This Just In: Boss Is Dreamy

To be honest, I listened to absolutely nothing he said. I just looked.

Except it’s adorable how he pronounces ‘Australia’. And that he wants to be an architect, just like Delpo. Sigh.

The Apotheosis of Adorable

Ovaries on red alert …

Why yes, that is Jo cuddling some sort of wallaby-type animal. In a fluffy blanket.

You may now die.

Mirza Engaged to Shoaib Malik

So, remember when Sania Mirza was engaged and then she wasn’t? (I may not have blogged about the second part.) Well, she’s engaged again … this time to former Pakistani cricket captain Shoaib Malik.

 

*jaws drop*

 

Apparently, Malik (who was banned for, er, reasons after Pakistan’s performance against Australia earlier this year) and Mirza met at Hobart in January, when Mirza was photographed with some Australian cricketers if you recall, after which Mirza kicked her former fiance Mirza to the curb. And now they are engaged. A former Pakistani cricket captain and one of India’s most famous female athletes.

 

She really doesn’t do things by half, does she?

Miami: Monday’s Results, Tuesday’s OOP

Full Results

Men’s Singles – Third Round
[1] R Federer (SUI) d F Serra (FRA) 76(2) 76(3)
[5] R Soderling (SWE) d P Petzschner (GER) 61 62
[7] M Cilic (CRO) d [25] M Baghdatis (CYP) 63 64
[9] F Gonzalez (CHI) d [22] J Monaco (ARG) 67(4) 64 62
[10] F Verdasco (ESP) d [23] J Melzer (AUT) 36 76(4) 61
[13] M Youzhny (RUS) d [19] S Wawrinka (SUI) 16 76(5) 75
[16] T Berdych (CZE) d H Zeballos (ARG) 64 75
M Fish (USA) d [29] F Lopez (ESP) 75 63

Women’s Singles – Fourth Round
[13] M Bartoli (FRA) d [1] S Kuznetsova (RUS) 63 60
[2] C Wozniacki (DEN) d [22] A Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 62 62
[3] V Williams (USA) d [19] D Hantuchova (SVK) 16 75 64
[14] K Clijsters (BEL) d [4] V Azarenka (BLR) 64 60
[6] A Radwanska (POL) d Y Shvedova (KAZ) 61 64
[9] S Stosur (AUS) d [7] J Jankovic (SRB) 61 76(9)
[WC] J Henin (BEL) d [11] V Zvonareva (RUS) 61 64
[12] Y Wickmayer (BEL) d T Bacsinszky (SUI) 60 61

Men’s Doubles – Second Round
N Almagro (ESP) / T Robredo (ESP) d [1] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) 46 62 10-5
[3] L Dlouhy (CZE) / L Paes (IND) d T Bellucci (BRA) / M Lopez (ESP) 46 63 10-8
F Lopez (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP) d [6] S Aspelin (SWE) / P Hanley (AUS) 61 76(3)
A Clement (FRA) / J Tsonga (FRA) d [7] F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK) 63 60

Women’s Doubles – Second Round
[4] L Raymond (USA) / R Stubbs (AUS) d L Dekmeijere (LAT) / P Schnyder (SUI) 26 75 10-7
[8] E Makarova (RUS) / S Peng (CHN) d K Peschke (CZE) / K Srebotnik (SLO) 64 63

Today’s OOP is brought to you by Pico and the art of stretchy, flamboyant despair.

Order of Play

STADIUM start 11:00 am
[[8] J Tsonga (FRA) vs [12] J Ferrero (ESP) – ATP

Not Before 1:00 PM
[3] V Williams (USA) vs [6] A Radwanska (POL) – WTA
[6] A Roddick (USA) vs B Becker (GER) – ATP
[15] D Ferrer (ESP) vs [4] R Nadal (ESP) – ATP

Not Before 7:00 PM
[13] M Bartoli (FRA) vs [12] Y Wickmayer (BEL) – WTA

Not Before 9:00 PM
[1] R Federer (SUI) vs [16] T Berdych (CZE) – ATP

GRANDSTAND start 11:00 am
[33] N Almagro (ESP) vs [27] T Bellucci (BRA) – ATP
M Fish (USA) vs [13] M Youzhny (RUS) – ATP
[9] F Gonzalez (CHI) or [22] J Monaco (ARG) vs [5] R Soderling (SWE) – ATP
[10] F Verdasco (ESP) or [23] J Melzer (AUT) vs [7] M Cilic (CRO) – ATP

COURT 1 start 3:00 pm
[8] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) vs I Andreev (RUS) / M Youzhny (RUS) – After suitable rest
M Kirilenko (RUS) / A Radwanska (POL) vs G Dulko (ARG) / F Pennetta (ITA) – After suitable rest

COURT 2 start 11:00 am
J Isner (USA) / S Querrey (USA) vs [4] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Mirnyi (BLR) – ATP
[5] A Kleybanova (RUS) / F Schiavone (ITA) vs [4] L Raymond (USA) / R Stubbs (AUS) – WTA
[3] N Petrova (RUS) / S Stosur (AUS) vs J Coin (FRA) / V King (USA) – WTA
E Butorac (USA) / R Ram (USA) vs [2] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) – ATP
M Damm (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) vs B Becker (GER) / M Kohlmann (GER) – ATP

A Collective Noun of Belgians

Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters joined Yanina Wickmayer in the quarterfinals last night after solid wins over Vera Zvonareva and defending champion Victoria Azarenka respectively.

And speaking of Justine, Kim and Yanina (see how smoothly I did that?), I thought this was pretty interesting from The Times on the relationship between the three, Yanina and Fed Cup and Kim’s changing dynamic with the press:

There is plenty of news and conflict to occupy Belgian nibs. [...] But what is convulsing them more are the latest twists in the relationship between Justine Henin, Kim Clijsters and Yanina Wickmayer, the women ranked, respectively, No 33, No 16 and No 14 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. There was a frisson when Henin and Clijsters crossed rackets and their contests were always vivid for more than simply to discover who would be the better player, for Henin is from the French-speaking quarter, while Clijsters is Flemish through and through. Having Wickmayer in the mix has added more than a dash of spice to the story.

The choice of Henin and Clijsters as the No 1 and No 2 picks for the Fed Cup team to play against Estonia in a month’s time has angered Yanina’s father Marc, who, with some justification, thinks his daughter deserves to be one of the two singles players. He has said he does not want Yanina to attend just to be the water carrier.

Further piquancy is provided in that, during Henin’s ‘retirement’ from the sport, M. Wickmayer attempted to persuade Carlos Rodriguez, her coach since childhood, to come and work with his daughter. Rodriguez spent some time with Wickmayer but decided not to work with her full time, much to the Wickmayers’ disgust. There are rumours of legal comebacks. But there was a sizeable get-out for Rodriguez the moment that Henin announced said she would return to the tour, as she did in January. Rodriguez was not going to work for anyone else.

All three girls have a remarkable story to relate. Henin’s travails against the backdrop of the premature death of her mother, family splits, recriminations and reconciliations, her marriage and divorce, are part of the sport’s folklore. Clijsters, so happy-go-lucky by comparison, was a committed competitor, before she decided to stop playing, had a daughter, lost her father and mentor, Leo, to cancer, returned to the tour and won the US Open in fairytale style.

Wickmayer is a no less driven character, having lost her mother at the age of nine after which her father uprooted from Belgium and landed in America, building a new life. Suddenly, late last year she discovered that her name was high among those who had missed targeted doping dates. She left for the Australia circuit in 2009 and was supposed to fill out her whereabouts forms for the Flemish anti-doping authorities but thought they were only for top 50 players, which she was not at the time. That was an initial violation. As she was away from home for a long period, letters sent to her reminding her of her liabilities under the anti-doping programme were returned to the sender. The same thing happened again later in the year – three strikes and she faced a year-long suspension.

She had never missed a doping control on site, had never tested positive and here she was – out of the game for a period that could have seriously damaged her career. “There was ten years of hard work to get me to No 16 in the world and it was all being taken from me,” she said. “I don’t know whether that was humane for them, but it wasn’t for me. I could only practise, but with no purpose. I was only 19, I didn’t know all the rules, and if I could not have played for a year, I didn’t know how I would react.”

Eventually, the court’s ruling was overturned and Wickmayer was allowed to continue, to where she has become the highest-ranked of the trio. Nonetheless, given her father is such a strong character, expect more of the current frictions to continue.

And even Clijsters is not – according to the Net Post’s colleagues in the Belgian press – as affable and approachable as she used to be. She does not relish it when they come to watch her practise, their time with her is limited, they do not get the kind of access to her current coach, Wim Fissette, as they did to her previous coaches, Carl Maes and Marc Dehous, both of whom now work on Belgian TV. They are more than a touch rattled by that.

Interesting times.

Poor Dani

You have to feel for Daniela Hantuchova. Well, I don’t know if you have to, but I do. She came into yesterday’s match 0-9 down against Venus, played probably some of the best (and toughest) tennis I’ve ever seen her play against a patchy and inconsistent opponent … and still lost, 64 in the third.

It’s harsh, but there were some really encouraging signs that working with the Adidas Player Development Programme and Darren Cahill in particular might really pay off for her. I’ve always felt like she had much more to give.

As for Venus, she’s up against Agnieszka Radwanska next, who’s stealthily been on good form of late. One suspects, however, not good enough …

Please Stop Making Her The Top Seed

An ailing Svetlana Kuznetsova was comprehensively trounced by Marion Bartoli, 63 60. I know Marion is a tough match for anyone on her day, but dear oh dear. There’ll be some incomprehensible twattage tonight. Poor Sveta.

Also racking up the comprehensive victories? Agnieszka Radwanska, 1 and 4 over Yaroslava Shvedova, and Yanina Wickmayer, 0 and 1 over Timea Bacsinszky.

Meanwhile, Roger Federer and Tomas Berdych will meet in the fourth round after Roger made somewhat heavy weather of Florent Serra, needing two tiebreaks to win despite being 5-3 up in the first set and 4-1 in the second.

 

Which Rafa enjoyed.

Miami: Weekend Results, Monday’s OOP

My god in heaven, what happened here?!

Mardy Fish and Oliver Rochus, those rightly feared titans of the modern game, have struck again. Apparently. Christ on a bike.

In other news, Mandy’s lost his passion for tennis. It’s entirely Roger’s fault.

Meanwhile, Boss and Ferru have continued to be my new favourite sex bombs:

Nalby popped in to be briefly awesome before losing to Rafa:

And Rafa got some new and improved shorts:

Like a lemon drizzle cake.

Full Results

Sunday
Men’s Singles – Third Round
[4] R Nadal (ESP) d [WC] D Nalbandian (ARG) 67(8) 62 62
[6] A Roddick (USA) d S Stakhovsky (UKR) 62 61
[8] J Tsonga (FRA) d [28] P Kohlschreiber (GER) 62 75
[12] J Ferrero (ESP) d [17] J Isner (USA) 62 36 63
[15] D Ferrer (ESP) d [24] I Karlovic (CRO) 76(5) 63
B Becker (GER) d [18] T Robredo (ESP) 16 64 76(1)
[27] T Bellucci (BRA) d O Rochus (BEL) 63 64
[33] N Almagro (ESP) d J Chardy (FRA) 62 67(9) 63

Women’s Singles – Third Round
[2] C Wozniacki (DEN) d [32] M Kirilenko (RUS) 16 61 64
[4] V Azarenka (BLR) d L Safarova (CZE) 64 62
[7] J Jankovic (SRB) d [28] E Vesnina (RUS) 76(3) 63
[9] S Stosur (AUS) d V Razzano (FRA) 64 57 61
[11] V Zvonareva (RUS) d S Errani (ITA) 62 63
[14] K Clijsters (BEL) d [17] S Peer (ISR) 60 61
[22] A Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d [15] F Schiavone (ITA) 75 63
[WC] J Henin (BEL) d [26] D Cibulkova (SVK) 64 64

Men’s Doubles – First Round
[1] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d [Alt] D Istomin (UZB) / F Moser (GER) 60 62
[3] L Dlouhy (CZE) / L Paes (IND) d R Hutchins (GBR) / J Kerr (AUS) 64 76(4)
[4] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Mirnyi (BLR) d S Huss (AUS) / W Moodie (RSA) 64 75
[6] S Aspelin (SWE) / P Hanley (AUS) d J Melzer (AUT) / P Petzschner (GER) 63 67(4) 14-12
[7] F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK) d R Lindstedt (SWE) / H Tecau (ROU) 76(1) 64
F Lopez (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP) d M Llodra (FRA) / A Ram (ISR) 62 75
E Butorac (USA) / R Ram (USA) d [WC] R Harrison (USA) / N Lapentti (ECU) 61 75
I Andreev (RUS) / M Youzhny (RUS) d M Fish (USA) / M Knowles (BAH) 75 64

Women’s Doubles – Second Round
G Dulko (ARG) / F Pennetta (ITA) d [2] N Llagostera Vives (ESP) / M Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 46 63 10-7
[3] N Petrova (RUS) / S Stosur (AUS) d O Govortsova (BLR) / A Kudryavtseva (RUS) 60 75
Y Chan (TPE) / J Zheng (CHN) d N Grandin (RSA) / A Spears (USA) 64 46 11-9
M Kirilenko (RUS) / A Radwanska (POL) d [WC] K Clijsters (BEL) / K Flipkens (BEL) 62 75
J Coin (FRA) / V King (USA) d K Jans (POL) / V Uhlirova (CZE) 64 62

Saturday
Men’s Singles – Second Round
[1] R Federer (SUI) d [LL] N Lapentti (ECU) 63 63
M Fish (USA) d [3] A Murray (GBR) 64 64
[5] R Soderling (SWE) d P Luczak (AUS) 76(5) 60
[7] M Cilic (CRO) d S Robert (FRA) 63 61
[9] F Gonzalez (CHI) d [Q] Y Lu (TPE) 64 64
[10] F Verdasco (ESP) d D Sela (ISR) 61 62
[13] M Youzhny (RUS) d [Q] S Giraldo (COL) 60 61
[16] T Berdych (CZE) d T de Bakker (NED) 63 64
[19] S Wawrinka (SUI) d [Q] K Anderson (RSA) 64 75
H Zeballos (ARG) d [20] G Simon (FRA) 62 63
[22] J Monaco (ARG) d [Q] M Ilhan (TUR) 62 75
[23] J Melzer (AUT) d A Falla (COL) 63 64
[25] M Baghdatis (CYP) d J Chela (ARG) 62 64
F Serra (FRA) d [26] A Montanes (ESP) 63 36 62
[29] F Lopez (ESP) d M Berrer (GER) 76(2) 75
P Petzschner (GER) d [31] J Tipsarevic (SRB) 64 60

Women’s Singles – Third Round
[1] S Kuznetsova (RUS) d [27] A Szavay (HUN) 62 63
[3] V Williams (USA) d R Vinci (ITA) 61 64
[6] A Radwanska (POL) d [25] A Ivanovic (SRB) 75 75
[12] Y Wickmayer (BEL) d [WC] P Martic (CRO) 63 63
[13] M Bartoli (FRA) d G Dulko (ARG) 76(2) 64
[19] D Hantuchova (SVK) d [16] N Petrova (RUS) 62 64
Y Shvedova (KAZ) d A Petkovic (GER) 60 57 75
T Bacsinszky (SUI) d P Hercog (SLO) 62 62

Men’s Doubles – First Round
[2] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) d [WC] R Nadal (ESP) / B Salva-Vidal (ESP) 60 63
B Becker (GER) / M Kohlmann (GER) d [5] L Kubot (POL) / O Marach (AUT) 61 76
[8] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) d J Knowle (AUT) / P Kohlschreiber (GER) 67(4) 75 14-12
J Isner (USA) / S Querrey (USA) d J Brunstrom (SWE) / J Rojer (AHO) 46 63 10-7
A Clement (FRA) / J Tsonga (FRA) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) / A Montanes (ESP) 26 63 10-5
N Almagro (ESP) / T Robredo (ESP) d M Melo (BRA) / B Soares (BRA) 62 46 14-12
M Damm (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) d I Karlovic (CRO) / D Vemic (SRB) 62 76(5)
T Bellucci (BRA) / M Lopez (ESP) d C Kas (GER) / D Norman (BEL) 36 63 10-8

Women’s Doubles – Second Round
[5] A Kleybanova (RUS) / F Schiavone (ITA) d M Niculescu (ROU) / E Vesnina (RUS) 76(4) 75

Women’s Doubles – First Round
N Grandin (RSA) / A Spears (USA) d [1] C Black (ZIM) / L Huber (USA) 36 64 10-7
[4] L Raymond (USA) / R Stubbs (AUS) d A Medina Garrigues (ESP) / C Wozniacki (DEN) 57 63 10-5
M Kirilenko (RUS) / A Radwanska (POL) d [6] B Mattek-Sands (USA) / Z Yan (CHN) 62 64
[8] E Makarova (RUS) / S Peng (CHN) d I Senoglu (TUR) / Y Shvedova (KAZ) 60 61
K Peschke (CZE) / K Srebotnik (SLO) d T Garbin (ITA) / V Ruano Pascual (ESP) 62 60

Friday
Men’s Singles – Second Round
O Rochus (BEL) d [2] N Djokovic (SRB) 62 67(7) 64
[4] R Nadal (ESP) d T Dent (USA) 64 63
[6] A Roddick (USA) d I Andreev (RUS) 64 64
[8] J Tsonga (FRA) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 64 63
B Becker (GER) d [11] I Ljubicic (CRO) 46 01 ret. (back)
[12] J Ferrero (ESP) d D Koellerer (AUT) 40 ret. (right elbow)
[15] D Ferrer (ESP) d M Llodra (FRA) 62 64
[17] J Isner (USA) d M Russell (USA) 76(5) 26 76(5)
[18] T Robredo (ESP) d [Q] I Marchenko (UKR) 63 46 64
J Chardy (FRA) d [21] S Querrey (USA) 46 64 62
[24] I Karlovic (CRO) d D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 63 67(5) 63
[27] T Bellucci (BRA) d J Blake (USA) 36 61 62
[28] P Kohlschreiber (GER) d F Mayer (GER) 66 ret. (hamstring)
[WC] D Nalbandian (ARG) d [30] V Troicki (SRB) 63 46 64
S Stakhovsky (UKR) d [32] J Benneteau (FRA) 63 76(5)
[33] N Almagro (ESP) d E Schwank (ARG) 64 75

Women’s Singles – Second Round
[2] C Wozniacki (DEN) d [Q] T Pironkova (BUL) 36 63 64
[4] V Azarenka (BLR) d A Dulgheru (ROU) 63 62
[WC] J Henin (BEL) d [5] E Dementieva (RUS) 63 62
[7] J Jankovic (SRB) d [Q] M Koryttseva (UKR) 64 60
[9] S Stosur (AUS) d C Suarez Navarro (ESP) 46 75 62
[11] V Zvonareva (RUS) d M Oudin (USA) 61 62
[14] K Clijsters (BEL) d P Kvitova (CZE) 61 61
[15] F Schiavone (ITA) d A Cornet (FRA) 63 62
[17] S Peer (ISR) d A Kudryavtseva (RUS) 61 60
V Razzano (FRA) d [20] J Zheng (CHN) 64 62
[22] A Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d T Paszek (AUT) 76(4) 46 63
S Errani (ITA) d [24] A Kleybanova (RUS) 64 75
[26] D Cibulkova (SVK) d [Q] S Arvidsson (SWE) 60 62
[28] E Vesnina (RUS) d J Goerges (GER) 63 64
L Safarova (CZE) d [29] M Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 46 76(3) 62
[32] M Kirilenko (RUS) d M Czink (HUN) 46 62 76(4)

Men’s Doubles – First Round
J Melzer (AUT) / P Petzschner (GER) vs [6] S Aspelin (SWE) / P Hanley (AUS) – postponed due to rain
[WC] R Harrison (USA) / N Lapentti (ECU) vs E Butorac (USA) / R Ram (USA) – postponed due to rain
M Llodra (FRA) / A Ram (ISR) vs F Lopez (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP) – postponed due to rain
M Damm (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) vs I Karlovic (CRO) / D Vemic (SRB) – postponed due to rain

Women’s Doubles – First Round
[1] C Black (ZIM) / L Huber (USA) vs N Grandin (RSA) / A Spears (USA) – postponed due to rain
A Medina Garrigues (ESP) / C Wozniacki (DEN) vs [4] L Raymond (USA) / R Stubbs (AUS) – postponed due to rain
[6] B Mattek-Sands (USA) / Z Yan (CHN) vs M Kirilenko (RUS) / A Radwanska (POL) – postponed due to rain
I Senoglu (TUR) / Y Shvedova (KAZ) vs [8] E Makarova (RUS) / S Peng (CHN) – postponed due to rain
L Dekmeijere (LAT) / P Schnyder (SUI) d V Dushevina (RUS) / A Rodionova (AUS) 63 36 10-5
T Garbin (ITA) / V Ruano Pascual (ESP) vs K Peschke (CZE) / K Srebotnik (SLO) – postponed due to rain
J Coin (FRA) / V King (USA) d A Bondarenko (UKR) / G Voskoboeva (KAZ) 57 64 10-8

Today’s OOP brought to you by Baggy’s “the ground, I am on it” face.

Order of Play

STADIUM start 11:00 am
M Fish (USA) vs [29] F Lopez (ESP) – ATP

Not Before 1:00 PM
[1] R Federer (SUI) vs F Serra (FRA) – ATP
[3] V Williams (USA) vs [19] D Hantuchova (SVK) – WTA

Not Before 4:30 PM
[14] K Clijsters (BEL) vs [4] V Azarenka (BLR) – WTA

Not Before 7:00 PM
[9] F Gonzalez (CHI) vs [22] J Monaco (ARG) – ATP

Not Before 8:30 PM
[WC] J Henin (BEL) vs [11] V Zvonareva (RUS) – WTA

GRANDSTAND start 11:00 am
[1] S Kuznetsova (RUS) vs [13] M Bartoli (FRA) – WTA

Miami: Thursday’s Results, Friday’s OOP

Morning all. Yet another week of unsatisfactory bloggage continues as I’m away for the weekend starting in, oh, about an hour. I’ll try to pop in from time to time to update you on the losingness of my favourites (assuming they have the internet in the north …)

Results

Men’s Singles – First Round
[LL] N Lapentti (ECU) d P Starace (ITA) 75 63
M Fish (USA) d L Mayer (ARG) 76(4) 64
H Zeballos (ARG) d A Seppi (ITA) 76(4) 62
J Chela (ARG) d P Lorenzi (ITA) 64 36 76(3)
P Petzschner (GER) d [Q] R Sweeting (USA) 63 61
[Q] M Ilhan (TUR) d P Cuevas (URU) 62 62
[Q] S Giraldo (COL) d [LL] M Daniel (BRA) 63 62
A Falla (COL) d V Hanescu (ROU) 76(4) 36 64
D Sela (ISR) d E Korolev (KAZ) 63 63
T de Bakker (NED) d R Ram (USA) 64 75
M Berrer (GER) d L Lacko (SVK) 75 46 63
[Q] Y Lu (TPE) d F Fognini (ITA) 67(5) 62 64
F Serra (FRA) d [Q] N Massu (CHI) 64 64
P Luczak (AUS) d O Hernandez (ESP) 63 76(4)
[Q] K Anderson (RSA) d [Q] R Mello (BRA) 63 61
S Robert (FRA) d A Beck (GER) 75 64

Women’s Singles – Second Round
[1] S Kuznetsova (RUS) d S Peng (CHN) 62 36 64
[3] V Williams (USA) d S Cirstea (ROU) 64 63
[6] A Radwanska (POL) d E Makarova (RUS) 75 60
T Bacsinszky (SUI) d [8] N Li (CHN) 64 46 76(3)
A Petkovic (GER) d [10] F Pennetta (ITA) 63 36 60
[12] Y Wickmayer (BEL) d [Q] E Baltacha (GBR) 61 63
[13] M Bartoli (FRA) d M Rybarikova (SVK) 62 64
[16] N Petrova (RUS) d K Date Krumm (JPN) 63 76(7)
[WC] P Martic (CRO) d [18] A Rezai (FRA) 75 57 64
[19] D Hantuchova (SVK) d P Schnyder (SUI) 61 64
G Dulko (ARG) d [21] A Bondarenko (UKR) 75 62
Y Shvedova (KAZ) d [23] S Lisicki (GER) 63 01 ret.
[25] A Ivanovic (SRB) d [Q] P Parmentier (FRA) 64 63
[27] A Szavay (HUN) d [WC] A Molik (AUS) 60 60
R Vinci (ITA) d [30] A Medina Garrigues (ESP) 64 76(5)
P Hercog (SLO) d [31] A Wozniak (CAN) 76(5) 63

Women’s Doubles – First Round
[2] N Llagostera Vives (ESP) / M Martinez Sanchez (ESP) d A Hlavackova (CZE) / L Hradecka (CZE) 75 64
[3] N Petrova (RUS) / S Stosur (AUS) d S Errani (ITA) / S Peer (ISR) 61 62
[5] A Kleybanova (RUS) / F Schiavone (ITA) d I Benesova (CZE) / B Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 75 63
K Jans (POL) / V Uhlirova (CZE) d [7] C Chuang (TPE) / S Hsieh (TPE) 06 76(5) 10-8
M Niculescu (ROU) / E Vesnina (RUS) d [WC] Y Wickmayer (BEL) / V Zvonareva (RUS) 75 61
[WC] K Clijsters (BEL) / K Flipkens (BEL) d S Borwell (GBR) / R Kops-Jones (USA) 76(6) 64
Y Chan (TPE) / J Zheng (CHN) d A Amanmuradova (UZB) / D Kustova (BLR) 63 76(5)
O Govortsova (BLR) / A Kudryavtseva (RUS) d T Poutchek (BLR) / A Rosolska (POL) 46 64 13-11

Today’s OOP is brought to you by Andy Roddick’s premature ejaculation face.

STADIUM start 11:00 am
A Dulgheru (ROU) vs [4] V Azarenka (BLR) – WTA
O Rochus (BEL) vs [2] N Djokovic (SRB) – ATP
[14] K Clijsters (BEL) vs P Kvitova (CZE) – WTA
T Dent (USA) vs [4] R Nadal (ESP) – ATP

Not Before 7:00 pm
[5] E Dementieva (RUS) vs [WC] J Henin (BEL) – WTA
[6] A Roddick (USA) vs I Andreev (RUS) – ATP

GRANDSTAND start 11:00 am
[15] D Ferrer (ESP) vs M Llodra (FRA) – ATP
[7] J Jankovic (SRB) vs [Q] M Koryttseva (UKR) – WTA
[27] T Bellucci (BRA) vs J Blake (USA) – ATP
[30] V Troicki (SRB) vs [WC] D Nalbandian (ARG) – ATP

Not Before 5:00 pm
[8] J Tsonga (FRA) vs G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) – ATP

COURT 1 start 10:00 am
D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) vs [24] I Karlovic (CRO) – ATP
[Q] T Pironkova (BUL) vs [2] C Wozniacki (DEN) – WTA
C Suarez Navarro (ESP) vs [9] S Stosur (AUS) – WTA
[17] J Isner (USA) vs M Russell (USA) – ATP
A Medina Garrigues (ESP) / C Wozniacki (DEN) vs [4] L Raymond (USA) / R Stubbs (AUS) – WTA

COURT 2 start 10:00 am
[32] M Kirilenko (RUS) vs M Czink (HUN) – WTA
D Koellerer (AUT) vs [12] J Ferrero (ESP) – ATP
J Chardy (FRA) vs [21] S Querrey (USA) – ATP
M Oudin (USA) vs [11] V Zvonareva (RUS) – WTA

Not Before 5:00 pm
B Becker (GER) vs [11] I Ljubicic (CRO) – ATP

COURT 3 start 10:00 am
T Paszek (AUT) vs [22] A Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) – WTA
[WC] R Harrison (USA) / N Lapentti (ECU) vs E Butorac (USA) / R Ram (USA) – ATP
A Kudryavtseva (RUS) vs [17] S Peer (ISR) – WTA
[18] T Robredo (ESP) vs [Q] I Marchenko (UKR) – ATP
M Llodra (FRA) / A Ram (ISR) vs F Lopez (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP) – ATP

COURT 4 start 11:00 am
[29] M Martinez Sanchez (ESP) vs L Safarova (CZE) – WTA

Not Before 12:30 pm
[15] F Schiavone (ITA) vs A Cornet (FRA) – WTA
M Damm (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) vs I Karlovic (CRO) / D Vemic (SRB) – ATP

COURT 6 start 10:00 am
[33] N Almagro (ESP) vs E Schwank (ARG) – ATP
[Q] S Arvidsson (SWE) vs [26] D Cibulkova (SVK) – WTA
J Melzer (AUT) / P Petzschner (GER) vs [6] S Aspelin (SWE) / P Hanley (AUS) – ATP
F Mayer (GER) vs [28] P Kohlschreiber (GER) – ATP
S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs [32] J Benneteau (FRA) – ATP

COURT 7 start 10:00 am
L Dekmeijere (LAT) / P Schnyder (SUI) vs V Dushevina (RUS) / A Rodionova (AUS) – WTA

Not Before 11:30 am
[20] J Zheng (CHN) vs V Razzano (FRA) – WTA
[24] A Kleybanova (RUS) vs S Errani (ITA) – WTA
[1] C Black (ZIM) / L Huber (USA) vs N Grandin (RSA) / A Spears (USA)
T Garbin (ITA) / V Ruano Pascual (ESP) vs K Peschke (CZE) / K Srebotnik (SLO) – WTA

COURT 8 start 11:00 am
A Bondarenko (UKR) / G Voskoboeva (KAZ) vs J Coin (FRA) / V King (USA) – WTA
J Goerges (GER) vs [28] E Vesnina (RUS) – WTA
[6] B Mattek-Sands (USA) / Z Yan (CHN) vs M Kirilenko (RUS) / A Radwanska (POL) – WTA
I Senoglu (TUR) / Y Shvedova (KAZ) vs [8] E Makarova (RUS) / S Peng (CHN) – WTA

And oh yeah, Wayne Odesnik is in trouble after he pleaded guilty to bringing HGH (human growth hormone) into Australia. He has been fined and could face a two-year suspension. I don’t know about you, but I’m asking the question: you took HGH and you only managed to be Wayne Odesnik? It can’t be that good then, can it?

Oh, and there will be cheerleaders and Guillermo Canas retiring. Apparently.

Bang Goes The Theory

Nole for Head …

The only thing that could make this better would be if he was wearing his glasses. Opportunity gone begging there.