terrible

Nadal gets a Qualy....bet you Baker makes it...and gets Nadal !!!!

Murray lost to Tsonga in 2004 at Nottingham Challenger but won at a canter last year in Metz 3 & 3 so its not to bad.

-- Edited by Drew at 23:52, 2008-01-10

I don't think its too bad to be honest, Tsonga's game matches up very well for Murray who reads big servers so well on the return and loves to try and counter-punch against the big hitters from the back. Plus, if Tsonga got beaten 3&3 on a very fast indoor surface in Metz, a rematch on a slower, higher bouncing down under doesn't really bode well for him. Plus it will get Andy finding his level and sharpness immediately which is often better than cruising through first couple of rounds against no-hopers and then suddenly having to up it big time against a seed.

Bit harsh to get Gasquet in rd4 but it could have been worse and to go deep in a slam you have to beat top class players.....Gasquet's struggling for form a bit down under too, he's not liking the heavier balls they're using and got beaten in3 sets by Tursunov this week in Sydney

1 [1]Federer
2 Hartfield
3 Santoro
4 Isner
5 Tipsarevic
6 Sirianni
7 Ascione
8 [25] Verdasco
9 [21] Monaco
10 Berlocq
11 Kendrick
12 Q
13 Hernandez
14 Minar
15 Eschauer
16 [13] Berdych
17 [12] Blake
18 Massu
19 Russell
20 Fognini
21 Grosjean
22 Volandri
23 Q
24 [17] Ljubicic
25 [27] Almagro
26 Cilic
27 Vanek
28
29
30
31
32 [7] Gonzalez
33 [3] Djokovic
34 Becker
35 Q
36 Bolelli
37 Querrey
38 Rochus O
39 Malisse
40 [32] Tursunov
41 [19] Hewitt
42 Darcis
43 Istomin
44 Q
45 Gulbis
46 Safin
47 Johansson
48 [15] Baghdatis
49 [10] Nalbandian
50 Smeets
51 Zaba
52 Luczak
53 Jones
54 Montanes
55 Kiefer
56 [22] Ferrero
57 [30] Stepanek
58 Spadea
59 Q
60 Roitman
61 Ventura
62 Del Potro
63 Roger-Vasselin
64 [5] Ferrer
65 [8] Gasquet
66 Lindahl
67 Lopez
68 Q
69 Vliegen
70 Patience
71 Pavel
72 [31] Andreev
73 [18] Chela
74 GGL
75 Falla
76 Q
77 Q
78 Brzezicki
79 Tsonga
80 [9] Murray
81 [14] Youzhny
82 Montcourt
83 Q
84 Seppi
85 Sela
86 Q
87 Q
88 [20] Karlovic
89 [26] Wawrinka
90 Benneteau
91 Lu
92 Gicquel
93 Mahut
94 Acasuso
95 Llodra
96 [4] Davydenko
97 [6] Roddick
98 Q
99 Young
100 Berrer
101 Korolev
102 Q
103 Q
104 [29] Kohlschreiber
105 [24] Nieminen
106 Dancevic
107 Levine
108 Vassallo Arguello
109 Fish
110 Pashanski
111 Zverev
112 [11] Robredo
113 [16] Moya
114 Koubek
115 Horna
116 Calleri
117 Capdeville
118 Klein
119 Hanescu
120 [23] Mathieu
121 [28] Simon
122 Reynolds
123 Clement
124 Schuettler
125 Serra
126 Mayer
127 Q
128 [2] Nadal

That's really a pretty good draw for Andy.

OK, in theory Tsonga in 1st round and Chela prospectively in last 32 could be better.

BUT, to my mind Andy is at the stage where we really want to be looking at prospective later opponents and if he's going all the way, he's got I think the best looking prospective opponents by seeding and in practice from the last 16 :

Gasquet ( 8 ),  Davydenko ( 4 ) and Nadal ( 2 )

I think Tsonga suits his game in some ways quite well, and let's face it that if he can't beat him in Round 1, then he's not in form to win much more.

Let's be positive.

-- Edited by indiana at 00:43, 2008-01-11

Sorry, I just corrected.

It's Chela in last 32,  Gasquet in last 16, and Davydenko in quarters if seedings go to plan.