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Australian Open Day 4 Schedule of Play / Scores: Thursday, January 16

[Scores added as known.]

Rod Laver Arena — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Maria Sharapova (RUS) (3) d. Karin Knapp (ITA) — 6-3, 4-6, 10-8

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (10) d. Christina McHale (USA) — 6-0, 1-6, 6-2

Not Before: 2:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Rafael Nadal (ESP) (1) d. Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) — 6-2, 6-4, 6-2

Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (2) d. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) — 6-1, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Andy Murray (GBR) (4) d. Vincent Millot (FRA) — 6-2, 6-2, 7-5

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Hisense Arena — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Elina Svitolina (UKR) d. Olivia Rogowska (AUS) — 6-4, 7-5

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (10) d. Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) — 7-6(6), 6-4, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (5) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) — 6-0, 7-5

Not Before: 5:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Roger Federer (SUI) (6) d. Blaz Kavcic (SLO) — 6-2, 6-1, 7-6(4)

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Gael Monfils (FRA) (25) d. Jack Sock (USA) — 7-6(2), 7-5, 6-2

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Margaret Court Arena — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Alize Cornet (FRA) (25) d. Camila Giorgi (ITA) — 6-3, 4-6, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Sloane Stephens (USA) (13) d. Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) — 3-6, 6-2, 7-5

Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Benoit Paire (FRA) (27) d. Nick Kyrgios (AUS) — 6-7(5), 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-2, 6-2

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Show Court 2 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (16) d. Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) — 7-6(2), 3-6, 8-6

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Ashleigh Barty (AUS) (5) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (5) d. Alexandra Panova (RUS) / Karolina Pliskova (CZE) — 6-1, 6-1

Not Before: 6:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) d. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) (5) — 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5

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Show Court 3 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Donald Young (USA) d. Andreas Seppi (ITA) (24) — 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) d. Fernando Verdasco (ESP) (31) — 7-6(1), 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

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Court 5 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Jamie Murray (GBR) (15) / John Peers (AUS) (15) d. Matt Reid (AUS) / Luke Saville (AUS) — 7-6(4), 7-6(6)

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Monica Niculescu (ROU) / Klara Zakopalova (CZE) d. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) / Sorana Cirstea (ROU) — 6-3, 6-2

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Julien Benneteau (FRA) (11) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) (11) d. Mikhail Elgin (RUS) / Denis Istomin (UZB) — 6-2, 6-4

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Court 6 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Kei Nishikori (JPN) (16) d. Dusan Lajovic (SRB) — 6-1, 6-1, 7-6(3)

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Garbine Muguruza (ESP) d. Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) — 6-3, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (22) d. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) — 6-3, 6-3, 7-6(11)

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) d. Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) (33) — 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

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Court 7 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (7) / Lucie Safarova (CZE) (7) d. Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) / Shuai Zhang (CHN) — 6-4, 6-4

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Max Mirnyi (BLR) / Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d. Nicholas Monroe (USA) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) — 6-3, 7-6(7)

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) / Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Irina Buryachok (UKR) / Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) — 6-1, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (26) d. Michael Berrer (GER) — 6-4, 7-6(6), 6-4

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Court 8 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Simona Halep (ROU) (11) d. Varvara Lepchenko (USA) — 4-6, 6-0, 6-1

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Stephane Robert (FRA) d. Michal Przysiezny (POL) — 7-6(3), 6-1, 6-7(3), 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (8) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) — 6-2, 6-0

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Court 10 — 6:00 P.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Alize Cornet (FRA) / Caroline Garcia (FRA) d. Marina Erakovic (NZL) (10) / Jie Zheng (CHN) (10) — 6-3, 6-3

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Court 11 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Michael Llodra (FRA) (13) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA) (13) d. Pablo Andujar (ESP) / Leonardo Mayer (ARG) — 6-3, 7-5

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Rohan Bopanna (IND) (7) / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) (7) d. Rameez Junaid (AUS) / Adrian Mannarino (FRA) — 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(5)

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Simone Bolelli (ITA) / Fabio Fognini (ITA) d. Ryan Harrison (USA) / Sam Querrey (USA) — 6-2, 7-5

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Court 13 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) d. Marina Erakovic (NZL) — 6-4, 6-0

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (20) d. Stefanie Voegele (SUI) — 6-0, 6-1

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Milos Raonic (CAN) (11) d. Victor Hanescu (ROU) — 7-6(9), 6-4, 6-4

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Court 15 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Cara Black (ZIM) (6) / Sania Mirza (IND) (6) d. Tammi Patterson (AUS) / Arina Rodionova (AUS) — 6-1, 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Sara Errani (ITA) (1) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) (1) d. Mona Barthel (GER) / Megan Moulton-Levy (USA) — 7-5, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Gilles Simon (FRA) (18) d. Marin Cilic (CRO) — 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-2

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Court 19 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (29) d. Mandy Minella (LUX) — 6-2, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Martin Klizan (SVK) d. Blaz Rola (SLO) — 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(2)

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Court 20 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Robin Haase (NED) / Christopher Kas (GER) d. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) / Andrey Golubev (KAZ) — 4-6, 6-2, 7-5

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Lucie Hradecka (CZE) / Michaella Krajicek (NED) d. Kiki Bertens (NED) / Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) — 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Kurumi Nara (JPN) d. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) (32) — 6-4, 6-3

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Court 22 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) (2) / Shuai Peng (CHN) (2) d. Eva Hrdinova (CZE) / Paula Ormaechea (ARG) — 6-7(6), 7-6(1), 6-0

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Alex Bolt (AUS) / Andrew Whittington (AUS) d. Julian Knowle (AUT) / Vasek Pospisil (CAN) — 1-2 Ret.

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Annika Beck (GER) / Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. Olga Savchuk (UKR) / Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) — 6-4, 6-2

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Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): Athena Lao

January 15, 2014
Australian Open Day 3 Schedule of Play / Scores: Wednesday, January 15

[Scores added as known.]

Rod Laver Arena — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Na Li (CHN) (4) d. Belinda Bencic (SUI) — 6-0, 7-6(5)

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Serena Williams (USA) (1) d. Vesna Dolonc (SRB) — 6-1, 6-2

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

Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Samantha Stosur (AUS) (17) d. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) — 6-2, 6-0

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Vasek Pospisil (CAN) (28) d. Matthew Ebden (AUS) — 3-6, 7-6(6), 7-6(9), 6-1

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Hisense Arena — 11:00 A.M.

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

Men’s Singles – Round 2
David Ferrer (ESP) (3) d. Adrian Mannarino (FRA) — 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-0, 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d. Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) (18) — 6-3, 6-0

Not Before: 5:00 P.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Eric Butorac (USA) / Raven Klaasen (RSA) d. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) / Patrick Rafter (AUS) — 6-4, 7-5

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Margaret Court Arena — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. Sabine Lisicki (GER) (15) — 2-6, 6-2, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) (28) d. Monica Puig (PUR) — 6-3, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Angelique Kerber (GER) (9) d. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) — 6-4, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Sam Querrey (USA) d. Ernests Gulbis (LAT) (23) — 6-2, 6-3, 6-4

Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) (8) d. Alejandro Falla (COL) — 6-3, 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-4

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Show Court 2 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Richard Gasquet (FRA) (9) d. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) — 7-6(3), 6-4, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Tommy Robredo (ESP) (17) d. Julien Benneteau (FRA) — 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-1, 7-6(6)

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) (30) d. Virginie Razzano (FRA) — 6-2, 7-6(10)

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (14) d. Annika Beck (GER) — 6-1, 6-2

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Show Court 3 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (22) d. Irina Falconi (USA) — 6-2, 7-5

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Jerzy Janowicz (POL) (20) d. Pablo Andujar (ESP) — 4-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(5), 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Alison Riske (USA) d. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) — 6-1, 6-1

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Fabio Fognini (ITA) (15) d. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) — 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2

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Court 5 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) (11) / Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) (11) d. Azra Hadzic (AUS) / Jessica Moore (AUS) — 6-3, 6-1

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Kveta Peschke (CZE) (4) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (4) d. Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) / Simona Halep (ROU) — 2-6, 6-3, 6-2

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Shahar Peer (ISR) / Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) d. Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) / Janette Husarova (SVK) — 7-5, 4-6, 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) / Stefanie Voegele (SUI) d. Jelena Dokic (AUS) / Storm Sanders (AUS) — 6-4, 6-4

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Court 6 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Mona Barthel (GER) d. Luksika Kumkhum (THA) — 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) (29) d. Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) — 7-5, 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 7-6(5)

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Kevin Anderson (RSA) (19) d. Dominic Thiem (AUT) — 6-4, 6-3, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Lauren Davis (USA) d. Julia Goerges (GER) — 7-5, 2-6, 6-4

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Court 7 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) (13) / Liezel Huber (USA) (13) d. Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) / Saisai Zheng (CHN) — 6-3, 6-3

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Kaia Kanepi (EST) / Renata Voracova (CZE) d. Sally Peers (AUS) / Viktorija Rajicic (AUS) — 6-3, 6-1

Not Before: 2:30 P.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Marcel Granollers (ESP) (6) / Marc Lopez (ESP) (6) d. Samuel Groth (AUS) / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) — 6-4, 6-4

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Benjamin Mitchell (AUS) / Jordan Thompson (AUS) d. Carlos Berlocq (ARG) / Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) — 5-7, 6-3, 6-4

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Court 8 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Florian Mayer (GER) d. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) (14) — 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) (30) — 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Jie Zheng (CHN) d. Madison Keys (USA) — 7-6(5), 1-6, 7-5

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Court 10 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Katarzyna Piter (POL) / Alicja Rosolska (POL) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) / Christina McHale (USA) — 6-3, 6-3

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Marin Draganja (CRO) / Mate Pavic (CRO) d. Marc Gicquel (FRA) / Benoit Paire (FRA) — 7-6(0), 6-3

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) / Raluca Olaru (ROU) d. Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Misaki Doi (JPN) — 6-2, 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Garbine Muguruza (ESP) / Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) d. Sharon Fichman (CAN) / Monica Puig (PUR) — 4-6, 6-4, 7-5

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Court 11 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) (10) / Horia Tecau (ROU) (10) d. Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) / Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) — 6-2, 7-5

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Colin Fleming (GBR) / Ross Hutchins (GBR) d. Marinko Matosevic (AUS) / Michal Przysiezny (POL) — 4-6, 6-4, 6-0

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Alexander Peya (AUT) (2) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (2) d. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) / Andre Sa (BRA) — 6-4, 6-4

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) / Rajeev Ram (USA) d. Santiago Giraldo (COL) / Joao Sousa (POR) — 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

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Court 13 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Damir Dzumhur (BIH) d. Ivan Dodig (CRO) (32) — 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 4-1 Ret.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) (31) d. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) — 6-3, 3-6, 12-10

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Monique Adamczak (AUS) / Olivia Rogowska (AUS) d. Darija Jurak (CRO) / Andreja Klepac (SLO) — 6-3, 7-6(2)

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Court 15 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Oliver Marach (AUT) / Florin Mergea (ROU) d. Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) (16) / Scott Lipsky (USA) (16) — 6-3, 7-6(6)

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) (9) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (9) d. Tomasz Bednarek (POL) / Ivo Karlovic (CRO) — 7-5, 7-5

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Philipp Oswald (AUT) / Simon Stadler (GER) d. Jesse Huta Galung (NED) / Igor Sijsling (NED) — 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2

Not Before: 3:30 P.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Daniel Nestor (CAN) (8) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) (8) d. Benjamin Becker (GER) / Daniel Brands (GER) — 6-4, 6-3

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Court 19 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Lucie Safarova (CZE) (26) d. Lucie Hradecka (CZE) — 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-0

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Lukasz Kubot (POL) (14) / Robert Lindstedt (SWE) (14) d. Federico Delbonis (ARG) / Albert Ramos (ESP) — 6-3, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) — 7-6(1), 6-4, 4-6, 6-1

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Treat Huey (PHI) (12) / Dominic Inglot (GBR) (12) d. Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) / Robert Farah (COL) — 4-6, 6-4, 6-3

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Court 20 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Johan Brunstrom (SWE) / Frederik Nielsen (DEN) d. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) / Divij Sharan (IND) — 6-2, 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) / Karin Knapp (ITA) d. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) / Vera Zvonareva (RUS) — 6-2, 6-4

Not Before: 2:30 P.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Vania King (USA) (16) / Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) (16) d. Sandra Klemenschits (AUT) / Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) — 6-2, 6-3

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Court 22 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) (8) / Abigail Spears (USA) (8) d. Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) / Liga Dekmeijere (LAT) — 6-1, 6-1

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Yuki Bhambri (IND) / Michael Venus (NZL) d. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) / Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) — 6-2, 7-5

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) / Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) d. Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) / Donna Vekic (CRO) — 6-0, 6-1

Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): jimmyharris

January 14, 2014
Australian Open Day 2 Schedule of Play / Scores: Tuesday, January 14

[Scores added as known.]

Rod Laver Arena — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (2) d. Johanna Larsson (SWE) — 7-6(2), 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Roger Federer (SUI) (6) d. James Duckworth (AUS) — 6-4, 6-4, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Andreas Seppi (ITA) (24) d. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) — 7-6(4), 6-3, 5-7, 5-7, 7-5

Not Before 7:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Rafael Nadal (ESP) (1) d. Bernard Tomic (AUS) — 6-4 Ret.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Maria Sharapova (RUS) (3) d. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) — 6-3, 6-4

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Hisense Arena — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (10) d. Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) — 6-0, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (10) d. Filippo Volandri (ITA) — 7-5, 6-3, 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (5) d. Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) — 6-0, 5-7, 6-2

Not Before: 5:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Andy Murray (GBR) (4) d. Go Soeda (JPN) — 6-1, 6-1, 6-3

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Margaret Court Arena — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Simona Halep (ROU) (11) d. Katarzyna Piter (POL) — 6-0, 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (20) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) — 6-3, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (8) d. Misaki Doi (JPN) — 6-1, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) (5) d. Rhyne Williams (USA) — 6-7(1), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

Not Before7:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Gael Monfils (FRA) (25) d. Ryan Harrison (USA) — 6-4, 6-4, 6-4

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Show Court 2 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Kei Nishikori (JPN) (16) d. Marinko Matosevic (AUS) — 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) (31) d. Ze Zhang (CHN) — 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) (32) d. Andrea Petkovic (GER) — 6-2, 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Elina Svitolina (UKR) d. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) (19) — 6-3, 6-3

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Show Court 3 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (16) d. Vania King (USA) — 6-3, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Camila Giorgi (ITA) d. Storm Sanders (AUS) — 4-6, 6-1, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Nick Kyrgios (AUS) d. Benjamin Becker (GER) — 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-2, 7-6(2)

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) d. Igor Sijsling (NED) — 7-6(4), 0-6, 7-6(3), 6-2

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Court 5 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Michal Przysiezny (POL) d. Horacio Zeballos (ARG) — 6-3, 7-6(4), 7-5

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) d. Katerina Siniakova (CZE) — 6-2, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Michael Berrer (GER) d. Michael Llodra (FRA) — 6-4, 7-5, 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) d. Tadeja Majeric (SLO) — 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-4

[divider]

Court 6 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Alize Cornet (FRA) (25) d. Polona Hercog (SLO) — 1-0 Ret.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Martin Klizan (SVK) d. John Isner (USA) (13) — 6-2, 7-6(6) Ret.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Benoit Paire (FRA) (27) d. Frank Dancevic (CAN) — 7-6(12), 6-3, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Olivia Rogowska (AUS) d. Mariana Duque-Marino (COL) — 6-3, 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Sloane Stephens (USA) (13) d. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) — 7-6(1), 6-3

[divider]

Court 7 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Stephane Robert (FRA) d. Aljaz Bedene (SLO) — 7-6(3), 6-3, 6-0

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Stefanie Voegele (SUI) d. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) — 7-5, 7-5

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Garbine Muguruza (ESP) d. Kaia Kanepi (EST) (24) — 6-2, 2-6, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Gilles Simon (FRA) (18) d. Daniel Brands (GER) — 6-7(4), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 16-14

[divider]

Court 8 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Milos Raonic (CAN) (11) d. Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) — 7-6(2), 6-1, 4-6, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Kurumi Nara (JPN) d. Shuai Peng (CHN) — 7-5, 4-6, 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Ayumi Morita (JPN) d. Nadiya Kichenok (UKR) — 6-2, 7-6(5)

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Marin Cilic (CRO) d. Marcel Granollers (ESP) — 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2

[divider]

Court 10 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Christina McHale (USA) d. Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) — 7-5, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Blaz Rola (SLO) d. Federico Delbonis (ARG) — 6-4, 6-2, 7-5

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) d. Tim Smyczek (USA) — 6-2, 6-1, 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Karin Knapp (ITA) d. Paula Ormaechea (ARG) — 6-4, 6-2

[divider]

Court 11 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) d. Jimmy Wang (TPE) — 6-3, 6-2, 6-1

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) d. Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) — 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-2, 6-0

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) d. Timea Babos (HUN) — 4-6, 6-4, 7-5

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) d. Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) — 7-6(3), 6-4

[divider]

Court 13 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d. Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) — 6-1, 4-6, 6-1

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Blaz Kavcic (SLO) d. Radek Stepanek (CZE) — 6-7(3), 4-6, 6-1, 2-0 Ret.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Donald Young (USA) d. Robin Haase (NED) — 6-7(4), 7-6(2), 6-2, 1-0 Ret.

[divider]

Court 15 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) d. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) — 7-5, 4-6, 7-5

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Mandy Minella (LUX) d. Carina Witthoeft (GER) — 6-1, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Olga Govortsova (BLR) d. Ying-Ying Duan (CHN) — 6-0, 7-6(6)

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Jack Sock (USA) d. Tobias Kamke (GER) — 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-2, 6-4

[divider]

Court 19 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (22) d. Bradley Klahn (USA) — 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (29) d. Teliana Pereira (BRA) — 7-6(7), 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (26) d. Somdev Devvarman (IND) — 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(2)

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) (33) d. Jana Cepelova (SVK) — 6-7(1), 6-1, 6-3

[divider]

Court 20 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Dusan Lajovic (SRB) d. Lucas Pouille (FRA) — 6-4, 7-6(9), 4-6, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) d. Julian Reister (GER) — 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(5) Ret.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Marina Erakovic (NZL) d. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) (21) — 6-4, 7-6(6)

[divider]

Court 22 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Victor Hanescu (ROU) d. Peter Gojowczyk (GER) — 7-6(5), 7-6(5), 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) d. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) — 2-6, 6-3, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Vincent Millot (FRA) d. Wayne Odesnik (USA) — 7-5, 4-6, 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-3

Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): evil monkey

January 13, 2014
Australian Open Day 1 Schedule of Play / Scores: Monday, January 13

[Scores added as known.]

Rod Laver Arena – 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Angelique Kerber (GER) (9) d. Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) — 6-3, 0-6, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 1
David Ferrer (ESP) (3) d. Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) — 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Samantha Stosur (AUS) (17) d. Klara Zakopalova (CZE) — 6-3, 6-4

Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Novak Djokovic (SRB) (2) d. Lukas Lacko (SVK) — 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Serena Williams (USA) (1) d. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) — 6-2, 6-1

[divider]

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[divider]

Hisense Arena – 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) (8) d. Andrey Golubev (KAZ) — 6-4, 4-1 Ret.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Na Li (CHN) (4) d. Ana Konjuh (CRO) — 6-2, 6-0

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (14) d. Kiki Bertens (NED) — 6-4, 6-4

Not Before: 5:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Jerzy Janowicz (POL) (20) d. Jordan Thompson (AUS) — 1-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1

[divider]

Margaret Court Arena – 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (22) d. Venus Williams (USA) — 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Tomas Berdych (CZE) (7) d. Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) — 6-3, 6-4, 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Julia Goerges (GER) d. Sara Errani (ITA) (7) — 6-3, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Luksika Kumkhum (THA) d. Petra Kvitova (CZE) (6) — 6-2, 1-6, 6-4

Not Before 7:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) — 6-4, 7-5, 6-4

[divider]

Show Court 2 – 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) (31) d. Heather Watson (GBR) — 7-5, 3-6, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Matthew Ebden (AUS) d. Nicolas Mahut (FRA) — 6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 0-6, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Vasek Pospisil (CAN) (28) d. Samuel Groth (AUS) — 6-4, 6-3, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Lauren Davis (USA) d. Sachia Vickery (USA) — 6-3, 6-3

[divider]

Show Court 3 – 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) (18) d. Laura Robson (GBR) — 6-3, 6-0

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) — 6-2, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Richard Gasquet (FRA) (9) d. David Guez (FRA) — 7-5, 6-4, 6-1

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d. Tommy Haas (GER) (12) — 7-5, 5-2 Ret.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Sabine Lisicki (GER) (15) d. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) — 6-2, 6-1

[divider]

Court 5 – 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Irina Falconi (USA) d. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) — 6-3, 6-1

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Dominic Thiem (AUT) d. Joao Sousa (POR) — 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(3)

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d. Carlos Berlocq (ARG) — 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-7(9), 6-2

[divider]

Court 6 – 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Belinda Bencic (SUI) d. Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) — 6-4, 4-6, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) (23) d. Juan Monaco (ARG) — 1-6, 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Jie Zheng (CHN) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) (12) — 6-4, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) d. Ricardas Berankis (LTU) — 7-5, 7-5, 6-2

[divider]

Court 7 – 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) d. Dudi Sela (ISR) — 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Fabio Fognini (ITA) (15) d. Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) — 6-3, 6-2 Ret.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. Shahar Peer (ISR) — 6-4, 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d. Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) — 6-3, 6-2

[divider]

Court 8 – 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Sam Querrey (USA) d. Santiago Giraldo (COL) — 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(3)

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Kenny De Schepper (FRA) d. Di Wu (CHN) — 7-5, 7-5, 7-6(2)

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Mona Barthel (GER) d. Shuai Zhang (CHN) — 7-6(4), 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Alison Riske (USA) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) (23) — 6-2, 6-2

[divider]

Court 10 – 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) — 6-0, 6-1

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Damir Dzumhur (BIH) d. Jan Hajek (CZE) — 6-4, 6-2, 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Lucie Hradecka (CZE) d. Donna Vekic (CRO) — 6-3, 6-1

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) d. Albert Montanes (ESP) — 6-1, 6-3, 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Vesna Dolonc (SRB) d. Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) — 2-6, 6-2, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER) — 7-6(5), 6-3

[divider]

Court 11 – 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Alejandro Falla (COL) d. Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) — 6-7(2), 6-2, 6-2, 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Madison Keys (USA) d. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) — 6-2, 6-7(8), 9-7

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) d. Lukasz Kubot (POL) — 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

[divider]

Court 13 – 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Ivan Dodig (CRO) (32) d. Ivo Karlovic (CRO) — 7-6(8), 6-3, 7-6(4)

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) (28) d. Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) — 6-0, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Annika Beck (GER) d. Petra Martic (CRO) — 6-0, 6-0

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Tommy Robredo (ESP) (17) d. Lukas Rosol (CZE) — 6-1, 6-7(7), 3-6, 7-6(5), 8-6

[divider]

Court 15 – 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) d. Steve Johnson (USA) — 3-6, 6-3, 6-0, 5-7, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) (30) d. Hao Chen Tang (CHN) — 7-5, 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Lucie Safarova (CZE) (26) d. Julia Glushko (ISR) — 7-5, 3-6, 6-1

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) (30) d. Michael Russell (USA) — 6-2, 6-2, 6-3

[divider]

Court 19 – 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) d. Caroline Garcia (FRA) — 6-2, 7-6(7)

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Kevin Anderson (RSA) (19) d. Jiri Vesely (CZE) — 2-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Pablo Andujar (ESP) d. Albert Ramos (ESP) — 6-4, 6-2, 6-4

[divider]

Court 20 – 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) (14) d. Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) — 6-1, 6-4, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) — 7-6(3), 7-6(3)

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Julien Benneteau (FRA) d. Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) — 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2

[divider]

Court 22 – 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 1
Monica Puig (PUR) d. Anna Tatishvili (GEO) — 6-2, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Florian Mayer (GER) d. Denis Kudla (USA) — 6-4, 6-2, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) (29) d. Jesse Huta Galung (NED) — 6-2, 6-4, 6-4

Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): Brian Giesen

January 11, 2014
Australian Open – Men’s Draw

Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray are in the top half; David Ferrer and Novak Djokovic in bottom half.

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The full draw:

First Quarter

Rafael Nadal (ESP) (1)
Bernard Tomic (AUS)

Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)
Igor Sijsling (NED)

Tobias Kamke (GER)
Jack Sock (USA)

Ryan Harrison (USA)
Gael Monfils (FRA) (25)

Andreas Seppi (ITA) (24)
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)

Robin Haase (NED)
Donald Young (USA)

Qualifier
Lucas Pouille (FRA)

Marinko Matosevic (AUS)
Kei Nishikori (JPN) (16)

Milos Raonic (CAN) (11)
Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)

Qualifier
Victor Hanescu (ROU)

Qualifier
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)

Bradley Klahn (USA)
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (22)

Benoit Paire (FRA) (27)
Qualifier

Nick Kyrgios (AUS)
Benjamin Becker (GER)

Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
Tim Smyczek (USA)

Qualifier
Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) (5)
[divider]

Second Quarter
Andy Murray (GBR) (4)
Go Soeda (JPN)

Qualifier
Qualifier

Qualifier
Michael Llodra (FRA)

Somdev Devvarman (IND)
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (26)

Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) (21)
Aljaz Bedene (SLO)

Michal Przysiezny (POL)
Horacio Zeballos (ARG)

Qualifier
Federico Delbonis (ARG)

Qualifier
John Isner (USA) (13)

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (10)
Filippo Volandri (ITA)

Qualifier
Julian Reister (GER)

Marin Cilic (CRO)
Marcel Granollers (ESP)

Daniel Brands (GER)
Gilles Simon (FRA) (18)

Fernando Verdasco (ESP) (31)
Qualifier

Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)

Radek Stepanek (CZE)
Blaz Kavcic (SLO)

James Duckworth (AUS)
Roger Federer (SUI) (6)

[divider]

Third Quarter
Tomas Berdych (CZE) (7)
Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ)

Di Wu (CHN)
Kenny De Schepper (FRA)

Jan Hajek (CZE)
Qualifier

Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
Ivan Dodig (CRO) (32)

Kevin Anderson (RSA) (19)
Jiri Vesely (CZE)

Qualifier
Joao Sousa (POR)

Carlos Berlocq (ARG)
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
Tommy Haas (GER) (12)

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) (14)
Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)

Florian Mayer (GER)
Qualifier

Albert Ramos (ESP)
Pablo Andujar (ESP)

Jordan Thompson (AUS)
Jerzy Janowicz (POL) (20)

Jeremy Chardy (FRA) (29)
Jesse Huta Galung (NED)

Qualifier
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)

Steve Johnson (USA)
Adrian Mannarino (FRA)

Alejandro Gonzalez (COL)
David Ferrer (ESP) (3)

[divider]

Fourth Quarter

Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) (8)
Andrey Golubev (KAZ)

Alejandro Falla (COL)
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)

Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
Matthew Ebden (AUS)

Samuel Groth (AUS)
Vasek Pospisil (CAN) (28)

Tommy Robredo (ESP) (17)
Lukas Rosol (CZE)

Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)
Julien Benneteau (FRA)

Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
Lukasz Kubot (POL)

Qualifier
Richard Gasquet (FRA) (9)

Fabio Fognini (ITA) (15)
Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS)

Dudi Sela (ISR)
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)

Santiago Giraldo (COL)
Sam Querrey (USA)

Juan Monaco (ARG)
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) (23)

Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) (30)
Michael Russell (USA)

Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
Denis Istomin (UZB)

Leonardo Mayer (ARG)
Albert Montanes (ESP)

Lukas Lacko (SVK)
Novak Djokovic (SRB) (2)

January 10, 2014
Australian Open – Women’s Draw

Serena Williams and Li Na are in the top half; Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova in bottom half.

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The full draw:

First Quarter

Serena Williams (USA) (1)
Ashleigh Barty (AUS)

Vesna Dolonc (SRB)
Lara Arruabarrena (ESP)

Pauline Parmentier (FRA)
Karolina Pliskova (CZE)

Qualifier
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) (31)

Samantha Stosur (AUS) (17)
Klara Zakopalova (CZE)

Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP)

Annika Beck (GER)
Petra Martic (CRO)

Kiki Bertens (NED)
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (14)

Roberta Vinci (ITA) (12)
Jie Zheng (CHN)

P.Mayr-Achleitner (AUT)
Madison Keys (USA)

Casey Dellacqua (AUS)
Vera Zvonareva (RUS)

Laura Robson (GBR)
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) (18)

Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) (30)
Hao Chen Tang (CHN)

Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL)
Virginie Razzano (FRA)

Sachia Vickery (USA)
Lauren Davis (USA)

Julia Goerges (GER)
Sara Errani (ITA) (7)

[divider]

Second Quarter

Na Li (CHN) (4)
Qualifier

Qualifier
Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)

Donna Vekic (CRO)
Qualifier

Julia Glushko (ISR)
Lucie Safarova (CZE) (26)

Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (22)
Venus Williams (USA)

A.Medina Garrigues (ESP)
Qualifier

Shahar Peer (ISR)
Monica Niculescu (ROU)

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO)
Sabine Lisicki (GER) (15)

Angelique Kerber (GER) (9)
Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)

Caroline Garcia (FRA)
Qualifier

Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER)
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)

Alison Riske (USA)
Elena Vesnina (RUS) (23)

Flavia Pennetta (ITA) (28)
Alexandra Cadantu (ROU)

Monica Puig (PUR)
Qualifier

Shuai Zhang (CHN)
Mona Barthel (GER)

Luksika Kumkhum (THA)
Petra Kvitova (CZE) (6)

[divider]

Third Quarter

Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (8)
Misaki Doi (JPN)

Nadiya Kichenok (UKR)
Ayumi Morita (JPN)

Kurumi Nara (JPN)
Shuai Peng (CHN)

Andrea Petkovic (GER)
Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) (32)

Sorana Cirstea (ROU) (21)
Marina Erakovic (NZL)

Qualifier
Bojana Jovanovski (SRB)

Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)
Varvara Lepchenko (USA)

Qualifier
Simona Halep (ROU) (11)

Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (16)
Vania King (USA)

Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ)
Qualifier

Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
Stefanie Voegele (SUI)

Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (20)

Alize Cornet (FRA) (25)
Polona Hercog (SLO)

Camila Giorgi (ITA)
Storm Sanders (AUS)

Paula Ormaechea (ARG)
Karin Knapp (ITA)

Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)
Maria Sharapova (RUS) (3)

[divider]

Fourth Quarter

Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (5)
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ)

Olga Govortsova (BLR)
Qualifier

Qualifier
Mandy Minella (LUX)

Teliana Pereira (BRA)
A.Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (29)

Kaia Kanepi (EST) (24)
Garbine Muguruza (ESP)

Timea Babos (HUN)
Anna Schmiedlova (SVK)

Christina McHale (USA)
Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)

Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP)
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (10)

Sloane Stephens (USA) (13)
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)

Tadeja Majeric (SLO)
Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO)

Olivia Rogowska (AUS)
Mariana Duque-Marino (COL)

Elina Svitolina (UKR)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) (19)

Jamie Hampton (USA) (27)
Jana Cepelova (SVK)

Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)
Yvonne Meusburger (AUT)

Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)
B. Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)

Johanna Larsson (SWE)
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (2)

January 10, 2014
Wawrinka Dominates at Chennai Open

Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland won the Chennai Open today, beating Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France 7-5, 6-2, not having dropped a set in the tournament. It was Wawrinka’s fifth career title, taking the world No. 8 into the Australian Open with a strong tailwind. In that Major last year, the Swiss played one of last year’s best matches, losing to eventual winner Novak Djokovic in a five-set thriller. It’s a fair wager that none of the top seeds will be happy to see Stan in their quarter when the draw comes out at the end of the week.

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January 6, 2014
France Overcomes Poland to Win Hopman Cup

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Alize Cornet clinched a maiden Hopman Cup triumph for France as they prevailed over the Polish pair Grzegorz Panfil and Agnieszka Radwanska 2-1 in a titanic tussle.

The final at Perth Arena lasted until the early hours of Sunday evening with France finally prevailing in the mixed doubles 6-0, 6-2.

In the earlier matches, Tsonga defeated Panfil 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, and Radwanska defeated Cornet 6-3, 6-7 (9-7), 6-2.

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January 5, 2014
Hewitt Defeats Federer to Win Brisbane Title

32-year-old Australian Lleyton Hewitt ended a fine week at the Brisbane International by defeating old adversary Roger Federer in the final.

Hewitt prevailed 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in 2 hours and 7 minutes.

An error-strewn opening set from Federer (22 unforced errors) helped Hewitt race out to an early lead.

Federer battled back in the second and crucially broke for a 5-4 lead before sealing the second set with a powerful forehand.

The Swiss maestro had chances in the deciding set but couldn’t capitalize on 7 break point opportunities, and Hewitt held on after breaking to 3-1 to secure the championship.

“I didn’t play great today which is a bit unfortunate, but also Lleyton was the best player I played this week,” stated Federer in the post-match assessment.

The victory secured Hewitt’s 29th ATP Tour title and first since 2010. He also moves back into the Top 50.

“A lot depends on draws and how I play,” Hewitt replied when queried about his chances at the forthcoming Australian Open in Melbourne.

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January 5, 2014
Li Na Defends Title in All-Chinese Final at Shenzhen Open

The top two Chinese players faced off in a home tournament, with Li Na coming away the winner over the second best player in China, Peng Shuai, 6-4, 7-5. This was only the second-ever all-Chinese final in WTA history. The match featured dramatic swings of fortune: Li trailed 3-4 in the first, then won 7 of the next 8 games to lead 6-4, 4-1 when Peng rattled off 4 games of her own to lead the second 5-4, but the world No. 3 came back to finish her countrywoman off in straight sets, and capture her 8th career title. Peng was competing in her 6th final, and has yet to come away with the hardware.

Li Na, 31, will be hoping to carry this momentum into the Australian Open where she has been a finalist twice in the last three years.

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January 5, 2014