[7kitthuptarill]

With the Australian Open 2012 Play-off just days away, another group of wildcards into the 6–11 December event has been announced.

Wildcards for the men’s event are led by former top 100 player Chris Guccione. Joining Guccione will be James Duckworth, James Lemke, Matt Reid, Michael Look, John-Patrick Smith, Isaac Frost, Sam Groth and John Peers.

The wildcards join direct entrants Greg Jones, Marinko Matosevic and Ben Mitchell in the main draw.

There are still 11 more wildcard places in the men’s field, which will be announced in the coming days. The final spot will be filled by the winner of the Optus 18s Australian Championships.

In the women’s event, Tammi Patterson, Daniella Dominikovic, Emelyn Starr and Alenka Hubacek have been awarded wildcards.

They join Casey Dellacqua, Olivia Rogowska, Isabella Holland, Sally Peers, Arina Rodionova and Bojana Bobusic in the women’s play-off.

There are just four wildcards remaining for the women’s event, the last spot will go to the winner of the Optus 18s Australian Championships.

[addisonnicogel]

If I read correctly, ESPN3.com will have coverage of this event starting at 6 PM USA EST on Monday

[clapsoewmred]

What happened to Monica Wejnert? I remember she beat Dokic in the playoffs couple of years ago and was a promising junior.

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Women's Entry List

Entries (41) Player Seed
Adamczak, Monique
Bai, Alison
Balint, Mary Ann
Barbir, Natalie
Baric, Nives
Barty, Ashleigh
Bengson, Stephanie
Billett, Erin
Bobusic, Bojana
Dellacqua, Casey
Dominikovic, Daniella
Gianotti, Marisa
Hadzic, Azra
Harris, Samantha
Holland, Isabella
Hubacek, Alenka
Hunia, Kataraina
James, Elizabeth
Keir, Ashley
Mckenna, Dael
Milosevic, Maya
Nathalia, Athena
Nowicki, Oriana
Panoho, Ebony
Patterson, Tammi
Peers, Sally
Putri, Kely Restiana
Rajicic, Viktorija
Rischbieth, Brooke
Rodionova, Arina
Rogowska, Olivia
Ruhrig, Georgiana
Ryan, Karis
Sanders, Storm
Scivetti, Daniela
Starr, Emelyn
Stojic, Stefani
Sumner, Ashling
Tredoux, Rachel
Wlodarczak, Karolina
Woolcock, Belinda

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Men's Entry List

Entries (52) Player Seed
Andrijic, Jay
Babanine, Alexander
Ball, Carsten
Banes, Maverick
Barton, Matthew
Bataljin, Lawrence
Bejar, Jonathan
Bolt, Alexander
Bomirasipet, Sachin K
Duckworth, James
Ebelthite, Colin
Ede, Simon
Feeney, Adam
Frost, Isaac
Groth, Samuel
Guccione, Chris
Harris, Andrew
Horton, Nick chisolm
Hubble, Adam
Johnson, Rhys
Jones, Greg
Jovanovic, Radomir
Kokkinakis, Thanasi
Kyrgios, Nicholas
Leeder-Chard, Aaron
Lemke, James
Lindahl, Nick
Look, Michael
Matosevic, Marinko
Mccloskey, Dylan
Mitchell, Benjamin
Moore, Brendan
Mott, Blake
O'Connell, Chris
Pavez, Hernán
Peers, John
Propoggia, Dane
Puodziunas, Scott
Puttergill, Calum
Reid, Matt
Richards, Mark
Saville, Luke
Schipanski, Jack
Smith, John-Patrick
Sunassee, Yovan Mayven
Swaysland, Joey
Thompson, Jordan
Tu, Li
Van Peperzeel, Gavin
Velickovic, Vuk
Wagland, Ben
Whittington, Andrew

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Women's Groups

Blue Group
Casey Dellacqua
Ashleigh Barty
Emelyn Starr
Stephanie Bengson

Magenta Group
Olivia Rogowska
Azra Hadzic
Belinda Woolcock
Daniella Jeflea

Yellow Group
Sally Peers
Bojana Bobusic
Storm Sanders
Viktorija Rajicic

Green Group
Isabella Holland (3)
Arina Rodionova
Rachel Tredoux
Alenka Hubacek


Men's Groups to follow ---

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Men's Playoff - Main Draw

Round 1

[1] NSW Greg Jones - Bye
QLD Gavin Van Peperzeel vs NSW Blake Mott
NSW Dane Propoggia vs VIC Andrew Harris
[6] VIC James Lemke - Bye

[3] QLD Benjamin Mitchell - Bye
NSW Matthew Barton vs NSW Brendan Moore
SA Luke Saville vs NSW Chris O'Connell
[5] NSW James Duckworth - Bye

[8] QLD Michael Look - Bye
QLD Isaac Frost vs VIC Andrew Whittington
QLD John-Patrick Smith vs QLD Maverick Banes
[4] VIC Chris Guccione - Bye

[7] NSW Matt Reid - Bye
ACT Nicholas Kyrgios vs SA Alexander Bolt
VIC John Peers vs VIC Samuel Groth
[2] VIC Marinko Matosevic - Bye

[zueqhbyhp]

Live Streaming Australian Open 2012 Play-off live

http://www.tennis.com.au/tournaments...live-streaming

Watch live streaming of the Australian Open 2012 Play-off live and free, right here from 6 to 11 December 2011.

Schedule

Tuesday 6 December

9:45-10:00 am

Australian Open 2012 Play-off Preview Show

10 am-6:00 pm

Australian Open 2012 Play-off live coverage


Wednesday 7 December

9:45-10:00 am

Australian Open 2012 Play-off Preview Show

10 am-6:00 pm

Australian Open 2012 Play-off live coverage


Thursday 8 December

9:45-10:00 am

Australian Open 2012 Play-off Preview Show

10 am-6:00 pm

Australian Open 2012 Play-off live coverage


Friday 9 December

9:45-10:00 am

Australian Open 2012 Play-off Preview Show

10 am-4 pm

Australian Open 2012 Play-off live coverage


Saturday 10 December

9:45-10:00 am

Australian Open 2012 Play-off Preview Show

10 am-1 pm

Australian Open 2012 Play-off live coverage

1:00-3:00 pm

Battle of the Codes featuring players from the AFL, NRL, Soccer, Rugby Union and more


Sunday 11 December

11:30 am-12 pm

Australian Open 2012 Play-off Preview Show

12-5 pm

Australian Open 2012 Play-off finals live coverage

5:00-5:15 pm

Australian Open 2012 Play-off Wrap Show

* Note: broadcast times are subject to change depending on scheduling and match finishing times.

[7kitthuptarill]

The above-mentioned livestream is from Court 6 and of pretty good quality, I think - a lot of buffering but not as bad as some I've watched. I am now watching JP Smith vs Maverick Banes --

here is the schedule from Court 6 for this evening:
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1. Starting at 10:00 AM AO2012 Men's Playoff - Main Draw John-Patrick Smith
- Maverick Banes

2. Followed by AO2012 Men's Playoff - Main Draw John Peers
- Samuel Groth

3. Not before 12:30 PM AO2012 Women's Playoff - Blue Group (A) Casey Dellacqua [1]
- Ashleigh Barty

4. Followed by AO2012 Men's Playoff - Main Draw Luke Saville
- Chris O'Connell

[FelixQY]

Barty d Dellacqua 6-3 6-3 . Dellacqua looked dead tired during the all match

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Women's Groups

Results - Day 1

Blue Group
Ashleigh Barty d Casey Dellacqua 63 63
Emelyn Starr [8] d Stephanie Bengson 76(4) 57 75

Yellow Group
Sally Peers d Victoria Rajcic 62 62
Storm Sanders d Bojana Bobusic 36 76(4) 63

Green Group
Isabella Holland [3] d Rachael Tredoux 63 60
Arina Rodionova [6] d Alenka Hubacek 62 60

Magenta Group
Olivia Rogowska [2] d Azra Hadzic 63 62
Belinda Woolcock d Daniella Jeflea [7] 26 75 63

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Men's Playoff - Main Draw

Round 1

[1] NSW Greg Jones - Bye
QLD Gavin Van Peperzeel d NSW Blake Mott 75 36 63
NSW Dane Propoggia d VIC Andrew Harris 63 64
[6] VIC James Lemke - Bye

[3] QLD Benjamin Mitchell - Bye
NSW Matthew Barton d NSW Brendan Moore 64 61
SA Luke Saville d NSW Chris O'Connell 26 64 64
[5] NSW James Duckworth - Bye

[8] QLD Michael Look - Bye
QLD Isaac Frost d VIC Andrew Whittington 75 63
QLD John-Patrick Smith d QLD Maverick Banes 61 63
[4] VIC Chris Guccione - Bye

[7] NSW Matt Reid - Bye
ACT Nicholas Kyrgios d SA Alexander Bolt 64 64
VIC Samuel Groth d VIC John Peers 64 61
[2] VIC Marinko Matosevic - Bye

[ergyuu]

is Arina Rodionova now an Aussie as well? I know older sister Anastasia plays for Australia, but I thought Arina still played as a Russian....

[7kitthuptarill]

There is a Visual Live Scoreboard that works well -
http://tournaments.tennis.com.au/livescore/scoreboard

Sadly I can no longer watch the live streaming, I keep getting a message that my band width is not wide enough to watch this video -

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Men's Playoff - Main Draw

Round 2

[1] NSW Greg Jones d QLD Gavin Van Peperzeel 62 63
NSW Dane Propoggia d [6] VIC James Lemke 64 76(4)
[3] QLD Benjamin Mitchell d NSW Matthew Barton 76(8) 75
[5] NSW James Duckworth d SA Luke Saville 62 62

[8] QLD Michael Look d QLD Isaac Frost 26 76(4) 60
QLD John-Patrick Smith d [4] VIC Chris Guccione 75 76(3)
ACT Nicholas Kyrgios d [7] NSW Matt Reid 75 36 62
[2] VIC Marinko Matosevic d VIC Samuel Groth 64 76(6)

[FelixQY]

There is a Visual Live Scoreboard that works well -
http://tournaments.tennis.com.au/livescore/scoreboard

Sadly I can no longer watch the live streaming, I keep getting a message that my band width is not wide enough to watch this video -

You can watch it live on youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/australi...?feature=watch maybe try it tomorrow. They have Dellacqua vs Barty archived

[7kitthuptarill]

Wednesday 7 December 2011

Australian Open 2012 Play-off – daily update
Day two of the Australian Open Play-off has seen John-Patrick Smith (Kelso, Qld) continue his impressive return to the Australian tennis circuit with a win over No.4 seed Chris Guccione (Greenvale, Vic) 7-5 7-6(3) this morning.

The two players had not faced each other previously but it was Smith who combated the 201 cm Guccione’s monster first serve in impressive fashion. Smith, ranked 441 in the world, said the round of 16 win was one of his most memorable to date. Read more on the match and watch the highlights here.

Top seed Greg Jones (Manly, NSW) coasted into the quarterfinals defeating Gavin Van Peperzeel (Sandstone Point, Qld) in straight sets 6-2 6-3. Read more on the match here.

In other matches No.2 seed Marinko Matosevic (Dandenong, Vic) defeated Sam Groth (Templestowe, Vic) 6-4 7-6 (6), [5] James Duckworth (Gordon, NSW) ousted Luke Saville (Barmera, SA) 6-2 6-2 and unseeded player Dane Propoggia (East Lakes, NSW) upset [6] James Lemke (Camberwell, Vic) 6-4 7-6(4).

In the women’s draw No.5 seed Bojana Bobusic (South Perth, WA) kept her Australian Open wildcard chances alive, cruising to victory over fourth seed Sally Peers (Glen Waverley, Vic) 6-2 6-2 in the second stage of round-robin matches today. Read more on the match here.

Ashleigh Barty (Springvale, Qld) continued her red-hot form with a 6-2 6-4 win over Stephanie Bengson (Albion Park, NSW) and in contention to reach the knockout round. Watch highlights of the match here.

Top seed Casey Dellacqua (Woodvale, WA) made amends for her shock loss to Barty yesterday, dropping only one game in her clash with [8] Emelyn Starr (Timbumburi, NSW).

Tomorrow is a rest day for the men. The women will play the third round robin as follows:
[1] Casey Dellacqua (WA) v Stephanie Bengson (NSW)
[3] Isabella Holland (Qld) v [6] Arina Rodionova
[4] Sally Peers (Vic) v Storm Sanders (WA)
[2] Olivia Rogowska (Vic) v Belinda Woolcock (Vic)
[8] Emelyn Starr (NSW) v Ashleigh Barty (Qld)
[5] Bojana Bobusic (WA) v Viktorija Rajicic (Vic)
Alenka Hubacek (Vic) v Alison Bai (ACT)
[7] Daniella Jeflea (nee Dominikovic) v Azra Hadzic (Vic)

View all AO2012 Play-off results here.

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Blue Group..............Matches W/L.....Sets W/L
Ashleigh Barty............................2/0................4/0
Casey Dellacqua.........................1/1................2/2
Emelyn Starr...............................1/1................2/3
Stephanie Bengson......................0/2................1/4

Magenta Group..............Matches W/L.....Sets W/L
Olivia Rogowska.........................2/0.................4/0
Belinda Woolcock........................1/1.................3/3
Azra Hadzic.................................1/1.................2/3
Daniella Jeflea.............................0/2.................1/4


Yellow Group..............Matches W/L.....Sets W/L
Bojana Bobusic.............................1/1..................2/2
Sally Peers...................................1/1...................2/2
Viktorija Rajicic..............................1/1..................2/2
Storm Sanders..............................1/1..................2/2

Green Group..............Matches W/L.....Sets W/L
Arina Rodionova...........................2/0..................4/0
Isabella Holland (3)......................2/0..................4/0
Alison Bai .....................................0/1..................0/2
Alenka Hubacek............................0/2..................0/4
Rachel Tredoux.wd........................0/1..................0/2

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Results - Day 2

Blue Group
Casey Dellacqua d Emelyn Starr [8] 60 61
Ashleigh Barty d Stephanie Bengson 62 64

Yellow Group -
Bojana Bobusic d Sally Peers 62 62
Victoria Rajcic d Storm Sanders 62 63

Green Group
Isabella Holland [3] d Alenka Hubacek 62 64
Arina Rodionova [6] d Alison Bai 60 64

Magenta Group
Olivia Rogowska [2] d Daniella Jeflea [7] 63 75
Azra Hadzic d Belinda Woolcock 75 36 60

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Results Day 3

Blue Group..............Matches W/L.....Sets W/L
Ashleigh Barty............................3/0................6/0
Casey Dellacqua.........................2/1................4/2
Emelyn Starr...............................1/2................2/5
Stephanie Bengson......................0/3................1/6

Magenta Group..............Matches W/L.....Sets W/L
Olivia Rogowska.........................3/0.................6/0
Daniella Jeflea.............................1/2.................3/4
Belinda Woolcock........................1/2.................3/5
Azra Hadzic.................................1/2.................2/5

Yellow Group..............Matches W/L.....Sets W/L
Bojana Bobusic.............................2/1..................5/3
Sally Peers...................................2/1...................4/2
Viktorija Rajicic..............................1/2..................3/4
Storm Sanders..............................1/2..................2/5

Green Group..............Matches W/L.....Sets W/L
Arina Rodionova...........................3/0..................6/1
Isabella Holland (3)......................2/1..................5/2
Alenka Hubacek............................1/2..................2/5
Alison Bai .....................................0/2..................1/4
Rachel Tredoux.wd........................0/1..................0/2