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AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2012
Down Under Diary, Day One


Andy Murray insists he won't be wearing
a legionnaires hat, which his coach Ivan Lendl wore
on his Australian Open title runs.

ATPWorldTour.com takes a look at the news and talking points at the Australian Open on the opening Monday.

MURRAY WON'T FOLLOW LENDL'S FASHION SENSE
Andy Murray, runner-up for the past two years, writing a column for The Australian newspaper, insists he won't be adorning the legionnaires cap, his coach, Ivan Lendl, made famous in his 1989 and 1990 title runs at Melbourne Park. "It's not my style - I hear it didn't look that great - so you won't be seeing me in one any time soon," wrote the World No. 4 "But I'd be more than happy to win an Australian Open title to join him on the Champions Walk that welcomes fans to Melbourne Park.

FISH SETS 2012 GOALS
World No. 8 Mardy Fish says he never set out to become the top player in the United States. "Ever since I started out professionally, Andy Roddick [has] been the guy, so never thought about it. It wasn't ever really a goal. The goal was always to get in the Top 10. The goal was to do well in tournaments. It never really occurred to me being No. 1 in my country. But it feels good."

The 30-year-old Los Angeles resident admits he'd like to stay in the Top 10 "as long as I can. The goal [in 2012] is to try to make the [Barclays ATP World Tour] Finals. I never really set that goal last year. I forgot about actually finishing in the Top 10. Just tasting that, being able to be a part of that with those guys last year, that's what will drive me now. Obviously I want to go further in a slam than the quarter-finals and put myself in that position to see what that feels like. I want to win an [ATP World Tour] Masters 1000 event too, because I've lost four of those in the final set."

ISNER WORKING HARD TOO
Having dispatched Australian wild card Benjamin Mitchell 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(1) on Monday, John Isner outlined his goals for 2012. "I want to get in the Top 10," said the giant American. "I think it's attainable, a very attainable goal for me. That's really my main focus. I had a good off season. I worked hard. I worked smart. I got in the weight room a lot. I don't think I needed to put on any more weight. If anything, I could have lost a pound or two. I kept my weight, but I feel like I got stronger.

Isner also explained what he'd been working on in the off-season. "I worked on my backhand," said Isner. "Taking my backswing up higher instead of down low. I changed it a little bit in the off season. To be honest, today I didn't hit it well at all. It was sort of ugly. So I need to get back to that."

MATCH OF THE DAY
Australian teenager Bernard Tomic told reporters it was "probably one of the best matches" he had played. For Fernando Verdasco, the No. 22 seed, the 4-6, 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 loss on Rod Laver Arena was a source of frustration. "It was very hot out there. I think the key was that I was not able to close the match in three sets and gave him hope. He was fighting all the time." After four hours and 11 minutes of play, Tomic said, ''I don't know what happened." Their match was one of eight five-setters on day one.

UPSET OF THE DAY
Nikolay Davydenko, who, two years ago, was thought of as a future Australian Open champion, made a quiet exit on day one, in the shadows of the Melbourne Cricket Ground, on Court 19, where cross-city trams drowning out the crowd's applause. The former World No. 3 lost to Italian Flavio Cipolla 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 defeat in three hours and 21 minutes. "I am used to show courts," Davydenko said afterwards. "I feel weird on court 19."

TOMIC DRAWS ON HEWITT MEMORIES
Tomic, who received his first standing ovation for his victory over Verdasco, drew on Lleyton Hewitt's warrior-like mentality. "A lot of his [Hewitt's] matches, [it was the] same stories, [he] did the impossible - turned around a match in this situation. I think it's a good thing that I can believe in myself at this age. It can only be better for me in the future. Any player that has been No. 1 in the world, you can pick up the best info from them. Lleyton, never gives up. That's one of the reasons he got to No. 1."

AROUND THE GROUNDS
It was a busy opening day at Melbourne Park. Canadian Milos Raonic, the recent Aircel Chennai Open titlist (d. Tipsarevic) visited Autograph Island mid-afternoon, while Australian singer and actress Dannii Minogue and two-time former Australian Open champion Jim Courier welcomed the singles trophies back to Melbourne Park after a nationwide tour. Frenchman Henri Leconte provided a mid-session summary outside ANZ World at the Grand Slam Oval, while a number of sportsmen enjoyed the tennis, including NFL Detroit Lions punter Ben Graham and Neale Fraser.

RECORD OPENING DAY ATTENDANCE
The official combined day and night attendance for Monday was a record 63,370, better 58,869 in 2009. During the day session, 45,361 spectators passed through the gates to watch the tennis, while 18,159 fans watch the night action.

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