Post by davis on Jan 7, 2009 18:57:53 GMT 3
Likely Marat's final Australian Open - who would've thought... 
The tournament is nearing, the first notable drop-outs are announced - time for a thread I guess.
Melbourne was always good to Mr. Safin, we'll see what it holds in store this year.
AUSTRALIAN OPEN
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
19 JANUARY-1 FEBRUARY 2009
Prize Money: AUS$22,000,000
128 DRAW
WEB SITE: www.AustralianOpen.com
Qualifying draw: Tuesday, January 13, TBA
Main draw: Friday, January 18, TBA
Men's doubles draw: TBA (Entry deadline: Monday, January 12, 4:00 p.m.)
Mixed doubles draw: Wednesday, January 21, 4:00 p.m.
ATP Ranking Points
W: 2000
F: 1200
SF: 720
QF: 360
R16: 180
R32: 90
R64: 45
R128: 10 (WC: 0)
Q: +25
Q32: 14
Q64: 8
Q128: 0
MAIN DRAW
NADAL, Rafael ESP [1] v ROCHUS, Christophe BEL
SERRA, Florent FRA v KARANUSIC, Roko CRO
SCHWANK, Eduardo ARG v HAAS, Tommy GER
QUALIFIER v TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS [29]
GASQUET, Richard FRA [24] v JUNQUEIRA, Diego ARG
SPADEA, Vincent USA v ISTOMIN, Denis UZB (W)
CANAS, Guillermo ARG v KIEFER, Nicolas GER
HEWITT, Lleyton AUS v GONZALEZ, Fernando CHI [13]
MONFILS, Gael FRA [12] v VASSALLO ARGUELLO, Martin ARG
YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS v KOUBEK, Stefan AUT
GOLUBEV, Andrey KAZ v FOGNINI, Fabio ITA
MASSU, Nicolas CHI v ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP [17]
KARLOVIC, Ivo CRO [25] v GIMENO-TRAVER, Daniel ESP
VOLANDRI, Filippo ITA v ANCIC, Mario CRO
GUCCIONE, Chris AUS v DEVILDER, Nicolas FRA
ANDUJAR, Pablo ESP v SIMON, Gilles FRA [6]
MURRAY, Andy GBR [4] v PAVEL, Andrei ROU
GABASHVILI, Teimuraz RUS v GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP
QUALIFIER v EBELTHITE, Colin AUS (W)
NISHIKORI, Kei JPN v MELZER, Jurgen AUT [31]
STEPANEK, Radek CZE [22] v LAPENTTI, Nicolas ECU
QUALIFIER v BALL, Carsten AUS (W)
STAKHOVSKY, Sergiy UKR v CLEMENT, Arnaud FRA
MANNARINO, Adrian FRA (W) v VERDASCO, Fernando ESP [14]
BLAKE, James USA [9] v QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER v DARCIS, Steve BEL
MONTANES, Albert ESP v GULBIS, Ernests LAT
QUALIFIER v ANDREEV, Igor RUS [18]
SCHUETTLER, Rainer GER [30] v QUALIFIER
HANESCU, Victor ROU v HERNYCH, Jan CZE
LJUBICIC, Ivan CRO v KUNITSYN, Igor RUS
MONACO, Juan ARG v TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA [5]
RODDICK, Andy USA [7] v QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER v LLODRA, Michael FRA
FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP v SANTORO, Fabrice FRA
QUERREY, Sam USA v KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER [32]
ROBREDO, Tommy ESP [21] v REYNOLDS, Bobby USA
MARTIN, Alberto ESP v TROICKI, Viktor SRB
BELLUCCI, Thomaz BRA v LU, Yen-Hsun TPE
GICQUEL, Marc FRA v NALBANDIAN, David ARG [10]
SODERLING, Robin SWE [16] v KENDRICK, Robert USA
BENNETEAU, Julien FRA v BAGHDATIS, Marcos CYP
BOLELLI, Simone ITA v VLIEGEN, Kristof BEL
GROTH, Samuel AUS (W) v FISH, Mardy USA [23]
MATHIEU, Paul-Henri FRA [28] v NIEMINEN, Jarkko FIN
DENT, Taylor USA v QUALIFIER
CHARDY, Jeremy FRA v DANIEL, Marcos BRA
QUALIFIER v DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB [3]
DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG [8] v ZVEREV, Mischa GER
QUALIFIER v QUALIFIER
STARACE, Potito ITA v TOMIC, Bernard AUS (W)
MULLER, Gilles LUX v LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP [27]
CILIC, Marin CRO [19] v ANDERSON, Kevin RSA
HERNANDEZ, Oscar ESP v TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB
QUALIFIER v ISNER, John USA (W)
GREMELMAYR, Denis GER v FERRER, David ESP [11]
WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI [15] v MINAR, Ivo CZE
QUALIFIER v KLEIN, Brydan AUS (W)
DABUL, Brian ARG v PETZSCHNER, Philipp GER
GINEPRI, Robby USA v BERDYCH, Tomas CZE [20]
SAFIN, Marat RUS [26] v NAVARRO, Ivan ESP
GARCIA-LOPEZ, Guillermo ESP v CALLERI, Agustin ARG
QUALIFIER v MOYA, Carlos ESP
SEPPI, Andreas ITA v FEDERER, Roger SUI [2]
news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7815843.stm
Davydenko out of Australian Open
World number five Nikolay Davydenko will miss this month's Australian Open because of a heel injury. The Russian pulled out of his match against Lukas Dlouhy at the warm-up event in Chennai, India, on Wednesday after the problem flared up.
"It's obviously serious since I'll even miss the Australian Open," he said.
Davydenko reached the Masters Cup final in November, beating Andy Murray in the semis, and would have been among the favourites in Melbourne.
"I'm having acute pain in my left heel that flared up last week," the Russian added. "I've had painkillers even today, and the doctors here in Chennai have tried some therapy for a few days, but I now need to fix this before playing any more tournaments. I need to check my heel and that's why I'm going home, to see what's happening and what's wrong. The problem started last year, but I thought I could still continue playing. It was (painful) even when I played the Shanghai Masters in November."
Also out are Jose Acasuso and Nicolas Mahut.
The tournament is nearing, the first notable drop-outs are announced - time for a thread I guess.
Melbourne was always good to Mr. Safin, we'll see what it holds in store this year.
AUSTRALIAN OPEN
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
19 JANUARY-1 FEBRUARY 2009
Prize Money: AUS$22,000,000
128 DRAW
WEB SITE: www.AustralianOpen.com
Qualifying draw: Tuesday, January 13, TBA
Main draw: Friday, January 18, TBA
Men's doubles draw: TBA (Entry deadline: Monday, January 12, 4:00 p.m.)
Mixed doubles draw: Wednesday, January 21, 4:00 p.m.
ATP Ranking Points
W: 2000
F: 1200
SF: 720
QF: 360
R16: 180
R32: 90
R64: 45
R128: 10 (WC: 0)
Q: +25
Q32: 14
Q64: 8
Q128: 0
MAIN DRAW
NADAL, Rafael ESP [1] v ROCHUS, Christophe BEL
SERRA, Florent FRA v KARANUSIC, Roko CRO
SCHWANK, Eduardo ARG v HAAS, Tommy GER
QUALIFIER v TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS [29]
GASQUET, Richard FRA [24] v JUNQUEIRA, Diego ARG
SPADEA, Vincent USA v ISTOMIN, Denis UZB (W)
CANAS, Guillermo ARG v KIEFER, Nicolas GER
HEWITT, Lleyton AUS v GONZALEZ, Fernando CHI [13]
MONFILS, Gael FRA [12] v VASSALLO ARGUELLO, Martin ARG
YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS v KOUBEK, Stefan AUT
GOLUBEV, Andrey KAZ v FOGNINI, Fabio ITA
MASSU, Nicolas CHI v ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP [17]
KARLOVIC, Ivo CRO [25] v GIMENO-TRAVER, Daniel ESP
VOLANDRI, Filippo ITA v ANCIC, Mario CRO
GUCCIONE, Chris AUS v DEVILDER, Nicolas FRA
ANDUJAR, Pablo ESP v SIMON, Gilles FRA [6]
MURRAY, Andy GBR [4] v PAVEL, Andrei ROU
GABASHVILI, Teimuraz RUS v GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP
QUALIFIER v EBELTHITE, Colin AUS (W)
NISHIKORI, Kei JPN v MELZER, Jurgen AUT [31]
STEPANEK, Radek CZE [22] v LAPENTTI, Nicolas ECU
QUALIFIER v BALL, Carsten AUS (W)
STAKHOVSKY, Sergiy UKR v CLEMENT, Arnaud FRA
MANNARINO, Adrian FRA (W) v VERDASCO, Fernando ESP [14]
BLAKE, James USA [9] v QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER v DARCIS, Steve BEL
MONTANES, Albert ESP v GULBIS, Ernests LAT
QUALIFIER v ANDREEV, Igor RUS [18]
SCHUETTLER, Rainer GER [30] v QUALIFIER
HANESCU, Victor ROU v HERNYCH, Jan CZE
LJUBICIC, Ivan CRO v KUNITSYN, Igor RUS
MONACO, Juan ARG v TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA [5]
RODDICK, Andy USA [7] v QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER v LLODRA, Michael FRA
FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP v SANTORO, Fabrice FRA
QUERREY, Sam USA v KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER [32]
ROBREDO, Tommy ESP [21] v REYNOLDS, Bobby USA
MARTIN, Alberto ESP v TROICKI, Viktor SRB
BELLUCCI, Thomaz BRA v LU, Yen-Hsun TPE
GICQUEL, Marc FRA v NALBANDIAN, David ARG [10]
SODERLING, Robin SWE [16] v KENDRICK, Robert USA
BENNETEAU, Julien FRA v BAGHDATIS, Marcos CYP
BOLELLI, Simone ITA v VLIEGEN, Kristof BEL
GROTH, Samuel AUS (W) v FISH, Mardy USA [23]
MATHIEU, Paul-Henri FRA [28] v NIEMINEN, Jarkko FIN
DENT, Taylor USA v QUALIFIER
CHARDY, Jeremy FRA v DANIEL, Marcos BRA
QUALIFIER v DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB [3]
DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG [8] v ZVEREV, Mischa GER
QUALIFIER v QUALIFIER
STARACE, Potito ITA v TOMIC, Bernard AUS (W)
MULLER, Gilles LUX v LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP [27]
CILIC, Marin CRO [19] v ANDERSON, Kevin RSA
HERNANDEZ, Oscar ESP v TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB
QUALIFIER v ISNER, John USA (W)
GREMELMAYR, Denis GER v FERRER, David ESP [11]
WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI [15] v MINAR, Ivo CZE
QUALIFIER v KLEIN, Brydan AUS (W)
DABUL, Brian ARG v PETZSCHNER, Philipp GER
GINEPRI, Robby USA v BERDYCH, Tomas CZE [20]
SAFIN, Marat RUS [26] v NAVARRO, Ivan ESP
GARCIA-LOPEZ, Guillermo ESP v CALLERI, Agustin ARG
QUALIFIER v MOYA, Carlos ESP
SEPPI, Andreas ITA v FEDERER, Roger SUI [2]
news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7815843.stm
Davydenko out of Australian Open
World number five Nikolay Davydenko will miss this month's Australian Open because of a heel injury. The Russian pulled out of his match against Lukas Dlouhy at the warm-up event in Chennai, India, on Wednesday after the problem flared up.
"It's obviously serious since I'll even miss the Australian Open," he said.
Davydenko reached the Masters Cup final in November, beating Andy Murray in the semis, and would have been among the favourites in Melbourne.
"I'm having acute pain in my left heel that flared up last week," the Russian added. "I've had painkillers even today, and the doctors here in Chennai have tried some therapy for a few days, but I now need to fix this before playing any more tournaments. I need to check my heel and that's why I'm going home, to see what's happening and what's wrong. The problem started last year, but I thought I could still continue playing. It was (painful) even when I played the Shanghai Masters in November."
Also out are Jose Acasuso and Nicolas Mahut.
Looking very yummy! 
