Australian Open Day 2: Today's matches

SCHEDULE of play on Day 2 of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park:

Prefix number denotes seeding.

All sessions start at 11am Melbourne time unless stated:

Rod Laver Arena
Han Xinyun (CHN) v 13-Samantha Stosur (AUS)
1-Serena Williams (USA) v Urszula Radwanska (POL)
1-Roger Federer (SUI) v Igor Andreev (RUS)

Not before 7pm
22-Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) v Ricardo Hocevar (BRA)
Julie Coin (FRA) v Alicia Molik (AUS)

Hisense Arena
9-Fernando Verdasco (ESP) v Carsten Ball (AUS)
4-Caroline Wozniaki (DEN) v Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN)
Lucie Safarova (CZE) v Venus Williams (USA)
3-Novak Djokovic (SRB) v Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)

Margaret Court Arena
8-Jelena Jankovic (SRB) v Monica Niculescu (ROM)
Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR) v Casey Dellacqua (AUS)
10-Jo-Wilfied Tsonga (FRA) v Sergiy Stakhovski (UKR)
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (FRA) v 7-Victoria Azarenka (BLR)

Not before 7.30
20-Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) v Richard Gasquet (FRA)

Court 2
Shenay Perry (USA) v 20-Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
Dieter Kindlmann (GER) v 6-Nicolay Davydenko (RUS)
Jarmila Groth (AUS) v Sofia Ardvidsson (SWE)
Marcel Granollers (ESP) v 8-Robin Soderling (SWE)
10-Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) v Tatian Malek (GER)

Court 3
Rossana De Los Rios (PAR) v 11-Marion Bartoli (FRA)
22-Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) v Viktoriya Kutozova (UKR)
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) v Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
Marina Erkovic (NZL) v 16-Li Na (CHN)
Marinko Matosevic (AUS) v Marco Chiudinelli (SUI)

Court 4
Patricia Mayr (AUT) v Katie O'Brien (GBR)
Rainer Schuettler (GER) v 25-Sam Querrey (USA)
Daniel Koellerer (AUT) v Antonio Veic (CRO)
Zuzana Kucova (SVK) v Gisela Dulko (ARG)
Kristof Vliegen (BEL) v Michael Berrer (GER)

Court 5 (From 11.30am)
Yuliana Fedak (UKR) v Polona Hercog (SLO)
To finish: David Guez (FRA) leads Julien Benneteau (FRA) 4-0
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) v Roberta Vinci (ITA)
Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) v Victor Hanescu (ROU)
Stephane Robert (FRA) v Potito Starace (ITA)

Court 6
Olga Govortsova (BLR) v Angelique Kerber (GER)
To finish: Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) leads Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) 6-1 5-6
James Blake (USA) v Arnaud Clement (FRA)
30-Juan Monaco (ARG) v Ernests Gulbis (LAT)
Melanie Oudin (USA) v Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)
Alize Cornet (FRA) v 17-Francesca Schiavone (ITA)

Court 7
21-Tomas Berdych (CZE) v Robin Haase (NED)
To finish: Marsel Ilhan (TUR) leads Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) 6-4 4-2
Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) v Kaia Kanepi (EST)
Carlos Moya (ESP) v Illya Marchenko (UKR)
Jan Hajek (CZE) v Robby Ginepri (USA)
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) v Alberta Brianti (ITA)

Court 8
18-Virginie Razzano (FRA) v Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) v 19-Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
Ayumi Morita (JPN) v 32-Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)
Frederico Gil (POR) v 17-David Ferrer (ESP)
Fabio Fognini (ITA) v Taylor Dent (USA)

Court 10
Klara Zakopalova (CZE) v Sara Errani (ITA)
To finish: Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) leads Jose Acasuso (ARG) 6-1 2-6 3-2
Lukas Lacko (SVK) v Leonardo Mayer (ARG)
Kristina Barrois (GER) v Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB)
Alejandro Falla (COL) v Marcos Daniel (BRA)
Christophe Rochus (BEL) v Donald Young (USA)

Court 11
Daniel Brands (GER) v Evgeny Korolev (KAZ)
To finish: Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) leads Regina Kulikova (RUS) 7-6 (5) 6-7 (10) 4-3
Florent Serra (FRA) v Jurgen Melzer (AUT)[28]
25-Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) v Karolina Sprem (CRO)
Benjamin Becker (GER) v Grega Zemlja (SLO)
Denis Istomin (UZB) v 32-Jeremy Chardy (FRA)

Court 13
Edina Gallovits (ROU) v 19-Nadia Petrova (RUS)
To finish: Vania King (USA) leads 23-Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 6-3 1-2
Santiago Giraldo (COL) v 16-Tommy Robredo (ESP)
Ivan Dodig (CRO) v 23-Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
21-Sabine Lisicki (GER) v Petra Martic (CRO)

Court 14
Louk Sorensen (IRL) v Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
To finish: Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) leads Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 6-3 7-5 4-6 3-2
Lukasz Kubot (POL) v Mischa Zverev (GER)
Renata Voracova (CZE) v Andrea Petkovic (GER)
Oscar Hernandez (ESP) v 31-Albert Montanes (ESP)

Court 18
33-John Isner (USA) v Andreas Seppi (ITA)
To finish: 27-Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) leads Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 6-1 4-3
Kathrin Woerle (GER) v 31-Alona Bondarenko (UKR)
Ryan Harrison (USA) v Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) v Sybille Bammer (AUT)

Court 19
Ivan Sergeyev (UKR) v Dudi Sela (ISR)
To finish: 29-Viktor Troicki (SRB) leads Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) 4-6 6-3 6-1 5-3
Rajeev Ram (USA) v Stefan Koubek (AUT)
Petra Kvitova (CZE) v Jill Craybas (USA)
26-Nicolas Almagro (ESP) v Xavier Malisse (BEL)

Court 21
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) v Sandra Zahlavova (CZE)
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) v Pablo Cuevas (URU)
Marc Gicquel (FRA) v Simone Bolelli (ITA)
Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) v Michael Llodra (FRA)

Australian Open Day 1 Wrap-up: Maria shuts out Maria

The biggest upset on Day 1 at the Australian Open went to Maria Sharapova who was upset by Maria Kirilenko 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-4 in the first round.

According to Kirilenko, she and boyfriend Igor Andreev wanted to kick off 2010 with a bang.

She did it and now she wants Andreev to achieve the same winning moment when he meets Roger Federer tomorrow.

In the men's singles, Rafael Nadal has no problem overcoming Australian Peter Luczak in straight sets (results below).

Just on day one alone, police has removed 11 people from Melbourne Park for disruptive behaviour and smuggling flares onto the grounds.

This is expected to continue for the next one or two weeks to come.

Here's the full results from the Australian Open singles first round (prefix number denotes seeding):

Round 1 - Men's Singles

Andrey Golubev (KAZ) beat Mardy Fish (USA) 6-2 1-6 6-3 6-3
Bernard Tomic (AUS) beat Q-Guillaume Rufin (FRA) 6-3 6-4 6-4
2-Rafael Nadal (ESP) beat Peter Luczak (AUS) 7-6(0) 6-1 6-4
4-Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) beat Michael Russell (USA) 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-2
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) beat 13-Radek Stepanek (CZE) 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4 3-6 6-4
Wayne Odesnik (USA) beat Q-Blaz Kavcic (SLO) 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-2
5-Andy Murray (GBR) beat Q-Kevin Anderson (RSA) 6-1 6-1 6-2
7-Andy Roddick (USA) beat Thiemo de Bakker (NED) 6-1 6-4 6-4
Florian Mayer (GER) beat Philipp Petzschner (GER) 0-6 2-6 6-4 6-2 6-2
11-Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) beat Olivier Rochus (BEL) 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-1
24-Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) beat WC-Jason Kubler (AUS) 6-1 6-2 6-2


Round 1 - Women's Singles

5-Elena Dementieva (RUS) beat Vera Dushevina (RUS) 6-2 6-1
Justine Henin (BEL) beat Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 6-4 6-3
24-Maria Jose Martinez (ESP) beat Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 6-0 6-0
12-Flavia Pennetta (ITA) beat Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 6-3 3-6 6-2
3-Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) beat Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 6-1 6-2
Q-Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) beat Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) 1-6 7-5 10-8
15-Kim Clijsters (BEL) beat Q-Valerie Tetreault (CAN) 6-0 6-4
Elena Baltacha (GBR) bt Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 6-4 3-6 7-5
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) beat 14-Maria Sharapova (RUS) 7-6(4) 3-6 6-4
Q-Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) beat Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 6-4 4-6 6-2
30-Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) beat Raluca Olaru (ROU) 6-2 7-6(6)
Zheng Jie (CHN) beat Peng Shuai (CHN) 0-6 6-1 6-2
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) beat Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 6-2 6-4
2-Dinara Safina (RUS) beat Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 6-4 6-4
27-Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) beat Jelena Dokic (AUS) 6-1 7-5

(Images via Yahoo! Sports)

Australian Open 2010 Players Party

We love players' party!

There were two events reported last weekend, the Crown's Players Party and another one at the Long Room.

The Crown's has more star players appearance - Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova, Anastasia Pivovarova and Jelena Jankovic (photos in sequence).

Meanwhile, players who attended the Long Room party were Agnieszka Radwanska, Nikolay Davydenko and wifey Irina, Tommy Robredo, Anabel Medina Garrigues, Jarkko Nieminen, and Samuel and Jarmila Groth.

(Images via zimbio.com, Australian Open website)

Federer & Friends stage fundraiser for Haiti victims

Roger Federer is the one who initiated the fundraiser for the earthquake victims in Haiti last Sunday.

Dubbed "Hit For Haiti", the event raised more than $185k on the eve of the Australian Open.

In this event, Federer teamed up with Serena Williams, Lleyton Hewitt and Samantha Stosur.

Their opponents were Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick and Kim Clijsters.

In the end, Federer’s so-called Red Team beat the rival Blue Team 7-6 in their one-set match that lasted an hour and a half.

The teams were named according to the colours of Haiti’s flag.

(Via AP; Image by William West/AFP/Getty Images)