The Tennis Thread 2013

[GirlySports]

Dubois and Polansky play tonight (Saturday in Melbourne) for a place in the main draw.

Both take the court at 6:30pm Mountain.

Men's Qualifying Singles - Final Round
Court 11 - Peter Polansky (CAN) v Adrian Mannarino (FRA)

Women's Qualifying Singles - Final Round
Court 15 - Vesna Dolonc (SRB) [6] v Stephanie Dubois (CAN) [18]

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Anyone who didn't get Davis Cup tickets they have released some more for sale on the 15th!

[GirlySports]

It starts tonight! (unfortunately Polansky and Dubois lost badly on Saturday so they miss out)

Here's are the draws just with the seeds since I'm lazy. If all seeds survive this is the 3rd round draw.

Women
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [1] vs. Urszula Radwanska (POL) [31]
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) [21] vs. Roberta Vinci (ITA) [16]
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [10] vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) [24]
Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) [26] vs. Sara Errani (ITA) [7]

Serena Williams (USA) [3] vs. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) [28]
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) [20] vs. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) [14]
Nadia Petrova (RUS) [12] vs. Lucie Safarova (CZE) [17]
Sloane Stephens (USA) [29] vs. Petra Kvitova (CZE) [8]

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Na Li (CHN) [6] vs. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) [27]
Julia Goerges (GER) [18] vs. Samantha Stosur (AUS) [9]
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [13] vs. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [22]
Mona Barthel (GER) [32] vs. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [4]

Angelique Kerber (GER) [5] vs. Tamira Paszek (AUT) [30]
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) [19] vs. Marion Bartoli (FRA) [11]
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) [15] vs. Klara Zakopalova (CZE) [23]
Venus Williams (USA) [25] vs. Maria Sharapova (RUS) [2]

Men
(1) DJOKOVIC, Novak [SRB] vs (31) STEPANEK, Radek [CZE]
(20) QUERREY, Sam [USA] vs. (15) WAWRINKA, Stanislas [SUI]
(11) MONACO, Juan [ARG] vs. (22) VERDASCO, Fernando [ESP]
(26) MELZER, Jurgen [AUT] vs. (5) BERDYCH, Tomas [CZE]

(4) FERRER, David [ESP] vs. (28) BAGHDATIS, Marcos [CYP]
(23) YOUZHNY, Mikhail [RUS] vs. (16) NISHIKORI, Kei [JPN]
(10) ALMAGRO, Nicolas [ESP] vs. (24) JANOWICZ, Jerzy [POL]
(32) BENNETEAU, Julien [FRA] vs. (8) TIPSAREVIC, Janko [SRB]

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(6) DEL POTRO, Juan Martin [ARG] vs. (30) GRANOLLERS, Marcel [ESP]
(21) SEPPI, Andreas [ITA] vs. (12) CILIC, Marin [CRO]
(14) SIMON, Gilles vs. (18) DOLGOPOLOV, Alexandr [UKR]
(25) MAYER, Florian vs. (3) MURRAY, Andy [GBR]

(7) TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried [FRA] vs. (29) BELLUCCI, Thomaz [BRA]
(19) HAAS, Tommy [GER] vs. (9) GASQUET, Richard [FRA]
(13) RAONIC, Milos [CAN] vs. (17) KOHLSCHREIBER, Phillipp [GER]
(27) KLIZAN, Martin [SVK] vs. (2) FEDERER, Roger [SUI]

[polak]

lol I really suck at reading draws apparently.

Venus plummeted down the rankings, did she sit out or something last season?

[GirlySports]

The breakdown on the women's site is poor, not as detailed like the ATP website.

It looks like she only played in 9 tournaments in 2012

http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/9027

[GirlySports]

Almagro taken to a 5th set. (TSN2) He's not taking the American qualifer Johnson seriously and keeps arguing with the crowd and the linespeople.

Johnson, it's a chance of a lifetime, he's just bashing the ball!

Almagro might explode if he loses!

[polak]

Good. I hate Almagro. He looks like a little d-bag.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by polak

Good. I hate Almagro. He looks like a little d-bag.

yeah and he's an awful player.

He just broke to open the 5th but now Johnson has broken back!

amazing he's letting this guy stick around.

[polak]

Damn.

[GirlySports]

The Canadians play today!

Beginning at 5pm Mountain Time

2nd on Show Court 3 - Men's 1st Round
[13] Milos Raonic (CAN) vs Jan Hajek (CZE)

3rd on Court 7 - Men's 1st Round
Tommy Robredo (ESP) vs Jesse Levine (CAN)

1st on Court 8 - Women's 1st Round
Rebecca Marino (CAN) vs Peng Shuai (CHN)

[GirlySports]

Marino was the last woman in the draw and played like it.

Crushed 63 60

[GirlySports]

Milos on tv (TSN2) has dropped the first set, playing horrible.

[Mango]

This is some of the worst tennis I've ever seen him play.

[CedarMeter]

Milos is snapping out of it..Looking better now.

[CedarMeter]

Dominated that 2nd set.

[Mango]

Originally Posted by CedarMeter

Dominated that 2nd set.

Looked very composed - good to see a rebound like that from him.

[CedarMeter]

Pretty much dominating the 3rd set too. Hajek is rattled.

[Joborule]

Another game for Milos!

[Mango]

Atta boy. He fought off the adversity of dropping the first set and clawed back hard. Nice to see. Also, I'm liking him better in the NB gear. He looks more professional now haha

[Drake]

Originally Posted by Joborule

Another game for Milos!