WTA Malaysian Open 2010: Qualifying OOP

Here's what you've been waiting for - the qualifying OOP for the WTA Malaysian Open 2010!

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As mentioned in the local papers, Malaysia no.1 Jawairiah Noordin did not get Wildcard into the Main Draw due to her poor performance in the Asia/Oceania Zone Fed Cup recently. Better luck next time girl!

So if you're into short skirts and tennis, head to the Bukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort tomorrow onwards as the Sony Ericsson WTA Mini Asian Tour will take place from February 22 – 28.

Qualifying matches will start at 10AM. Free admission.

And please don't forget to head to the practice courts too. That's the best place and time to meet the players!

It's been awhile...

It's been awhile since I update this blog...

I've lost my passion to blog ever since I started believing that this is the beginning of the end of Rafael Nadal's career.

I hope I'm wrong just like this picture of Nadal and Shakira...

Nadal starred in Shakira's new music video 'Gypsy' which took place in the city of Barcelona.

Both of t were seen also having dinner at a restaurant in Barcelona during the filming, fueling suspicions of a possible romance.

Well, Nadal aside, I think I better start working on some posts for the WTA Malaysian Open which is just three days away.

Later.

Australian Open Day 5: Today's matches

Schedule of play on Day 5 of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.

Prefix number denotes seeding.

All sessions start at 11am Melbourne time unless stated:

ROD LAVER ARENA
WS, Rd 3: Elena Baltacha (GB) v 2-Dinara Safina (Rus)
MS, Rd 3: 7-Andy Roddick (US) v Feliciano Lopez (Spa)
MS, Rd 3: Florian Mayer (Ger) v 4-Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg)

From 7pm
MS, Rd 3: 27-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) v 2-Rafael Nadal (Spa)
WS, Rd 3: Angelique Kerber (Ger) v 3-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus)

HISENSE ARENA
WS, Rd 3: 8-Jelena Jankovic (Srb) v 31-Alona Bondarenko (Ukr)
WS, Rd 3: Justine Henin (Bel) v 27-Alisa Kleybanova (Rus)
MS, Rd 3: 5-Andy Murray (GB) v Florent Serra (Fra)

From 7pm
WS, Rd 3: 15-Kim Clijsters (Bel) v 19-Nadia Petrova (Rus)
MS, Rd 3: Ivo Karlovic (Cro) v 24-Ivan Ljubicic (Cro)

MARGARET COURT ARENA
MD, Rd 2: Rameez Junaid/Peter Luczak (Aus) v Philipp Marx (Ger) /Igor Zelenay (Svk)
WS, Rd 3: Sara Errani (Ita) v Yanina Wickmayer (Bel)
MS, Rd 3: 33-John Isner (US) v 12-Gael Monfils (Fra)
MS, Rd 3: 14-Marin Cilic (Cro) v 19-Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi)

From 7pm
MD, Rd 2: 1-Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (US) v Rik De Voest (SAf)/Scott Lipsky (US)

COURT 2
6-Lisa Raymond (US)/Rennae Stubbs (Aus) v Julie Coin (Fra)/Marie-Eve Pelletier (Can)
MS, Rd 3: Evgeny Korolev (Kaz) v 11-Fernando Gonzalez (Chile)
WD, Rd 2: Ioana Raluca Olaru /Olga Savchuk (Ukr) v 2-Venus Williams/Serena Williams (US)
MD, Rd 2: Simone Bolelli/Andreas Seppi (Ita) v 14-Martin Damm/Filip Polasek (Svk)

COURT 3
MD, Rd 2: 8-Marcel Granollers/Tommy Robredo (Spa) v Johan Brunstrom (Swe)/Jean-Julien Rojer (Aho)
WS, Rd 3: Maria Kirilenko (Rus) v Roberta Vinci (Ita)
WS, Rd 3: Jie Zheng (Chn) v 11-Marion Bartoli (Fra)
WD, Rd 2: Melinda Czink (Hun)/Natalie Grandin (SAf) v 7-Alisa Kleybanova (Rus)/Francesca Schiavone (Ita)

COURT 6
WD, Rd 2: 1-Cara Black (Zim)/Liezel Huber (US) v Carly Gullickson (US)/Vladimira Uhlirova (Cze)
Mixed, Rd 1: Alicia Molik/Matthew Ebden (Aus) v 8-Elena Vesnina (Rus)/Andy Ram (Isr)
Mixed, Rd 1: 1-Cara Black (Zim)/Leander Paes (Ind) v Sophie Ferguson/Carsten Ball (Aus)
WD, Rd 2: Casey Dellacqua (Aus)/Marina Erakovic (NZ) v 11-Alla Kudryavtseva/ Ekaterina Makarova (Rus)
Mixed, Rd 1: Jarmila Groth/Samuel Groth (Aus) v 4-Nuria Llagostera Vives (Spa)/Michal Mertinak (Svk)

COURT 7
MD, Rd 2: Eric Butorac/Rajeev Ram (US) v 7-Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski (Pol)
WD, Rd 2: 12-Chia-Jung Chuang (Tpe)/Kveta Peschke (Cze) v Sally Peers (Aus)/Laura Robson (GB)
WD, Rd 2: 13-Gisela Dulko (Arg)/Flavia Pennetta (Ita) v Sarah Borwell (GB)/Raquel Kops-Jones (US)
WD, Rd 2: 16-Iveta Benesova/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) v Andrea Hlavackova/Lucie Hradecka (Cze)

COURT 8
WD, Rd 2: Klaudia Jans/Alicja Rosolska (Pol) v 4-Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe)/Shuai Peng (Chn)
MD, Rd 2: 11-Simon Aspelin (Swe)/Paul Hanley (Aus) v Prakash Amritraj/Somdev Devvarman (Ind)
WD, Rd 2: 10-Sania Mirza (Ind)/Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spa) v Timea Bacsinszky (Swi)/Tathiana Garbin (Ita)
MD, Rd 2: Albert Montanes (Spa)/Martin Vassallo Arguello (Arg) v 2-Daniel Nestor (Can)/Nenad Zimonjic (Srb)

COURT 18
MD, Rd 2: Fabio Fognini/Potito Starace (Ita) v 17-Jurgen Melzer (Aut)/Philipp Petzschner (Ger)
WD, Rd 2: 3-Nuria Llagostera Vives/Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa) v Shahar Peer (Isr)/Galina Voskoboeva (Kaz)
MD, Rd 2: 5-Lukasz Kubot (Pol)/Oliver Marach (Aut) v Igor Kunitsyn (Rus)/Dudi Sela (Isr)

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Australian Open Day 4 Wrap-up: Prince Williams meets the King and Queen of tennis

Roger Federer and Serena Williams, the king and queen of tennis welcomed Prince Williams at the Rod Laver Arena yesterday.

The Prince of Wales is visiting Australia this week and the trip wouldn't be complete without stopping by at the craziest Grand Slam tournament.

Judging from the lady's reaction in this picture, I think Prince Williams can beat Federer hands down anytime.

Here's the results from the Australian Open singles and doubles on Day 4 (prefix number denotes seeding):

Round 2 - Men's Singles
9-Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bt Ivan Sergeyev (UKR) 6-1 6-2 6-2
10-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) bt Taylor Dent (USA) 6-4 6-3 6-3
1-Roger Federer (SUI) bt Victor Hanescu (ROU) 6-2 6-3 6-2
31-Albert Montanes (ESP) bt Stephane Robert (FRA) 4-6 6-7(3) 6-2 6-3 6-2
18-Tommy Haas (GER) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 4-6 6-4 6-3 1-6 6-3
22-Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) bt Donald Young (USA) 7-6(3) 6-4 6-1
Stefan Koubek (AUT) bt Ivan Dodig (CRO) 7-6(4) 6-1 6-2
Lukasz Kubot (POL) bt Santiago Giraldo (COL) 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-1
20-Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) bt Jan Hajek (CZE) 6-2 6-1 6-1
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) bt 17-David Ferrer (ESP) 4-6 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3 6-1
Alejandro Falla (COL) bt Marcel Granollers (ESP) 6-4 6-1 6-3
30-Juan Monaco (ARG) bt Michael Llodra (FRA) 3-6 3-6 7-6(5) 6-1 6-3
3-Novak Djokovic (SRB) bt Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) 3-6 6-1 6-1 6-3
Denis Istomin (UZB) bt Michael Berrer (GER) 7-5 6-3 6-4
26-Nicolas Almagro (ESP) bt Benjamin Becker (GER) 6-4 6-2 3-6 4-6 6-3
6-Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) bt Q-Illya Marchenko (UKR) 6-3 6-3 6-0


Round 2 - Women's SIngles
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) bt Karolina Sprem (CRO) 7-6(4) 7-6(6)
1-Serena Williams (USA) bt Petra Kvitova (CZE) 6-2 6-1
6-Venus Williams (USA) bt Sybille Bammer (AUT) 6-2 7-5
Alberta Brianti (ITA) bt 21-Sabine Lisicki (GER) 2-6 6-4 6-4
22-Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) bt Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 6-4 6-1
13-Samantha Stosur (AUS) bt Kristina Barrois (GER) 7-5 6-3
17-Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Julie Coin (FRA) 6-3 6-4
Tathiana Garbin (ITA) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 6-7(5) 6-2 6-0
9-Vera Zvonareva (RUS) bt Iveta Benesova (CZE) 6-0 6-3
4-Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) bt Julia Gorges (GER) 6-3 6-1
29-Shahar Peer (ISR) bt Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 6-1 6-4
7-Victoria Azarenka (BLR) bt Stefanie Vogele (SUI) 6-4 6-0
16-Li Na (CHN) bt Agnes Szavay (HUN) 3-6 7-5 6-2
32-Carla Suarez (ESP) bt Andrea Petkovic (GER) 6-1 6-4
Gisela Dulko (ARG) bt 20-Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 6-7(6) 7-5 6-4
10-Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) bt Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 6-0 6-2


Round 1 - Men's Doubles
Carsten Ball/Stephen Huss (AUS) bt Benjamin Becker/Florian Mayer (GER) 7-6(6) 7-6(3)
Julien Benneteau (FRA)/Steve Darcis (BEL) bt 13-Michael Llodra (FRA)/Andy Ram (ISR) 7-5 3-6 7-5
Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)/Dudi Sela (ISR) bt Marco Chiudinelli (SUI)/Viktor Troicki (SRB) 6-4 6-2
14-Martin Damm (CZE)/Filip Polasek (SVK) bt WC-Marinko Matosevic/Bernard Tomic (AUS) 6-2 6-1
Michael Kohlmann (GER)/Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) bt 4-Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/Max Mirnyi (BLR) 6-4 6-4
Simone Bolelli/Andreas Seppi (ITA) bt Lukas Lacko (SVK)/Michael Russell (USA) 6-4 6-2
Ivo Karlovic (CRO)/Dusan Vemic (SRB) bt 9-Christopher Kas (GER)/Dick Norman (BEL) 6-4 3-6 6-4
Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)/Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) bt 6-Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/Michal Mertinak (SVK) 6-3 7-6(7)
Fabio Fognini/Potito Starace (ITA) bt Jeremy Chardy/Marc Gicquel (FRA) 5-1 ret.
John Isner/Sam Querrey (USA) bt Jeff Coetzee (RSA)/Rogier Wassen (NED) 6-4 6-1
Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/Rainer Schuttler (GER) bt Frederico Gil (POR)/Kristof Vliegen (BEL) 6-3 6-2
11-Simon Aspelin (SWE)/Paul Hanley (AUS) bt Marcos Daniel (BRA)/Daniel Kollerer (AUT) 6-1 6-2.
3-Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/Leander Paes (IND) bt Leos Friedl/David Skoch (CZE) 6-3 6-1.
Igor Andreev/Evgeny Korolev (RUS) bt Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)/Mischa Zverev (GER) 6-1 7-6(6).
Eric Butorac/Rajeev Ram (USA) bt Thomaz Bellucci/Andre Sa (BRA) 6-3 6-4.


Round 1 - Women's Doubles
7-Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)/Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Alberta Brianti (ITA)/Urszula Radwanska (POL) 4-6 7-5 7-6(3)
Shahar Peer (ISR)/Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)/Renata Voracova (CZE) 6-2 7-5
Raluca Olaru (ROU)/Olga Savchuk (UKR) bt Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB)/Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 4-6 6-1 6-2
12-Chuang Chia-Jung (TPE)/Kveta Peschke (CZE) bt Ipek Senoglu (TUR)/Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 6-0 7-5
Agnes Szavay (HUN)/Roberta Vinci (ITA) bt Olga Govortsova/Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) 7-5 6-4
Vera Dushevina (RUS)/Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) bt 5-Nadia Petrova (RUS)/Samantha Stosur (AUS) 3-6 6-4 6-1
Melinda Czink (HUN)/Natalie Grandin (RSA) bt Sabine Lisicki (GER)/Aravane Rezai (FRA) 6-3 6-2
15-Maria Kirilenko (RUS)/Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROU)/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 6-0 6-7(4) 6-2
10-Sania Mirza (IND)/Virginia Ruano (ESP) bt WC-Yayuk Basuki (INA)/Kimiko Date Krumm (JPN) 6-4 6-2
Victoria Azarenka (BLR)/Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) bt Kaia Kanepi (EST)/Jasmin Wohr (GER) 7-6(5) 6-4
13-Gisela Dulko (ARG)/Flavia Pennetta (ITA) bt Alona Bondarenko/Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 6-4 2-6 6-3
Jelena Jankovic (SRB)/Shenay Perry (USA) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)/Michaella Krajicek (NED) 6-1 6-4
9-Elena Vesnina (RUS)/Zheng Jie (CHN) bt Alize Cornet (FRA)/Sharon Fichman (CAN) 7-5 6-3
16-Iveta Benesova/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) bt Sara Errani (ITA)/Carla Suarez (ESP) 6-2 6-1
Carly Gullickson (USA)/Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) bt Alexandra Dulgheru/Edina Gallovits (ROU) 6-3 3-6 6-3
Sarah Borwell (GBR)/Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) bt Polona Hercog (SLO)/Petra Martic (CRO) 6-4 7-6(3)
14-Anna-Lena Gronefeld (GER)/Vania King (USA) bt WC-Shannon Golds/Marija Mirkovic (AUS) 6-0 6-1
Virginie Razzano (FRA)/Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) bt Maria Kondratieva (RUS)/Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 7-5 3-6 6-2
Elena Baltacha (GBR)/Liga Dekmeijere (LAT) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE)/Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 7-5 6-2
WC-Sally Peers (AUS)/Laura Robson (GBR) bt Jill Craybas/Abigail Spears (USA) 6-3 7-5

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