Day 1 Oz Open 2012 OoP & Discussion - DiscussWorldIssues - Socio-Economic Religion and Political Uncensored Debate

**marketheal** · 01-14-2012, 01:56 PM

Rod Laver Arena 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - 1st Round
Victoria Azarenka(BLR)[3] vs. Heather Watson(GBR)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Bernard Tomic(AUS) vs. Fernando Verdasco(ESP)[22]
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Kim Clijsters(BEL)[11] vs. Maria Joao Koehler(POR)

Rod Laver Arena 7:00 PM

Men's Singles - 1st Round
Alexander Kudryavtsev(RUS) vs. Roger Federer(SUI)[3]
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Caroline Wozniacki(DEN)[1] vs. Anastasia Rodionova(AUS)

Hisense Arena 11:00 AM

Men's Singles - 1st Round
Adrian Mannarino(FRA) vs. Juan Martin Del Potro(ARG)[11]
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Ksenia Pervak(KAZ) vs. Na Li(CHN)[5]
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Francesca Schiavone(ITA)[10] vs. Laura Pous-Tio(ESP)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Alex Kuznetsov(USA) vs. Rafael Nadal(ESP)[2]

Margaret Court Arena 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - 1st Round
Casey Dellacqua(AUS) vs. Bojana Jovanovski(SRB)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Tomas Berdych(CZE)[7] vs. Albert Ramos(ESP)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Alexandr Dolgopolov(UKR)[13] vs. Greg Jones(AUS)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Laura Robson(GBR) vs. Jelena Jankovic(SRB)[13]

Margaret Court Arena 7:00 PM

Men's Singles - 1st Round
Jarkko Nieminen(FIN) vs. David Nalbandian(ARG)

Show Court 2 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - 1st Round
Bethanie Mattek-Sands(USA) vs. Agnieszka Radwanska(POL)[8]
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Stanislas Wawrinka(SUI)[21] vs. Benoit Paire(FRA)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Marcos Baghdatis(CYP) vs. Benjamin Becker(GER)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Ashleigh Barty(AUS) vs. Anna Tatishvili(GEO)

Show Court 3 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - 1st Round
Varvara Lepchenko(USA) vs. Daniela Hantuchova(SVK)[20]
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Mardy Fish(USA)[8] vs. Gilles Muller(LUX)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Aravane Rezai(FRA) vs. Shuai Peng(CHN)[16]
Men's Singles - 1st Round
John Isner(USA)[16] vs. Benjamin Mitchell(AUS)

Court 5 11:00 AM

Men's Singles - 1st Round
Albert Montanes(ESP) vs. Pere Riba(ESP)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Anastasiya Yakimova(BLR) vs. Romina Oprandi(ITA)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Olivier Rochus(BEL) vs. Bjorn Phau(GER)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Pauline Parmentier(FRA) vs. Alla Kudryavtseva(RUS)

Court 6 11:00 AM

Men's Singles - 1st Round
Lukasz Kubot(POL) vs. Nicolas Almagro(ESP)[10]
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Philipp Kohlschreiber(GER) vs. Juan Monaco(ARG)[25]
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Sofia Arvidsson(SWE) vs. Olivia Rogowska(AUS)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Alize Cornet(FRA) vs. Monica Niculescu(ROU)[31]

Court 7 11:00 AM

Men's Singles - 1st Round
Frederik Nielsen(DEN) vs. Kevin Anderson(RSA)[30]
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Polona Hercog(SLO) vs. Julia Goerges(GER)[22]
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Tommy Haas(GER) vs. Denis Kudla(USA)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Yanina Wickmayer(BEL)[28] vs. Galina Voskoboeva(KAZ)

Court 8 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - 1st Round
Kimiko Date-Krumm(JPN) vs. Eleni Daniilidou(GRE)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Ayumi Morita(JPN) vs. Petra Cetkovska(CZE)[32]
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Jeremy Chardy(FRA) vs. Grigor Dimitrov(BUL)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Tsvetana Pironkova(BUL vs. Sania Mirza(IND)

Court 10 11:00 AM

Men's Singles - 1st Round
Sergiy Stakhovsky(UKR) vs. Illya Marchenko(UKR)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner(AUT) vs. Olga Govortsova(BLR)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Alberta Brianti(ITA) vs. Irina Falconi(USA)
[B]Men's Singles - 1st Round[/B]
Eric Prodon(FRA) vs. Andreas Beck(GER)

Court 11 11:00 AM

Men's Singles - 1st Round
James Ward(GBR) vs. Blaz Kavcic(SLO)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Carlos Berlocq(ARG) vs. Jesse Huta Galung(NED)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Stephanie Foretz Gacon(FRA) vs. Elena Baltacha(GBR)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Anne Keothavong(GBR) vs. Mona Barthel(GER)

Court 13 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - 1st Round
Paula Ormaechea(ARG) vs. Simona Halep(ROU)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Flavia Pennetta(ITA)[19] vs. Nina Bratchikova(RUS)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Peter Gojowczyk(GER) vs. Donald Young(USA)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Florian Mayer(GER)[20] vs. Yen-Hsun Lu(TPE)

Court 15 11:00 AM

Men's Singles - 1st Round
Leonardo Mayer(ARG) vs. Feliciano Lopez(ESP)[18]
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Alejandro Falla(COL) vs. Fabio Fognini(ITA)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Iveta Benesova(CZE) vs. Mathilde Johansson(FRA)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Irena Pavlovic(FRA) vs. Marina Erakovic(NZL)

Court 18 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - 1st Round
Anabel Medina Garrigues(ESP)[26] vs. Eva Birnerova(CZE)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Jurgen Melzer(AUT)[31] vs. Ivo Karlovic(CRO)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Ivan Ljubicic(CRO)[28] vs. Lukas Lacko(SVK)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Kai-Chen Chang(TPE) vs. Petra Martic(CRO)

Court 19 11:00 AM

Men's Singles - 1st Round
Flavio Cipolla(ITA) vs. Nikolay Davydenko(RUS)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Kenny De Schepper(FRA) vs. Sam Querrey(USA)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Lucie Safarova(CZE)[24] vs. Christina McHale(USA)

Court 21 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - 1st Round
Arantxa Rus(NED) vs. Lesia Tsurenko(UKR)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Tobias Kamke(GER) vs. Victor Hanescu(ROU)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Florent Serra(FRA) vs. Steve Darcis(BEL)

**papadopul** · 01-15-2012, 05:25 AM

Why do they have Tommy Haas listed as GER instead of USA? Did they not hear of his US citizenship?

**AlistDakisa** · 01-15-2012, 06:01 AM

Why do they have Tommy Haas listed as GER instead of USA? Did they not hear of his US citizenship?

He switched back to playing for GER in 2011.

**K0aM7urg** · 01-15-2012, 10:03 AM

Has anyone heard what's happened with Florian Mayer? He seems to have been replaced by Rik de Voest in the draw on the AO site.

**FelixQY** · 01-15-2012, 12:12 PM

Has anyone heard what's happened with Florian Mayer? He seems to have been replaced by Rik de Voest in the draw on the AO site.

He withdrew because of a hip strain injury.

**Siffidiolla** · 01-15-2012, 09:02 PM

Lot of people are betting against this girl (Paula Ormachea, 19 ARG). Maybe they are right, but then again she qualified despite some solid opposition. I would be afraid...

**Siffidiolla** · 01-15-2012, 09:04 PM

By the way why did we omit Loser's lounge this year? I thought it was a fun tradition... My previous post would belong there.

**Lunims** · 01-16-2012, 12:18 AM

By the way why did we omit Loser's lounge this year? I thought it was a fun tradition... My previous post would belong there.

It's there!
...

TENNIS JUST STARTED YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Watson has won the first two points against Azarenka!

I'm watching online on ESPN3. They had the whole crew of commentators make bold predictions.

Gilbert: Andy Murray will win TWO slams and end the year at #1, thanks to Lendl.

Evert: Venus and Sharapova will win slams.

P Mac: No man will win two slams this year. Four different winners. He is also picking Azarenka to win the AO.

Shriver: BIG year for Federer. One or two slams.

Cahill: No American man or woman will win a slam this year.

MJ Fernandez: Murray wins a slam.

There were a few more that I forget.

**AlistDakisa** · 01-16-2012, 12:24 AM

I'm supposed to be working, but I couldn't resist looking at the ESPN predictions grid:

http://espn.go.com/sports/tennis/picks/_/tournament/8

I think I'm most boggled at two people pegging Gasquet as a sleeper. But perhaps I'm taking his pathetic show subpar performance at Sydney too much to heart.

**Finkevannon** · 01-16-2012, 12:27 AM

I'm supposed to be working, but I couldn't resist looking at the ESPN predictions grid:

http://espn.go.com/sports/tennis/picks/_/tournament/8

I think I'm most boggled at two people pegging Gasquet as a sleeper. But perhaps I'm taking his pathetic show subpar performance at Sydney too much to heart.

I think it's funny that some have the defending champion as a sleeper.

And no one has Kim or Serena as "early exits," despite their health issues and ages.

**Finkevannon** · 01-16-2012, 12:43 AM

Bethanie Mattek is really going for broke. I looked at this and thought Radwanska was a really bad matchup for her but she's started wonderfully.

**CuittisIL** · 01-16-2012, 12:54 AM

Bethanie Mattek is really going for broke. I looked at this and thought Radwanska was a really bad matchup for her but she's started wonderfully.

She sure has! S & V, big serving and coming in - she always seems tricky when she is on.

She just got broken serving for the set, hopefully that doesn't spell trouble for her

**ConoMadura** · 01-16-2012, 01:00 AM

Lot of people are betting against this girl (Paula Ormachea, 19 ARG). Maybe they are right, but then again she qualified despite some solid opposition. I would be afraid...

Ha.
Ha.
Haaaaaa.

Man, Suliso, you sure know how to jinx a LOT of people. Thanks.
(Losers' Lounge, here I (we) come)

**Finkevannon** · 01-16-2012, 01:03 AM

She sure has! S & V, big serving and coming in - she always seems tricky when she is on.

She just got broken serving for the set, hopefully that doesn't spell trouble for her

She's trying real hard to fight off the nerves.

**Finkevannon** · 01-16-2012, 01:08 AM

She's trying real hard to fight off the nerves.

She couldn't. Terrible shot to get broken back again.

**clapsoewmred** · 01-16-2012, 01:17 AM

Heather!

I was rooting for Vika but still wanted Watson to have a better showing than this.

**Lunims** · 01-16-2012, 01:21 AM

Mattek-Sands has really lost the plot. A Rad is up 5-1 in the tiebreaker.

M-S has a normal outfit but dyed some purple in her hair.

I'm calling this match Burly vs Surly.

**Finkevannon** · 01-16-2012, 01:26 AM

Bethanie's drop shot is the MVP of this first set.

**CuittisIL** · 01-16-2012, 01:26 AM

BMS is hangin tough...

**clapsoewmred** · 01-16-2012, 01:28 AM

I'm calling this match Burly vs Surly.

Yeah, people like Radwanska and Benesova have this strange thing going on. Extremely serious on court but then really fun off.

01-15-2012, 05:25 AM	#2
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01-15-2012, 10:03 AM	#4
K0aM7urg Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 378 Senior Member	Has anyone heard what's happened with Florian Mayer? He seems to have been replaced by Rik de Voest in the draw on the AO site. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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FelixQY Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 601 Senior Member	Has anyone heard what's happened with Florian Mayer? He seems to have been replaced by Rik de Voest in the draw on the AO site. He withdrew because of a hip strain injury. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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01-15-2012, 09:02 PM	#6
Siffidiolla Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 562 Senior Member	Lot of people are betting against this girl (Paula Ormachea, 19 ARG). Maybe they are right, but then again she qualified despite some solid opposition. I would be afraid... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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01-15-2012, 09:04 PM	#7
Siffidiolla Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 562 Senior Member	By the way why did we omit Loser's lounge this year? I thought it was a fun tradition... My previous post would belong there. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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01-16-2012, 12:18 AM	#8
Lunims Join Date Nov 2005 Location CA Posts 601 Senior Member	By the way why did we omit Loser's lounge this year? I thought it was a fun tradition... My previous post would belong there. It's there! ... TENNIS JUST STARTED YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Watson has won the first two points against Azarenka! I'm watching online on ESPN3. They had the whole crew of commentators make bold predictions. Gilbert: Andy Murray will win TWO slams and end the year at #1, thanks to Lendl. Evert: Venus and Sharapova will win slams. P Mac: No man will win two slams this year. Four different winners. He is also picking Azarenka to win the AO. Shriver: BIG year for Federer. One or two slams. Cahill: No American man or woman will win a slam this year. MJ Fernandez: Murray wins a slam. There were a few more that I forget. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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01-16-2012, 12:24 AM	#9
AlistDakisa Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 537 Senior Member	I'm supposed to be working, but I couldn't resist looking at the ESPN predictions grid: http://espn.go.com/sports/tennis/picks/_/tournament/8 I think I'm most boggled at two people pegging Gasquet as a sleeper. But perhaps I'm taking his pathetic show subpar performance at Sydney too much to heart. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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01-16-2012, 12:27 AM	#10
Finkevannon Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 461 Senior Member	I'm supposed to be working, but I couldn't resist looking at the ESPN predictions grid: http://espn.go.com/sports/tennis/picks/_/tournament/8 I think I'm most boggled at two people pegging Gasquet as a sleeper. But perhaps I'm taking his pathetic show subpar performance at Sydney too much to heart. I think it's funny that some have the defending champion as a sleeper. And no one has Kim or Serena as "early exits," despite their health issues and ages. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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Finkevannon Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 461 Senior Member	Bethanie Mattek is really going for broke. I looked at this and thought Radwanska was a really bad matchup for her but she's started wonderfully. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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01-16-2012, 12:54 AM	#12
CuittisIL Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 726 Senior Member	Bethanie Mattek is really going for broke. I looked at this and thought Radwanska was a really bad matchup for her but she's started wonderfully. She sure has! S & V, big serving and coming in - she always seems tricky when she is on. She just got broken serving for the set, hopefully that doesn't spell trouble for her Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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01-16-2012, 01:00 AM	#13
ConoMadura Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 380 Senior Member	Lot of people are betting against this girl (Paula Ormachea, 19 ARG). Maybe they are right, but then again she qualified despite some solid opposition. I would be afraid... Ha. Ha. Haaaaaa. Man, Suliso, you sure know how to jinx a LOT of people. Thanks. (Losers' Lounge, here I (we) come) Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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01-16-2012, 01:03 AM	#14
Finkevannon Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 461 Senior Member	She sure has! S & V, big serving and coming in - she always seems tricky when she is on. She just got broken serving for the set, hopefully that doesn't spell trouble for her She's trying real hard to fight off the nerves. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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01-16-2012, 01:08 AM	#15
Finkevannon Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 461 Senior Member	She's trying real hard to fight off the nerves. She couldn't. Terrible shot to get broken back again. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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01-16-2012, 01:17 AM	#16
clapsoewmred Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 618 Senior Member	Heather! I was rooting for Vika but still wanted Watson to have a better showing than this. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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01-16-2012, 01:21 AM	#17
Lunims Join Date Nov 2005 Location CA Posts 601 Senior Member	Mattek-Sands has really lost the plot. A Rad is up 5-1 in the tiebreaker. M-S has a normal outfit but dyed some purple in her hair. I'm calling this match Burly vs Surly. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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01-16-2012, 01:26 AM	#18
Finkevannon Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 461 Senior Member	Bethanie's drop shot is the MVP of this first set. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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CuittisIL Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 726 Senior Member	BMS is hangin tough... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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01-16-2012, 01:28 AM	#20
clapsoewmred Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 618 Senior Member	I'm calling this match Burly vs Surly. Yeah, people like Radwanska and Benesova have this strange thing going on. Extremely serious on court but then really fun off. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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