Australian Open 2012

[jaccol55]

Wyniki półfinałów play-offów USTA:

[4] Robby Ginepri d. [8] Rhyne Williams 7-5 6-2

[2] Jesse Levine d. [3] Dennis Kudla 7-5 6-2

[Barty]

Jesse Levine WC

Wynik finału play-offów USTA:
(2) LEVINE, Jesse d. (4) GINEPRI, Robby 6-0 6-2 6-1

[Samurray]

Ben Mitchell WC

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-20/m ... tion=sport

[jaccol55]

Australian Open - lista zgłoszeń do kwalifikacji:

Spoiler:

1. Gil, Frederico POR 102
2. Chardy, Jeremy FRA 103
3. Souza, Joao BRA 104
4. Robert, Stephane FRA 105
5. Roger-Vasselin, Edouard FRA 106
6. Lorenzi, Paolo ITA 108
7. Zeballos, Horacio ARG 109
8. Brands, Daniel GER 110
9. Ilhan, Marsel TUR 111
10. Lacko, Lukas SVK 112
11. Van der Merwe, Izak RPA 113
12. Andrejew, Igor RUS 115
13. Zemlja, Grega SLO 116
14. Jaziri, Malek TUN 118
15. Pospisil, Vasek CAN 119
16. Soeda, Go JPN 120
17. Gonzalez, Maximo ARG 121
18. Ito, Tatsuma JPN 122
19. Dutra Silva, Rogerio BRA 124
20. Berankis, Ricardas LTU 125
21. de Voest, Rik RPA 126
22. Reynolds, Bobby USA 127
23. Ginepri, Robby USA @129
24. Schuettler, Rainer GER 132
25. Bolelli, Simone ITA 134
26. Brugues-Davi, Arnau ESP 137
27. de Schepper, Kenny FRA 139
28. Munoz-De La Nava, Daniel ESP 140
29. Hajek, Jan CZE 141
30. Schwank, Eduardo ARG 143
31. Donskoj, Ewgienij RUS 144
32. Zopp, Jurgen EST 146
33. Gołubiew, Andrej KAZ 147
34. Bubka, Sergei UKR 148
35. Ram, Rajeev USA 149
36. Gensse, Augustin FRA 150
37. Clement, Arnaud FRA 152
38. Greul, Simon GER 154
39. Viola, Matteo ITA 155
40. Phau, Bjorn GER 156
41. Bagnis, Facundo ARG 157
42. Kudryavtsev, Alexander RUS 158
43. Veic, Antonio CRO 159
44. Bemelmans, Ruben BEL 160
45. Brown, Dustin GER 161
46. Ward, James GBR 162
47. Teixeira, Maxime FRA 163
48. Levine, Jesse USA 164 (WC do turnieju głównego)
49. Bedene, Aljaz SLO 165
50. Vagnozzi, Simone ITA 167
51. Hernych, Jan CZE 168
52. Kuznetsov, Alex USA 169
53. Meffert, Dominik GER 170
54. Serra, Florent FRA 171
55. Yang, Tsung-Hua TPE 173
56. Goffin, David BEL 174
57. Chiudinelli, Marco SUI 177
58. Bautista-Agut, Roberto ESP 178
59. Yani, Michael USA 179
60. Krawczuk, Konstantin RUS 181
61. Ignatik, Uladzimir BLR 182
62. Minar, Ivo CZE 183
63. Marti, Javier ESP 184
64. Ciric, Nikola SRB 185
65. Olaso, Guillermo ESP 188
66. Gremelmayr, Denis GER 189
67. Lajović, Dusan SRB 190
68. Sousa, Joao POR 192
69. Schukin, Yuri KAZ 193
70. Heliovaara, Harri FIN 194
71. Jones, Greg AUS 195
72. Guez, David FRA 196
73. Grigelis, Laurynas LTU 197
74. Cervenak, Pavol SVK 198
75. Sijsling, Igor NED 199
76. Lojda, Dusan CZE 200
77. Matosević, Marinko AUS 202 (WC do turnieju głównego)
78. Weintraub, Amir ISR 206
79. Pospisil, Jaroslav CZE 208
80. Huta Galung, Jesse NED 209
81. Udomchoke, Danai THA 210
82. Zverev, Mischa GER 211
83. Menendez-Maceiras, Adrian ESP 212
84. Delić, Amer BIH 213
85. Begemann, Andre GER 214
86. Mertl, Jan CZE 215
87. Rodrigues, Mathieu FRA 216
88. Bohli, Stephane SUI 218
89. Fischer, Martin AUT 219
90. Cervantes-Huegun, Inigo ESP 220
91. de Bakker, Thiemo NED 223
92. Authom, Maxime BEL 225
93. Naso, Gianluca ITA 226
94. Mitchell, Benjamin AUS 227
95. Bozoljac, Ilija SRB 228
96. Marchenko, Illya UKR 229
97. Dasnieres de Veigy, Jonathan FRA 230
98. Reister, Julian GER 231
99. Farah, Robert COL 232
100. Jouan, Romain FRA 233
101. Granollers-Pujol, Gerard ESP 234
102. Sugita, Yuichi JPN 235
103. Nielsen, Frederik DEN 236
104. Rufin, Guillaume FRA 237
105. Torebko, Peter GER 238
106. Baker, Jamie GBR 241
107. Klaasen, Raven RSA 243
108. Mertens, Yannick BEL 245
109. Burquier, Gregoire FRA 246
110. Borvanov, Roman MDA 247
111. Cabal, Juan Sebastian COL 248
112. Duclos, Pierre-Ludovic CAN 249
113. Gojowczyk, Peter GER 250
114. Lammer, Michael SUI 251
115. Capkovic, Kamil SVK 252
116. Zampieri, Caio BRA 253
117. Guccione, Chris AUS 256
118. Millman, John AUS @257
119. Martin, Fabrice FRA 259
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128. (WC)

Rezerwowi:
1. Rieschick, Sebastian GER 260
2. Dustov, Farrukh UZB 261
3. Brzezicki, Juan Pablo ARG 262
4. Michon, Axel FRA 263
5. Crugnola, Marco ITA 264
6. Oswald, Philipp AUT 265
7. Molchanow, Denis UKR 267
8. Chvojka, Erik CAN 268
9. Gonzalez, Alejandro COL 269
10. Reid, Matt AUS 270
11. Luczak, Peter AUS 271
12. Smyczek, Tim USA 273
13. Wang, Jimmy TPE 274
14. Duckworth, James AUS 275
15. Kudla, Denis USA 276

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Gdzie się podziali Polacy?

[DUN I LOVE]

Gdzie się podziali Polacy?

Kubot w głównym, Gawron i Przysiężny polecieli w dół rankingu, a Janowicz? Wygląda na to, że zrezygnował.

[Widzu]

Janowicz z Gawronem na początku roku będą bawić się na futuresach. Niestety Janowicz, chyba wie, że nie ma większych szans na ugranie czegoś w Australii.

[jaccol55]

Niestety Janowicz, chyba wie, że nie ma większych szans na ugranie czegoś w Australii.

Bardziej bym obstawiał brak funduszy.

[robpal]

Kubot w głównym, Gawron i Przysiężny polecieli w dół rankingu, a Janowicz? Wygląda na to, że zrezygnował.

Oczywiście, problemem są pieniądze. PZT i Ministerstwo wolą dać Radwańskiej 300 tysięcy złotych stypendium na trenera do Igrzysk, tak więc słabsi zawodnicy nie mają pieniędzy na podróż do Australii i zagranie w kwalifikacjach (w których by nie byli bez szans). To nie pierwszy taki przypadek u nas.

[DUN I LOVE]

Ankieta na stronie AO. Jak ktoś lubi klikać..

http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/fan ... index.html

[Widzu]

Z tego co wiem Jurek ma sponsora. Nie raz mówił, ze już o kasę nie musi się martwić....

[jaccol55]

Z tego co wiem Jurek ma sponsora. Nie raz mówił, ze już o kasę nie musi się martwić....

Najwyraźniej coś się zmieniło. Zresztą, jak tragicznie musiałby grać, żeby cofnąć się do Futuresów? W Challengerach na początku roku nie gra, bo znajdują się w innych częściach świata. Wszystko wskazuje na pieniądze.

[Bizon]

Kubot w głównym, Gawron i Przysiężny polecieli w dół rankingu, a Janowicz? Wygląda na to, że zrezygnował.

Oczywiście, problemem są pieniądze. PZT i Ministerstwo wolą dać Radwańskiej 300 tysięcy złotych stypendium na trenera do Igrzysk, tak więc słabsi zawodnicy nie mają pieniędzy na podróż do Australii i zagranie w kwalifikacjach (w których by nie byli bez szans). To nie pierwszy taki przypadek u nas.

Postawili krzyżyk na reszcie i pompują kasę w jedyną nadzieję Polski na medal olimpijski. Pytanie tylko czy milionerce Radwańskie w ogóle jest potrzebna taka pomoc? 300 tys. zł to ona w jednym turnieju zarobi bez większego kłopotu.

[robpal]

Pytanie tylko czy milionerce Radwańskie w ogóle jest potrzebna taka pomoc? 300 tys. zł to ona w jednym turnieju zarobi bez większego kłopotu.

Też tego nie rozumiem. W Azji zarobiła ponad milion dolarów, do tego są inne turnieje, kontrakty, reklamy...
Prawdę powiedziawszy uważam, niezależnie od sportu, że osoby, które zarabiają miliony w swojej dyscyplinie powinny zostać odcięte od państwowych pieniędzy. Ośrodki, trenerzy - do dyspozycji, ale niech pieniądze idą na młodzież.

[Samurray]

Jeremy Chardy WC

http://www.tennisworldusa.org/Australia ... o2681.html


Podejrzewam, że bez dzikusa Chardy znajdzie się w MD. Kiedy Cilic oficjalnie się wycofa, Chardy zostanie 1. rezerwowym.

[DUN I LOVE]

Raczej na pewno Jeremy wejdzie do MD bezpośrednio. Pod dużym znakiem zapytania stoi bowiem występ Fernando Gonzaleza.

[jaccol55]

Federer top chance to claim Aus Open


Roger Federer will hit the Australia Open on a 17-match winning streak.

Spoiler:

THE resurgent Roger Federer is primed to serve up a treat as the world's premier players jostle for a record $30 million in riches over the Australian summer.

The Australian Open, starting in Melbourne on January 16, boasts the biggest purse in tennis history, a total prize pool of $26 million, including a whopping $2.3 million each for the men's and women's singles champions.

And recent form and revealing statistics suggest the sport's all-time top earner is about to get a whole lot richer.

Having already banked $68.38 million in on-court earnings, Federer will arrive at Melbourne Park oozing confidence after ending 2011 on a 17-match winning streak.

The great Swiss hasn't lost since blowing two match points against Novak Djokovic in the US Open semi-finals in September.

He added his 68th, 69th and 70th career trophies to his collection with a fifth success in his home city of Basel, a maiden indoor title in Paris and an unprecedented sixth season-ending triumph at the World Tour Finals in London.

The secret, it appears, is all in the delivery.

Despite having failed to land a grand slam crown for the first year since 2002, Federer, according to ATP number crunchers, is serving better than at any time in his remarkable career.

Since his most recent defeat, Federer is winning 83.2 per cent of first-serve points, a stunning strike rate that's made him almost impossible to beat.

Just ask Rafael Nadal, his Spanish nemesis humbled 6-3 6-0 at the World Tour finals in his worst-ever loss to Federer.

``For me, it was the strongest finish I've ever had in my career. I'm looking forward to next year,'' Federer ominously said.

Now 30, Federer's 16th slam came in Melbourne in 2010, but fellow four-times Australian Open champion Ken Rosewall says it'd be foolish to back against the father of two breaking his two-year drought next month.

``He's got to have a lot of good things going for him, but I think he's going to be close,'' Rosewall told AAP ahead of the 40th anniversary celebration of his 1972 Open triumph.

``I think he's still got a lot of desire. I guess with his family he's happy and he's enjoying the competition, enjoying the tennis and, while he stays fit and healthy, he's going to always be a force.''

In fact, far from expecting an Indian summer from Federer, Rosewall is tipping the most successful player in history to keep on keeping on for three or four more years.

``The game seems to come pretty easy to him,'' said Rosewall, who famously played into his 40s.

``He moves well and, as far as I know, he's never really had any physical problems.

``He just floats around the court. He's always in position. I think his game is good.

``He's always going to be dangerous. He hasn't lost many matches to players he maybe should lose to. He's always in there with a chance.''

Federer is the Open's second favourite behind only world No.1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic.

But after compiling a ridiculous 64-2 win-loss record and threatening to complete the best season since John McEnroe's magical 82-3 effort in 1984, Djokovic suffered four defeats in his last 10 matches of 2011.

Rosewall is unsure if the Serb can repeat his special three-from-four slam season.

``You never know with those things,'' he said.

``Sometimes like the golfers, they have a great year and then all of a sudden something happens and they don't perform well the next year.

``But he's improved a lot. He's hitting the ball harder - it's just the way the game has progressed.

``If he stays healthy and doesn't have any physical problems, he's always going to be hard to beat.''

Djokovic thinks as much too, declaring himself refreshed and ready to go after a desperately needed fortnight's rest.

``I've had enough time to recover physically and mentally and to get back into shape,'' the 24-year-old said this week.

Federer, Djokovic and world No.2 Rafael Nadal won't play competitively in Australia until the Melbourne Park grand slam, but the finest women's players on earth will flock down under for lead-up events in Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Hobart.

World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki and the second-ranked Petra Kvitova, the official 2011 player of the year, will launch their summer assaults at the Hopman Cup from December 31.

Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Open titleholder Kim Clijsters and US Open champion Samantha Stosur will all kick-start 2012 at the Brisbane International starting on New Year's Day.

Nine of the world's top 10 women, including Stosur, will complete their Open preparations at the Sydney International from January 6-14 and Rosewall said there was no reason why Australia's big home hope couldn't clinch back-to-back majors in Melbourne.

``It depends how she goes in either Brisbane or Sydney,'' he said.

``I think she's got the type of game that needs a bit of tennis. So those two events, it would be good for her to do well.

``The men, I don't think you can look past the top four. (Andy) Murray, Nadal and Djokovic and Federer - these guys seem to have the wood on most of the other players.''

Of the top 100, only men's world No.13 Robin Soderling and women's No.69 Alisa Kleybanova, both battling illness, have failed to enter the 2012 Open draw.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/tenni ... 6229246566

[Samurray]

Blake, James OUT
Gil, Frederico IN

Cilic oficjalnie wciąż w MD, ściga się z czasem.

[Robertinho]

Australian Open - Blake misses out on Melbourne

James Blake has pulled out of the Australian Open according to tournament director Craig Tiley



Tiley wrote on Twitter: "Just got word that James Blake has withdrawn from the AO [Australian Open] and Brisbane. Sorry to hear this and we wish James all the best."

The 30-year-old was ranked fourth in the world in 2006 but injuries and a drop in form have seen him slip to 59th.

Blake reached the quarter-finals at Melbourne Park in 2008.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/28122011/ ... ourne.html

[Bizon]

Szkoda że Jamesa zabraknie w AO. Furory by i tak nie zrobił, ale w I-II rundzie mógłby trafić na kogoś dobrego i pokazali by kawałek niezłego tenisa.

[Samurray]

Mathieu, Paul-Henri OUT
Chardy, Jeremy IN