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Golden Slam
 Post subject: Australian Open, Melbourne
PostPosted: 12. January 2011 18:36 
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Dates: January 17 - 30, 2011 image
Venue: Melbourne, Australia
Tier: Grand Slam
Prize Money: A$25 million
Surface: Hard/Outdoors
Tournament Director: Craig Tiley

Official Website: www.australianopen.com

2010 Performance: 3rd Round. Lost to Li Na 7-5 3-6 6-2

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1R:Regina Kulikova (RUS) bt Daniela Hantuchova 7-6(3) 3-6 9-7



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 Post subject: Re: Australian Open, Melbourne
PostPosted: 12. January 2011 18:42 
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Projected seeding:

1-Caroline Wozniacki
2-Vera Zvonareva
3-Kim Clijsters
4-Venus Williams
5-Samantha Stosur
6-Francesca Schiavone
7-Jelena Jankovic
8-Victoria Azarenka
9-Li Na
10-Shahar Peer
11-Justine Henin
12-Agnieszka Radwanska
13-Nadia Petrova
14-Maria Sharapova,
15-Marion Bartoli
16-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
17-Aravane Rezai
18-Maria Kirilenko
19-Ana Ivanovic
20-Kaia Kanepi
21-Yanina Wickmayer
22-Flavia Pennetta
23-Svetlana Kuznetsova
24-Alisa Kleybanova
25-Petra Kvitova
26-Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
27-Alexandra Dulgheru
28-Daniela Hantuchova
29-Dominika Cibulkova
30-Andrea Petkovic
31-Lucie Safarova
32-Tsvetana Pironkova


World No.21 Ana Ivanovic is in doubt with an abdominal injury that forced her to retire from the Hopman Cup.

World No.4 Serena Williams has withdrawn with an foot injury, No.9 Elena Dementieva retired at the end of 2010 and No.27 Zheng Jie withdrew with a wrist injury. If any further players withdraw with an injury, then World No.36 Alona Bondarenko will move into the seedings, however she is under an injury cloud as well after withdrawing from her title defence at the Hobart Open. The next player in line to be promoted to a seed after that is No.38 Julia Goerges, who moves in before No.37 Agnes Szavay who has withdrawn with an injury.



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 Post subject: Re: Australian Open, Melbourne
PostPosted: 13. January 2011 17:41 
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Official seeding announced. Daniela's 28th seed and the order is as projected.

The official draw for Australian Open 2011 will take place at Melbourne Park on Friday 14 January at 10.00am. Tennis legend and former world No.1 Ivan Lendl will be involved in the draw ceremony.

The official draw will also be streamed live on from 10.00am.




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 Post subject: Re: Australian Open, Melbourne
PostPosted: 13. January 2011 21:43 
Good luck Danka with the draw :) Luck is what she need this year in AO.


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 Post subject: Re: Australian Open, Melbourne
PostPosted: 14. January 2011 00:37 
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Dont know the players before the seed very much...

Azararenka is the seeded player Daniela will eventually meet



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 Post subject: Re: Australian Open, Melbourne
PostPosted: 14. January 2011 00:51 
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Dont know the players before the seed very much...

Azararenka is the seeded player Daniela will eventually meet

Not the best, but definitely not the worst as she could drawn Williams, Clijsters or Wozniacki. More importantly, there are no dangerous unseeded players between her and the third round:

[9] LI, Na CHN v ARVIDSSON, Sofia SWE
RODINA, Evgeniya RUS v [WC] ROGOWSKA, Olivia AUS
ONDRASKOVA, Zuzana CZE v [WC] DOKIC, Jelena AUS
ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA, Barbora CZE v [17] REZAI, Aravane FRA

[28] HANTUCHOVA, Daniela SVK v KULIKOVA, Regina RUS
SPREM, Karolina CRO v SCHEEPERS, Chanelle RSA
MAYR-ACHLEITNER, Patricia AUT v HLAVACKOVA, Andrea CZE
[Q] QUALIFIER v [8] AZARENKA, Victoria BLR


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 Post subject: Re: Australian Open, Melbourne
PostPosted: 14. January 2011 02:49 
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Providing she's fit it's actually a pretty darn good draw. If she can get to 3rd round then she could take vika out. Would be nice for dani vs li rematch and for dani to get revenge. But first she gotta get there. Don't know much about kulilova apart her awesome quarter final run in dubai last year where she beat kirilenko and kuzzy. She's definitely a fighter so if daniela's gotta really focus in round one.


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 Post subject: Re: Australian Open, Melbourne
PostPosted: 14. January 2011 07:59 
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It's a good draw but what really matters is Daniela's health. If she is fit, she will not have problems reaching third round. We'll see....


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 Post subject: Re: Australian Open, Melbourne
PostPosted: 14. January 2011 09:46 
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think it's a good draw :) i'm so excited about the AO and want to see her playing! :mrgreen:


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 Post subject: Re: Australian Open, Melbourne
PostPosted: 14. January 2011 12:49 
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about the draw as pmrd said,definetely unknown her form


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 Post subject: Re: Australian Open, Melbourne
PostPosted: 14. January 2011 13:26 
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I am going to Dani's first round which will most likely be tuesday, I am also going on thursday and saturday!!!!! Hopefully she makes it and I see her take VIKA OUT!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:



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 Post subject: Re: Australian Open, Melbourne
PostPosted: 14. January 2011 16:04 
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I don't really think she is able to take Azarenka out right now...


But like THOMAS said... If Daniela is healthy, she won't have troubles to get in 3R and we will see what happens then. :)


Good luck!



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 Post subject: Re: Australian Open, Melbourne
PostPosted: 14. January 2011 21:29 
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It's a decent enough draw. A lot depends on Daniela's health and fitness because she's not really fully fit and she's not had a full warm-up so it's difficult to know what level her form is. The achilles injury, even if she's recovered from it, would have truncated her training and warm-up for this. Kulikova had a few good wins in Dubai last year, like eddy said, and she beat Kleybanova at Wimbledon in 2009 but she hasn't done too much else. If Daniela's anywhere near her best she should win.

Sprem did beat Daniela at Amelia Island just before Daniela went out injured with her stress fracture, so Sprem can beat an unfit Daniela, but a healthy Daniela should have too much for Sprem. Daniela thrashed Scheepers in Seoul in 2009 and Scheepers hasn't beaten any good players since, except perhaps Dulko.

The first couple of rounds are pretty reasonable but Azarenka will be very tough in the third round. Hopefully Daniela's fit because if she is, she should get through the first couple of rounds, but any opponent has to be respected and she has to beat Kulikova. I'll feel a lot better with Daniela through the first round.


Liptak, "Hantuchova has acceptable ticket"
Reuters, 01/14/2011 16:22, Tennis, Talk (0)

Daniela Hantuchova is acceptable rival in the 1st round of the Australian Open, thinks her coach Matt Liptak.
Coach Slovakian tennis player Daniela Hantuchova expressed satisfaction by lot Australian Open, which in its first round of awarding a rival Russia Regina Kulikovovú. Matej Liptak believes his zverenka until the early struggles in Melbourne fully recovers from injury and left Achilles tendon in the season opening Grand Slam will be able to give full power.

"I think Daniela is quite acceptable lot. Kulikovová a toy that he has made quite a decent scalps when Vychytil day, can be dangerous. I believe that Daniela will be able to make outright performance, the leg will be fine and that build on their experience. It is important to any as soon as got into the rhythm of wrestling due to the fact that the injury could not have played many matches," said Liptak. Hantuchova withdrew because of injury to participate in the WTA tournament in Brisbane, Sydney, losing in the first round with the Spaniard Martinez Sanchez.
@ google translation.



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 Post subject: Australian Open, Melbourne
PostPosted: 14. January 2011 22:19 
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 Post subject: Re: Australian Open, Melbourne
PostPosted: 15. January 2011 14:21 
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Daniela will play doubles at Australian Open ?


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