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**mirvokrug** · 03-13-2011, 03:51 AM

Schedule

We are glad to present the 2011 Australian Open Wild Card Playoff hosted by the USTA and Racquet Club of the South. This year's tournament will be held from December 16th-18th with both Men's & Women's matches.

Friday, Dec. 16th

10:00 am - Women's Quarterfinals match #1 & #2
11:00 am - Women's Quarterfinals match #3 & #4
1:00 pm - Men's Quarterfinals match #1 & #2
2:00 pm - Men's Quarterfinals match #3 & #4
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm - Player Party ( Very limited tickets available. Friday tennis ticket to required to attend.)
¡6:00 pm - Doors Open
¡7:00 pm - World Team Tennis Exhibition begins

Saturday, Dec. 17th

10:00 am - 12:00pm - Kids Clinic ( Free to all Kids 18 and under)
1:00 pm - Women's Semifinal match #1 followed by Men's Semifinals match # 1
2:00 pm - Women's Semifinal match #2 followed by Men's Semifinals match #2

Sunday, Dec. 18th

1:00 pm - Women's Final followed by Men's Final

**mirvokrug** · 11-25-2011, 08:10 PM

Ginepri, Oudin among players participating in 2011 USTA Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs
November 11, 2011 04:11 PM

Robby Ginepri and Melanie Oudin are among the four women and three men who have been invited to participate in the 2011 Kia Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs, held December 16-18, at the Racquet Club of the South, a USTA Certified Regional Training Center in Atlanta. The complete field for the eight-man and eight-woman playoff will be announced as players are confirmed.

The USTA and Tennis Australia have a reciprocal agreement in which men’s and women’s singles main draw wild cards into the 2011 US Open and the 2012 Australian Open are exchanged.

The four women who will compete include: Oudin (Marietta, Ga.), who in 2009 became the youngest American to reach the quarterfinals at the US Open since Serena Williams in 1999, and who helped lead the U.S. to back-to-back Fed Cup finals in 2009-10; Jamie Hampton (Auburn, Ala.), who successfully qualified for the 2011 Australian Open and who reached a career-high WTA ranking of No. 116 in April; Alison Riske (McMurray, Pa.), who reached the quarterfinals of the 2011 Wimbledon tune-up event in Birmingham, England, and who has won two $50,000 events in France this year; and Coco Vandeweghe (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), who broke into the WTA top 100 this year and reached a career-high No. 89 in April. Vandeweghe won this event in 2009 to earn a wild card into the 2010 Australian Open, and also reached the final of last year’s event.

The three men invited to compete include: Ginepri (Marietta, Ga.), the only active American male besides Andy Roddick to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam event (2005 US Open), who is coming back from an arm injury that he suffered in 2010; Denis Kudla (Arlington, Va.), who reached the quarterfinals at the ATP World Tour event in Newport, R.I., in July; and Jack Sock (Lincoln, Neb.), who in 2010 became the first American to win the boys’ singles title at the US Open since Roddick in 2000.

Ryan Harrison and Lauren Davis won the 2010 playoffs to earn wild cards into the 2011 Australian Open.

**mirvokrug** · 12-13-2011, 03:25 AM

Match Schedule - Friday Dec 16

Stadium (7) 1st Match 11:00 AM
OUDIN, Melanie (4) vs. BRODSKY, Gail (5)
2nd Match Not Before 2:00 PM
GINEPRI, Robby (4) vs. JOHNSON, Steve (5)

Court (5) 10:00 AM
HAMPTON, Jamie (3) vs. KEYS, Madison (6)
Not Before 1:00 PM
KUDLA, Dennis (3) vs. SOCK, Jack (6)

Court (4) 11:00 AM
RISKE, Alison (2) vs. MIN, Grace (7)
Not Before 2:00 PM
LEVINE, Jesse (2) vs. KOSAKOWSKI, Daniel (7)

Court (2) 10:00 AM
VANDERWEGHE, Coco (1) vs. TOWNSEND, Taylor (8)
Not Before 1:00 PM
REYNOLDS, Bobby (1) vs. WILLIAMS, Rhyne (8)

***Match schedule subject to change based on injuries and illness

**mirvokrug** · 12-16-2011, 03:31 PM

Live Streaming
To see a live stream of the matches, please visit our channel at:
http://www.livestream.com/aowp

**KernJetenue** · 12-16-2011, 04:23 PM

Do you guys know if there is a place to get live updates of the scores? Thanks!

**FelixQY** · 12-16-2011, 07:32 PM

Do you guys know if there is a place to get live updates of the scores? Thanks!

Late but...I don't think there is a live score so twitter is probably your best option

https://twitter.com/#!/AussieWildCard
https://twitter.com/#!/zootennis
https://twitter.com/#!/TennisMaryland

**KernJetenue** · 12-16-2011, 07:37 PM

Thanks Omess!

**popillio** · 12-16-2011, 09:58 PM

Oudin lost to Brodsky.

**mirvokrug** · 12-16-2011, 10:26 PM

Quarterfinals

VANDEWEGHE, Coco (1) d TOWNSEND, Taylor (8) 64 64
BRODSKY, Gail (5) d OUDIN, Melanie (4) 64 46 64
KEYS, Madison (6) d HAMPTON, Jamie (3) 9-7 in 3rd
RISKE, Alison (2) d MIN, Grace (7) 60 60

WILLIAMS, Rhyne (8) d REYNOLDS, Bobby (1) 46 64 10-8
GINEPRI, Robby (4) d JOHNSON, Steve (5) 76(4) 60
KUDLA, Dennis (3) d SOCK, Jack (6) 36 76(4) 54 ret
LEVINE, Jesse (2) d KOSAKOWSKI, Daniel (7) 62 64

**mirvokrug** · 12-18-2011, 03:42 AM

Saturday Dec 17 Semifinals

Madison Keys d Alison Riske 36 64 61
Gail Brodsky d Coco Vandeweghe 63 36 97

Robby Ginepri d Rhyne Williams 75 62
Jesse Levine d Dennis Kudla 75 62

**mirvokrug** · 12-18-2011, 03:44 AM

Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs:
OOP Sunday, December 18, 2011

Women’s Final: 1:00 pm Stadium Court
(5) Gail Brodsky vs. (6) Madison Keys

Men’s Final to follow (best of 5 sets)
(2) Jesse Levine vs. (4) Robby Ginepri

Ti, aren't you pleased for Gail??

**Intockatt** · 12-18-2011, 05:42 AM

Oudin lost to Brodsky.

I'm pretty sure she'd lose to Monique Viele at this point.

**Marc Spilkintin** · 12-18-2011, 06:24 AM

Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs:
OOP Sunday, December 18, 2011

Women’s Final: 1:00 pm Stadium Court
(5) Gail Brodsky vs. (6) Madison Keys

Men’s Final to follow (best of 5 sets)
(2) Jesse Levine vs. (4) Robby Ginepri

Ti, aren't you pleased for Gail??

I'm very happy for her. I found her story on another site posted by "Meelis" with no source.

"It's always been my dream," Ms. Brodsky said before her practice session at the National Tennis Center in Flushing on Wednesday. "Ever since I was 6 we've been coming here every year. My dad's clients would always give him tickets because they knew he was so involved in my tennis. Sometimes we would even get box seats."

Mr. Brodsky's clients are not investment bankers or hedge fund managers who have financed his daughter's career. The story of the Brodskys, a Jewish family from Ukraine, is more compelling than that. When Mr. Brodsky arrived in America almost 17 years ago, he left behind his wife and infant daughter. He had $100 and a limited understanding of English. Back home, he was an accomplished competitive rower and an engineer who repaired ventilation systems. In America, he delivered pizzas. He worked for a furniture factory. Soon, he enrolled in a dog grooming school in Manhattan and took a job with Karen's for People & Pets on Lexington Avenue. In time, Mr. Brodsky obtained his own clients, and when his wife, Julia, a former gymnast, joined him in New York, he taught her the business. Gail stayed in Ukraine with her grandmother for a while longer. When the Brodskys could afford to reunite the family, Eduard reduced his clients by half and began to teach his daughter tennis.

**mirvokrug** · 12-18-2011, 03:43 PM

What a story! Who says the background "color" isn't important - what a life the Brodsky family has led! You just made me another of her fans!

**FelixQY** · 12-18-2011, 04:27 PM

More here http://www.nysun.com/new-york/for-a-...finally/84444/ Good story

**Marc Spilkintin** · 12-18-2011, 04:30 PM

More here http://www.nysun.com/new-york/for-a-...finally/84444/ Good story

Thanks for the link omess!

**mirvokrug** · 12-18-2011, 06:31 PM

They are in play - Keys leads 3 games to 1

**mirvokrug** · 12-18-2011, 06:45 PM

Brodsky fighting back -
Keys leads 5 games to 3, 1st set

**mirvokrug** · 12-18-2011, 06:48 PM

1st set to Keys, 6-3

**mirvokrug** · 12-18-2011, 07:24 PM

and the 2nd as well. Keys wins 63 64. Good match.

11-25-2011, 08:10 PM	#2
mirvokrug Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	2011 USTA AO Wild Card Playoffs Ginepri, Oudin among players participating in 2011 USTA Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs November 11, 2011 04:11 PM Robby Ginepri and Melanie Oudin are among the four women and three men who have been invited to participate in the 2011 Kia Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs, held December 16-18, at the Racquet Club of the South, a USTA Certified Regional Training Center in Atlanta. The complete field for the eight-man and eight-woman playoff will be announced as players are confirmed. The USTA and Tennis Australia have a reciprocal agreement in which men’s and women’s singles main draw wild cards into the 2011 US Open and the 2012 Australian Open are exchanged. The four women who will compete include: Oudin (Marietta, Ga.), who in 2009 became the youngest American to reach the quarterfinals at the US Open since Serena Williams in 1999, and who helped lead the U.S. to back-to-back Fed Cup finals in 2009-10; Jamie Hampton (Auburn, Ala.), who successfully qualified for the 2011 Australian Open and who reached a career-high WTA ranking of No. 116 in April; Alison Riske (McMurray, Pa.), who reached the quarterfinals of the 2011 Wimbledon tune-up event in Birmingham, England, and who has won two $50,000 events in France this year; and Coco Vandeweghe (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), who broke into the WTA top 100 this year and reached a career-high No. 89 in April. Vandeweghe won this event in 2009 to earn a wild card into the 2010 Australian Open, and also reached the final of last year’s event. The three men invited to compete include: Ginepri (Marietta, Ga.), the only active American male besides Andy Roddick to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam event (2005 US Open), who is coming back from an arm injury that he suffered in 2010; Denis Kudla (Arlington, Va.), who reached the quarterfinals at the ATP World Tour event in Newport, R.I., in July; and Jack Sock (Lincoln, Neb.), who in 2010 became the first American to win the boys’ singles title at the US Open since Roddick in 2000. Ryan Harrison and Lauren Davis won the 2010 playoffs to earn wild cards into the 2011 Australian Open. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-13-2011, 03:25 AM	#3
mirvokrug Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	Match Schedule - Friday Dec 16 Stadium (7) 1st Match 11:00 AM OUDIN, Melanie (4) vs. BRODSKY, Gail (5) 2nd Match Not Before 2:00 PM GINEPRI, Robby (4) vs. JOHNSON, Steve (5) Court (5) 10:00 AM HAMPTON, Jamie (3) vs. KEYS, Madison (6) Not Before 1:00 PM KUDLA, Dennis (3) vs. SOCK, Jack (6) Court (4) 11:00 AM RISKE, Alison (2) vs. MIN, Grace (7) Not Before 2:00 PM LEVINE, Jesse (2) vs. KOSAKOWSKI, Daniel (7) Court (2) 10:00 AM VANDERWEGHE, Coco (1) vs. TOWNSEND, Taylor (8) Not Before 1:00 PM REYNOLDS, Bobby (1) vs. WILLIAMS, Rhyne (8) ***Match schedule subject to change based on injuries and illness Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-16-2011, 03:31 PM	#4
mirvokrug Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	Live Streaming To see a live stream of the matches, please visit our channel at: http://www.livestream.com/aowp Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-16-2011, 04:23 PM	#5
KernJetenue Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 468 Senior Member	Do you guys know if there is a place to get live updates of the scores? Thanks! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-16-2011, 07:32 PM	#6
FelixQY Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 601 Senior Member	Do you guys know if there is a place to get live updates of the scores? Thanks! Late but...I don't think there is a live score so twitter is probably your best option https://twitter.com/#!/AussieWildCard https://twitter.com/#!/zootennis https://twitter.com/#!/TennisMaryland Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-16-2011, 07:37 PM	#7
KernJetenue Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 468 Senior Member	Thanks Omess! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-16-2011, 09:58 PM	#8
popillio Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 497 Senior Member	Oudin lost to Brodsky. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-16-2011, 10:26 PM	#9
mirvokrug Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	Quarterfinals VANDEWEGHE, Coco (1) d TOWNSEND, Taylor (8) 64 64 BRODSKY, Gail (5) d OUDIN, Melanie (4) 64 46 64 KEYS, Madison (6) d HAMPTON, Jamie (3) 9-7 in 3rd RISKE, Alison (2) d MIN, Grace (7) 60 60 WILLIAMS, Rhyne (8) d REYNOLDS, Bobby (1) 46 64 10-8 GINEPRI, Robby (4) d JOHNSON, Steve (5) 76(4) 60 KUDLA, Dennis (3) d SOCK, Jack (6) 36 76(4) 54 ret LEVINE, Jesse (2) d KOSAKOWSKI, Daniel (7) 62 64 Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-18-2011, 03:42 AM	#10
mirvokrug Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	Saturday Dec 17 Semifinals Madison Keys d Alison Riske 36 64 61 Gail Brodsky d Coco Vandeweghe 63 36 97 Robby Ginepri d Rhyne Williams 75 62 Jesse Levine d Dennis Kudla 75 62 Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-18-2011, 03:44 AM	#11
mirvokrug Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs: OOP Sunday, December 18, 2011 Women’s Final: 1:00 pm Stadium Court (5) Gail Brodsky vs. (6) Madison Keys Men’s Final to follow (best of 5 sets) (2) Jesse Levine vs. (4) Robby Ginepri Ti, aren't you pleased for Gail?? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-18-2011, 05:42 AM	#12
Intockatt Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 653 Senior Member	Oudin lost to Brodsky. I'm pretty sure she'd lose to Monique Viele at this point. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-18-2011, 06:24 AM	#13
Marc Spilkintin Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 538 Senior Member	Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs: OOP Sunday, December 18, 2011 Women’s Final: 1:00 pm Stadium Court (5) Gail Brodsky vs. (6) Madison Keys Men’s Final to follow (best of 5 sets) (2) Jesse Levine vs. (4) Robby Ginepri Ti, aren't you pleased for Gail?? I'm very happy for her. I found her story on another site posted by "Meelis" with no source. "It's always been my dream," Ms. Brodsky said before her practice session at the National Tennis Center in Flushing on Wednesday. "Ever since I was 6 we've been coming here every year. My dad's clients would always give him tickets because they knew he was so involved in my tennis. Sometimes we would even get box seats." Mr. Brodsky's clients are not investment bankers or hedge fund managers who have financed his daughter's career. The story of the Brodskys, a Jewish family from Ukraine, is more compelling than that. When Mr. Brodsky arrived in America almost 17 years ago, he left behind his wife and infant daughter. He had $100 and a limited understanding of English. Back home, he was an accomplished competitive rower and an engineer who repaired ventilation systems. In America, he delivered pizzas. He worked for a furniture factory. Soon, he enrolled in a dog grooming school in Manhattan and took a job with Karen's for People & Pets on Lexington Avenue. In time, Mr. Brodsky obtained his own clients, and when his wife, Julia, a former gymnast, joined him in New York, he taught her the business. Gail stayed in Ukraine with her grandmother for a while longer. When the Brodskys could afford to reunite the family, Eduard reduced his clients by half and began to teach his daughter tennis. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-18-2011, 03:43 PM	#14
mirvokrug Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	What a story! Who says the background "color" isn't important - what a life the Brodsky family has led! You just made me another of her fans! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-18-2011, 04:27 PM	#15
FelixQY Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 601 Senior Member	More here http://www.nysun.com/new-york/for-a-...finally/84444/ Good story Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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Marc Spilkintin Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 538 Senior Member	More here http://www.nysun.com/new-york/for-a-...finally/84444/ Good story Thanks for the link omess! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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mirvokrug Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	They are in play - Keys leads 3 games to 1 Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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mirvokrug Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	Brodsky fighting back - Keys leads 5 games to 3, 1st set Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-18-2011, 06:48 PM	#19
mirvokrug Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	1st set to Keys, 6-3 Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-18-2011, 07:24 PM	#20
mirvokrug Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	and the 2nd as well. Keys wins 63 64. Good match. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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