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Australian Open Day 8 Schedule of Play / Scores: Monday, January 20

[Scores added as known.]

Rod Laver Arena — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 4
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (20) d. Maria Sharapova (RUS) (3) — 3-6, 6-4, 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 4
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (2) d. Sloane Stephens (USA) (13) — 6-3, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 4
Rafael Nadal (ESP) (1) d. Kei Nishikori (JPN) (16) — 7-6(3), 7-5, 7-6(3)

Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 4
Roger Federer (SUI) (6) d. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (10) — 6-3, 7-5, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 4
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (5) d. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) — 6-1, 6-3

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Hisense Arena — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 3
Eric Butorac (USA) / Raven Klaasen (RSA) d. Bob Bryan (USA) (1) / Mike Bryan (USA) (1) — 7-6(9), 6-4

Not Before: 1:00 P.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 4
Simona Halep (ROU) (11) d. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (8) — 6-4, 2-6, 6-0

Mixed Doubles – Round 2
Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (2) / Rohan Bopanna (IND) (2) d. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) / John Peers (AUS) — 7-6(5), 7-5

Not Before: 4:30 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 4
Andy Murray (GBR) (4) d. Stephane Robert (FRA) — 6-1, 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-2

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Margaret Court Arena — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 3
Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (7) / Lucie Safarova (CZE) (7) d. Madison Keys (USA) / Alison Riske (USA) — 6-4, 6-3

Not Before: 1:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 4
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (22) d. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) — 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 3
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (3) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (3) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) (15) / Lisa Raymond (USA) (15) — 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2

Mixed Doubles – Round 2
Sania Mirza (IND) (6) / Horia Tecau (ROU) (6) d. Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) / Colin Fleming (GBR) — 6-2, 6-2

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Show Court 2 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 3
Max Mirnyi (BLR) / Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d. Julien Benneteau (FRA) (11) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) (11) — 6-2, 4-6, 6-3

Not Before: 12:30 P.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 3
Daniel Nestor (CAN) (8) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) (8) d. Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) (9) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (9) — 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3

Women’s Doubles – Round 3
Cara Black (ZIM) (6) / Sania Mirza (IND) (6) d. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) / Vera Dushevina (RUS) — 6-4, 6-3

Mixed Doubles – Round 2
Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) (6) / Matthew Ebden (AUS) (6) d. Kveta Peschke (CZE) (7) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (7) — 6-4, 3-6 [10-6]

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Jie Zheng (CHN) / Scott Lipsky (USA) d. Alicja Rosolska (POL) / Johan Brunstrom (SWE) — 6-3, 6-4

Mixed Doubles – Round 2
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) / Leander Paes (IND) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) (8) / Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) (8) — 6-0, 2-6 [10-6]

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Show Court 3 — Not Before: 12:30 P.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 3
Lukasz Kubot (POL) (14) / Robert Lindstedt (SWE) (14) d. Ivan Dodig (CRO) (4) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (4) — 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 3
Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) (8) / Abigail Spears (USA) (8) d. Alize Cornet (FRA) / Caroline Garcia (FRA) — 4-6, 6-4, 6-4

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (4) / Max Mirnyi (BLR) (4) d. Casey Dellacqua (AUS) / Ross Hutchins (GBR) — 6-4, 6-4

Mixed Doubles – Round 2
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) d. Lisa Raymond (USA) / Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) — 6-4, 6-1

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Court 7

Mixed Doubles – Round 2
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) (5) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (5) d. Abigail Spears (USA) / Dominic Inglot (GBR) — 6-7(5), 7-5 [10-8]

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January 19, 2014
Ana Ivanovic Shocks Serena Williams in Australia

In a stunning upset, Ana Ivanovic defeated five-time champion Serena Williams in the fourth round of the Australian Open. Ivanovic came from a set down to prevail 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in 1 hour and 56 minutes. It was the 26-year-old Serb’s first victory over Williams in five attempts.

“It’s amazing,” said Ivanovic. “Honestly, I went on the court and I just wanted to play the best I could. I’m so thrilled.”

It was Williams first loss since August 2013.

Ivanovic, seeded 14, will face Eugenie Bouchard or Casey Dellacqua in the quarterfinals.

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January 19, 2014
Australian Open Day 7 Schedule of Play / Scores: Sunday, January 19

[Scores added as known.]

Rod Laver Arena — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 4
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) (28) d. Angelique Kerber (GER) (9) — 6-1, 4-6, 7-5

Not Before: 12:30 P.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 4
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (14) d. Serena Williams (USA) (1) — 4-6, 6-3, 6-3

Not Before: 2:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 4
Novak Djokovic (SRB) (2) d. Fabio Fognini (ITA) (15) — 6-3, 6-0, 6-2

Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 4
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) (30) d. Casey Dellacqua (AUS) — 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-0

Men’s Singles – Round 4
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) (8) d. Tommy Robredo (ESP) (17) — 6-3, 7-6(3), 7-6(5)

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Hisense Arena — Not Before: 12:30 P.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 4
Na Li (CHN) (4) d. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (22) — 6-2, 6-0

Men’s Singles – Round 4
David Ferrer (ESP) (3) d. Florian Mayer (GER) — 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-2, 6-1

Women’s Doubles – Round 3
Sara Errani (ITA) (1) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) (1) d. Monique Adamczak (AUS) (3) / Olivia Rogowska (AUS) (3) — 6-2, 6-2

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Margaret Court Arena — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 3
Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) / Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) d. Timea Babos (HUN) / Petra Martic (CRO) — 6-2, 7-5

Men’s Doubles – Round 3
Leander Paes (IND) (5) / Radek Stepanek (CZE) (5) d. Yuki Bhambri (IND) / Michael Venus (NZL) — 6-3, 6-2

Not Before: 2:00 P.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 3
Alex Bolt (AUS) / Andrew Whittington (AUS) d. Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) / Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) — 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 7-5

Not Before: 5:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 4
Tomas Berdych (CZE) (7) d. Kevin Anderson (RSA) (19) — 6-2, 6-2, 6-3

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Show Court 2 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 3
Shahar Peer (ISR) / Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) d. Lucie Hradecka (CZE) / Michaella Krajicek (NED) — 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2

Not Before: 12:30 P.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 3
Treat Huey (PHI) (12) / Dominic Inglot (GBR) (12) d. Rohan Bopanna (IND) (7) / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) (7) — 6-4, 7-6(1)

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) / Colin Fleming (GBR) d. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) — 6-4, 6-4

Men’s Doubles – Round 3
Michael Llodra (FRA) (13) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA) (13) d. Alexander Peya (AUT) (2) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (2) — 7-6(4), 6-4

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) / Leander Paes (IND) d. Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) / James Duckworth (AUS) — 7-5, 4-6 [10-7]

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Show Court 3 — Not Before: 12:00 P.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 3
Kveta Peschke (CZE) (4) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (4) d. Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) (13) / Liezel Huber (USA) (13) — 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-4

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Elena Vesnina (RUS) (8) / Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) (8) d. Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) / David Marrero (ESP) — 6-7(3), 6-4 [10-5]

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Court 6 — Not Before: 4:00 P.M.

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Lisa Raymond (USA) / Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) d. Liezel Huber (USA) (3) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (3) — 6-2, 6-2

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Court 15 — Not Before: 6:00 P.M.

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Abigail Spears (USA) / Dominic Inglot (GBR) d. Lucie Hradecka (CZE) / Martin Emmrich (GER) — 6-1, 7-6(5)

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January 18, 2014
Ongoing Commitments

As intimated earlier in the week, one of the more fascinating battles going on this week has been waged not between players, but between the media and the English language. This has entailed an exhaustive quest for original ways to describe the prevailing atmospheric conditions. Rennae Stubbs found a way, though it didn’t necessarily lead to victory: “Can she survive in this heat, which is extraordinarily hot?” Rhetorically, we might generously call this a polyptoton, although it would exhaust generosity to call it a good one. On the other hand, Serena Williams’s assertion that the Australian Open is “a great start to the beginning of the year” is just a tautology. That’s okay – words are not her business. Her business is winning tennis matches. Thankfully Darren Cahill was on hand to explain in simple terms how she not only continues to do so, but is actually getting better at it, in clear defiance of her age.

Today Williams faced Daniela Hantuchova, who several days ago achieved the rarest feat in tennis: prompting the commentators to add a new line item to her official fact sheet. In this case the new fact is that she can play the piano, an astonishing feat that was demonstrated to the gobsmacked Australian media several days ago, who summarily dubbed her “a concert pianist”. The fact sheet having been amended, there’s now a legal obligation to bring up her astounding musical prowess whenever she appears on screen. From today: “She’s so good at so many things: tennis, piano . . .” The media love nothing more than celebrities – athletes, actors, US presidents – demonstrating hitherto unrevealed musical talents, no matter how meagre those talents truly are. The fact is, Hantuchova is a concert pianist in the same way that I am a professional tennis player. YouTube suggests her pianistic wizardry has been revealed many times before. (For the record, Williams was out of sorts, but still won. Hantuchova played very well.)

Of course, supplementary talents don’t have to be musical. Anything not directly related to tennis will do, down to and including functional literacy. More than once I’ve heard Janko Tipsarevic called a “borderline genius” because he has read Dostoevsky. Perhaps Benjamin Becker should try that, since the poor guy’s fact sheet hasn’t been updated in nearly eight years, and still only features two items. Firstly, he isn’t related to Boris (Boris confirmed this personally in the Australian Open’s draw ceremony). Secondly, he was the guy up the other end in Andre Agassi’s last match (Boris also mentioned this, amply fulfilling his ongoing commitment to supply no insight whatsoever).

Speaking of Agassi, he’s back on Australian television screens this year, fulfilling his ongoing commitment to talk very slowly over thinly-disguised Jacob’s Creek commercials. The overall success of the campaign is apparent in this year’s expanded budget. This time the ads are shot on location, and feature an extended cast including Steffi Graf, Agassi’s brother Phil, his Dad Mike, and Gil Reyes (who was included last year, but this time has more to do). The glacial solemnity of the delivery and the intrusive soundtrack as ever lend Agassi’s inspirational words a slightly creepy edge. It’s no stretch to imagine the weapons-grade sentimentality of the opening film breaking tough prisoners at a secret torture facility. After that, however, something miraculous happens — the rest of the ads are actually pretty good. As far as I can tell they each reprise material already featured in Open, but that’s understandable; any anecdote worthy of a wine commercial shouldn’t be omitted from one’s autobiography. ‘Magic’, the fourth and final film, is a trifle overwrought, with a syrupy orchestral track and a “magic mountain”. This mountain is the one Agassi would famously toil upon in order to prepare for Australia’s cruel conditions, its magic evident in its efficacy. Few players have mastered those conditions more thoroughly. Thirteen years ago I watched Agassi run David Prinosil into the ground on a very hot Melbourne afternoon, until the German keeled over and couldn’t get up. Times were different, and I don’t recall that it was regarded as a moral issue. If Prinosil was still playing, no doubt it’d be on his fact sheet.

For the longest time, networks kept their fact sheets safely out of sight, but no longer. Channel 7, in line with its “ongoing commitment to the evolution of tennis coverage”, has recently taken to sharing selected titbits before each match. A box pops up on screen, titled “Things You May Not Know”. For example, did you know that Sam Stosur loves to play “Bejeweled Blitz” on her phone? I hope not. Did you know that Hantuchova loves the film Gladiator? Of course you did: she’s a professional tennis player, and they all do. Apparently Benoit Paire is called ‘‘The Stork” because he is tall and thin. Just in case you assumed it was because he is a qualified midwife. Last night he recovered from two sets down, running Nick Kyrgios into the ground on a very hot Melbourne evening. It was tremendous entertainment, initially contoured by the Frenchman’s forehand, which for long periods barely worked at all, and later by the Australian’s legs, which gave out entirely. Given his technical issues, it was a commendably patient performance from Paire, laced with just enough of his characteristic lunacy to keep things interesting. Kyrgios is the image of untrammelled youth on court, but afterwards was as gracious and thoughtful as you could hope for.

Juan Martin del Potro last night contrived to lose to a laudably determined (and surprisingly inspired) Roberto Bautista-Agut. Del Potro was considered a pre-tournament favourite, or at any rate represented the sole reason to believe Rafael Nadal wouldn’t reach the semifinals unhindered. Nadal wasn’t significantly hindered by Thanasi Kokkinakis, conceding just eight games, although those eight games were accumulated with sufficient panache that Australians now feel some reason to maintain hope for the future, a rare sensation in these Tomic times. Andy Murray was completely untroubled by Vincent Millot, even, it turned out, when he trailed 1-5 in the third set. Roger Federer was imperious against Blaz Kavcic for two sets, then merely good enough for one more. The main interest, apparently, was that Federer was scheduled to play on Hisense Arena, the first time this has occurred since Gladiator appeared on DVD, to the collective ecstasy of both professional tours. Britain’s The Telegraph contended that this reflected Federer’s “current status among the also-rans of the top 10”, although they failed to address what this says about Murray, who as of the third round will have played on Hisense twice. Interviewed after the match, Federer gave every impression that he didn’t much care where he played, though the Hisense crowd couldn’t have been more delirious in their appreciation that he’d played right there in front of them.

Gilles Simon followed up his complicated five-set victory against Daniel Brands with another against Marin Cilic, all on a broken foot. Details have been slow to emerge, but it seems Cilic served for every set at least fifteen times, and that at one stage play was suspended when an escaped panther wandered onto court. Simon will next face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Florian Mayer beat Jerzy Janowicz in straight sets today, a stunning upset that more or less everyone expected. Janowicz’s form convinced no one this week, and after losing he conceded he hadn’t spent sufficient time on Magic Mountain, mostly due to injury. He struggled mightily in the heat, but insisted it was his own fault, an unpopular attitude that will certainly go unreported. Mayer will next face David Ferrer, whose quarter is so short on marketable quality that he has already played twice in Rod Laver Arena. It could be, per The Telegraph, that this merely reflects his exalted position among the elite, but I doubt whether anyone truly believes that. If he’d been drawn in the top half, one doubts whether he’d see the inside of Laver before the quarterfinals. He’d be confined to Hisense, in much the same way that Javier Piles once confined him to an extraordinarily hot ball-closet for shirking his piano practice. Or so the official fact sheet says.

January 18, 2014
Australian Open Day 6 Schedule of Play / Scores: Saturday, January 18

[Scores added as known.]

Rod Laver Arena — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Maria Sharapova (RUS) (3) d. Alize Cornet (FRA) (25) — 6-1, 7-6(6)

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Roger Federer (SUI) (6) d. Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) — 6-2, 6-2, 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Garbine Muguruza (ESP) d. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (10) — 4-6, 7-5, 6-3

Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (2) d. Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) — 6-1, 6-0

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Rafael Nadal (ESP) (1) d. Gael Monfils (FRA) (25) — 6-1, 6-2, 6-3

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Hisense Arena — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (8) d. Kurumi Nara (JPN) — 6-4, 7-5

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (5) d. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (29) — 5-7, 6-2, 6-2

Not Before: 2:30 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Andy Murray (GBR) (4) d. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (26) — 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-2

Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (10) d. Gilles Simon (FRA) (18) — 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-2

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Margaret Court Arena — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (20) d. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (16) — 6-1, 6-0

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Sloane Stephens (USA) (13) d. Elina Svitolina (UKR) — 7-5, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (22) d. Milos Raonic (CAN) (11) — 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(10)

Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Kei Nishikori (JPN) (16) d. Donald Young (USA) — 7-5, 6-1, 6-0

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Show Court 2 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Rohan Bopanna (IND) (7) / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) (7) d. Colin Fleming (GBR) / Ross Hutchins (GBR) — 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Timea Babos (HUN) / Petra Martic (CRO) d. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) (5) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (5) — 6-1, 6-3

Not Before: 2:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) d. Benoit Paire (FRA) (27) — 6-2, 6-1, 6-4

Not Before: 4:00 P.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Bob Bryan (USA) (1) / Mike Bryan (USA) (1) d. Robin Haase (NED) / Christopher Kas (GER) — 6-3, 6-2

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Show Court 3 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Simona Halep (ROU) (11) d. Zarina Diyas (KAZ) — 6-1, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Stephane Robert (FRA) d. Martin Klizan (SVK) — 6-0, 7-6(2), 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Alize Cornet (FRA) / Caroline Garcia (FRA) d. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) / Samantha Stosur (AUS) — 6-3, 7-6(4)

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Alex Bolt (AUS) / Andrew Whittington (AUS) d. David Marrero (ESP) (3) / Fernando Verdasco (ESP) (3) — 7-6(4), 6-3

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Court 6 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Cara Black (ZIM) (6) / Sania Mirza (IND) (6) d. Monica Niculescu (ROU) / Klara Zakopalova (CZE) — 7-5, 6-1

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Leander Paes (IND) (5) / Radek Stepanek (CZE) (5) d. Daniele Bracciali (ITA) / Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) — 6-1, 6-4

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Alexander Peya (AUT) (2) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (2) d. Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) / Rajeev Ram (USA) — 6-4, 7-6(7)

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Sania Mirza (IND) (6) / Horia Tecau (ROU) (6) d. Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Robert Lindstedt (SWE) — 4-6, 7-6(3) [10-8]

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Julia Goerges (GER) / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) d. Donna Vekic (CRO) / Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) — 6-3, 6-4

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Court 7 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Monique Adamczak (AUS) / Olivia Rogowska (AUS) d. Julia Goerges (GER) (14) / Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) (14) — 6-2, 6-3

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Eric Butorac (USA) / Raven Klaasen (RSA) d. Jamie Murray (GBR) (15) / John Peers (AUS) (15) — 6-4, 6-4

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) / Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d. Oliver Marach (AUT) / Florin Mergea (ROU) — 7-6(3), 6-3

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (3) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (3) d. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) / Karin Knapp (ITA) — 6-4, 6-3

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) (1) / Alexander Peya (AUT) (1) d. Vera Dushevina (RUS) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) — 6-3, 7-6(5)

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Court 8 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) (9) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (9) d. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) / Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) — 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(4)

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) / Vera Dushevina (RUS) d. Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) (11) / Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) (11) — 6-4, 7-5

Not Before: 2:00 P.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) (15) / Lisa Raymond (USA) (15) d. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) / Stefanie Voegele (SUI) — 6-2, 6-3

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Ivan Dodig (CRO) (4) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (4) d. Simone Bolelli (ITA) / Fabio Fognini (ITA) — 2-6, 6-1, 6-4

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Court 13 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) / Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) d. Annika Beck (GER) / Andrea Petkovic (GER) — 6-4, 6-2

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Madison Keys (USA) / Alison Riske (USA) d. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (12) / Flavia Pennetta (ITA) (12) — 7-5, 6-4

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Julien Benneteau (FRA) (11) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) (11) d. Johan Brunstrom (SWE) / Frederik Nielsen (DEN) — 0-6, 7-5, 6-3

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) / Matthew Ebden (AUS) d. Storm Sanders (AUS) / Chris Guccione (AUS) — 6-2, 6-4

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) (5) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (5) d. Cara Black (ZIM) / Jamie Murray (GBR) — 6-2, 6-4

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Court 15 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (7) / Lucie Safarova (CZE) (7) d. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) / Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) — 6-2, 6-2

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Treat Huey (PHI) (12) / Dominic Inglot (GBR) (12) d. Andreas Seppi (ITA) / Potito Starace (ITA) — 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-1

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Daniel Nestor (CAN) (8) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) (8) d. Marin Draganja (CRO) / Mate Pavic (CRO) — 7-5, 6-1

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (2) / Rohan Bopanna (IND) (2) d. Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) / Treat Huey (PHI) — 6-2, 6-3

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) d. Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) / Raven Klaasen (RSA) — 7-5, 6-3

Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): Gypsy Saskia

January 17, 2014
Curious About Pleasure

Australian Open 2014, Second Round, Days 3 and 4

Florian Mayer def. [14] Mikhail Youzhny 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Sam Querrey def. Ernests Gulbis 6-2, 6-3, 6-4

[3] Maria Sharapova def. Karin Knapp 6-4, 3-6, 10-8

[6] Roger Federer def. Blaz Kavcic 6-2, 6-1, 7-6

Back when I was gearing up for my visit to Melbourne, when I bought my copy of Australia: The Continent so Hot it Melts Concrete, I also purchased a pretentious hardcover book about coffee: The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee, by James Freeman. Because reading about the comparative merits of pour-over versus siphon extraction is perfect preparation for international travel. (The flight attendants on New Zealand Air were thrilled when I demanded to know whether their on-board brew was made with wet- or dry-process beans.) Also, it was an impulse buy. The photo of the cup of coffee on the book cover happened to look exactly like the cup of coffee I wanted to be drinking at the time. Amazon knows these things about us.

Anyway, the book turned out to be absorbing. Its subject-matter—growing, roasting, and drinking a caffeinated beverage—is held in highest regard, and discussed with utmost gravity. Freeman describes the lonesome, creative suffering of a career as a coffee roaster with the same level of seriousness usually reserved for heart surgery or saving babies. Or sports-writing. But, if you like excellent coffee, or hoity-toity cafes, or luxury gadgetry, it’s a goldmine of fascinating details. And it reminded me of tennis.

Freeman, who is the founder of Blue Bottle, one of Northern California’s most respected—borderline fetishized— coffee-roasting companies, might inflate the importance of coffee in the grand scheme of life, but he isn’t wrong about the strange satisfaction to be found in the repetitive loneliness of trying to do something unnecessary, unnecessarily well. Roasting the perfect blend of coffee beans is not unlike the Sisyphean suffering involved in playing tennis devotedly, and even in watching tennis devotedly—or, at any rate, in wilting in the concrete-busting afternoon heat while one of your favorite players loses a fifth set of tennis.

On my first day at Melbourne Park, I watched Mikhail Youzhny and Florian Mayer play a midday five-set match on Court 8. The match eventually went the way of the German, who was stepping gingerly on his tender, booted ankle, and sculling away at his double-handed backhand slice, but who also played mostly well and almost always aggressively. Youzhny, by contrast, played well occasionally, mostly when his back was against the wall in the fourth set, or down break points in the fifth. Otherwise, the Russian spent the hottest part of a searingly hot afternoon slapping an endless series of groundstrokes and serves into the tape, excoriating himself emphatically in his mother tongue, and clenching his square jaw in rage until his tanned complexion turned the color of cooked lobster. At no point during the match did Mikhail Youzhny look like he found the competitive process fun.

Later, in Margaret Court Arena, Ernests Gulbis quickly got down to the business of making tennis look like a truly wretched way to spend time. The Latvian lost in straight sets to American Sam Querrey, who executed his special brand of morose excellence with a level-headedness that neatly juxtaposed his opponent’s decompensating ego. The crowd looked for any and every excuse to get behind Gulbis, cheering enthusiastically for each wing-flapping forehand winner, and cooing sympathetically after every drop shot that dropped, mortally wounded, onto the wrong side of the net. But the most exciting moment of the match turned out to be when Gulbis launched his racquet vaguely in the direction of a ball-child and exactly toward the ground. The racquet head snapped in half on court, where Gulbis left it for dead. After shucking his sweaty wristband into the stands, Gulbis slowly unwrapped a new racquet, gestured imperiously for a child to fetch his designer vibration dampener off his broken stick, and sauntered back to the baseline to continue spraying forehand errors.

My first day at the Happy Slam seemed intent on reminding me that playing tennis for a living is less about playing than it is about hard, virtually liquefying, work. Even Alexandr Dolgopolov, usually content to at least grin in the face of defeat, looked thoroughly miserable to be losing to a determined Jeremy Chardy in the humid early evening breeze. (I’ll spare Matt Ebden the ignominy of describing the purgatory that was his loss to an injured Vasek Pospisil during the night session on Rod Laver Arena.) And on Day 4, the tennis suffering seemed to be, if anything, worse. The heat—extreme western heat, if you will— continued on being relentlessly hot, but there was less cloud cover than on the day before, and sunlight poured over the blue courts like so much molten gold.

Despite her stylish changeover ice-vest, Maria Sharapova looked heat-stricken and muddle-headed on Rod Laver Arena as she dragged herself—and her straining vocal cords—to a victory over Karin Knapp, 10-8 in the third. Carla Suarez Navarro also needed three sets and over three hours under the cruel sun to defeat her opponent, Galina Voskoboeva. And then the tournament itself was forced to deploy the “extreme heat rule,” which decrees that all coffee served on the grounds must be thoroughly iced—and also that people stop playing tennis outdoors.

Speaking of coffee, I thought about Freeman’s book on crafting the perfect cup on Wednesday, as I watched Youzhny try to coax forth something like his best tennis on a seriously off day while I, my spectating self, struggled to avoid slipping into a full-on heat-stupor.* In The Craft of Coffee Freeman described, at length, the necessity of vigilant attention to detail, not to mention the overall tedium involved in learning to make coffee-making look effortless. But he also wrote lovingly of the finished product, saying, among other things, that coffee makes us curious about pleasure. This was a declaration that stuck with me, and I think it applies to almost anything in life—person, place, or thing—into which we project our emotional experience of potential. If it doesn’t make us curious about the good things in life, it should.

It was this curiosity that came to mind as I realized Youzhny was not going to bounce back against Mayer in the fifth set as he had bounced back in the fourth. The match was not a pleasure for me to watch, and I imagine it was not a pleasure for the Russian to play – or for the German either, for that matter. But although watching all those sets of tennis, only to see my guy lose in the end was dreary, and cost me most of the salt reserves in my body, it wasn’t a disappointing disappointment. (If that makes sense.) Instead, it felt a part of the larger experience—a low note to emphasize the high ones to come, to use Freeman’s language. It was still tennis, and it made me curious about pleasure.

As fortune would have it, a high note wasn’t far away. Within 24 hours of Youzhny’s loss I found myself with an excellent seat on Hisense, underneath a closed roof in an air-conditioned stadium, cradling a dish of affogato, and watching Roger Federer unfurl two sets of sleek tennis on his way to a 6-2, 6-1, 7-6(4) victory over a game, clean-hitting, and occasionally bold Blaz Kavcic. It was all very posh—like a siphon-brewed cup of Ethiopia Yirgacheffe on a leisurely (and temperate) Sunday morning. That is, if a leisurely Sunday morning included the cracking sound of swiftly struck forehand winners and the cheers of a few thousand sports fans.

Roger Federer, the sixth seed, was having a pretty good night. He displayed an unerring attraction to the open court, as well as an affinity for break point conversions and the happy ability to please a crowd that loved nothing more than to Ooh and Ah at his shot-making prowess. People tend to say that Federer makes it—tennis, perfection— look easy. I’m not so sure about that. A better way to put it might be that Federer, when he’s playing well, makes it look unattainable. There was a fantastic, and fantastically long point on Federer’s serve at 3-0 in the second set wherein the Swiss managed to get to several balls he had no business arriving at, and then doing things with those shots that he had no business doing. He eventually won the point, while Kavcic was left shaking his head in disbelief. Only Federer.

But as many times as Kavcic was left with nothing but a wry grin of frustration, he didn’t give up. Just after that long, magic point from Federer, the Slovenian broke the Swiss for 1-3. Federer responded by hitting four winners and breaking right back. For two solid sets of tennis, it was that kind of night for the Rolex Brand Ambassador. Still, it wasn’t a perfect performance. In the third set Kavcic lifted his game, primarily via gutsy serving, and Federer’s level dropped to somewhere between fair-to-middling and just-plain-passive. There were several interesting shanks. But the Swiss regained some rhythm as the third set aged, earning match point in the tiebreaker, which he won after forcing Kavcic to dive for not one, but two, volleys in a row. Carlos Bernardes called “game, set, match” while the Slovenian was still coming out of his second roll on the concrete. It was an absolute pleasure. And it made me very curious about how Rafa was doing over on Laver.

*At some point during the fourth set I worried I might be succumbing to heat-induced auditory hallucinations because I imagined I heard live accordion music. Further investigation—in the form of directing my gaze to the stands of Court 13—proved that it was only Damir Dzumhur’s loyal fans, who’d come thoroughly equipped to help the Bosnian defeat Ivan Dodig. Besides a few dozen Bosnian flags and a catalog of traditional Bosnian tennis folk-chants, they’d also brought a piano-accordion to play during changeovers.

January 16, 2014
Australian Open Day 5 Schedule of Play / Scores: Friday, January 17

[Scores added as known.]

Rod Laver Arena — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Serena Williams (USA) (1) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) (31) — 6-3, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 3
David Ferrer (ESP) (3) d. Jeremy Chardy (FRA) (29) — 6-2, 7-6(5), 6-2

Not Before: 2:00 P.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d. Jie Zheng (CHN) — 6-2, 6-4

Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (14) d. Samantha Stosur (AUS) (17) — 6-7(8), 6-4, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Novak Djokovic (SRB) (2) d. Denis Istomin (UZB) — 6-3, 6-3, 7-5

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Hisense Arena — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Angelique Kerber (GER) (9) d. Alison Riske (USA) — 6-3, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Na Li (CHN) (4) d. Lucie Safarova (CZE) (26) — 1-6, 7-6(2), 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Tomas Berdych (CZE) (7) d. Damir Dzumhur (BIH) — 6-4, 6-2, 6-2

Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Tommy Robredo (ESP) (17) d. Richard Gasquet (FRA) (9) — 2-6, 7-5, 6-4, 7-6(6)

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Bob Bryan (USA) (1) / Mike Bryan (USA) (1) d. Paul Hanley (AUS) / Jonathan Marray (GBR) — 6-4, 7-6(3)

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Margaret Court Arena — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) (28) d. Mona Barthel (GER) — 6-1, 7-5

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Ivan Dodig (CRO) (4) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (4) d. Chris Guccione (AUS) / Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) — 7-5, 7-6(5)

Not Before: 2:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Kevin Anderson (RSA) (19) d. Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) — 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(5), 7-5

Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Fabio Fognini (ITA) (15) d. Sam Querrey (USA) — 7-5, 6-4, 6-4

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Show Court 2 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) / Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) d. Andre Begemann (GER) / Martin Emmrich (GER) — 7-6(3), 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (22) d. Monica Niculescu (ROU) — 6-4, 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (12) / Flavia Pennetta (ITA) (12) d. Aleksandrina Naydenova (BUL) / Teliana Pereira (BRA) — 6-1, 6-2

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) / Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d. Dustin Brown (GER) / Gael Monfils (FRA) — 6-4, 2-6, 6-4

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Show Court 3 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Florian Mayer (GER) d. Jerzy Janowicz (POL) (20) — 7-5, 6-2, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) (30) d. Lauren Davis (USA) — 6-2, 6-2

Not Before: 2:30 P.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
David Marrero (ESP) (3) / Fernando Verdasco (ESP) (3) d. James Duckworth (AUS) / Matthew Ebden (AUS) — 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Kveta Peschke (CZE) (7) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (7) d. Arina Rodionova (AUS) / Nick Kyrgios (AUS) — 7-5, 6-4

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Court 6 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Kveta Peschke (CZE) (4) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (4) d. Katarzyna Piter (POL) / Alicja Rosolska (POL) — 7-6(2), 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Shahar Peer (ISR) / Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) d. Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) (2) / Shuai Peng (CHN) (2) — 7-5, 3-6, 6-4

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Lukasz Kubot (POL) (14) / Robert Lindstedt (SWE) (14) d. Benjamin Mitchell (AUS) / Jordan Thompson (AUS) — 6-1, 6-3

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) (15) / Lisa Raymond (USA) (15) d. Mandy Minella (LUX) / Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) — 6-7(2), 6-2, 6-1

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Court 7 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) (8) / Abigail Spears (USA) (8) d. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) / Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) — 6-4, 7-6(4)

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Ashleigh Barty (AUS) / John Peers (AUS) d. Olivia Rogowska (AUS) / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) — 6-3, 6-4

Not Before: 2:00 P.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) / Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) d. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) (9) / Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) (9) — 1-6, 6-4, 7-5

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (3) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (3) d. Lauren Davis (USA) / Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) — 6-3, 6-2

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Court 8 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Yuki Bhambri (IND) / Michael Venus (NZL) d. Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) (10) / Horia Tecau (ROU) (10) — 6-4, 6-4

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Leander Paes (IND) (5) / Radek Stepanek (CZE) (5) d. Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) / Lukas Rosol (CZE) — 6-4, 6-1

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Madison Keys (USA) / Alison Riske (USA) d. Xinyun Han (CHN) / Miki Miyamura (JPN) — 6-2, 7-5

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) / Vera Dushevina (RUS) d. Valeria Solovyeva (RUS) / Elina Svitolina (UKR) — 6-3, 6-1

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Court 13 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Sara Errani (ITA) (1) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) (1) d. Kaia Kanepi (EST) / Renata Voracova (CZE) — 1-6, 6-1, 6-1

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Michael Llodra (FRA) (13) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA) (13) d. Philipp Oswald (AUT) / Simon Stadler (GER) — 7-6(5), 7-6(2)

Not Before: 2:00 P.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Julia Goerges (GER) (14) / Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) (14) d. Naiktha Bains (AUS) / Olivia Tjandramulia (AUS) — 6-3, 6-3

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Andreas Seppi (ITA) / Potito Starace (ITA) d. Tobias Kamke (GER) / Florian Mayer (GER) — 7-6(1), 6-4

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Court 19 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) (13) / Liezel Huber (USA) (13) d. Varvara Lepchenko (USA) / Raluca Olaru (ROU) — 6-4, 7-6(4)

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Max Mirnyi (BLR) / Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d. Marcel Granollers (ESP) (6) / Marc Lopez (ESP) (6) — 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(3)

Not Before: 2:00 P.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Lucie Hradecka (CZE) / Michaella Krajicek (NED) d. Vania King (USA) (16) / Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) (16) — 7-6(4), 6-1

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Court 20 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Daniele Bracciali (ITA) / Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) d. Jonathan Erlich (ISR) / Andy Ram (ISR) — 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-3

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Timea Babos (HUN) / Petra Martic (CRO) d. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) / Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) — 6-4, 3-6, 7-5

Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): pasukaru76

January 16, 2014
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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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January 13, 2014