Australian Open 2008 - DAY ONE

Josh · Challenger level

RE: Australian Open 2008 - DAY ONE

Josh · Challenger level

Woerle just retired 7-5 6-7 0-4 down. Guess her long qualie matches finally caught up with her.

Josh · Challenger level

Mel *3-1 down, Bartoli breaks on her 3rd bp
Katie broken too, down *2-1

Josh · Challenger level

Mel breaks back 3-2*
Katie 15 all 2-1 down

Josh · Challenger level

Mel broken again though, down *4-2
Katie down 3-1*

Josh · Challenger level

Bartoli holds from 0-30 down 5-2*
Kaite broken again *4-1

Not looking good so far.

S&V · Club Coach

I have Mel on espn360.com but its slowing down my connection so I wont post much

Josh · Challenger level

Bartoli breaks to take the first set 6-2
katie get sone break back, now down 4-2*

markymc1983 · Club Coach

This is so annoying i'm in Australia and still can't find this match anywhere! South is now double break up in the 2nd 4-1-come on Mel!

steven · Tennis legend

Not sure where everyone has gone, but Katie lost the 1st 4-6 and is already a break down in the 2nd.

Mel, however, is fighting back - she was up a double break in the second but Bartoli has just pegged one back.

Typically, the ridiculous number of errors in the pick em entries this time means we'll probably have 2 Brits out before I get the chance to actually watch any. It's getting more and more tempting to reject entries with errors on them ...

steven · Tennis legend

Oh Mel, that's poor cry

another direservice game and both breaks gone ... not that we epected her to get a double break up in the first place, I suppose.

markymc1983 · Club Coach

serving to stay in 4-5

steven · Tennis legend

Looked like she was going to stop the rot there, 40-15 up, but then a great return from Bartoli freaked her out and a df brought it back to deuce.

Just saved a mp with a great shot though ...

steven · Tennis legend

... but couldn't save the 2nd, and that's it, last 5 games in a row lost and Bartoli wins 2 & 4.

Having said that, Mel did look like a top 100 player out there for at least some of the time I was watching.

markymc1983 · Club Coach

Bye bye Mel 2-6 4-6