Topic: MEN -- Australian Open 2013

[sid]

1 Djokovic, Novak SRB
2 Federer, Roger SUI
3 Murray, Andy GBR
OUT Nadal, Rafael ESP
5 Ferrer, David ESP
6 Berdych, Tomas CZE
7 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG
8 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA
9 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB
10 Gasquet, Richard FRA
11 Almagro, Nicolas ESP
12 Monaco, Juan ARG
13 Raonic, Milos CAN
14 Isner, John USA
15 Cilic, Marin CRO
16 Simon, Gilles FRA
17 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI
18 Dolgopolov, Alexandr UKR
19 Nishikori, Kei JPN
20 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER
21 Haas, Tommy GER
22 Querrey, Sam USA
23 Seppi, Andreas ITA
24 Verdasco, Fernando ESP
25 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS
26 Janowicz, Jerzy POL
OUT Fish, Mardy USA
28 Mayer, Florian GER
29 Melzer, Jurgen AUT
30 Klizan, Martin SVK
31 Stepanek, Radek CZE
32 Chardy, Jeremy FRA
33 Bellucci, Thomaz BRA
34 Granollers, Marcel ESP
35 Benneteau, Julien FRA
36 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP
37 Anderson, Kevin RSA
38 Troicki, Viktor SRB
OUT Roddick, Andy USA
40 Lopez, Feliciano ESP
41 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN
42 Andujar, Pablo ESP
43 Istomin, Denis UZB
44 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS
45 Fognini, Fabio ITA
46 Goffin, David BEL
47 Paire, Benoit FRA
48 Dimitrov, Grigor BUL
49 Matosevic, Marinko AUS
50 Ramos, Albert ESP
51 Robredo, Tommy ESP
52 Lacko, Lukas SVK
53 Tomic, Bernard AUS
54 Llodra, Michael FRA
55 Falla, Alejandro COL
56 Zemlja, Grega SLO
57 Haase, Robin NED
58 Giraldo, Santiago COL
59 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA
60 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE
61 Soeda, Go JPN
62 Baker, Brian USA
63 Hanescu, Victor ROU
64 Malisse, Xavier BEL
65 Lorenzi, Paolo ITA
66 Becker, Benjamin GER
67 Berlocq, Carlos ARG
68 Muller, Gilles LUX
69 Sijsling, Igor NED
70 Harrison, Ryan USA
71 Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP
72 Mayer, Leonardo ARG
73 Dodig, Ivan CRO
74 Rosol, Lukas CZE
75 Kubot, Lukasz POL
76 Phau, Bjorn GER
77 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP
78 Monfils, Gael FRA
79 Kuznetsov, Andrey RUS
80 Ito, Tatsuma JPN
81 Bautista-Agut, Roberto ESP
82 Donskoy, Evgeny RUS
83 Nalbandian, David ARG
84 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS
85 Bolelli, Simone ITA
86 Zeballos, Horacio ARG
87 Devvarman, Somdev IND
88 Bedene, Aljaz SLO
89 Russell, Michael USA
90 Volandri, Filippo ITA
OUT Zopp, Jurgen EST
92 Rochus, Olivier BEL
93 Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP
94 Rufin, Guillaume FRA
95 Darcis, Steve BEL
96 Kavcic, Blaz SLO
97 Cipolla, Flavio ITA
98 Montanes, Albert ESP
99 Pella, Guido ARG
100 Kamke, Tobias GER
101 Ungur, Adrian ROU
102 Karlovic, Ivo CRO
103 Sousa, Joao POR
104 Roger-Vasselin, Edouard FRA

[swish]

It seems Isner is out. Knee problems.

[RoosterGerman]

unseeded players that no-one wants to draw:

- Dimitrov
- Monfils
- Tomic
- Paire

forget about Goffin, Davydenko and Hewitt

add Gilles Muller, Ryan Harrison and Rosol as wildcards. All in looks like the first couple of rounds will very weak which is a shame. After Isner's withdrawal everyone gets bumped a seed which means Jersey gets the 24th seed. Therefore he won't be able to face the big 3 in the thrid round which ends our hopes of seeing a blockbuster first weekend match there.Only Baghdatis can provide as the other lower seeds are very week (Granollers Seriously! - he is fodder). Gone are the days when middle weekend matches like Federer/Roddick vs Safin, Gonzalez-Gasquet take place. Nishikori gets bumped to number 16 which also means he will miss what could be a potentially intriguing match with a higher seed. Isner's injury really messed things up here, he will be missed, like Roddick. First time in ages these two won't be here.

Lets look at the injuries...so far (hopefully guys like Monaco and Tipsaveric don't pull out)

Fish - gets a pass. Nothing he can do there
Soderling - same thing
Roddick - retired
Nadal - could have played imo, i know he wants to miss (doesn't believe he can win) but an appearance would have been nice
Nalbandian - no reason why he isn't playing. Disgraceful
Isner - See Nadal. Should be playing. Who cares about Davis-Cup. Poor timing to have it right after a slam. Notice to absences due to that comp
Zopp - who cares

Blake vs Young in qualies tomorrow. I will be there, what a match! draw as well. Some thing i am hoping for...

Baghdatis lands in Tsonga's quarter
Hewitt gets Murray early on
Harrison draws Murray again. Like that match up.
Djokovic vs Rosol round one.
Monfils gets Federer in opening rounds. Or Dimitrov gets Federer
Dimitrov DOESN"T get either Djokovic or Murray
Mathieu vs Tsonga round one
Tomic vs Matosevic round two.
Raonic vs Monfils
Haas vs cilic scheduled to play round 3
davydenko vs Del-potro early on
delpotro to play another argentine
simon vs dolgopolov round 3
lopez vs Del-potro early on
fognini vs Monatanes

[Tennis4you]

unseeded players that no-one wants to draw:

- Dimitrov
- Monfils
- Tomic
- Paire

And Baker

[Alex]

can't wait till tomorrow to see the draw. I want Nole or Murray (Fed too) to 'meet' with Tomic and destroy his brat a$$. I want this so badly  .

I also hope Nole and Murray will not meet before the final.
I would love to see Hewitt go deep. same with Dimitrov.

I want Almagro to be out in R1 because Babs likes him 
I want to win lottery  , just need some extra cash 

[euroka1]

I always need to have someone to dislike on the tennis tour and that has been rather hard lately. 

But it looks like Bernard Tomic is moving into that place, especially as he seems to be doing well in Sydney.   

It is a curious phenomenon in life that personality types stay more or less the same as individual people move in and eventually out of them. 

[Dallas]

Well, it's Roger/Murray on the same side;  and Novak/Ferrer on the same side.

[Babblelot]

Well, it's Roger/Murray on the same side;  and Novak/Ferrer on the same side.

I think that's got conpiracy written all over it but we'll have to wait until sid weighs in and clears things up.

LOL at Alex. 

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[Gawdblessya]

I think that's got conpiracy written all over it ..........

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     To use a favoured word of some,  the draw has "cakewalk" emblazoned on the Djokovic side!!   

To be serious for a moment, Djokovic was my pick for the title before & this draw cements it for him in my view. He ought to be fresh as a daisy for the final.  Federer / Murray have more of a challenge, which should provide some good matches.

Isner is out - withdrawn. 

[Dallas]

I just watched James Blake lose to Donald Young...   I was pulling for James...but to no avail.  He lost in straight sets.

[Dallas]

I think that's got conpiracy written all over it ..........

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     To use a favoured word of some,  the draw has "cakewalk" emblazoned on the Djokovic side!!   

To be serious for a moment, Djokovic was my pick for the title before & this draw cements it for him in my view. He ought to be fresh as a daisy for the final.  Federer / Murray have more of a challenge, which should provide some good matches.

Isner is out - withdrawn.

It could be Murray vs Del Potro....vs Federer...vs Djokovic.... Tough road.  I hope it won't get to that though.

[Jamesdster]

I have always liked Paul henri-Mathieu.  He got a terrible draw getting Djoko in rd 1! 

[Babblelot]

I think the French have got a case! 

All in Roger's quarter:

1R Tsonga (FRA) v. Llodra (FRA)

Potential 2R Ouanna (FRA)  v. Gasquet (FRA)

Potential 3R Tsonga v. Gasquet

1R Paire (FRA) v. Roger



Also 1R Djokovic v. PHM (FRA). Benetteau (FRA) got a nice draw in Tipsaravic's quarter, and Chardy (FRA) and Simon (FRA) did alright in Murray's quarter. Monfils (FRA), of all people, got the best draw of all, but he's also in Murray's quarter. As a group, none have a good chance of getting past 4R. I have little belief in Tsonga these days.

[Alex]

ouch, really tough draw for Fed (probably the most difficult one ever btw). Murray's path, ouch too ... 

Djokovic, easy, very easy ... I don't remember that he's ever had such an easy draw at slams before. Just let him show up in the final, not sure why even bother playing early rounds  .

MTF is exploding right now, they think the draw is 100% rigged  ... oh boy

[HarryWild]

Donald Young beat James Blake in the second round of the pre-qualifying.  If he wins in the third; he is in!

[RoosterGerman]

poor draw imo. Tipsaveric vs Hewitt and Monfils vs Dolgo i like those but outside of then there is nothing? only feature match in round 2 would be Davydenko vs Federer. Shaping up to be the most uninspiring round two ever, cheers John Isner! his absence really created holes in the draw such as messing around seeds.

Dimitrov's draw annoys me. It's boring and will most likely take place on the outer courts. I for whatever reason why depseratly holding out for the Federer blockbuster in round one or two...ah well it was not meant to be.

[Djokovic Champion]

Despite being the Australian Open be Grand Slam of surprise, Djokovic, Federer or Murray should win the title, I do not see anyone able to beat them. I think Djokovic and Federer must make the final.

[sid]

Rogers draw looks ok but Raonic could be alkward,winner might have Tsonga looking forward to this match.Djokovic has a dream draw & only Birdman might make things alkward.Ferrer should go deep but Ivo might be alkward,also Hewitt looks like he playing his better tennis once more,but has Tipsarevic,that's a hard match for both.Murray could face Monfils then potty or Cilic.Potty could lose to Cilic he's not a great draw for him.Murray does not always start quick & might need 4 sets to get rid of Haase.

[Tennis4you]

Whooooo hooooo!  Been waiting or the next slam to start up!!!!!!!

[Dallas]

I'm ready for it to start too. Directv already said they will have the 6 channels ready to go on Sunday!

My prediction is that none of the players who are currently playing the tournaments this week will go deep in the Upcoming Slam.


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