Weeks 3/4 - Australian Open

wolf · Tennis legend

Weeks 3/4 - Australian Open

wolf · Tennis legend

I think Andy has a qualifier first round.

Seeded to meet Melzer in L32 and also in Del Potro's half.

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

What about R16?

wolf · Tennis legend

Gicquel or Bolelli in R2.

Monfils and Ferrer the seeds to meet in L16.

James · Satellite level

Full Draw

1ST QUARTER
Federer(1) vs Andreev
Chela vs Hanescu
Robert vs Starace
Hernandez vs Montanes (31)
Hewitt(22) vs qualifier
C.Rochus vs qualifier
Lorenzi vs Baghdatis
Gil vs Simon (15)
Verdasco (9) vs Ball
qualifier vs Sela
Ram vs qualifier
qualifier vs Ferrero (23)
Monaco (30) vs Gulbis
Vassallo Arguello vs Llodra
Moya vs qualifier
qualifier vs Davydenko (6)

2ND QUARTER
Djokovic (3) vs Gimeno Traver
Matosevic vs Chiudinelli
Vliegen vs Berrer
Istomin vs Chardy (32)
Youzhny (20) vs Gasquet
Hajek vs Ginepri
Kubot vs Zverev
Giraldo vs Robredo (16)
Tsonga (10) vs Stakhovsky
Fognini vs Dent
Harrison vs Tipsarevic
Greul vs Haas (18)
Almagro (26) vs qualifier
Becker vs qualifier
Falla vs Daniel
Granollers vs Soderling (8)

3RD QUARTER
Roddick (7) vs de Bakker
Gabashvili vs Bellucci
F.Lopez vs Cuevas
Schuettler vs Querrey (25)
Berdych (21) vs Haase
Brands vs Korolev
Grosjean vs qualifier
O.Rochus vs F.Gonzalez (11)
Cilic (14) vs Santoro
qualifier vs Tomic
Kunitsyn vs Acasuso
Garcia Lopez vs Wawrinka (19)
Troicki (29) vs Lapentti
Petzschner vs F.Mayer
Blake vs Clement
Russell vs Del Potro (4)

4TH QUARTER
Murray (5) vs qualifier
Gicquel vs Bolelli
Nieminen vs Lindahl
Serra vs Melzer (28)
Ferrer (17) vs Seppi
qualifier vs Lu
Koellerer vs qualifier
qualifier vs Monfils (12)
Stepanek (13) vs Karlovic
Benneteau vs qualifier
Fish vs Golubev
Kubler vs Ljubicic (24)
Kohlschreiber (27) vs Zeballos
Isner vs Odesnik
Lack vs L.Mayer
Luczak vs Nadal (2)

indiana · Tennis legend

I actually don't think that's a bad draw at all.

Last 16, where he had to be in line to potentially face one of seeds 9 to 12, I'd settle for Monfils at the Aus Open.

Re quarters, we knew he had to have one of the top 4, again I'd settle for Nadal in his most recent form and Andy has good Aus history of that 5 set fight with Nadal when much less able than he is now.

I think a Nadal / Del Potro half is preferable to a Federer / Djokovic half.

So much water though to flow under the bridge before we see if Andy or the others reach any of these potential appointments.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Very good draw.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

He may have ended up in Nadal's section but it's a pretty good draw for Murray on the whole and he would have taken it at the start I'm sure.

Should have no trouble getting into the 4th round and even then an injured Monfils or a woefully out of form Ferrer shouldn't cause him any trouble, so an easy start.

He get to the QF's without much of a problem and then hopefully he can beat Nadal there.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

I don't think it's a bad draw at all. given the choice would you rather be in the half with the 1&3 seed or the 2&4?!? I know at the top it's more about how the games match up, and in that case my preference would always be to avoid Nole, which he's done. Potty seems to Pot luck (no pun intended, honest guv). and Nadal seems to be in worse form that Federer at the moment who is just the last one you want to see in the latter stages of a grand slam. So all in all, I'm pretty happy with that draw.

MD · Social player

Yes, agree that this is a good draw. Also avoids Verdasco, Gonzalez, Cilic or even Davydenko or Wawrinka - all could be dangerous and there is history of these type of players going on hot winning streaks at the Aussie open. If Andy gets to the quarters, he will have done better than ever before, a little pressure will be off......interesting!

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

I could have done without a match-up with Melzer. Although Andy beats him he usually struggles a bit against him and uses up energy he needs later! Otherwise as good as could be expected.

indiana · Tennis legend

LTA news section reckon Andy's been "placed in tough half in Australia" with Nadal and Del Potro. I am presuming that they actually do understand that he had to have one of the top 2 seeds and one of seeds 3 & 4 in his half

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

indiana wrote:

LTA news section reckon Andy's been "placed in tough half in Australia" with Nadal and Del Potro. I am presuming that they actually do understand that he had to have one of the top 2 seeds and one of seeds 3 & 4 in his half

Will I be accused of too much cynicism if I suggest that maybe they wrote the article (including headline) a few days ago and just filled in the blanks when they knew the names? wink

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

steven · Tennis legend

L128: (5) Andy Murray WR 5 v (Q) Kevin Anderson (RSA) WR 147 (CH 95 in June 2009)

Andy has never played Anderson before, but the South African has played quite a few other Brits in the past, losing to Jamie Baker in the Brownsville Future Final in 2008 (just before Jamie got ill and Kevin made his big breakthrough by qualifying for Las Vegas ATP then reaching the Final) and to Chris Eaton in the Nottingham Challenger last year. He has won the rest apart from a loss to Oliver Freelove way back in 2003 but the last time he met a Brit, Dan Evans only went down to him in a final set tiebreak in the Granby Challenger last summer.

Hence not the worst qualifier Andy could have got, though they can all be dangerous in R1!

-- Edited by steven on Saturday 16th of January 2010 06:17:37 AM