Tennis Frontier

Author: Trent Curtis

Australian Open Day 4: Order of Play & Scores

Day 4 of the Australian Open features the Men’s and Women’s top seeds in action. Serena Williams (USA) will face Vera Zvonareva (RUS) on Rod Laver Arena, followed by Novak Djokovic (SRB), who will play Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS). The night session on Margaret Court Arena kicks off with Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (8) playing Victoria Azarenka (BLR). The first match on Hisense pits Kei Nishikori (5) against Ivan Dodig (CRO).

The full schedule for Day 4 is listed below (Results to follow). All times are local.

[divider]

ROD LAVER ARENA — 11:00AM

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (6) d. Johanna Larsson (SWE) — 6-0, 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Serena Williams (USA) (1) d. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) — 7-5, 6-0

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Novak Djokovic (SRB) (1) d. Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) — 6-0, 6-1, 6-4

Not Before 7:00PM

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Benjamin Becker (GER) d. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) — 2-6, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) d. Samantha Stosur (AUS) (20) — 6-4, 6-4

[divider]

Click here to discuss the Men’s Day 4 matches in the discussion forum.

Click here to discuss the Women’s Day 4 matches in the discussion forum.

[divider]

MARGARET COURT ARENA — 11:00AM

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Venus Williams (USA) (18) d. Lauren Davis (USA) — 6-2, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Stan Wawrinka (SUI) (4) d. Marius Copil (ROU) — 7-6(4), 7-6(4), 6-3

Not Before: 3:00pm

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (29) d. Madison Keys (USA) — 2-6, 6-1, 6-1

Not Before 7:00PM

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (8) — 6-4, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Milos Raonic (CAN) (8) d. Donald Young (USA) — 6-4, 7-6(3), 6-3

[divider]

HISENSE ARENA — 11:00AM

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Kei Nishikori (JPN) (5) d. Ivan Dodig (CRO) — 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, 7-6(0)

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (11) d. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) — 6-2, 6-0

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Petra Kvitova (CZE) (4) d. Mona Barthel (GER) — 6-2, 6-4

Not Before: 5:30pm

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Jerzy Janowicz (POL) d. Gael Monfils (FRA) (17) — 6-4, 1-6, 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-3

[divider]

SHOW COURT 2 — 11:00AM

Men’s Singles – Round 2
John Isner (USA) (19) d. Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) — 6-4, 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) (30) d. Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) — 6-1, 7-6(1)

Men’s Singles – Round 2
David Ferrer (ESP) (9) d. Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) — 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) / Max Mirnyi (BLR) d. James Duckworth (AUS) / Luke Saville (AUS) — 7-6(1), 6-7(5), 6-2

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Eric Butorac (USA) (12) / Sam Groth (AUS) (12) d. Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) / Andreas Seppi (ITA) — 6-3, 7-6(5)

[divider]

SHOW COURT 3 — 11:00AM

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (12) d. Adrian Mannarino (FRA) — 4-6, 4-6, 7-6(3), 4-0 (Ret.)

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Alize Cornet (FRA) (19) d. Denisa Allertova (CZE) — 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-2

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Andrey Golubev (KAZ) / Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) / Nick Kyrgios (AUS) — 6-3, 2-6, 6-2

Not Before: 6:00pm

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) (31) d. Go Soeda (JPN) — 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(3)

[divider]

COURT 6 — 11:00AM

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Garbine Muguruza (ESP) (24) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) — 6-1, 1-6, 6-0

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Camila Giorgi (ITA) d. Tereza Smitkova (CZE) — 6-1, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Gilles Simon (FRA) (18) d. Marcel Granollers (ESP) — 7-6(5), 6-2, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) (25) d. Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) — 6-1, 6-5

[divider]

COURT 7 — 11:00AM

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) d. Matthias Bachinger (GER) — 7-6(4), 7-5, 7-5

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Elina Svitolina (UKR) (26) d. Nicole Gibbs (USA) — 7-6(3), 7-6(6)

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) / Karin Knapp (ITA) d. Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) / Shuai Zhang (CHN) — 6-3, 6-3

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) / Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) d. Jessica Moore (AUS) / Abbie Myers (AUS) — 6-0, 6-0

[divider]

COURT 8 — 11:00AM

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d. Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) — 6-1, 6-3, 6-3

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Diego Schwartzman (ARG) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) d. Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) / Jurgen Melzer (AUT) — 6-4, 6-3

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Rohan Bopanna (IND) (7) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) (7) d. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) / Marinko Matosevic (AUS) — 7-6(2), 7-5

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Madison Brengle (USA) d. Irina Falconi (USA) — 6-1, 6-3

[divider]

COURT 10 — 11:00AM

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA) d. Martin Klizan (SVK) / Philipp Oswald (AUT) — 7-6(6), 7-6(2)

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Alexandra Panova (RUS) / Heather Watson (GBR) d. Annika Beck (GER) / Shahar Peer (ISR) — 2-6, 7-5, 3-1 (Ret.)

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Timea Babos (HUN) (10) / Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (10) d. Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) / Katarzyna Piter (POL) — 6-1, 6-3

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) (6) / Horia Tecau (ROU) (6) d. Ricardas Berankis (LTU) / Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) — 6-4, 6-2

[divider]

COURT 11 — 11:00AM

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) (11) / Robert Farah (COL) (11) d. Mate Pavic (CRO) / Andre Sa (BRA) — 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (9) / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) (9) d. Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Olga Savchuk (UKR) — 6-0, 7-6(4)

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) / Lukasz Kubot (POL) d. Daniele Bracciali (ITA) / Jesse Huta Galung (NED) — 6-3, 6-4

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Pablo Andujar (ESP) / Dustin Brown (GER) d. Ivo Karlovic (CRO) / Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) — 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(5)

[divider]

COURT 12 — 11:00AM

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Alexander Peya (AUT) (5) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (5) d. Viktor Troicki (SRB) / Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) — 6-1, 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) / Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) d. Darija Jurak (CRO) / Megan Moulton-Levy (USA) — 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(5)

Not Before: 3:00pm

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Julien Benneteau (FRA) (2) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) (2) d. Hsin-Han Lee (TPE) / Ze Zhang (CHN) — 6-1, 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) (5) / Abigail Spears (USA) (5) d. Kimberly Birrell (AUS) / Priscilla Hon (AUS) — 6-3, 7-5

[divider]

COURT 13 — 11:00AM

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Vasek Pospisil (CAN) d. Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) — 6-7(3), 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) (14) / Jie Zheng (CHN) (14) d. Klara Koukalova (CZE) / Stefanie Voegele (SUI) — 6-3, 6-0

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Robert Lindstedt (SWE) (9) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (9) d. Malek Jaziri (TUN) / Adil Shamasdin (CAN) — 6-4, 6-4

Not Before: 4:00pm

[divider]

COURT 15 — 11:00AM

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Steve Johnson (USA) d. Santiago Giraldo (COL) (30) — 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Sara Errani (ITA) (1) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) (1) d. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) / Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) — 6-2, 6-0

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Kiki Bertens (NED) / Johanna Larsson (SWE) d. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) / Lisa Raymond (USA) — 7-6(7), 6-3

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Simone Bolelli (ITA) / Fabio Fognini (ITA) d. Steve Johnson (USA) / Sam Querrey (USA) — 5-7, 6-4, 6-3

[divider]

COURT 19 — 11:00AM

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) d. Anna Tatishvili (USA) — 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Gilles Muller (LUX) d. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) (13) — 7-6(5), 1-6, 7-5, 6-1

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) / Maria Torro-Flor (ESP) d. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) / Yuliya Beygelzimer (UKR) — 4-6, 6-2, 6-1

[divider]

COURT 20 — 11:00AM

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Julia Goerges (GER) (16) / Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) (16) d. Maddison Inglis (AUS) / Alexandra Nancarrow (AUS) — 6-4, 6-1

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) / Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) d. Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN) / Qiu Yu Ye (CHN) — 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) / Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Tatjana Maria (GER) / Raluca Olaru (ROU) — 6-3, 6-2

[divider]

COURT 22 — 11:00AM

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Carlos Berlocq (ARG) / Leonardo Mayer (ARG) d. Johan Brunstrom (SWE) / Nicholas Monroe (USA) — 6-4, 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Caroline Garcia (FRA) (7) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (7) d. Andrea Petkovic (GER) / Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) — 6-4, 5-7, 6-2

Not Before: 3:00pm

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Oliver Marach (AUT) / Michael Venus (NZL) d. Peter Gojowczyk (GER) / Lukas Rosol (CZE) — 6-3, 7-6(4)

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Santiago Giraldo (COL) / Joao Sousa (POR) d. Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) / Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) — 6-4, 6-4

January 21, 2015
Australian Open Day 3: Order of Play & Scores

The bottom halves of the draws contest their second round matches on Day 3 of the Australian Open. On Rod Laver Arena, the women’s No. 2 seed, Maria Sharapova (RUS), plays compatriot Alexandra Panova. They’re followed by the men’s No. 2 seed, Roger Federer (SUI), who will take on the unseeded Italian Simone Bolelli. The night session kicks off with Rafael Nadal (3) facing the American Tim Smyczek, and the final match on center court features Simona Halep (ROU) (3), who plays Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS).

The full schedule for Day 3 is listed below (Results to follow). All times are local.

[divider]

Rod Laver Arena — 11:00AM

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (10) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) — 6-2, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Maria Sharapova (RUS) (2) d. Alexandra Panova (RUS) — 6-1, 4-6, 7-5

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Roger Federer (SUI) (2) d. Simone Bolelli (ITA) — 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2

Not Before 7:00PM

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Rafael Nadal (ESP) (3) d. Tim Smyczek (USA) — 6-2, 3-6, 6-7(2), 6-3, 7-5

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Simona Halep (ROU) (3) d. Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) — 6-2, 6-2

[divider]

Click here to discuss the Men’s Day 3 matches in the discussion forum.

Click here to discuss the Women’s Day 3 matches in the discussion forum.

[divider]

Margaret Court Arena — 11:00AM

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Julia Goerges (GER) d. Klara Koukalova (CZE) — 6-3, 4-6, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Andy Murray (GBR) (6) d. Marinko Matosevic (AUS) — 6-1, 6-3, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Sara Errani (ITA) (14) d. Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) — 7-6(3), 6-3

Not Before 7:00PM

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) (7) d. Kiki Bertens (NED) — 6-0, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Bernard Tomic (AUS) d. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) (22) — 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(6), 7-6(5)

[divider]

Hisense Arena — 11:00AM

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Shuai Peng (CHN) (21) d. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) — 6-1, 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) (22) d. Oceane Dodin (FRA) — 7-5, 5-7, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (10) d. Lukas Lacko (SVK) – 6-3, 6-7(10), 6-3, 6-3

Not Before: 6:00pm

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Sam Groth (AUS) d. Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) — 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 6-1

[divider]

Show Court 2 — 11:00AM

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) d. Monica Puig (PUR) — 6-2, 7-6(6)

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Richard Gasquet (FRA) (24) d. James Duckworth (AUS) — 6-2, 6-3, 7-5

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) (11) / Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) (11) d. Irina Falconi (USA) / Petra Martic (CRO) — 6-3, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Andreas Seppi (ITA) d. Jeremy Chardy (FRA) (29) — 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1

[divider]

Show Court 3 — 11:00AM

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Tomas Berdych (CZE) (7) d. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) — 7-6(0), 6-2, 6-2

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) / Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) (8) / Kveta Peschke (CZE) (8) — 6-3, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) — 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

Not Before: 5:00pm

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Nick Kyrgios (AUS) d. Ivo Karlovic (CRO) (23) — 7-6(4), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4

[divider]

Court 6 — 11:00AM

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Carina Witthoeft (GER) d. Christina McHale (USA) — 6-3, 6-0

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) d. David Goffin (BEL) (20) — 6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Chris Guccione (AUS) / Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Federico Delbonis (ARG) / Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) — 6-3, 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Caroline Garcia (FRA) d. Stefanie Voegele (SUI) — 6-3, 6-4

[divider]

Court 7 — 11:00AM

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Alex Bolt (AUS) / Andrew Whittington (AUS) d. Marin Draganja (CRO) (15) / Henri Kontinen (FIN) (15) — 7-6(4), 7-6(4)

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Bob Bryan (USA) (1) / Mike Bryan (USA) (1) d. John Millman (AUS) / Benjamin Mitchell (AUS) — 6-3, 7-5

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Martina Hingis (SUI) (4) / Flavia Pennetta (ITA) (4) d. Belinda Bencic (SUI) / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) — 7-6(3), 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Dudi Sela (ISR) d. Lukas Rosol (CZE) (28) — 7-6(2), 5-7, 7-5, 6-3

[divider]

Court 8 — 11:00AM

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) (2) / Sania Mirza (IND) (2) d. Maria Irigoyen (ARG) / Romina Oprandi (SUI) — 6-2, 6-0

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Viktor Troicki (SRB) d. Leonardo Mayer (ARG) (26) — 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) (15) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (15) d. Shuai Peng (CHN) / Yi-Fan Xu (CHN) — 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(5)

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) d. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) — 7-6(3), 7-6(6)

[divider]

Court 10 — 11:00AM

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Jamie Murray (GBR) (16) / John Peers (AUS) (16) d. Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) / Juan Monaco (ARG) — 6-1, 6-7(4), 6-4

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) (8) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) (8) d. Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) / Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) — 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-3

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Garbine Muguruza (ESP) (6) / Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (6) d. Varvara Lepchenko (USA) / Anna Tatishvili (USA) — 6-3, 6-2

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Michaella Krajicek (NED) (13) / Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) (13) d. Marina Erakovic (NZL) / Monica Puig (PUR) — 6-7(9), 7-6(6), 6-3

[divider]

Court 11 — 11:00AM

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) / Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d. Frantisek Cermak (CZE) / Jiri Vesely (CZE) — 6-3, 6-2

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Ivan Dodig (CRO) (4) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (4) d. Andre Begemann (GER) / Robin Haase (NED) — 7-6(2), 6-2

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Mona Barthel (GER) / Mandy Minella (LUX) d. Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) / Kurumi Nara (JPN) — 6-3, 7-5

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. Lauren Davis (USA) / Christina McHale (USA) — 6-2, 4-6, 6-3

[divider]

Court 12 — 11:00AM

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Omar Jasika (AUS) / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) d. Rameez Junaid (AUS) / Adrian Mannarino (FRA) — 6-2, 2-6, 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Lucie Hradecka (CZE) d. Polona Hercog (SLO) — 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) (12) / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (12) d. Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Renata Voracova (CZE) — 6-2, 7-6(5)

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (3) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (3) d. Madison Keys (USA) / Alison Riske (USA) — 7-5, 6-1

[divider]

Court 13 — 11:00AM

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) d. Katerina Siniakova (CZE) — 7-5, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Kevin Anderson (RSA) (14) d. Ricardas Berankis (LTU) — 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(3)

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) (31) d. Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) — 3-6, 6-2, 8-6

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) / Arina Rodionova (AUS) d. Naiktha Bains (AUS) / Sara Tomic (AUS) — 6-2, 6-2

[divider]

Court 15 — 11:00AM

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Austin Krajicek (USA) / Donald Young (USA) d. Marcel Granollers (ESP) (3) / Marc Lopez (ESP) (3) — 7-6(6), 2-6, 7-5

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Monique Adamczak (AUS) / Olivia Rogowska (AUS) d. Daria Gavrilova (AUS) / Storm Sanders (AUS) — 2-6, 6-3, 6-4

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Benjamin Becker (GER) / Artem Sitak (NZL) d. Gilles Muller (LUX) / Igor Sijsling (NED) — 6-3, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Malek Jaziri (TUN) d. Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) — 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3

[divider]

Court 19 — 11:00AM

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Dominic Inglot (GBR) (14) / Florin Mergea (ROU) (14) d. Matthew Ebden (AUS) / Matt Reid (AUS) — 6-2, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Joao Sousa (POR) d. Martin Klizan (SVK) (32) — 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-4, 1-0 (Ret.)

Men’s Doubles – Round 1

Julian Knowle (AUT) (13) / Vasek Pospisil (CAN) (13) d. Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) / Dominic Thiem (AUT) — 7-6(3), 3-6, 7-6(4)

[divider]

Court 20 — 11:00AM

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Raven Klaasen (RSA) (10) / Leander Paes (IND) (10) d. Scott Lipsky (USA) / Rajeev Ram (USA) — 6-4, 7-6(6)

Not Before: 12:30pm

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Pablo Cuevas (URU) / David Marrero (ESP) d. Jonathan Marray (GBR) / Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) — 6-4, 7-6(6)

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Jonathan Erlich (ISR) / Treat Huey (PHI) d. Dusan Lajovic (SRB) / Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) — 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-3

[divider]

Court 22 — 11:00AM

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Alicja Rosolska (POL) d. Cara Black (ZIM) / Saisai Zheng (CHN) — 6-1, 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (POL) / Andreja Klepac (SLO) d. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) / Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) — 7-6(5), 5-7, 7-6(2)

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Shelby Rogers (USA) / Donna Vekic (CRO) d. Alize Cornet (FRA) / Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4

January 20, 2015
Australian Open Day 2: Order of Play & Scores

On Day 2 of the Australian Open, the top halves of the men’s and women’s draws play their first round matches. On Rod Laver Arena, the defending champion Stan Wawrinka (4) plays Marsel Ilhan (TUR), followed by the No. 1 seed, Novak Djokovic, who will take on Aljaz Bedene (SLO). On Margaret Court Arena, Serena Williams (1) will meet Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL), and on Hisense Arena, the No. 4 seed, Petra Kvitova (CZE) will play Richel Hogenkamp (NED).

The full schedule for Day 2 is listed below (Results to follow). All times are local.

[divider]

Rod Laver Arena — 11:00am

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Samantha Stosur (AUS) (20) d. Monica Niculescu (ROU) — 6-4, 6-1

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Stan Wawrinka (SUI) (4) d. Marsel Ilhan (TUR) — 6-1, 6-4, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Novak Djokovic (SRB) (1) d. Aljaz Bedene (SLO) — 6-3, 6-2, 6-4

[divider]

Click here to discuss the Men’s Day 2 matches in the discussion forum.

Click here to discuss the Women’s Day 2 matches in the discussion forum.

[divider]

Not Before 7:00pm

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Ze Zhang (CHN) — 6-3, 1-6, 6-0, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) d. Shelby Rogers (USA) — 4-6, 6-4, 6-0

[divider]

Margaret Court Arena — 11:00am

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Kei Nishikori (JPN) (5) d. Nicolas Almagro (ESP) — 6-4, 7-6(1), 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (8) d. Taylor Townsend (USA) — 7-6(1), 6-2

Not Before: 2:30pm

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (29) d. Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) — 6-4, 6-0

Not Before 7:00pm

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Serena Williams (USA) (1) d. Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) — 6-0, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Gael Monfils (FRA) (17) d. Lucas Pouille (FRA) — 6-7(3), 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4

[divider]

Hisense Arena — 11:00am

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Sloane Stephens (USA) — 6-3, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Milos Raonic (CAN) (8) d. Illya Marchenko (UKR) — 7-6(3), 7-6(3), 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Petra Kvitova (CZE) (4) d. Richel Hogenkamp (NED) — 6-1, 6-4

Not Before: 5:00pm

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Venus Williams (USA) (18) d. Maria Torro-Flor (ESP) — 6-2, 6-2

[divider]

Show Court 2 — 11:00am

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) d. Fabio Fognini (ITA) (16) — 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Gilles Simon (FRA) (18) d. Robin Haase (NED) — 6-1, 6-3, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Nicole Gibbs (USA) d. Olivia Rogowska (AUS) — 6-4, 6-1

Not Before: 6:00pm

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (6) d. Kurumi Nara (JPN) — 6-3, 6-0

[divider]

Show Court 3 — 11:00am

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Alize Cornet (FRA) (19) d. Shuai Zhang (CHN) — 6-3, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (11) d. Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) — 3-6, 6-3, 6-1

Men’s Singles – Round 1
David Ferrer (ESP) (9) d. Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) — 6-7(2), 6-2, 6-0, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Benjamin Becker (GER) d. Julien Benneteau (FRA) (25) — 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4

[divider]

Court 6 — 11:00am

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (12) d. Denis Kudla (USA) — 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 10-8

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Madison Brengle (USA) d. Andrea Petkovic (GER) (13) — 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Camila Giorgi (ITA) d. Flavia Pennetta (ITA) (12) — 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Vasek Pospisil (CAN) d. Sam Querrey (USA) — 6-3, 6-7(5), 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

[divider]

Court 7 — 11:00am

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Garbine Muguruza (ESP) (24) d. Marina Erakovic (NZL) — 7-5, 6-0

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) (31) d. James Ward (GBR) — 2-6, 6-0, 7-6(6), 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. Ons Jabeur (TUN) — 6-2, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Jerzy Janowicz (POL) d. Hiroki Moriya (JPN) — 7-6(5), 2-6, 6-3, 7-5

[divider]

Court 8 — 11:00am

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Saisai Zheng (CHN) — 6-4, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
John Isner (USA) (19) d. Jimmy Wang (TPE) — 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Go Soeda (JPN) d. Elias Ymer (SWE) — 1-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Anna Tatishvili (USA) d. Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) — 7-5, 6-4

[divider]

Court 10 — 11:00am

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d. Heather Watson (GBR) — 6-4, 6-0

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) d. Laurent Lokoli (FRA) — 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) d. Andrey Golubev (KAZ) — 6-1, 6-2, 7-6(6)

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Lauren Davis (USA) d. Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) — 6-1, 7-5

[divider]

Court 11 — 11:00am

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) d. Blaz Rola (SLO) — 7-6(7), 6-3, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Irina Falconi (USA) d. Kaia Kanepi (EST) — 2-6, 6-4, 7-5

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d. Dusan Lajovic (SRB) — 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Johanna Larsson (SWE) d. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) — 6-4, 6-3

[divider]

Court 12 — 11:00am

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Denisa Allertova (CZE) d. Romina Oprandi (SUI) — 6-0, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Donald Young (USA) d. Tim Puetz (GER) — 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Matthias Bachinger (GER) d. Pablo Cuevas (URU) (27) — 7-6(1), 6-3, 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Madison Keys (USA) d. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) — 6-3, 7-5

[divider]

Court 13 — 11:00am

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) (25) d. Timea Babos (HUN) — 6-4, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) (13) d. Dominic Thiem (AUT) — 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6(5)

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) d. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (15) — 6-1, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) d. Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) (21) — 6-4, 6-3, 6-2

[divider]

Court 15 — 11:00am

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) d. Jie Zheng (CHN) — 6-1, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Marcel Granollers (ESP) d. Stephane Robert (FRA) — 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Elina Svitolina (UKR) (26) d. Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) — 6-3, 7-5

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) d. Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) — 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(3)

[divider]

Court 19 — 11:00am

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d. Peter Gojowczyk (GER) — 6-7(1), 7-5, 6-4, 1-0 (Ret.)

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) — 6-2, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Marius Copil (ROU) d. Pablo Andujar (ESP) – 6-2, 6-2, 7-5

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) (30) d. Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS) — 6-3, 6-3

[divider]

Court 20 — 11:00am

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Santiago Giraldo (COL) (30) d. Jan Hernych (CZE) — 6-3, 6-2, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Ivan Dodig (CRO) d. Joao Souza (BRA) — 6-4, 7-5, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Tereza Smitkova (CZE) d. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) — 6-1, 6-1

[divider]

Court 22 — 11:00am

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Steve Johnson (USA) d. Kyle Edmund (GBR) — 6-4, 6-4, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Gilles Muller (LUX) d. Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) — 6-4, 7-6(5), 7-6(3)

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Mona Barthel (GER) d. Donna Vekic (CRO) — 3-6, 6-4, 6-2

January 19, 2015
Australian Open Day 1: Order of Play & Scores

Action on Rod Laver Arena on Day 1 of the 2015 Australian Open begins with Simona Halep (ROU), the No. 3 seed, taking on the Italian Karin Knapp. They will be followed by Ana Ivanovic (SRB), the No. 5 seed, who will play Lucie Hradecka (CZE). Up next, the men’s No. 3 seed, Rafael Nadal (ESP), plays the veteran Russian Mikhail Youzhny. The night session begins with Roger Federer (SUI), the No. 2 seed, who will face Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE). The final match pits the women’s No. 2 seed, Maria Sharapova (RUS), against Petra Martic (CRO).

The full schedule for Day 1 is listed below (Results to follow). All times are local.

[divider]

Rod Laver Arena — 11:00am

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Simona Halep (ROU) (3) d. Karin Knapp (ITA) — 6-3, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Lucie Hradecka (CZE) d. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (5) — 1-6, 6-3, 6-2

[divider]

Click here to discuss the Men’s Day 1 matches in the discussion forum.

Click here to discuss the Women’s Day 1 matches in the discussion forum.

[divider]

Not Before: 2:00pm

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Rafael Nadal (ESP) (3) d. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) — 6-3, 6-2, 6-2

Not Before 7:00pm

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Roger Federer (SUI) (2) d. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) — 6-4, 6-2, 7-5

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Maria Sharapova (RUS) (2) d. Petra Martic (CRO) — 6-4, 6-1

[divider]

Margaret Court Arena — 11:00am

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) d. Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) — 6-3, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Andy Murray (GBR) (6) d. Yuki Bhambri (IND) — 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(3)

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) d. Angelique Kerber (GER) (9) — 6-4, 0-6, 6-1

Not Before 7:00pm

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) (7) d. Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) — 6-2, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Nick Kyrgios (AUS) d. Federico Delbonis (ARG) — 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3

[divider]

Hisense Arena — 11:00am

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Julia Goerges (GER) d. Belinda Bencic (SUI) (32) — 6-2, 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d. Sabine Lisicki (GER) (28) — 4-6, 6-4, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Bernard Tomic (AUS) d. Tobias Kamke (GER) — 7-5, 6-7(1), 6-3, 6-2

Not Before: 5:00pm

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Sam Groth (AUS) d. Filip Krajinovic (SRB) — 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-4

[divider]

Show Court 2 — 11:00am

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (10) d. Dustin Brown (GER) — 6-2, 6-3, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Caroline Garcia (FRA) d. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) (27) — 6-4, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Tomas Berdych (CZE) (7) d. Alejandro Falla (COL) — 6-3, 7-6(1), 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Monica Puig (PUR) d. Arina Rodionova (AUS) — 6-0, 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) d. Lucie Safarova (CZE) (16) — 6-4, 2-6, 8-6

[divider]

Show Court 3 — 11:00am

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Marinko Matosevic (AUS) d. Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS) — 6-4, 6-7(5), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (23) — 4-6, 6-3, 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (10) d. An-Sophie Mestach (BEL) — 6-2, 6-2

Not Before: 6:00pm

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) d. Ernests Gulbis (LAT) (11) — 5-7, 6-0, 1-6, 7-6(2), 8-6

[divider]

Court 6 — 11:00am

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Shuai Peng (CHN) (21) d. Tatjana Maria (GER) — 6-4, 7-5

Men’s Singles – Round 1
James Duckworth (AUS) d. Blaz Kavcic (SLO) — 6-2, 5-7, 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Sara Errani (ITA) (14) d. Grace Min (USA) — 6-1, 6-0

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Simone Bolelli (ITA) d. Juan Monaco (ARG) — 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1

[divider]

Court 7 — 11:00am

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Klara Koukalova (CZE) d. Storm Sanders (AUS) — 7-5, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
David Goffin (BEL) (20) d. Michael Russell (USA) — 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 6-0

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) (31) d. Urszula Radwanska (POL) — 3-6, 6-4, 6-2

Not Before: 6:00pm

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Viktor Troicki (SRB) d. Jiri Vesely (CZE) — 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3

[divider]

Court 8 — 11:00am

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Martin Klizan (SVK) (32) d. Tatsuma Ito (JPN) — 7-6(6), 6-2, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Polona Hercog (SLO) d. Qiang Wang (CHN) — 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) (26) d. John Millman (AUS) — 6-3, 6-3, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Kiki Bertens (NED) d. Daria Gavrilova (AUS) — 7-6(8), 5-7, 6-2

[divider]

Court 10 — 11:00am

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d. Ana Konjuh (CRO) — 6-4, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) d. Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) — 6-4, 4-6, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Lukas Rosol (CZE) (28) d. Kenny De Schepper (FRA) — 4-6, 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4

Not Before: 6:00pm

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Malek Jaziri (TUN) d. Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) — 6-2, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(3)

[divider]

Court 11 — 11:00am

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Lukas Lacko (SVK) d. Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) — 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) d. Ying-Ying Duan (CHN) — 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d. Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) — 6-1, 6-4, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Carina Witthoeft (GER) d. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (17) — 6-3, 6-1

[divider]

Court 12 — 11:00am

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Ricardas Berankis (LTU) d. Igor Sijsling (NED) — 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(2), 6-7(6), 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Stefanie Voegele (SUI) d. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) — 6-1, 3-6, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) (22) d. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) — 6-2, 6-2, 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) — 7-5, 6-1

[divider]

Court 13 — 11:00am

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Joao Sousa (POR) d. Jordan Thompson (AUS) — 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) d. Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) — 6-2, 6-7(5), 3-6, 6-4, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) d. Annika Beck (GER) — 7-5, 6-4

[divider]

Court 15 — 11:00am

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) (29) d. Borna Coric (CRO) — 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) (22) d. Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) — 7-5, 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Christina McHale (USA) d. Stephanie Foretz (FRA) — 6-4, 1-6, 12-10

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) (23) d. Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) — 6-4, 6-2, 6-4

[divider]

Court 19 — 11:00am

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Kevin Anderson (RSA) (14) d. Diego Schwartzman (ARG) — 7-6(5), 7-5, 5-7, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Katerina Siniakova (CZE) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) — 6-2, 7-5

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d. Tommy Robredo (ESP) (15) — 2-3 (Ret.)

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Alexandra Panova (RUS) d. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) — 7-5, 6-0

[divider]

Court 20 — 11:00am

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) d. Renata Voracova (CZE) — 6-1, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Richard Gasquet (FRA) (24) d. Carlos Berlocq (ARG) — 6-1, 6-3, 6-1

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Tim Smyczek (USA) d. Luke Saville (AUS) — 7-6(2), 7-5, 6-4

[divider]

Court 22 — 11:00am

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Andreas Seppi (ITA) d. Denis Istomin (UZB) — 5-7, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Oceane Dodin (FRA) d. Alison Riske (USA) — 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Dudi Sela (ISR) d. Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) — 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5

[divider]

Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): Phil’s Fotos

January 17, 2015
2015 Australian Open Men’s Draw

The men’s draw for the 2015 Australian Open was released today. In the top half are the No. 1 seed, Novak Djokovic (SRB), and the No. 4 seed, Stan Wawrinka (SUI). In the bottom half are the No. 2 seed, Roger Federer (SUI), and the No. 3 seed, Rafael Nadal (ESP).

[divider]

Click here to discuss the 2015 Australian Open Men’s Draw in the discussion forum.

[divider]

First Quarter

Novak Djokovic (SRB) (1)
Aljaz Bedene (SLO)

Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS)
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP)

Go Soeda (JPN)
Elias Ymer (SWE)

James Ward (GBR)
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) (31)

John Isner (USA) (19)
Jimmy Wang (TPE)

Laurent Lokoli (FRA)
Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT)

Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)
Gilles Muller (LUX)

Dominic Thiem (AUT)
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) (13)

Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (12)
Denis Kudla (USA)

Blaz Rola (SLO)
Adrian Mannarino (FRA)

Hiroki Moriya (JPN)
Jerzy Janowicz (POL)

Lucas Pouille (FRA)
Gael Monfils (FRA) (17)

Julien Benneteau (FRA) (25)
Benjamin Becker (GER)

Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
Ze Zhang (CHN)

Donald Young (USA)
Tim Puetz (GER)

Illya Marchenko (UKR)
Milos Raonic (CAN) (8)

[divider]

Second Quarter

Stan Wawrinka (SUI) (4)
Marsel Ilhan (TUR)

Marius Copil (ROU)
Pablo Andujar (ESP)

Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
Andrey Golubev (KAZ)

Matthias Bachinger (GER)
Pablo Cuevas (URU) (27)

Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) (21)
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)

Sam Querrey (USA)
Vasek Pospisil (CAN)

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
Peter Gojowczyk (GER)

Alejandro Gonzalez (COL)
Fabio Fognini (ITA) (16)

David Ferrer (ESP) (9)
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)

Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
Dusan Lajovic (SRB)

Marcel Granollers (ESP)
Stephane Robert (FRA)

Robin Haase (NED)
Gilles Simon (FRA) (18)

Santiago Giraldo (COL) (30)
Jan Hernych (CZE)

Kyle Edmund (GBR)
Steve Johnson (USA)

Ivan Dodig (CRO)
Joao Souza (BRA)

Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
Kei Nishikori (JPN) (5)

[divider]

Third Quarter

Tomas Berdych (CZE) (7)
Alejandro Falla (COL)

Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM)

Jiri Vesely (CZE)
Viktor Troicki (SRB)

John Millman (AUS)
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) (26)

Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) (22)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)

Tobias Kamke (GER)
Bernard Tomic (AUS)

Sam Groth (AUS)
Filip Krajinovic (SRB)

Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) (11)

Kevin Anderson (RSA) (14)
Diego Schwartzman (ARG)

Ricardas Berankis (LTU)
Igor Sijsling (NED)

Blaz Kavcic (SLO)
James Duckworth (AUS)

Carlos Berlocq (ARG)
Richard Gasquet (FRA) (24)

Lukas Rosol (CZE) (28)
Kenny De Schepper (FRA)

Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)
Dudi Sela (ISR)

Luke Saville (AUS)
Tim Smyczek (USA)

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
Rafael Nadal (ESP) (3)

[divider]

Fourth Quarter

Andy Murray (GBR) (6)
Yuki Bhambri (IND)

Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)
Marinko Matosevic (AUS)

Jordan Thompson (AUS)
Joao Sousa (POR)

Tatsuma Ito (JPN)
Martin Klizan (SVK) (32)

David Goffin (BEL) (20)
Michael Russell (USA)

Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)

Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)
Lukas Lacko (SVK)

Dustin Brown (GER)
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (10)

Tommy Robredo (ESP) (15)
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

Malek Jaziri (TUN)
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)

Federico Delbonis (ARG)
Nick Kyrgios (AUS)

Ruben Bemelmans (BEL)
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) (23)

Jeremy Chardy (FRA) (29)
Borna Coric (CRO)

Andreas Seppi (ITA)
Denis Istomin (UZB)

Juan Monaco (ARG)
Simone Bolelli (ITA)

Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
Roger Federer (SUI) (2)

[divider]

Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): skamaica

January 15, 2015
2015 Australian Open Women’s Draw

The women’s draw for the 2015 Australian Open was released today. In the top half are the No. 1 seed, Serena Williams (USA), and the No. 4 seed, Petra Kvitova (CZE). In the bottom half are the No. 2 seed, Maria Sharapova (RUS), and the No. 3 seed, Simona Halep (ROM).

[divider]

Click here to discuss the 2015 Australian Open Women’s Draw in the discussion forum.

[divider]

First Quarter

Serena Williams (USA) (1)
Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL)

Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
Ons Jabeur (TUN)

Olivia Rogowska (AUS)
Nicole Gibbs (USA)

Jana Cepelova (SVK)
Elina Svitolina (UKR) (26)

Garbine Muguruza (ESP) (24)
Marina Erakovic (NZL)

Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
Saisai Zheng (CHN)

Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)
Anna Tatishvili (USA)

Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (15)

Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (11)
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)

Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
Heather Watson (GBR)

Romina Oprandi (SUI)
Denisa Allertova (CZE)

Shuai Zhang (CHN)
Alize Cornet (FRA) (19)

B.Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) (25)
Timea Babos (HUN)

Jie Zheng (CHN)
Kai-Chen Chang (TPE)

Sloane Stephens (USA)
Victoria Azarenka (BLR)

Taylor Townsend (USA)
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (8)

[divider]

Second Quarter

Petra Kvitova (CZE) (4)
Richel Hogenkamp (NED)

Donna Vekic (CRO)
Mona Barthel (GER)

Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)
Madison Keys (USA)

Yvonne Meusburger (AUT)
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (29)

Samantha Stosur (AUS) (20)
Monica Niculescu (ROU)

Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
Coco Vandeweghe (USA)

Irina Falconi (USA)
Kaia Kanepi (EST)

Madison Brengle (USA)
Andrea Petkovic (GER) (13)

Flavia Pennetta (ITA) (12)
Camila Giorgi (ITA)

Tereza Smitkova (CZE)
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO)

Lauren Davis (USA)
Aleksandra Krunic (SRB)

M.Torro-Flor (ESP)
Venus Williams (USA) (18)

Varvara Lepchenko (USA) (30)
Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS)

Shelby Rogers (USA)
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)

Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)
Johanna Larsson (SWE)

Kurumi Nara (JPN)
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (6)

[divider]

Third Quarter

Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (5)
Lucie Hradecka (CZE)

Polona Hercog (SLO)
Qiang Wang (CHN)

Storm Sanders (AUS)
Klara Koukalova (CZE)

Julia Goerges (GER)
Belinda Bencic (SUI) (32)

Karolina Pliskova (CZE) (22)
Evgeniya Rodina (RUS)

Alison Riske (USA)
Oceane Dodin (FRA)

Roberta Vinci (ITA)
Bojana Jovanovski (SRB)

An-Sophie Mestach (BEL)
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (10)

Sara Errani (ITA) (14)
Grace Min (USA)

S.Soler-Espinosa (ESP)
Annika Beck (GER)

Renata Voracova (CZE)
Lara Arruabarrena (ESP)

Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
A.Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (23)

Sabine Lisicki (GER) (28)
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)

Ying-Ying Duan (CHN)
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)

Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)
Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU)

Karin Knapp (ITA)
Simona Halep (ROU) (3)

[divider]

Fourth Quarter

Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) (7)
Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER)

Kiki Bertens (NED)
Daria Gavrilova (AUS)

Stefanie Voegele (SUI)
Pauline Parmentier (FRA)

Caroline Garcia (FRA)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) (27)

C.Suarez Navarro (ESP) (17)
Carina Witthoeft (GER)

Stephanie Foretz (FRA)
Christina McHale (USA)

Elena Vesnina (RUS)
Katerina Siniakova (CZE)

Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)
Angelique Kerber (GER) (9)

Lucie Safarova (CZE) (16)
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)

Monica Puig (PUR)
Arina Rodionova (AUS)

Ana Konjuh (CRO)
Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)

Tatjana Maria (GER)
Shuai Peng (CHN) (21)

Zarina Diyas (KAZ) (31)
Urszula Radwanska (POL)

Anna Schmiedlova (SVK)
Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)

Alexandra Panova (RUS)
Sorana Cirstea (ROU)

Petra Martic (CRO)
Maria Sharapova (RUS) (2)

[divider]

Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): brassynn

January 15, 2015
Brisbane International – Monday, January 5 – Order of Play & Scores

The night session on Pat Rafter Arena features two matches. Up first, Victoria Azarenka (BLR) takes on Karolina Pliskova, followed by local boy Bernard Tomic, who will play the American Sam Querrey. The full schedule is below.

[Scores added as known. All times are local.]

[divider]

Monday, January 05, 2015

Pat Rafter Arena — Start 11:00 am

(4) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) v Madison Keys (USA)

(6) Gilles Simon (FRA) v (WC) James Duckworth (AUS)

(8) Julien Benneteau (FRA) v (WC) Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)

Not Before 7:00 pm

Victoria Azarenka (BLR) v Karolina Pliskova (CZE)

Bernard Tomic (AUS) v Sam Querrey (USA)

[divider]

Click here to discuss the ATP matches in the discussion forum.

Click here to discuss the WTA matches in the discussion forum.

[divider]

Show Court 1 — Start 11:00 am

(WC) Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) v Shuai Zhang (CHN)

(Q) Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) v Sabine Lisicki (GER)

(3) Angelique Kerber (GER) v Caroline Garcia (FRA)

Chris Guccione (AUS) / Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) v (WC) James Duckworth (AUS) / Marinko Matosevic (AUS)

[divider]

Show Court 2 — Start 11:00 am

(Q) Daria Gavrilova (RUS) v Alison Riske (USA)

(8) Garbine Muguruza (ESP) v Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)

Jeremy Chardy (FRA) v Andrey Golubev (KAZ)

(2) Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) v Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) / Kei Nishikori (JPN)

(4) Eric Butorac (USA) / Sam Groth (AUS) v Jurgen Melzer (AUT) / Gilles Simon (FRA)

[divider]

Court 6 — Start 11:00 am

Rhyne Williams (USA) v Matt Reid (AUS)

Not Before 1:00 pm

(2) Viktor Troicki (SRB) v (6) Denis Kudla (USA)

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) v Christina McHale (USA)

(Q) Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) v (Q) Madison Brengle (USA)

[divider]

Court 14 — Start 11:00 am

Frank Dancevic (CAN) v Lukasz Kubot (POL)

(3) Marsel Ilhan (TUR) v Marius Copil (ROU)

Jelena Jankovic (SRB) / Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) v Raluca Olaru (ROU) / Shuai Zhang (CHN)

(2) Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) / Abigail Spears (USA) v Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) / Alexandra Panova (RUS)

Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): Steven Pisano / Marianne Bevis

January 4, 2015
Navratilova to Coach Agnieszka Radwanska

World No. 6 Agnieszka Radwanska has hired 18-time Major champion Martina Navratilova to be part of her coaching team.

Radwanska made the official announcement on Twitter: “So happy to announce @Martina as the newest member of my coaching team!”

Navratilova then Tweeted this follow-up: “Am very excited to be working with @ARadwanska and her team:), should be a fun ride!!!”

This will be Navratilova’s first endeavor as a coach, but she’s enthusiastic about it: “I did not sleep very well last night, thinking about getting back into match mode and the competitions. I am really excited about this opportunity to join Agnieszka’s team and work with Tomasz and it is going to be a fun challenge. I was delighted when Agnieszka asked me if I would collaborate with Tomasz and I can’t wait to get started.”

[divider]

Click here to discuss “Navratilova to Coach Agnieszka Radwanska” in the discussion forum.

[divider]

Radwanska echoed her sentiments: “I am absolutely delighted that Martina has agreed to help me and my team next season. She is my idol in tennis and I am honored we will be working together. Her achievements speak for themselves and I hope that I can learn from all her experience. My goal is to win a Grand Slam, so to have someone with Martina’s accomplishments in my corner is going to be hugely advantageous and give me a big boost. We are originally from a similar part of the world so we share an understanding about tennis and life, which I’m sure will translate into a successful relationship.”

Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): Marianne Bevis / VOXSPORTSdotNET

December 9, 2014
Roger Federer Secures Switzerland’s Historic Davis Cup Win

With his 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 victory over France’s Richard Gasquet, Roger Federer secured Switzerland’s historic first Davis Cup win.

Switzerland beat France 3-1: on Friday, Stan Wawrinka beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2), then Federer lost to Gael Monfils (6-1, 6-4, 6-3); on Saturday, Federer and Wawrinka teamed up to defeat the French team of Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet (6-3, 7-5, 6-4); and finally on Sunday, Federer demolished Gasquet (6-4, 6-2, 6-2).

[divider]

Click here to discuss the Davis Cup Final in the discussion forum.

[divider]

Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): O.Cartu.

November 23, 2014
2014 Davis Cup Final – Day 3, Sunday, November 23: Order of Play and Scores

The 2014 Davis Cup Final concludes on Sunday, November 23. The Swiss are up 2-1 after Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka teamed up to beat the French doubles team of Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet. Now it’s down to the remaining singles matches: Federer will take on Richard Gasquet; if Gasquet wins, then Stan Wawrinka will face Gael Monfils.

[Scores added as known. All times are local.]

[divider]

1:00 P.M.:

Federer d. Gasquet — 6-4, 6-2, 6-2

Wawrinka vs. Monfils [Not Played]

[divider]

Click here to discuss the Davis Cup Final in the discussion forum.

[divider]

November 22, 2014