Topic: AO 2005 - Men's Draw

[kungpaobenji27]

OK.  ESPN SERIOUSLY NEEDS TO GO TO HELL.  THEY ARE SHOWING SPORTSCENTER ON ESPN1 AND SOME STUPID POKER SITCOM INSTEAD OF ANDRE AGASSI'S FIRST ROUND MATCH LIVE ON PRIMETIME.  WELL, F ESPN!

[Arcforce]

I dunno Scott. Federer looked a bit rattled out there during the end of the 1st set/ Beginning of the second set. That's all I saw of the match but Federer kept going back and forth w. Santoro. I know that's the effect he usually has on all players so for the Fed to struggle w. it shouldnt be surprising but u expect the brilliance fo Federer to dominate anyone, frankly. It was just surprising to see him struggle a tad..even if the score still looked otherwise.

I know. What the heck is up w. that? Their schedule said they would be showing matches from 11pm -- 2am today (Sunday the 16th). Ughur...ESPN is really starting to piss me off as well.

[BitterBlueBong]

Both Federer and Agassi won pretty easily. We've been talking about Moya's disappointing results, and up to this point he's down a set and 4-1 to Garcia-Lopez(!).

[gary2414]

The reason ESPN2 is not showing Andre live at the moment is because they moved up their three hours of coverage from the usual 11:00 PM EST time to 7:00 PM EST for this Sunday evening and next Sunday evening.  My paper lists if correctly as well as the ESPN site.  With the NHL shut down ESPN thought many tennis fans back east would welcom the earlier time.  Andre will probably be seen at 2:00 PM on Monday.  This earlier move proved a good idea since they had Serena and Roger matches both complete since they were lopsided.   In fact they stayed an extra five minutes on the air.

[Arcforce]

Roger Federer (1) def. Fabrice Santoro 6-1, 6-1, 6-2  
 Marat Safin (4) vs. Novak Djokovic  
 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez leads Carlos Moya (5) 7-5, 6-3, 2-5
 Andre Agassi (8) def. Dieter Kindlmann 6-4, 6-3, 6-0
 Gaston Gaudio (10) def. Justin Gimelstob 7-6 (7-3), 6-4, 6-3
 Joachim Johansson (11) is tied with Sjeng Schalken 5-5  
 Tommy Robredo (13) def. Scott Draper 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
 Tommy Haas (16) vs. Xavier Malisse  
 Dominik Hrbaty (20) def. Robin Soderling 6-4, 6-2, 1-0 retired
 Nicolas Kiefer (21) vs. Olivier Rochus  
 Ivan Ljubicic (22) def. Luis Horna 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
 Feliciano Lopez (24) vs. Paul Baccanello  
 Potito Starace leads Paradorn Srichaphan (27) 6-1, 2-4
 Mario Ancic (28) def. Oscar Hernandez 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
 Taylor Dent (29) def. Florent Serra 7-5, 6-2, 6-4
 Thomas Johansson (30) def. Peter Luczak 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
 Juan Monaco leads Mardy Fish 6-2, 0-6, 3-1
 Gael Monfils def. Robby Ginepri 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
 Kevin Kim leads Hyung-Taik Lee 3-6, 6-4, 5-2
 Peter Wessels def. Yen-Hsun Lu 6-3, 6-4, 6-4  
 Bjorn Phau def. Albert Costa 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
 Takao Suzuki def. Jan-Michael Gambill 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
 Davide Sanguinetti vs. Jarkko Nieminen  
 Todd Reid vs. Karol Beck  
 Marcos Baghdatis def. Federico Luzzi 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
 David Sanchez is tied with Sargis Sargsian 4-4
 Tomas Zib def. Yeu-Tzuoo Wang 7-6 (7-5), 6-2, 6-4
 Janko Tipsarevic leads Daniele Bracciali 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (8-6), 3-6
 Agustin Calleri def. Max Mirnyi 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
 Olivier Patience is tied with Rainer Schuettler 4-4
 Bohdan Ulihrach def. Ivo Karlovic 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 7-5, 6-2
 Thomas Enqvist is tied with Michal Tabara 6-3, 2-6, 3-3

Women's Singles - First Round
Match Result
 Amelie Mauresmo (2) vs. Samantha Stosur  
 Maria Sharapova (4) vs. Sesil Karatancheva  
 Svetlana Kuznetsova (5) def. Jessica Kirkland 6-1, 6-1
 Serena Williams (7) def. Camille Pin 6-1, 6-1
 Vera Zvonareva (9) leads with Nannan Liu 6-4, 4-1
 Nadia Petrova (11) leads Virgnie Razzano 4-1
 Silvia Farina Elia (15) def. Julia Schruff 6-3, 6-4
 Martina Sucha def. Ai Sugiyama (16) 7-5, 6-4
 Fabiola Zuluaga (17) def. Selima Sfar 6-3, 7-5
 Amy Frazier (21) vs. Marissa Irvin  
 Magdalena Maleeva (22) leads Magui Serna 6-1, 4-0
 Stephanie Cohen-Aloro def. Mary Pierce (24) 6-2, 6-2
 Shinobu Asagoe (28) def. Anca Barna 6-4, 6-2
 Gisela Dulko (29) leads Kristina Brandi 5-3
 Petra Mandula def. Flavia Pennetta (30) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
 Iveta Benesova (32) vs. Ana Ivanovic  
 Jill Craybas leads Vera Douchevina 3-0
 Lindsay Lee-Waters vs. Zsofia Gubacsi  
 Sophie Ferguson def. Nuria Llagostera Vives 2-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4
 Sania Mirza def. Cindy Watson 3-6, 6-3, 6-0
 Jie Zheng vs. Dinara Safina  
 Na Li def. Laura Granville 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
 Alina Jidkova def. Virginia Ruano Pascual 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
 Marta Domachowska leads Ting Li 6-1, 3-6, 3-0
 Dally Randriantefy def. Zuzana Ondraskova 6-1, 6-1
 Mariana Diaz-Oliva vs. Saori Obata  
 Elena Baltacha def. Katarina Srebotnik 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
 Maria Kirilenko vs. Aniko Kapros  
 Evgenia Linetskaya def. Lubomira Kurhajcova 6-4, 6-1
 Marion Bartoli def. Claudine Schaul 6-1, 6-3  
 Anna-Lena Groenefeld def. Severine Beltrame 6-1, 6-3
 Denisa Chladkova vs. Silvija Talaja

[MC ill Logic]

Lucky for me I have Federer/Santoro on my Tivo, and I'll probably keep it there for a while.  

I've only watched the first set so far and, I've gotta tell you, I don't know if I've ever seen so bad an ass whooping between two legitimate top 50 players.

[MC ill Logic]

Kevin Kim beat Hyung-Taik Lee in five sets.  This must have been the first time two Koreans have met in a Grand Slam match.  Kevin Kim is American, but still.  

Gael is already proving himself to be a solid tour player.  Ginepri is no joke on hard courts.  Ahhhh, to be 18 and winning your first Grand Slam match under the bright Australian sun... Lucky bastard.

Qualifier Bjorn Phau lost in the last round of the qualies, so why did he get the chance to beat Costa, setting up a second rounder against Mario Ancic.  That is going to be an entertaining match.  Phau is a little German Asian guy, about 5'7" or so, and he swings for the fences on every shot.  When he's on he's just ripping winners left and right.  It should be in interesting contrast to Mario's smooth all court game.

Federer's match against Suzuki should be hella good, too.  Those Japanese guys grow on you.  Every year at the US Open qualies there they were, these really friendly players who looked like they were enjoying every minute on the court.  Great sportsman.  It's hard not to cheer for them.  

Baghdatis plays Ljubicic next round.  Baghadatis was the number one junior in 2003.  They showed one of his matches at the US Open and he seems to have a Guga-like, smiley joy for the game.

[Tennis4you]

Looks like Agassi slid through very easily winning 6-0 in the 3rd.  I didn't hear the final results from Moya's match yet, but how disappointing...

Fed did struggle at the beginning of the second set, but it was still a raping.  He won the first 12 points of the match.  He was never in trouble.

[Tennis4you]

I didn't know Monfils laid the smack down last night...

In other matches, world junior champion Gael Monfils made use of his wild card with a magnificent 1-6 6-3 6-4 7-6 (8-6) win over American Robby Ginepri.

[sraj87]

Moya is out guys-  I cannot believe he lost to a fellow Spaniard (he had won 15 straight against compatriots) and to a qualifier no less.

[Lori]

Oh I like Davenport, but as I said in the other thread, there's something in me that loves it when the favorites lose early.

When the favorites loses in the first round..Then the tournement is not so interesting to me

[Arcforce]

I didn't know Monfils laid the smack down last night...

Did ANYONE read my last post w. all the results? lol I even put it in bold that Monfils won.

[Tennis4you]

I read it  

[Lori]

Bad draw for Clement as well.  This is his 3rd tournament this year that he has to play Hewitt in the first round, unreal!

The french player  are not intersting to watch in Australian Open..My friend is a  judge line in international tournament,,He  told me that the french players are always complaining about the judge line ..The pain the asses
   

[Tennis4you]

I am sure Clement would love to do well here.  He hasa NASTY first test.  I precit he will get schooled beyond belief.

[kungpaobenji27]

The reason ESPN2 is not showing Andre live at the moment is because they moved up their three hours of coverage from the usual 11:00 PM EST time to 7:00 PM EST for this Sunday evening and next Sunday evening.  My paper lists if correctly as well as the ESPN site.  With the NHL shut down ESPN thought many tennis fans back east would welcom the earlier time.  Andre will probably be seen at 2:00 PM on Monday.  This earlier move proved a good idea since they had Serena and Roger matches both complete since they were lopsided.   In fact they stayed an extra five minutes on the air.

Dude, I really don't care.  They cut off coverage so they could show RERUNS of a stupid ass poker show that's only lasted 2 episodes so far.  ESPN SUCKS MY BALLS!!!

[Arcforce]

This Labadze cat is very intriguing. I think I might actually watch this match cuz he seems like a pretty tricky player.

[Tennis4you]

lol @ kung, he is one unhappy camper!

Arc - This Labadze dog (hee) is one smooth dude.  I am impressed.  I hope this match goes the distance, it could be a good one.  I doubt it though.

[Tennis4you]

Roddick vs Labadze - 5-5 in the first set and I am exhausted, I wish I could stay up and watch.  I bet Roddick is crapping a load in his pants right now and didn't expect this.

[Tennis4you]

AHHH phooey!  I was hoping to see Roddick lose the first set and work to win this one.  He won the first set 7-5.  The other guy has 40-15 serving at 5-6, we should of gone to a tie-breaker.  Nerves?