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

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

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    [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

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

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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

  • Australian Open – Men’s Draw

    Australian Open – Men’s Draw

    AO Draw - ATP

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

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

    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)
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    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)

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    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)

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    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)

  • Australian Open – Women’s Draw

    Australian Open – Women’s Draw

    AO Draw - WTA

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

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

    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)

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    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)

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    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)

  • Dokic Looking for Return to the WTA Tour

    Dokic Looking for Return to the WTA Tour

    Jelena Dokic

    Jelena Dokic, the former World No. 4, is hoping to return to the WTA tour at the Australian Open in 2014. The 30-year-old Australian-based Serb has been working out with Todd Woodbridge, the head of professional tennis down under.

    ”She wants to get back into the game,” stated Craig Tiley, the chief executive of Tennis Australia. ”She’s training every day with a focus on next year.”

    Dokic was a Wimbledon semifinalist in 2000 before a spate of family issues with a domineering father and subsequent injuries derailed her career.

    In 2009, she made a strong return by reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open before injuries once again sabotaged her comeback.

    It would be a remarkable return that almost certainly hinges on Tennis Australia awarding a wildcard entry.

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    Cover Photo: NAPARAZZI, Creative Commons License