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Tournament Dates: 15 to 21 December 2008
Venue: Melbourne Park, Melbourne, VIC
Entry: Free
Draw: 16 player draw (Men & Women)
Format: Round Robin


Main draw: Sunday, December 14, 2008, 12:30 p.m.

2009 Australian Open Playoff-Men's Acceptances-Final

Entry deadline: December 12, 2008
Seeding: December 8, 2008

1 Luczak, Peter 156
2 Sirianni, Joseph 182
3 Smeets, Robert 199
4 Ball, Carsten 204
5 (WC) Ebelthite, Colin 256
6 (WC) Klein, Brydan 258
7 (WC) Groth, Samuel 265
8 (WC) Ebden, Matt 304
9 (WC) Matosevic, Marinko 335
10 (WC) Jones, Greg 413
11 (WC) Millman, John 558
12 McKenzie, Brendan 758 (Optus 18s Australian Singles Champion)
13 (WC) Tomic, Bernard 775
14 (WC) Kelly, Dayne 982
15 (WC) Propoggia, Dane 1058
16 (WC) Verryth, Mark 1668

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Groups - ATP

Blue
Luczak
Mckenzie
Jones
Klein

Green
Sirianni
Propoggia
Tomic
Ebelthite

Magenta
Smeets
Ebden
Millman
Matosevic

Yellow
Ball
Kelly
Verryth
Groth


http://www.tennis.com.au/pages/image...796.8466034143

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Monday Order of Play

http://www.tennis.com.au/pages/image...796.8137003125

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Australian Open 2009 Women's Play-off Group Blue

Jessica Moore
Brittany Sheed
Tyra Calderwood
Olivia Rogowska

Australian Open 2009 
Women's Play-off Group Green

Jelena Dokic
Sophie Letcher
Monika Wejnert
Marija Mirkovic

Australian Open 2009 
Women's Play-off Group Magenta

Sophie Ferguson
Alison Bai
Isabella Holland
Shannon Golds

Australian Open 2009 
Women's Play-off Group Yellow

Emelyn Starr
Jade Hopper
Mia Vriens
Anna Wishink

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Some early results from the official site.

Olivia Rogowska d Tyra Calderwood 6-3 6-1
Brittany Sheed d Jessica Moore 6-2 6-3
Brydan Klein d Greg Jones 7-6 6-1
Peter Luczak d Brendan McKenzie 6-2 6-3
Monika Wejnert d Marija Mirkovic 6-4 6-4
Jelena Dokic d Sophie Letcher 6-3 6-0
Joseph Sirianni d Dane Propoggia 7-5 6-1
Colin Ebelthite d Bernard Tomic 3-6 6-3 7-6(6)
Robert Smeets d Matt Ebden 6-2 6-0
Marinko Matosevic d John Millman 6-4 6-2
Sophie Ferguson d Alison Bai 6-2 6-1

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Some early results from American women's WC tournament:

Christina Mchale def Mallory Cecil 6-0, 6-1
Vania King def Coco Vandeweghe 7-6, 6-1
Madison Brengle def Asia Muhammad 6-0, 6-3
Gail Brodsky def Lauren Albanese 6-3, 6-3

Miserable results for both Coco and Asia. Absolutely nothing special about Vania or Madison...

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Results from Australia. One match still underway.

Bernard Tomic d Dane Propoggia 6-7 6-4 3-0 ret
Joseph Sirianni d Colin Ebelthite 7-5 7-6
Monika Wejnert d Jelena Dokic 4-6 6-3 6-4
Sophie Letcher d Marija Mirkovic 7-6 6-4
Jessica Moore d Tyra Calderwood 6-3 6-1
Brittany Sheed d Olivia Rogowska 6-1 6-4
Peter Luczak d Brydan Klein 6-2 6-4
Brendan Mckenzie d Greg Jones 7-5 7-6(4)
Anna Wishink d Emelyn Starr
7-5 6-3
Carsten Ball d Mark Verryth 6-3 6-1
Mia Vriens d Jade Hopper
6-4 6-4
Sam Groth
d Dayne Kelly 6-4 6-4
Marinko Matosevic d Robert Smeets
4-6 6-2 6-1
Matt Ebden v John Millman 6-1
Sophie Ferguson d Isabella Holland 6-3 6-2
Shannon Golds d Alison Bai
6-4 6-4

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Results from Australia. One match still underway.

Bernard Tomic d Dane Propoggia 6-7 6-4 3-0 ret
Joseph Sirianni d Colin Ebelthite 7-5 7-6
Monika Wejnert d Jelena Dokic 4-6 6-3 6-4
Sophie Letcher d Marija Mirkovic 7-6 6-4
Jessica Moore d Tyra Calderwood 6-3 6-1
Brittany Sheed d Olivia Rogowska 6-1 6-4
Peter Luczak d Brydan Klein 6-2 6-4
Brendan Mckenzie d Greg Jones 7-5 7-6(4)
Anna Wishink d Emelyn Starr
7-5 6-3
Carsten Ball d Mark Verryth 6-3 6-1
Mia Vriens d Jade Hopper
6-4 6-4
Sam Groth
d Dayne Kelly 6-4 6-4
Marinko Matosevic d Robert Smeets
4-6 6-2 6-1
Matt Ebden v John Millman 6-1
Sophie Ferguson d Isabella Holland 6-3 6-2
Shannon Golds d Alison Bai
6-4 6-4

Crap.

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Missin' reports on the match say that is exactly how Dokic played. She's 1-1 in her group now.

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Final score in the Ebden vs Millman match.

Matt Ebden d John Millman 6-1 7-5

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Wednesday order of play.

http://www.tennis.com.au/pages/image...796.8137003125

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Missin' reports on the match say that is exactly how Dokic played. She's 1-1 in her group now.

I see Sophie is playing Monika today. Wouldn't it be funny if Sophie (lost to Jelena in 1st round) defeats Monika (defeated Jelena yesterday)?

Tennis and it's unpredictability.....sometimes, you never know what is going to happen but I'm still rooting for Jelena.

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I'm in wait and see mode with her. When she plays a fuller schedule and doesn't look like she's going through the motions to con money out of get support from Tennis Australia I'll pay more attention to her.

I know she's a fave of yours but her "comeback" started the same way last year.

[SHpuntik]

I would have to think that with a ranking of 179, Dokic will get a WC into the AO anyway. Who else would they give them to?

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I would have to think that with a ranking of 179, Dokic will get a WC into the AO anyway. Who else would they give them to?

Maybe someone with a future?

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Maybe someone with a future?

And who would it be?

P.S. Are you going to keep your avatar if Nicole dominates the tour next year?

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There's lots of players at 1-1 now after Day 2. I'm still pulling for Jelena - she seems to really want it this time and that is a big factor, IMHO.

GO JELENA!!!!

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Updated Group Standings

Australian Open 2009 Men's Play-off - Group Blue
Standings ................Pts ..Sets ....Games
1 Peter Luczak ...........3 ...6 - 0 ....37 - 18
2 Brendan Mckenzie......2 ...4 - 3 ....35 - 39
3 Brydan Klein ............1 ...3 - 4 ....35 - 35
4 Stephen Hoh............0....0 - 2 ......7 - 13
W Greg Jones ..............0... 2 - 2 ....18 - 27

Australian Open 2009 Men's Play-off - Group Green
Standings ...............Pts ..Sets ....Games
1 Joseph Sirianni .......3 ....6 - 0 ....39 - 21
2 Colin Ebelthite ........1 ....3 - 4 ....34 - 37
3 Bernard Tomic ........1 ....3 - 5 ....34 - 39
4 Andrew Thomas ......1......1 - 1 ......7 - 8
W Dane Propoggia ......0 ....1 - 4 .....17 - 28

Australian Open 2009 Men's Play-off - Group Magenta
Standings ................Pts ..Sets ....Games
1 Marinko Matosevic ....2 ...5 - 3 ....39 - 33
2 Robert Smeets .........2 ...5 - 3 ...39 - 34
3 Matt Ebden .............2 ...4 - 3 ....33 - 34
4 John Millman ............0 ...1 - 6 ....28 - 43

Australian Open 2009 Men's Play-off - Group Yellow
Standings .................Pts ...Sets ....Games
1 Carsten Ball ..............2 ....5 - 2 ...41 - 26
2 Samuel Groth ............2 ....5 - 3 ...34 - 32
3 Andrew Gregory.........1.....2 - 1 ...15 - 10
4 Dayne Kelly ...............0 ....1 - 6 ...22 - 39
W Mark Verryth .............1 ....2 - 3 ...19 - 28

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Maybe someone with a future?

Funny words coming from someone who adores Zuz........

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Updated Women's Group Standings

Australian Open 2009 Women's Play-off - Group Blue
Standings ...............Pts ...Sets ....Games
1 Brittany Sheed ........3 ....6 - 0 ...36 - 15
2 Olivia Rogowska ......2 ....4 - 3 ....33 - 26
3 Jessica Moore .........1 ....3 - 4 ...27 - 32
4 Tyra Calderwood .....0 ....0 - 6 ....13 - 36

Australian Open 2009 Women's Play-off - Group Green
Standings ................Pts ..Sets ....Games
1 Monika Wejnert ........3 ...6 - 1 ...41 - 29
2 Jelena Dokic ............2 ...5 - 2 ...37 - 25
3 Sophie Letcher .........1 ...2 - 4 ...24 - 35
4 Marija Mirkovic .........0 ...0 - 6 ....24 - 37

Australian Open 2009 Women's Play-off - Group Magenta
Standings .................Pts ...Sets ....Games
1 Sophie Ferguson .......3 ....6 - 0 ...36 - 14
2 Isabella Holland .........2.....4 - 4 ...37 - 39
3 Shannon Golds ..........1 ....3 - 4 ...33 - 32
4 Alison Bai .................0 ....1 - 6 ....19 - 40

Australian Open 2009 Women's Play-off - Group Yellow
Standings ....................Pts ...Sets ....Games
1 Anna Wishink ...............3 ....6 - 0 ....37 - 15
2 Emelyn Starr ...............2 ....4 - 2 ....37 - 30
3 Mia Vriens ...................1 ....2 - 4 ....23 - 31
4 Jade Hopper ................0 ....0 - 6 ....21 - 37