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chungwit
Golden Slam

Post subject: Australian Open

Posted: 13. January 2010 18:10

Joined: 29. April 2008
Posts: 11054
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Dates: January 18 - 31, 2010
Venue: Melbourne, Australia
Tier: Grand Slam
Prize Money: A$23.4 million
Surface: Hard/Outdoors
Tournament Director: Craig Tiley

Official Website: www.australianopen.com

2009 Performance: 3rd Round. Lost to Alize Cornet 4-6 6-4 6-2

Singles:
1R: (22) Daniela Hantuchova bt Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR) 3-6 6-1 7-5
2R: (22) Daniela Hantuchova bt Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 6-4 6-1
3R: (16) Li Na (CHN) bt (22) Daniela Hantuchova 7-5 3-6 6-2

Mixed Doubles with Daniel Nestor:
1R: (2) Daniela Hantuchova/Nestor bt Medina Garrigues/Sa 6-3 3-6 10-6
2R: Makarova/Levinsky bt (2) Daniela Hantuchova/Nestor walkover

Daniela Hantuchova is right about everything.

eddy
Golden Slam

Post subject: Re: Australian Open

Posted: 14. January 2010 01:24

Joined: 15. May 2008
Posts: 2460
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Go for it daniela!

BlueDragon
blue webmaster

Post subject: Re: Australian Open

Posted: 14. January 2010 02:23

Joined: 23. April 2008
Posts: 1385
Location: near Cologne, Germany
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i can't believe that her semifinal appearence is already two years ago.. it seems like being yesterday :lol:

Go for it daniela!
an easy quarter final win in two sets and completely live on Eurosport..
yeah, would be great to see a similar demonstration of good tennis again.

ArturJFC
Grand Slam Champion

Post subject: Re: Australian Open

Posted: 14. January 2010 05:19

Joined: 19. January 2009
Posts: 528
Location: Portugal
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|19. April 2025| 11:51

I'm not a downer but dunno why I have a really baaaaaad feeling about the draw

Anyway, I do believe that UNLESS she plays against Henin or Clijsters until R3, she has a good shot at reaching at least R4

BlueDragon
blue webmaster

Post subject: Re: Australian Open

Posted: 14. January 2010 15:36

Joined: 23. April 2008
Posts: 1385
Location: near Cologne, Germany
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Women’s seeds
1 Serena Williams USA
2 Dinara Safina RUS
3 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS
4 Caroline Wozniacki DEN
5 Elena Dementieva RUS
6 Venus Williams USA
7 Victoria Azarenka BLR
8 Jelena Jankovic SRB
9 Vera Zvonareva RUS
10 Agnieszka Radwanska POL
11 Marion Bartoli FRA
12 Flavia Pennetta ITA
13 Samantha Stosur AUS
14 Maria Sharapova RUS
15 Kim Clijsters BEL
16 Na Li CHN
17 Francesca Schiavone TA
18 Virginie Razzano FRA
19 Nadia Petrova RUS
20 Ana Ivanovic SRB
21 Sabine Lisicki GER
22 Daniela Hantuchova SVK
23 Dominika Cibulkova SVK
24 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP
25 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP
26 Aravane Rezai FRA
27 Alisa Kleybanova RUS
28 Elena Vesnina RUS
29 Shahar Peer ISR
30 Kateryna Bondarenko UKR
31 Alona Bondarenko UKR
32 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP

chungwit
Golden Slam

Post subject: Re: Australian Open

Posted: 14. January 2010 18:29

Joined: 29. April 2008
Posts: 11054
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The seeding hasn't worked out too badly and I think Daniela would have a good chance against against most of the 9- 16 seeds although Clijsters and Shazza would be very difficult opponents. However, Daniela's got to win a couple of matches before she gets to the third round and there are a few dangerous players that are unseeded - Henin and Wickmayer for example - so let's hope Daniela gets a decent draw.

Daniela Hantuchova is right about everything.

eddy
Golden Slam

Post subject: Re: Australian Open

Posted: 14. January 2010 18:30

Joined: 15. May 2008
Posts: 2460
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|19. April 2025| 13:51

Draws take place from 10:45am in Australia...so in the UK that's 11:45pm right?? I wanna stay up and watch it on the website but I always get confused with the time change...

chungwit
Golden Slam

Post subject: Re: Australian Open

Posted: 14. January 2010 18:32

Joined: 29. April 2008
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There's a little clock on the AO website that gives Melbourne time plus your local time.

Daniela Hantuchova is right about everything.

Nem66
banned

Post subject: Re: Australian Open

Posted: 14. January 2010 19:54

Joined: 26. September 2009
Posts: 10
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Let's do some analyzing here. Of the players in the 9-16 bracket, Daniela would have NO chance against Clijsters or Sharapova, unless they retired injured. She would be the underdog against Radwanska, Penetta but she'd have a slight chance of winning. Zvonareva is coming of a serious injury, so she's a question mark. Against Bartoli and Li she has a better chance, but not by much. And Stosur, well, she doesn't seem to be playing very well lately, but she would have the crowd on her side. All in all, I think Bartoli or Stosur would be the best draw for Daniela.

p.s.

Benji
Career Grand Slam

Post subject: Re: Australian Open

Posted: 14. January 2010 20:07

Joined: 27. August 2008
Posts: 1068
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I'm of the opinion that it never rains but it pours,so given the bad news I've had tennis wise this week(Nalby withdrawing,Rafa messing up a golden chance to win Doha) I firmly believe Daniela will have the following draw:

1R Henin
2R Wickmayer
3R Clijsters
4R S.Williams

I.A
Tier IV Title Holder

Post subject: Re: Australian Open

Posted: 14. January 2010 20:48

Joined: 07. January 2010
Posts: 28
Location: The Netherlands
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haha, let see if she can avoid Henin & Clijsters, that would be more than enough

mhs139
Tier II Title Holder

Post subject: Re: Australian Open

Posted: 15. January 2010 01:49

Joined: 08. January 2009
Posts: 177
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|19. April 2025| 07:51

Henin drew Flipkens 1st round with Dementieva in 2r; that should be a good match. Missed the live draw just getting live recap now.

pmrd44
Career Grand Slam

Post subject: Re: Australian Open

Posted: 15. January 2010 01:54

Joined: 28. April 2008
Posts: 828
Location: New Hampshire
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|19. April 2025| 06:51

Some notable first round matches:

Henin-Flipkens, as discussed above
Wozniacki-Wozniak, again and terrible luck for Alexandra as just missed getting seeded

Sharapova-Kirlilenko
Safina-Rybarikova - Dinara and Maria are in the same eighth of the draw.

Venus-Safarova
Serena-U. Radwanska - Williamses are in the same half

BlueDragon
blue webmaster

Post subject: Re: Australian Open

Posted: 15. January 2010 01:57

Joined: 23. April 2008
Posts: 1385
Location: near Cologne, Germany
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Some notable first round matches:
yeah, womens tennis is getting interesting again

Williamses are in the same half
im very happy about that

mhs139
Tier II Title Holder

Post subject: Re: Australian Open

Posted: 15. January 2010 01:59

Joined: 08. January 2009
Posts: 177
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|19. April 2025| 07:51

anyone know what Daniela's draw looks like?

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