN) Vs Francesca SCHIAVONE (ITA)
Paul- Henri MATHIEU (FRA) Vs Agustin CALLERI (ARG)
Anna- Lena GROENEFELD (GER) Vs Dinara SAFINA (RUS)
James BLAKE (USA) Vs Davide SANGUINETTI (ITA)

Court 5
Na LI (CHN) Vs Flavia PENNETTA (ITA)
Zi YAN (CHN) Vs Anna CHAKVETADZE (RUS)
Ivo KARLOVIC (CRO) Vs Victor HANESCU (ROM)

Court 6
Juan Ignacio CHELA (ARG) Vs Jurgen MELZER (AUT)
Vera DUSHEVINA (RUS) Vs Vera ZVONAREVA (RUS)
Elena LIKHOVTSEVA (RUS) Vs Yuliana FEDAK (UKR)

[marats]

Thanks for the info !!

[love15]

thnx!

[alsl]

dinara vs anna lena and justine vs martina should be interesting pair ups...hope dinara and justine go through...

[Annie]

OMG!!!!!!!!!! Are you kidding me??? Is this like an anti Russian draw or something??? I don't even know if ANY of them can scrape through the first round...well Mitya maybe....geeez but hope as always dies last ;D

DAVAYTE MY BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tine]

dinara won her first round match 6:2 6:1 in sydney!!
and her current postition on wta ranking is 19

[marats]

Congrats Dinara !!!

[SAFINNO1]

Mens 1st round:

(1) Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt Vincent Spadea (USA) 2-6 7-5 6-3

Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) 6-2 7-6 (7-1)

Chris Guccione (Aus) bt (5) Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) 4-6 6-3 7-5

(8) James Blake (USA) bt Davide Sanguinetti (Ita) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4

Arnaud Clement (Fra) bt Taylor Dent (USA) 6-1 2-6 6-2

Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt Victor Hanescu (Rom) 7-6 (9-7) 3-6 6-3

Agustin Calleri (Arg) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 6-4 6-3



Women’s 1st rd:

Na Li (Chn) bt Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 6-4 6-1

Zi Yan (Chn) bt Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) 6-3 6-3

(7) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) 6-1 6-2

Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Sania Mirza (Ind) 6-4 2-6 6-2

Yuliana Fedak (Ukr) bt Elena Likhovtseva (Rus) 6-4 3-6 6-3

(8) Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) bt Samantha Stosur (Aus) 6-4 4-6 6-1

(5) Justine Henin-Hardenne (Bel) bt Martina Hingis (Swi) 6-3 6-3

Vera Dushevina (Rus) bt Vera Zvonareva (Rus) 6-4 3-6 6-1

Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) 6-2 6-1,

[SAFINNO1]

Tuesday OOP

Centre
Matches start at 11:00 AM

Kim Clijsters(BEL) vs. Na Li(CHN)
Ana Ivanovic(SCG) vs. Amelie Mauresmo(FRA)
Radek Stepanek(CZE) vs. Paradorn Srichaphan(THA)
Sebastien Grosjean(FRA) vs. Carlos Moya(ESP)

Starting at 7:30 PM

Tomas Berdych(CZE) vs. Nikolay Davydenko(RUS)
Maria Kirilenko(RUS) vs. Nadia Petrova(RUS)

Court 2
11:00AM

Richard Gasquet(FRA) vs. Igor Andreev(RUS) ;D ;D ;D
Justin Henin-Hardenne(BEL) vs. Vera Dushevina(RUS)
Patty Schnyder(SUI) vs. Daniela Hantuchova(SVK)


Court 3
11:00 AM

Fernando Verdasco(ESP) vs. Juan Monaco(ARG)
Zi Yan(CHI) vs. Francesca Schiavone(ITA)
Andreas Seppi(ITA) vs. Kristof Vliegen(BEL)
Vera Dushevina(RUS)/Zi Yan(CHN) vs. Anastasia Myskina(RUS)/Dinara Safina(RUS) ;D ;D ;D

Court 5
11:00AM

Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS) vs. Dinara Safina(RUS) DAVAI DINA ;D ;D ;D
Fabrice Santoro(FRA) vs. Florent Serra(FRA)
Fabrice Santoro(FRA)/Nenad Zimonjic(SCG) vs. Igor Andreev(RUS)/Dmitry Tursunov(RUS)

Court 6
11:00 AM
Dmitry Tursunov(RUS) vs. Tommy Robredo(ESP)

[marats]

So sorry for Juan Carlos Fererro !

[Annie]

WHAT A DAY!!!!!!!!!! What a lineup!!!!!!!!!! Kolya all the best of luck sweetie!!!!!!! This match will be an agony IGOR AND MITYA UDACHI MY SWEETHEARTS!!!!!!!!