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Tournament: Apia International Sydney
Dates: January 8 - 13, 2012
Location: Sydney, Australia
Tier: Premier
Prize Money: $637,000
Surface: Hard/Outdoors
Tournament Director: Craig Watson

Caroline Wozniacki DEN No.1
Petra Kvitova CZE No. 2
Victoria Azarenka BLR No. 3
Li Na CHN No. 5
Samantha Stosur AUS No. 6
Vera Zvonareva RUS No. 7
Agnieszka Radwanska POL No. 8
Marion Bartoli FRA No. 9
Andrea Petkovic GER No. 10
Francesca Schiavone ITA No. 11
Jelena Jankovic SRB No. 14
Sabine Lisicki GER No. 15
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS No. 16
Shuai Peng CHN No. 17
Dominika Cibulkova SVK No. 18
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS No. 19
Flavia Pennetta ITA No. 20
Julia Georges GER No. 21
Ana Ivanovic SRB No. 22
Roberta Vinci ITA No. 23
WC Jelena Dokic No.66

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Tournament Name: Apia INTERNATIONAL
Location: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Dates: 9–14 JANUARY 2012 (Saturday Final/Combined Event)
Prize Money: USD $434,250
SITE: Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre
Rod Laver Drive, Sydney Olympic Park
NSW Australia 2127
SURFACE: Plexicushion
BALL: Wilson Australian Open
WEB SITE: www.apiainternational.com.au

Qualifying draw: Friday, January 6, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, January 7, Noon
Doubles draw: Saturday, January 7, 2:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250
F: 150
SF: 90
QF: 45
R16: 20 (Seeds 1-4: 0)
R32: 0
Q: +12
Q8: 6
Q16: 0
Q32: 0

Entry deadline: November 28, 2011
Seeding: January 2, 2011

1 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 11
2 Isner, John USA 18
3 Gasquet, Richard FRA 19
4 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 20
5 Troicki, Viktor SRB 21
6 Mayer, Florian GER 23
7 Granollers, Marcel ESP 27
8 Stepanek, Radek CZE 28
9 Bogomolov Jr., Alex RUS 34
10 Dodig, Ivan CRO 36
11 Seppi, Andreas ITA 38
12 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 40
13 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 44
14 Haase, Robin NED 45
15 Andujar, Pablo ESP 46
16 Fognini, Fabio ITA 48
17 Malisse, Xavier BEL 49
18 Benneteau, Julien FRA 52
19 Muller, Gilles LUX 54
20 (SE)
21 (SE)
22 (Q)
23 (Q)
24 (Q)
25 (Q)
26 (WC) Hewitt, Lleyton AUS
27 (WC) Ebden, Matt AUS
28 (WC)

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First Round WTA Qualifying

KIRILENKO, Maria RUS d LEPCHENKO, Varvara USA 16 62 76(5)
ARVIDSSON, Sofia SWE d SEMA, Erika JPN 63 67(4) 63
KLEPAC, Andreja SLO d BREMOND, Iryna FRA 62 62
DULGHERU, Alexandra ROU d ADAMCZAK, Monique AUS 64 61

KING, Vania USA d RUS, Arantxa NED 57 63 61
ORMAECHEA, Paula ARG d MAYR-ACHLEITNER, Patricia AUT 60 31 ret
RADWANSKA, Urszula POL d PEERS, Sally AUS 62 62
BENESOVA, Iveta CZE d DOMINGUEZ LINO, Lourdes ESP 76(0) 62

HERCOG, Polona SLO d BOGDAN, Elena ROU 76(3) 61
RAJICIC, Viktorija AUS d TATISHVILI, Anna GEO 63 46 64
MLADENOVIC, Kristina FRA d DUSHEVINA, Vera RUS 62 36 62
MAKAROVA, Ekaterina RUS d REZAI, Aravane FRA 62 ret

SCHEEPERS, Chanelle RSA d HADZIC, Azra AUS 63 60
RODIONOVA, Arina RUS d PATTERSON, Tammi AUS 76(3) 63
CORNET, Alize FRA d PIVOVAROVA, Anastasia RUS 62 41 ret
LUCIC, Mirjana CRO d YAKIMOVA, Anastasiya BLR 62 61

JOVANOVSKI, Bojana SRB d PASZEK, Tamira AUT 60 76(7)
RAZZANO, Virginie FRA d TANASUGARN, Tamarine THA 62 63
VOEGELE, Stefanie SUI d LARRIERE, Victoria FRA 63 63
KRAJICEK, Michaella NED d KEOTHAVONG, Anne GBR 62 26 75

ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA, Barbora CZE d MINELLA, Mandy LUX 63 57 76(4)
CZINK, Melinda HUN d SOLER-ESPINOSA, Silvia ESP 62 61
FORETZ GACON, Stephanie FRA d KUDRYAVTSEVA, Alla RUS 75 36 64
DANIILIDOU, Eleni GRE d PARMENTIER, Pauline FRA 64 63

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Qualifying - Sydney ATP

[1] KUBOT, Lukasz POL vs KUZNETSOV, Alex USA
REYNOLDS, Bobby USA vs STEBE, Cedrik-Marcel GER
MATOSEVIC, Marinko AUS vs KUKUSHKIN, Mikhail KAZ
MITCHELL, Benjamin AUS vs [7] MAYER, Leonardo ARG

[2] STAKHOVSKY, Sergiy UKR vs GIL, Frederico POR
ROBERT, Stephane FRA vs WC BARTON, Matthew AUS
BEGEMANN, Andre GER vs WC SAVILLE, Luke AUS
DELIC, Amer BIH vs [6] NIEMINEN, Jarkko FIN

[3] SWEETING, Ryan USA vs SOUZA, Joao BRA
JONES, Greg AUS vs BRANDS, Daniel GER
RUSSELL, Michael USA vs GREUL, Simon GER
HANESCU, Victor ROU vs [8] MAHUT, Nicolas FRA

[4] ISTOMIN, Denis UZB vs WC REID, Matt AUS
BORVANOV, Roman MDA vs HAJEK, Jan CZE
WC FEENEY, Adam AUS vs BECK, Karol SVK
ZOPP, Jurgen EST vs [5] DIMITROV, Grigor BUL

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ATP Main Draw

(1)Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)/bye
Ivan Dodig (CRO) vs Lukasz Kubot (POL)
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) vs Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
(WC)Matthew Ebden (AUS) vs (7)Marcel Granollers (ESP)

(4)Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/bye
Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs Julien Benneteau (FRA)
Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) vs Robin Haase (NED)
(WC)Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) vs (5)Viktor Troicki (SRB)

(6)Florian Mayer (GER) vs Gilles Muller (LUX)
Pablo Andujar (ESP) vs Qualifier
Qualifier vs Fabio Fognini (ITA)
(3)Richard Gasquet (FRA)/bye

(8)Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs Xavier Malisse (BEL)
Qualifier vs (WC)James Duckworth (AUS)
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) vs Qualifier
(2)John Isner (USA)/bye

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WTA Main Draw

[1] WOZNIACKI, Caroline DEN/BYE
CIBULKOVA, Dominika SVK vs PENG, Shuai CHN
PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia RUS vs PETKOVIC, Andrea GER
QUALIFIER vs [7] RADWANSKA, Agnieszka POL

[3] AZARENKA, Victoria BLR vs QUALIFIER
JANKOVIC, Jelena SRB vs GOERGES, Julia GER
WC DOKIC, Jelena AUS vs WC HOLLAND, Isabella AUS
QUALIFIER vs [8] BARTOLI, Marion FRA

[6] ZVONAREVA, Vera RUS vs KUZNETSOVA, Svetlana RUS
SAFAROVA, Lucie CZE vs IVANOVIC, Ana SRB
PENNETTA, Flavia ITA vs QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER vs [4] LI, Na CHN

[5] STOSUR, Samantha AUS vs SCHIAVONE, Francesca ITA
VINCI, Roberta ITA vs HANTUCHOVA, Daniela SVK
QUALIFIER vs LISICKI, Sabine GER
BYE/[2] KVITOVA, Petra CZE

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ATP Doubles Draw

(1)Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA) vs Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi/Jean-Julien Rojer (PAK/AHO)
Leander Paes/Radek Stepanek (IND/CZE) vs Fabio Fognini/Dmitry Tursunov (ITA/RUS)

(4)Robert Lindstedt/Horia Tecau (SWE/ROU) vs Ivan Dodig/Sergiy Stakhovsky (CRO/UKR)
Colin Fleming/Ross Hutchins (GBR) vs Marcel Granollers/Lukasz Kubot (ESP/POL)

Michael Kohlmann/Philipp Petzschner (GER) vs Xavier Malisse/Dick Norman (BEL)
(WC)Colin Ebelthite/Marinko Matosevic (AUS) vs (3)Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski (POL)

(WC)Matthew Ebden/Jarkko Nieminen (AUS/FIN) vs Pablo Andujar/Marc Lopez (ESP)
John Isner/Ryan Sweeting (USA) vs (2)Max Mirnyi/Daniel Nestor (BLR/CAN)

[ergyuu]

Schiavone-Stosur, Zvonereva-Kuznetsova! In the first round!

[papadopul]

THAT KIND of a draw eliminates half of our "good" picks before time to make predictions - LOL

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Order Of Play - Monday, January 9, 2012

Centre Court (from 11.00hrs)

1. Ekaterina Makarova vs. Li Na
2. Dominika Cibulkova vs. Peng Shuai (tbc)
3. Victoria Azarenka vs. Stefanie Voegele
4. Samantha Stosur vs. Francesca Schiavone
5. ATP: Ebden vs. Granollers

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)

1. ATP: Mayer vs. Müller
2. Vera Zvonareva vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova
3. Urszula Radwanska vs. Agnieszka Radwanska
4. Jelena Jankovic vs. Julia Goerges

Court 4 (from 12.30hrs)

1. Roberta Vinci vs. Daniela Hantuchova
2. ATP: Andújar vs. Istomin
3. Mirza/Vinci vs. Kudryavtseva/Makarova

Court 5 (from 11.00hrs)

1. ATP: Dodig vs. Kubot
2. ATP: Ebelthite/Matosevic vs. Fyrstenberg/Matkowski
3. ATP: Nieminen vs. Duckworth
4. ATP: Stakhovsky vs. Reynolds

Court 6 (from 11.00hrs)

1. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Andrea Petkovic
2. Polona Hercog vs. Marion Bartoli (NB 12.30hrs)
3. Melinda Czink vs. Chanelle Scheepers
4. Arvidsson/Dokic vs. Dulgheru/Krajicek

Court 8 (from 12.00hrs)

1. Alexandra Dulgheru vs. Sofia Arvidsson
2. Peschke/Srebotnik vs. Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova

*Lucky Losers Polona Hercog (SLO) & Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) replaced withdrawals Flavia Pennetta (ITA) & Sabine Lisicki (GER)

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WTA Doubles Draw

(1)Peschke/Srebotnik vs Benesova /Zahlavova Strycova
Mirza/Vinci vs Kudryavtseva/Makarova
(3)Dulko/Pennetta
vs Kops-Jones/Spears
WC Arvidsson/Dokic vs Dulgheru/Krajicek

Goerges/Groenefeld vs Grandin/Uhlirova
Hantuchova/A.Radwanska vs (4)Kirilenko/Petrova
WC Safarova/Zvonareva vs Dushevina/Llagostera Vives
Klepac/Rosolska vs (2)Huber/Raymond

[Vomephems]

I like Radwanska's chances in this one

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SCHEDULE - TUESDAY, 10 JANUARY, 2012

CENTRE COURT start 11:00 am

[1] C Wozniacki (DEN) vs D Cibulkova (SVK) - WTA
[LL] A Dulgheru (ROU) vs [2] P Kvitova (CZE) - WTA
[WC] J Dokic (AUS) vs [8] M Bartoli (FRA) - WTA
[WC] L Hewitt (AUS) vs [5] V Troicki (SRB) - ATP

COURT 1 start 11:00 am

[Q] C Scheepers (RSA) vs [4] N Li (CHN) - WTA
[8] R Stepanek (CZE) vs X Malisse (BEL) - ATP
D Tursunov (RUS) vs M Baghdatis (CYP) - ATP
Not Before 4:00 PM
[3] V Azarenka (BLR) vs J Jankovic (SRB) - WTA

COURT 4 start 11:00 am

[3] G Dulko (ARG) / F Pennetta (ITA) vs R Kops-Jones (USA) / A Spears (USA) - WTA
A Petkovic (GER) vs [7] A Radwanska (POL) - WTA
[4] R Lindstedt (SWE) / H Tecau (ROU) vs I Dodig (CRO) / S Stakhovsky (UKR) - ATP
[WC] L Safarova (CZE) / V Zvonareva (RUS) vs V Dushevina (RUS) / N Llagostera Vives (ESP) - WTA

COURT 5 start 11:00 am

S Kuznetsova (RUS) vs L Safarova (CZE) - WTA
F Schiavone (ITA) vs D Hantuchova (SVK) - WTA
Not Before 2:30 PM
J Isner (USA) / R Sweeting (USA) vs [2] M Mirnyi (BLR) / D Nestor (CAN) - ATP
D Hantuchova (SVK) / A Radwanska (POL) vs [4] M Kirilenko (RUS) / N Petrova (RUS) - WTA

COURT 6 start 11:00 am

A Seppi (ITA) vs J Benneteau (FRA) - ATP
[Q] M Russell (USA) vs F Fognini (ITA) - ATP
A Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) vs R Haase (NED) - ATP
J Goerges (GER) / A Groenefeld (GER) vs N Grandin (RSA) / V Uhlirova (CZE) - WTA

COURT 8 start 1:00 pm

C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR) vs M Granollers (ESP) / L Kubot (POL) - ATP
[WC] M Ebden (AUS) / J Nieminen (FIN) vs P Andujar (ESP) / M Lopez (ESP) - ATP

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RESULTS
Men's Singles - First Round
[WC] M Ebden (AUS) d [7] M Granollers (ESP) 61 36 63
L Kubot (POL) d I Dodig (CRO) 76(4) 75
*[LL] R Sweeting (USA) d G Muller (LUX) 36 76(2) 75
[Q] D Istomin (UZB) d P Andujar (ESP) 63 26 63
[Q] J Nieminen (FIN) d [WC] J Duckworth (AUS) 62 62
[Q] B Reynolds (USA) d S Stakhovsky (UKR) 75 63

*[LL] R Sweeting (USA) replaced [6] F Mayer (GER) - right hip

Men's Doubles - First Round
[WC] C Ebelthite (AUS) / M Matosevic (AUS) d [3] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) 76(4) 76(3)

Women's Singles - First Round
(3) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. (Q) Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 62 61
(4) Li Na (CHN) d. (Q) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 60 63
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. (5) Samantha Stosur (AUS) 62 64
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. (6) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 61 62
(7) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (Q) Urszula Radwanska (POL) 61 61
(8) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. (LL) Polona Hercog (SLO) 63 63
Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 62 63
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Julia Goerges (GER) 61 31 ret. (viral illness)
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Peng Shuai (CHN) 62 46 64
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) 75 62
(Q) Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) d. (Q) Melinda Czink (HUN) 64 62
(LL) Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) d. (Q) Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 61 61

Women's Doubles - First Round
(1) Peschke/Srebotnik (CZE/SLO) d. Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova (CZE/CZE) 64 16 10-4
Kudryavtseva/Makarova (RUS/RUS) d. Mirza/Vinci (IND/ITA) 63 46 10-8
(WC) Arvidsson/Dokic (SWE/AUS) d. Dulgheru/Krajicek (ROU/NED) 61 63

[CuittisIL]

Oh D.C That has gotta hurt, especiall after being up 4-0 in the 3rd. I'm sure the 10 DF's didn't help your cause

[AlistDakisa]

Darn it, Chanelle. For 1 1/3 sets, I was looking like a predictions genius.

[clapsoewmred]

Scheepers creepers Darn it, Chanelle. For 1 1/3 sets, I was looking like a predictions genius.

Corrected.

[Switiespils]

From 6-1, 3-1, Petra goes down in flames and loses a chance to claim the #1 ranking. Li Na did nothing special to turn the match around, except be consistent and hit down the center of the court.

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Sounds wide open!

[Lunims]

I think Kvitova may be better off losing now so she can go to the AO with a bit of extra rest.

I think she just has to reach the same round as Woz to pass her (mayyyybe do one better). With Wozniacki's injured wrist, and Kvitova's great form, it seems likely to happen.