More of the December Daze

So I was wrong about Monika Wejnert pulling an upset - Olivia Rogowska defeated her in two close, but straight, sets. That said, Wejnert is going to be one to look out for, and I really hope that she gets wildcarded into a few events here and there throughout the Australian summer. By winning the 18s title she got a wildcard in here, so she's been prepared to play a lot of tennis lately. I'll be looking out for her.

I was right, however, about Jess Moore being able to pull an upset - even though she was the third seed and Alicia Molik was fourth, I don't think anyone seriously expected Molik to lose. I think Molik is a pretty safe bet to get carded into the Aussie Open anyway, so I doubt she's too worried, but this is a really good win for Jess Moore. I saw her play briefly at the Australian Open in 2008, where she made it to the second round by defeating Julie Ditty (I think), and she's seriously crafty. I'll be interested to see how she goes from here. She'll be playing Rogowska in her semi and that'll be a good match to watch.

You'd have to think that whoever wins will face Dellacqua - I can't see Sally Peers coming through her (though she had a very tidy win against Marija Mirkovic, while Dellacqua had a scare against Shannon Golds). It'll be interesting.

Over to the boys, and Tomic is through to the semis after a tidy win over Greg Jones, the third seed. I guess Jones couldn't keep up the winning streak he had going, which for him is a shame, but for my predictions, not so much. Tomic will face Kaden Hensel in his semi after Hensel beat Matt Reid. You'd be pretty foolish to pick against Tomic there, I think.

My dark horse, James Duckworth, went out against Nick Lindahl, but considering the scoreline was 6-0 2-0 retired, I think it's pretty safe to say that that wasn't exactly indicative of the overall level of his game. He's going to be pretty good in time - I'll be watching out for him. Lindahl will face John Millman in the semis, after Millman put out Tomic-beater Matt Ebden. I've never seen Millman play so I can't really make any comment, but I've never been especially impressed by Lindahl - why is the second seed here? Is he really ranked that high?

Marquee Matches in Melbourne

At any other time of the year, I'm sure I would find the wildcard playoff for the Australian Open terribly, terribly dull and hardly worth paying attention to. It is a mark of how bored I am that I find it as fascinating as I do.

But fascinating I do find it, and there are some pretty intriguing match ups in there. The marquee match on the women's side would obviously have to be Alicia Molik and Jess Moore - if anyone, barring Casey Dellacqua, is going to topple Molik, I think Moore has got a good shot. I'll be watching keenly to see how that one goes. Dellacqua should, I think, have a slightly easier time of it with Shannon Golds, even though Golds is seeded above Moore. But then I haven't seen Golds play that much, so I'm basing it on pretty much nothing.

Sally Peers and Marija Mirkovic will also face off, but the match I'm really keen to see is Olivia Rogowska and Monika Wejnert. Wejnert - whom, as we all know, I think is pretty awesome - managed to topple Jelena Dokic here last year, and won the nation under-18s title last week. And Rogowska, top-seeded though she is, hasn't exactly been playing great guns... so there is some serious upset potential there, mark my words.

Over on the blokes side, the marquee match is Bernard Tomic and Greg Jones, no question. I like Tomic to win this tournament, but Jones has been playing awesomely this week - he hasn't dropped a match yet. And he's seeded above Tomic, and... yeah. If anyone's going to be Tomic, Jones is a good shot.

There's a match of pro tour stars in Matthew Ebden and John Millman (Ebden was the guy that took a match off Tomic); Kaden Hensel will play Matt Reid and second seed Nick Lindahl will face off against surprise package James Duckworth. The more I see of this kid (Duckworth, that is) the more I like him. He's only seventeen but he's got game - he's kind of a miniature Murray, in some ways. But awesome, and not annoying, like the Muzz. I look forward to seeing a lot more of him in the future...

Wild Wild Cards

The wildcard action continues apace, with two more wildcards being awarded to Aussie girls for tournaments this summer: we have Casey Dellacqua carded into Sydney (which is hardly a surprise - actually, I'm surprised that she didn't make it in on her own recognisance. The field must be mighty.) And then we have little-known but recently-impressive Olivia Rogowska making her WTA debut in the Moorilla Hobart International.

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I've said enough about Casey over the last year for her to need no introduction, and doubtlessly I'll say more over the course of the Hopman Cup (which starts on Saturday! Finally, tennis!) but she's a beautiful little player, and I'd love to see her make a big run in Sydney. 'Nough said.

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But Olivia Rogowska... I've never seen her play, but I like the sound of her a lot. She won the very competitive Sorrento International - that was a Pro circuit tournament, yeah, but it was worth $25,000! Man, if you're good at tennis, you must make some pretty sweet dollars. Anyway, she's hardly going to win the Hobart tournament, but it's just so nice to see we have some good female players coming up. Rogowska and Jess Moore both should do well at Hobart - again, my goal is for one of them to win a match. And then with Isabella Holland and Monica Wejnert in Brisbane, I think we can be pretty proud of our girls. It'd be nice if we could have a good run in the juniors at the Aussie Open. The world better watch out for them - perhaps Monica Wejnert especially.

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And today, on Tennis From The Backseat, we are debuting a new segment. I went and played tennis with my brother Josh yesterday, who is twelve and an excellent player, and he smashed me with his topspin (his words, not mine.) He also spent a long time correcting my technique (and lack thereof) and his advice was so sound I thought it deserved a little segment of its own. So here today, I present the first of Jumping 'J-Mac' Josh's Tennis Tips:

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Josh's Tennis Tips

Focus: Forehand

Today's Tip: Gripping A Racquet

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To grip a tennis racquet you will need to create a 'V' shape with your thumb and pointer finger on the top side of the grip. You place your hand at the 'butt' (bottom of the grip) to get the most power in your shots and to reach the ball quicker. This is to prevent any injury in your wrists, forearm, biceps and triceps.

All I Want In January

Only a few days to go now till the Hopman Cup! It's starting a little later this year - it actually started in December last year, if I recall correctly - but I'm sure it's going to be worth the wait. If nothing else, it will hopefully take Australia's collective sporting mind off the current dismal situation in the cricket...
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I'm hoping that Australia's tennis summer will be bigger and better than ever before. January is the best sporting month of the year anyway, and tennis is obviously the best of it. With any luck, we'll see some of the classic matches of the year here right at the beginning - and with any luck, it's all going to come up Jodi.
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What would I like to see? I have two big requests (and a multitude of smaller ones.) #1, I want Roger Federer to regain his Australian Open crown. Let's face it, it's his. It looks weird when someone else holds up the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup. And I want him, as is tradition, to face some totally random opponent in the final. I'd love for one of my Stars to be the Marcos/Gonzo/Jo-W and make the big run. Ernests Gulbis would be ideal, or maybe Marin Cilic, or even Kei Nishikori. Of course, this is all contingent on them being in Rafa's side of the draw... of course a Rafa/Roger showdown would be nice to watch, but the Aussie Open just isn't that type of tournament for me. Rafa/Roger belongs at Roland Garros and Wimbledon. The Aussie and the US is for Roger/Random.
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My second request? That would be Marat Safin and Dinara Safina winning the Hopman Cup. They're effectively the top seeds now - the USA are officially the top seeds, but with Serena out, they're not really. Meghann Shaughnessy is hardly a top echelon replacement (not that she's substandard or anything, but she ain't no Serena.) This could be exactly what Marat needs to get himself back on track - a tournament won with his in-form sister. Australia's been good to him before - and hey, who wouldn't want a diamond encrusted tennis ball on their mantlepiece?
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A good run from Marat at the Aussie Open is another request of mine - I'm gunning for round of sixteen/quarter final. An early loss and crash and burn from Djokovic is not compulsory, but would be nice. I want Monica Wejnert and Isabella Holland to do themselves proud in Brisbane, and Jess Moore to do the same in Hobart. I want Bernard Tomic to have a good summer and take another junior crown. I'd like some classic matches - remember Federer/Safin in '05? I want my Stars to do well. I want Dinara Safina to win the Australian Open and Dmitry Tursunov to defend his Sydney crown.
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But most of all, I just want there to be good tennis - and for Australia not to be too busy watching the cricket to pay attention.

Playing the Playoff

No, the tennis ain't quite over yet - we have the big Australian playoff starting tomorrow. Playing the playoff (can you say that?) are the winners of the under-18 championships, Marija Mirkovic and Brendan McKenzie. I was a bit sad to see Mirkovic beat Isabella Holland for the spot, but then she got in anyway, so that's all right. And Brendan McKenzie - I like what I am hearing about this kid.

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Let's start with the girls - top seed is Jess Moore, whom one would imagine would find some way or another into the draw whether she does well here or not, what with making the final of the girls' event last year and getting to the second round of the senior event. Another notables (ie. people I have heard of) include Monique Adamczak and Sophie Ferguson, but the really interesting one to watch is going to be Jelena Dokic, she who used to be #4 but who laboured under the shadow of the Damir. She's playing a sixteen year old from Queensland in her first match, and you'd want to hope she could win that one... otherwise I think we could safely say it was curtains for Jelena.

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The men is very interesting - particularly the match between the aforementioned Brendan McKenzie and Peter Luczak. That one could be seriously interesting. Previously, I'd have gone with Mr Milkshake every time, but this Brendan kid is looking seriously dangerous, if one can see that without ever seeing him play. His opponent for the final also made the cut to play the playoff (Dane Propoggia), and McKenzie rolled him 6-2 6-0 or something, so that's making a point. That'll be an intriguing match.

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Bernard Tomic against Colin Ebelthite will also be interesting - Ebelthite may not have the talent of Tomic, but he certainly has some maturity (you'd want to hope - he's 24!) There are some good names in the draw: Joe Sirianni is there, Robert Smeets, Carsten Ball, Sam Groth, Brydan Klein... actually, bar Guccione, the entire Australian Davis Cup team is in this playoff.

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That is frightening.

Future Future Stars

We move our coverage this week to the Optus Under18 Championships in Melbourne, the age group from whence come a great many of our rising stars. Because they are rising. Oh yes they are. Australian tennis will be great again, mark my words.

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Unfortunately, because they are rising stars, I don't know much about a lot of them. Except Bernard Tomic... but he is the king of the rising stars. What I am hoping for out of the under18 championships this week is to discover a future (or more than one) Star of the Future, if that makes sense.

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So who did we have in action today...? Dane Propoggia had a great win. He reached the quarters of junior Wimbledon this year - he could be my next Ernests. Mark Verryth is a promising looking young gun. But I think my favourite might be Brendan McKenzie - if I can legitimately say that without ever having seen him play. All the match reports I've read are making me think he could be very dangerous indeed when he grows up...

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And in the girls, can you go past Isabella Holland? She totally owned her match today - 6-0 6-1. We haven't had a really good female player since Molik and Dokic. I would love to see young Bella Holland get up there - her and Jess Moore and Sally Peers are doing the nation proud with junior Fed cup and stuff! Unfortunately Monica Wejnert, who we talked about a while ago, went down today, but we cannot have quite everything...

Horse-Flogging... In The Metaphorical Sense

The Aussie boys finished sixth in junior Davis Cup, beating Hungary but losing to Sweden. Still, this whole week has been nothing to sneeze at. Maverick Banes, James Duckworth and Jarryd Chaplin can all be justifiably proud of what they have achieved. You wait. I don't know if any of them is a future #1, but they're going to grow up great. I'm not exactly sure when I started flogging this horse, but I seem to have started at some point, and so I'm going to stick with it. Australian tennis is going to great... in a while. Just not now.

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Though one thing that I did find troubling is that we either didn't send a team to junior Fed Cup or we didn't qualify. The boys are doing all right - what about the girls? We do have a few good juniors - Jess Moore won her first match in a senior Grand Slam this year - but none under sixteen, apparently. Where are the girls? Though it is well within the realms of possibility that there simply are none - we are a small country, after all. And look at today's generation. We aren't exactly a powerhouse of Australian tennis.

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That said, Sam Stosur was just in a final. Unfortunately, she went down to Maria Kirilenko, but it's a pretty decent achievement anyhow. She's never won a WTA singles title - Stosur, that is - but she's shown she's got the capability. Here's hoping she can go one further sometime in the near future - and get a few more doubles Slams under her belt as well!

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And speaking of winners, how about that Jo-W? Vengeance is sweet! Take that one, Novak! I was praying for someone to beat him this week after that whole Marko incident, and Jo-W did me proud. It was his first ATP title, and I think it's great that he beat Djokovic to do it. Monsieur Tsonga is serving notice. He's back - and he's back bigtime. I would love to see him make a good run at the Aussie Open next year - though obviously, with my proclivities, I want Federer to win it. Jo-W is just such an exciting player to watch. He's explosive, and he's fun, and he's not a complete dickhead, like certain Djokovics I could mention. Here's hoping that the rest of his year is shiny!

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(On the Djokovic subject, how long do you think it'll be before Novak gets his other little brother a wildcard? Spew.)

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Roddick and Jankovic round out our winners this week, taking titles in Japan. I confess I was hoping for Sela to come through with the goods, but Roddick did give a whole stack of his prize money to charity, which earned him extra brownie points. Still, he should have played the Olympics. There is another horse I'm going to flog for as long as it has legs to stand. (How 'bout that metaphor, eh?)

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Today's Results

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Thailand Open (Bangkok)

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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. Novak Djokovic, 7-6 (7-4) 6-4

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China Open (Beijing)

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Men's Draw

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Andy Roddick def. Dudi Sela, 6-4 6-7 (6-8) 6-3

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Women's Draw

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Jelena Jankovic def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-3 6-2

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Hansol Korea Open (Seoul)

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Maria Kirilenko def. Samantha Stosur, 2-6 6-1 6-4

Matters of National Importance

We talked a bit about Davis Cup the other day - so let's talk about Fed Cup. Isn't it incredible that a country can have its top three players be unavailable and STILL be the favourites to win? I'm talking Russia against Spain. Sharapova's out injured, Safina and Dementieva are absolutely exhausted, and still the Russians have got a great team. Svetlana Kuznetsova is their big gun, and they're also playing Vera Zvonareva, Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova. And there's even more depth if they wanted it: Nadia Petrova, Anna Chakvetadze, Alisa Kleybanova, Alla Kudryavtseva, and even the rookie Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who has a couple of junior Slams under her belt. Isn't that incredible, how one country can have so many options?

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I wonder what would happen if our top three women dropped out for Fed Cup. At the moment, that's Casey Dellacqua, Sam Stosur and Alicia Molik - now she's retired, that'd bump up the next player, which would be Jessica Moore. So even if Jess Moore played, that means our Fed Cup team would consist of her, Jelena Dokic, Monique Adamczak and Sophie Ferguson. Next player down is Christina Wheeler. I'd play the young guns instead - Isabella Holland and Sally Peers and co. Somehow, I think we would get our collective arse kicked, but at least we'd be doing something different.

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Pretty much like in Davis Cup, actually.

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There was a nice article on the Tennis Australia website the other day about Sam Groth, who is one of those rookies playing on the Davis Cup team I'd never heard of. Apparently he had his first ever ATP win in July in Nottingham over Jamie Baker. Slightly more impressive, I thought, was the fact that he beat Janko Tipsarevic in qualifying. So he is capable of playing above his rank, it seems... not that it looks like it'll help much. I'd guess the only chance he'll get to play singles is in a dead rubber. John Fitzgerald would be a fool not to play Guccione and Luczak in the first rubbers. I'm guessing Chile will play Gonzalez and Massu... Luczak is a good claycourter and he did beat Stan Wawrinka that time in Davis Cup and Guccione has that monster serve, so there's some small possibility we might win a rubber or two... but I wouldn't bet on much.

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Look at me. I pretend to be all unconcerned about nationality in tennis, and here I am agonising over Davis Cup and Fed Cup. Oh well. I suppose they are a bit special.

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Today's Results

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BCR Open Romania (Bucharest)

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Richard Gasquet def. Teimuraz Gabashvili, 6-7 (6-8) 6-1 6-1

Gilles Simon def. Florent Serra, 6-2 6-3

Carlos Moya def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 5-7 6-3 6-4

Jose Acasuso def. Ivan Navarro, 6-4 6-4

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Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic (Bali)

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Daniela Hantuchova def. Chan Yung-Jan, 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 6-2

Patty Schnyder def. Marta Domachowska, 6-2 6-2

Tamira Paszek def. Flavia Pennetta, 4-6 6-0 6-2

Nadia Petrova def. Francesca Schiavone, 6-4 6-3

Under The Influence Of Gold

I had my day all planned out. I was working in the morning, but as soon as I finished, I was going to go to the gym and catch the last set or two of the Federer match on television, because they have Foxtel there and I don't - and also I would, like, get fit and stuff. So I get there, I'm walking along on my treadmill, and - they're shaking hands. I got there at the very instant of the Federer victory.

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Much as I would have liked to watch him play, I couldn't help but smile. I love to watch Federer play - it's one of the numerous reasons he is far and away my favourite player - but sometimes seeing him walk off the court after a demolition job is just as satisfying. The Roger Federer bagel bakery is open for business.

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I'm trying to be wary of being overconfident, because a similar thing happened in the first round of the Australian Open this year - Federer cruised past Diego Hartfield and Fabrice Santoro - only to run into a roadblock in the third round, and don't we all remember that five set classic against Janko Tipsarevic. But that was Federer under the influence of glandular fever. This is Federer under the influence of a gold medal, and I think the two are just a bit different. All indicators point to one thing: Roger is enjoying himself on court. He's experimenting, making stuff up. He's PLAYING tennis - he's playing. And when Roger Federer is enjoying himself - I mean, really enjoying himself - on court, then there's trouble. Then you get matches like the semi of the Australian Open in 2007. That was a Federer who had something to prove, and who, in the course of it, had a blast. They had to peel pieces of Andy Roddick off the court afterwards. There is no player more dangerous in tennis than the fun-having Federer.

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I'm always criticising commentators and the like who over-hype players, and yes, I am aware that I am a giant hypocrite. But I'm just so excited about the way Federer is playing now. Has there even been a player more beautiful to watch than the Fed at the height of his powers? And his tennis is lethal as well as beautiful. He spent half the time that Rafa Nadal spent on court - half! Now, Rafa matches are nearly always longer than Roger ones, sometimes purely because he takes 900,000 years between points, but that is a significant statistic. There can be no doubt in anyone's mind that in the first round, Federer was the better player.

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Not that the first round has much bearing on anything. They both got through, and that's all that matters. But I take my small victories where I can. And to quote that infamous Australian icon Kath Day-Knight, 'I like what I see!'

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The quick end to the Roger match meant that instead of seeing that, I got to see some of the Dechy/Mauresmo match while treading the treadmill mile. It was clearly a tight match - I came in early in the third - but I was very impressed with what I saw from Mauresmo. She's never been one of my favourite players - her total lack of confidence in herself really annoys me - but she strung together some beautiful plays. She made, what, like twelve straight points to win the match? And Nathalie Dechy ain't no pushover. She's been around forever and she's really wily, with that backhand of death. That third set was interesting - Mauresmo broke to 3-0, Dechy broke Mauresmo to get it back to 3-2, and then Amelie just took off, and Nathalie didn't win another point in the match. And it wasn't Dechy making errors - it was Mauresmo making winners. Those last few points were beautiful, to say the least - and if she can keep that level of play up, she'll go deep. I was extremely impressed.

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Rough day for the Australian contingent - Dellacqua and Stosur both crashed out - but how about Jessica Moore? She's about seven years old, (well... maybe eight, or nine, or sixteenish) and she beat another junior to make it to the second round. She may well be the only Aussie to make it to the second round, so more power to her, I say! Oh, and also power to the Safin(a) siblings, who both had wins!

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Today's Results

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US Open (Flushing Meadows)

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Men's Draw

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Roger Federer def. Maximo Gonzalez, 6-3 6-0 6-3

Marat Safin def. Vince Spadea, 3-6 6-2 6-3 4-6 6-4

Mardy Fish def. Robert Smeets, 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 6-4

Tommy Haas def. Richard Gasquet, 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 5-7 7-5 6-2

Sam Querrey def. Tomas Berdych, 6-3 6-1 6-2

Tommy Robredo def. Mischa Zverev, 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 6-1

Yen-hsun Lu def. Nicolas Lapentti, 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-4 6-3

Bobby Reynolds def. Tomas Zib, 6-4 6-7 (3-7) 2-6 6-4 7-6 (7-4)

Ivo Karlovic def. Jan Minar, 7-5 6-1 6-4

Igor Andreev def. Marc Gicquel, 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 6-4

Florent Serra def. Rainer Schuettler, 7-6 (10-8) 6-0 2-0 retired

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez def. Dominik Hrbaty, 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4

Jarkko Nieminen def. Scoville Jenkins, 6-3 6-3 7-5

Thiago Alves def. Paul Capdeville, 46 1-6 6-1 7-6 (7-2) 6-4

Nicolas Devilder def. Pablo Andujar, 6-4 6-2 6-2

Rui Machado def. Rik de Voest, 6-4 7-6 (9-7) 6-1

Jeremy Chardy def. Frederico Gil, 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-3

Paul-Henri Mathieu def. Sebastien Grosjean, 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 6-2

Flavio Cipolla def. Jan Hernych, 6-7 (2-7) 6-4 2-6 7-6 (7-0) 7-6 (7-4)

Fernando Gonzalez def. Ivan Navarro, 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 4-6 7-6 (7-5)

Andreas Seppi def. Hyung-taik Lee, 6-3 7-5 3-6 3-6 6-3

Ivo Minar def. Nicolas Kiefer, 4-6 6-1 6-4 4-1 retired

Fernando Verdasco def. Igor Kunitsyn, 6-3 6-4 6-1

Gilles Muller def. Laurent Recouderc, 6-4 6-0 4-6 6-4

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Women's Draw

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Ana Ivanovic def. Vera Dushevina, 6-1 4-6 6-4

Serena Williams def. Kateryna Bondarenko, 6-1 6-4

Venus Williams def. Samantha Stosur, 6-2 6-3

Amelie Mauresmo def. Nathalie Dechy, 4-6 6-3 6-2

Dinara Safina def. Kristie Ahn, 6-3 6-4

Anna-Lena Groenefeld def. Daniela Hantuchova, 6-4 6-2

Bethanie Mattek def. Marta Domachowska, 6-7 (7-9) 7-5 6-4

Nadia Petrova def. Olivia Sanchez, 6-2 6-4

Julie Coin def. Casey Dellacqua, 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-4)

Severine Bremond def. Julia Goerges, 7-6 (7-0) 6-4

Yung-Jan Chan def. Alla Kudryavtseva, 4-6 7-5 6-3

Elena Vesnina def. Julia Vakulenko, 4-6 6-1 6-2

Agnes Szavay def. Gail Brodsky, 7-5 6-3

Dominika Cibulkova def. Jill Craybas, 6-3 7-6 (7-4)

Flavia Pennetta def. Stefanie Vogele, 2-6 6-2 6-2

Timea Bacsinszky def. Virginie Razzano, 6-4 6-1

Sabine Lisicki def. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, 6-3 6-4

Kaia Kanepi def. Monica Niculescu, 6-0 6-3

Nicole Vaidisova def. Petra Cetkovska, 6-1 6-2

Mariana Dugue Marino def. Tamarine Tanasugarn, 0-6 6-3 6-2

Jessica Moore def. Melanie Oudin, 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-5)

Shuai Peng def. Eleni Daniilidou, 6-1 6-0

Agnieszka Radwanska def. Yaroslava Shvedova, 6-4 6-2

Alona Bondarenko def. Jamea Jackson, 2-6 6-3 6-2

Alize Cornet def. Camille Pin, 7-5 6-0

Ai Sugiyama def. Andreja Klepac, 4-6 6-3 4-2 retired

Hsieh Su-wei def. Evgeniya Rodina, 6-2 6-4

Olga Govortsova def. Sandra Zahlavova, 6-3 6-1

Ioana Raluca Olaru def. Edina Gallovits, 6-0 6-2

Roberta Vinci def. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro, 6-1 6-4

Tathiana Garbin def. Maret Ani, 6-0 7-6 (7-5)

Rossana de los Rios def. Hana Sromova, 6-3 2-6 6-3