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Australian open 2007


first grand slam of 2007, and i cant wait

1 Federer, Roger SUI 1
2 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
3 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 3
4 Blake, James USA 4
5 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 5
6 Roddick, Andy USA 6
7 Robredo, Tommy ESP 7
8 Nalbandian, David ARG 8
9 Ancic, Mario CRO 9
10 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 10
11 Haas, Tommy GER 11
12 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 12
13 Berdych, Tomas CZE 13
14 Ferrer, David ESP 14
15 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 15
16 Djokovic, Novak SRB 16
17 Murray, Andy GBR 17
18 Gasquet, Richard FRA 18
19 Stepanek, Radek CZE 19
20 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 20
21 Hrbaty, Dominik SVK 21
22 Johansson, Joachim SWE 21 @
23 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 22
24 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 23
25 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 24
26 Soderling, Robin SWE 25
27 Safin, Marat RUS 26
28 Acasuso, Jose ARG 27
29 Grosjean, Sebastien FRA 28
30 Calleri, Agustin ARG 29
31 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 30
32 Vliegen, Kristof BEL 31
33 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 32
34 Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 33
35 Gaudio, Gaston ARG 34
36 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 35
37 Rochus, Olivier BEL 36
38 Malisse, Xavier BEL 37
39 Volandri, Filippo ITA 38
40 Henman, Tim GBR 39
41 Benneteau, Julien FRA 40
42 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 41
43 Clement, Arnaud FRA 42
44 Moya, Carlos ESP 43
45 Massu, Nicolas CHI 44
46 Verkerk, Martin NED 44 @
47 Simon, Gilles FRA 45
48 Monfils, Gael FRA 46
49 Fish, Mardy USA 47
50 Kiefer, Nicolas GER 48
51 Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR 49
52 Gicquel, Marc FRA 50
53 Ginepri, Robby USA 51
54 Santoro, Fabrice FRA 52
55 Srichaphan, Paradorn THA 53
56 Bjorkman, Jonas SWE 54
57 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 55
58 Mayer, Florian GER 56
59 Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 57
60 Becker, Benjamin GER 58
61 Mirnyi, Max BLR 59
62 Serra, Florent FRA 60
63 Martin, Alberto ESP 61
64 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 62
65 Horna, Luis PER 63
66 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 64
67 Bracciali, Daniele ITA 65
68 Mahut, Nicolas FRA 66
69 Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 67
70 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 68
71 Monaco, Juan ARG 69
72 Goldstein, Paul USA 70
73 Johansson, Thomas SWE 71
74 Roitman, Sergio ARG 72
75 Spadea, Vincent USA 73
76 Seppi, Andreas ITA 74
77 Hernych, Jan CZE 75
78 Hajek, Jan CZE 76
79 Phau, Bjorn GER 77
80 Rochus, Christophe BEL 78
81 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 79
82 Koubek, Stefan AUT 80
83 Vassallo Arguello, Martin ARG 81
84 Greul, Simon GER 82
85 Starace, Potito ITA 83
86 Pless, Kristian DEN 84
87 Montanes, Albert ESP 85
88 Gimelstob, Justin USA 86
89 Kendrick, Robert USA 87
90 Dancevic, Frank CAN 88
91 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 89
92 Di Mauro, Alessio ITA 90
93 Andreev, Igor RUS 91
94 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 92
95 Delic, Amer USA 93
96 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 94
97 Devilder, Nicolas FRA 95
98 Llodra, Michael FRA 96
99 Schuettler, Rainer GER 97
100 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 98
101 Dlouhy, Lukas CZE 99
102 Hanescu, Victor ROM 99 @
103 Patience, Olivier FRA 100
104 Kim, Kevin USA 101

Alternates
1. Vanek, Jiri CZE 102
2. Korolev, Evgeny RUS 103
3. Udomchoke, Danai THA 104
4. Muller, Gilles LUX 105
5. Alves, Thiago BRA 106
6. Sanguinetti, Davide ITA 107
7. Falla, Alejandro COL 108
8. Waske, Alexander GER 109
9. Galvani, Stefano ITA 110
10. Vicente, Fernando ESP 111
11. Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 112
12. Pavel, Andrei ROM 113
13. Philippoussis, Mark AUS 114
14. Marach, Oliver AUT 115
15. Coria, Guillermo ARG 116
16. Vik, Robin CZE 117
17. Saretta, Flavio BRA 118
18. Sluiter, Raemon NED 119
19. Economidis, Konstantinos GRE 120
20. Norman, Dick BEL 121

Source: SteveG

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the bbc are actually showing some of it, shock horror

21st January
BBC Two, 1335-1415, highlights


Saturday 27
BBC One 0220-0630, women's final live


Sunday 28
BBC Two, 0825-1130, men's final live



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Also, a lot of the Aussie Open will be shown live on BBC interactive as happened earlier this year.

What happens is that the night session matches each day [which start at 8am GMT] will be shown live and also any British matches which happened during the day [Australian time] will be recorded and shown in full.




-- Edited by ultimateshedman at 20:11, 2006-12-07

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ultimateshedman wrote:


Also, a lot of the Aussie Open will be shown live on BBC interactive as happened earlier this year.

What happens is that the night session matches each day [which start at 8am GMT] will be shown live and also any British matches which happened during the day [Australian time] will be recorded and shown in full.




-- Edited by ultimateshedman at 20:11, 2006-12-07



sounds good to me thanks... at last the BBC are seeing tennis as a sport that has more than wimbledon , its a start

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The BBC have the full rights. But they only show limited coverage on TV. As said above a lot more or interactive / web site.

Im sure if we get Andy & Tim playing top matches in R2,R3 etc the Beeb might decide to show those matches live....chances...?



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there is a good chance but you never no with the beeb , they aired there 1st encounter but only highlights of there second , right ? and then they didnt even play there last one coz i watched it on sky

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I wish that the BBC would show the full days play on interactive, they have the rights to do so but they didn't this year, hopefully in 2007. I will try to record British matches and pass them on to anyone who would like to watch them. I'm going to need to record all the coverage anyway as all my Jan exams are over those 2 weeks

I doubt that the Beeb would show any Murray/Henman/Boggo matches before rd3. That's the earliest they tend to do so - they showed Tim's loss v Davydenko in rd3 in 2005.

The BBC showed the Murray-Henman Basel match live but for the two matches they had during the American hard court swing this year, they didn't show either, not even highlights.



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I don't get how Boggo is to be seeded in the top tier of qualifying seeds when he's not in the top 20 ALTS?

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I don't get how Boggo is to be seeded in the top tier of qualifying seeds when he's not in the top 20 ALTS?



It's because there will be at least 10 withdrawals from the Main Draw meaning at least 10 above him will not be playing qualfying. Also seedings are based on the rankings after Week 1 and some players below Alex are defending points in that week (and maybe Alex will gain some!)


It's not a definate but odds on he will have a decent seeding.



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Cool.


I just hope this isn't the year when 10 people don't drop out!



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if the courts are fatser that might help. alex's results in austrlia have been underwhelming in the past (save for the decent DC debut). some of this i think down to needing that extra level fo fitness in the heat. how mnay brits do we anticpate being int he qualies?


 



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yaeh alex will undoubtedly have a top 16 seeding - only needs a few withdrawals above him.  to start with, phillipoussis will be one as he'll get a WC i'm sure!


think alex will have a great chance to qualify - no players will get much better prep than the work alex will be doing in the states surely! i presume most of our players with high enough rankings will go for the qualies.  can't really think who'll give it a miss.  would usually say alan wouldn't bother but the new alan i'm sure will!



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Qualies wise I reckon that we'll have: Boggo, Bloomfield, Goodall, Marray and Mackin for sure.

Baker is ranked 315 and so has an outside chance of making the cut but I'm not sure whether he'll bother to make the trip as he'll require a lot of withdrawals...he might decide to play the 15K in Sunderland instead that week, he's got 9 points to defend in the first two weeks. Mark Hilton was in a similar situation a few years ago and actually made the cut when ranked about 320 but he only found out a day before qualifying was due to start and couldn't make it over there in time.

Boggo, Bloomfield and Mackin are all spending the off season in the States which should help their preparation a lot, they'll be used to the sort of temperatures they're going to get down under and more used to the type of courts. In the past they've spent the off season training indoors and then gone to compete on rebound ace which is a massive transistion.

Boggo's played AO qualies twice, lost in rd2 both times. Mackin played in 2005 and lost in rd1 to Marach. Bloomfield played earlier this year was suffering from jet-lag and lost in rd1, Marray also lost in rd1. Goodall hasn't played in Melbourne before.

The faster courts will definately suit our players. If Alex is seeded in the top 8, he's got a great chance of qualifying, he'll be more prepared fitness-wise this time round which will make a massive difference. As for the others, it all depends on the draws, Goodall is the most likely to take advantage of a good draw. The rebound ace doesn't particularly suit Marray's style while Bloomfield and Mackin haven't tended to do so well outdoors in the past.

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Any confirmed withdrawals yet???

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Coria, I believe.
Flip will almost surely get a WC.

Verkerk may not turn up.
No idea about Kiefer, Hrbaty and Gimelstob. They seem to be fit, but not sure if they are match fit.

Stepanek is fully fit. He is training at IMG. Here are a few pics:

http://www.nickbollettieri.com/gallery/galleryDetail.cfm?galID=153

You can also see Ms. Cavaday there.



-- Edited by Greenleaf at 21:06, 2006-12-09

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I love the list that Bollettieri has put up.


Pros training at the Academy:

Naomi Cavaday
Maria Sharapova
Nicole Vaidisova
Gael Monfils
Radek Stepanek
Tommy Haas
Xavier Malisse
Nenad Zimonjic
 


- Good to see Naomi mentioned in the same breath as the others!



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