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http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2011/5018/qs.pdf

A couple of our adopted Aussies playing in qualification (Arlidge & Gregory) as well as Wardy in main draw.


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both aussie brits lost.

ward has drawn (4)Ball in round 1

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L32: James Ward WR 207 v (4) Carsten Ball (AUS) WR 158 (CH 108 last July)

Looking on the bright side of this draw, James has good memories to take into this match - Ball was the player he beat in the 2009 Sarasota Challenger Final to become the first Brit since Henman to win a Challenger title on clay.

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Wardy second on Court 4 after a match which starts at 11pm GMT tonight.

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Wardy won 6-2 6-4, thats much more like it

lets all just pretend January never happened for him

In all seriousness he does seem quite a streaky player so I wouldnt be shocked if he now puts a good run together

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That's far more like it, well done Ward! Unfortuntely he still has a pretty brutal draw this week. Next up is likely to be Jan Hernych, formerly in the top 60, who has just climbed 67 places after qualifying and reaching the R32 of the Aussie Open. He beat Istomin in 4 in the first round, before beating Bellucci 8-6 in the fifth in the second round so is in pretty decent form right now.

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Excellent win for James - and even more convincing than when he beat Ball to win Sarasota smile.gif

I was amazed to see Hernych in the draw and not seeded!

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R2:  James Ward WR 215 vs Jan Hernych (CZE) WR 174

Hernych beat the Aussie qualifier, James Duckworth, by 3-6 6-4 6-1, so maybe "our" James is in with a chance of a QF place... pray.gif

'Twas a bad day today for the seeds & for Czechs & Slovaks Down-Under:  in addition to Ball's defeat, the Aussie top seed, Marinko Matosevic, lost to the Canuck, Philip Bester, in three, Ivo Minar (CZE/7) lost to another Aussie qualifier, Joel Lindner, in two, Lukas Rosol (CZE/5) to a Canuck qualifier, Erik Chvojka, in two & Grega Zemlja (SLO/3) by Matthew Ebden in two, so only three still standing (Lorenzi (ITA/2), Sugita (JPN/6) & Ito (JPN/8)! disbelief

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I think its a winnable match for James, the difference in ranking is not that big, and James has already beaten the seed in his quarter. I imagine tomorrow will be a day off for him....

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stevemcqueen wrote:

I think its a winnable match for James, the difference in ranking is not that big, and James has already beaten the seed in his quarter. I imagine tomorrow will be a day off for him....

Yes, and all the seeds in the top half except the other seed in Wardy's quarter, (8) Ito, went out in R1, so it's become an interesting-looking draw.

He doesn't get a day off though - he's first up tonight at 23.00 GMT.

 



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If he does actually make it through and end up on Centre later this week, there's live streaming at http://www.livestream.com/burnieinternational

Btw the men's and women's tournaments seem to be in different locations, because the OoPs are completely separate and there is live(ish) scoring for the men on the TA site but not for the women.

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Phew. I am so glad he got the win! Well done Wardy. UP UP UP!!!

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Ward 1-0*

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   Wardy's T100 KO's 

09: Crivoi 87  

10: Ram 93 , F.Lopez 30 , Schuettler 72, Kamke 85, Russell 80

11:  Wawrinka 14, Querrey 26, Mannarino 54 

12: Andujar 36

13: Tursunov 67

 

 
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Love hold from JH

*1-1

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   Wardy's T100 KO's 

09: Crivoi 87  

10: Ram 93 , F.Lopez 30 , Schuettler 72, Kamke 85, Russell 80

11:  Wawrinka 14, Querrey 26, Mannarino 54 

12: Andujar 36

13: Tursunov 67

 

 
The Magician Santoro


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Ward holds from 15-40 down after starting off with a DF, in the first service game Ward held to love btw

Ward 2-1*

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   Wardy's T100 KO's 

09: Crivoi 87  

10: Ram 93 , F.Lopez 30 , Schuettler 72, Kamke 85, Russell 80

11:  Wawrinka 14, Querrey 26, Mannarino 54 

12: Andujar 36

13: Tursunov 67

 

 
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