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A worthy winner. Congrats Nole!

Djokovic takes the first set 6-4.

Semi-Final Fixtures:

Women

Maria Sharapova (RUS) vs. Sabine Lisicki (GER)
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) vs. Petra Kvitova (CZE)

Men

Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. Andy Murray (SCO)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB)

Congrats to Tsonga. But can he stop Djokovic from being number one?

Fourth Round Fixtures:

Men

Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. Juan Martín Del Potro (ARG)
Mardy Fish (USA) vs. Tomáš Berdych (CZE)
Andy Murray (SCO) vs. Richard Gasquet (FRA)
Lukasz Kubot (POL) vs. Feliciano López (ESP)
David Ferrer (ESP) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs. Roger Federer (SUI)
Bernard Tomic (AUS) vs. Xavier Malisse (BEL)
Michaël Llodra (FRA) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB)

Women:

Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) vs. Dominika Cibulková (SVK)
Shuai Peng (CHN) vs. Maria Sharapova (RUS)
Sabine Lisicki (GER) vs. Petra Cetkovská (CZE)
Marion Bartoli (FRA) vs. Serena Williams (USA)
Tamira Paszek (AUT) vs. Ksenia Pervak (RUS)
Nadia Petrova (RUS) vs. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
Petra Kvitova (CZE) vs. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
Venus Williams (USA) vs. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)

Third Round Fixtures - Men:

Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. Gilles Muller (LUX)
Juan Martín Del Potro (ARG) vs. Gilles Simon (FRA)
Mardy Fish (USA) vs. Robin Haase (NED)
Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA) vs. Tomáš Berdych (CZE)
Andy Murray (SCO) vs. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs. Simone Bolelli (ITA)
Gaël Monfils (FRA) vs. Lukasz Kubot (POL)
Feliciano López (ESP) vs. Andy Roddick (USA)
David Ferrer (ESP) / Ryan Harrison (USA) vs. Karol Beck (SVK)
Fernando González (CHI) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
Nicolás Almagro (ESP) vs. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
David Nalbandian (ARG) vs. Roger Federer (SUI)
Robin Söderling (SWE) vs. Igor Andreev (RUS) / Bernard Tomic (AUS)
Xavier Malisse (BEL) vs. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) / Jürgen Melzer (AUT)
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs. Michaël Llodra (FRA)
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB)

Some Second Round Results (Men):

Del Potro - Rochus 6-7, 6-1, 6-0, 6-4
Beck - García-López 7-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
González - De Voest 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Tsonga - Dimitrov 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6
Almagro - Isner 7-6, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3
Youzhny - Devvarman 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
Nalbandian - Haider-Maurer 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
Federer - Mannarino 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
Söderling - Hewitt 6-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
Malisse - Mayer 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
Lu - Troicki 7-6, 6-4, 6-4
Llodra - Mello 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Baghdatis - Seppi 6-4, 7-6, 7-5
Djokovic - Anderson 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

Some Second Round Fixtures:

Men

David Ferrer vs. Ryan Harrison
Fernando González vs. Rik De Voest
Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Nicolás Almagro vs. John Isner
Somdev Devvarman vs. Mikhail Youzhny
David Nalbandian vs. Andreas Haider-Maurer
Adrian Mannarino vs. Roger Federer
Robin Söderling vs. Lleyton Hewitt
Florian Mayer vs. Xavier Malisse
Dmitry Tursunov vs. Jürgen Melzer
Viktor Troicki vs. Lu Yen-Hsun
Marcos Baghdatis vs. Andreas Seppi
Kevin Anderson vs. Novak Djokovic

Women:

Alexandra Dulgheru vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Nadia Petrova
Francesca Schiavone vs. Barbora Strýcová
Simona Halep vs. Serena Williams
Marion Bartoli vs. Lourdes Domínguez
Ana Ivanovic vs. Eleni Daniilidou
Li Na vs. Sabine Lisicki
Laura Robson vs. Maria Sharapova
Lucie Šafárová vs. Klára Koukalová
Mathilde Johansson vs. Julia Görges
[b]Caroline Wozniacki [/b]vs. Virginie Razzano

Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki, Li Na, Maria Sharapova and Marion Bartoli are through to the second round but there were surprise defeats for Sam Stosur and Jelena Jankovic.

Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Fernando Gonzalez, Fernando Verdasco, Andy Roddick, Ivan Ljubicic, David Nalbandian, Marcos Baghdatis, John Isner, Juan Martin del Potro, David Ferrer, Robin Soderling, Lleyton Hewitt and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga are safely through to the second round. James Blake, Davydenko, Robredo have crashed out.

JeSoul:
FOD, good to see you back doing your 'job' well

Ah! A reason to watch women's tennis again. Welcome back William's sisters. I hope you can go deep into the tournament and give us entertaining matches.

Thanks. I didn't want you to create another 'yeye' thread.


Some First Round Results (Men):

Gasquet - Giraldo 7-5, 6-3, 7-6
Kunitsyn - Sijsling 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Bolelli - Fischer 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
Wawrinka - Starace 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Monfils - Bachinger 6-4, 7-6, 6-3
Žemlja - Lacko 6-4, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4
Schüttler - Bellucci 7-6, 6-4, 6-2
López - Berrer 6-4, 7-5, 6-3
Nadal - Russell 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
Sweeting - Andújar 3-6, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6, 6-1
Muller - Haas 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3
Raonic - Gicquel 6-3, 7-6, 6-3
Sela - Gil 6-4, 6-1, 6-4
Fish - Granollers 7-6, 7-6, 6-4
Istomin - Kohlschreiber 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
Bogomolov Jr. - Young 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
Benneteau - Bemelmans 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-1
Berdych - Volandri 6-2, 6-2, 6-1
Murray - Gimeno 4-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-0

Women:
Zvonareva - Riske 6-0, 3-6, 6-3
Vesnina - Pous 6-4, 6-3
Williams - Amanmuradova 6-3, 6-1
Kuznetsova - Zhang 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Pervak - Peer 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
Schiavone - Dokic 6-4, 1-6, 6-3

Some Selected First Round Fixtures (Men):

Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. Michael Russell (USA)
Radek Štepánek (CZE) vs. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
Filippo Volandri (ITA) vs. Tomáš Berdych (CZE)
Andy Murray (SCO) vs. Daniel Gimeno (ESP)
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) vs. Marin Cilic (CRO)
Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs. Santiago Giraldo (COL)
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
Andreas Beck (GER) vs. Andy Roddick (USA)
David Ferrer (ESP) vs. Benoît Paire (FRA)
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) vs. Fernando González (CHI)
Go Soeda (JPN) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
Nicolás Almagro (ESP) vs. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
John Isner (USA) vs. Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
Somdev Devvarman (IND) vs. Denis Gremelmayr (GER)
Juan Mónaco (ARG) vs. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
David Nalbandian (ARG) vs. Julian Reister (GER)
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) vs. Roger Federer (SUI)
Robin Söderling (SWE) vs. Philipp Petzschner (GER)
Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs. James Blake (USA)
Jérémy Chardy (FRA) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB)

The third grandslam of the year starts today. The big three (perhaps four) in the men's game, look set to dominate the other players again. Will we have another Nadal - Federer final? Can Djokovic, Murray spoil the party? The other pretenders are Tsonga, Berdych, Soderling, Del Potro.

The women's game is still as unpredictable as it has been for sometime. The return of the Williams sisters sure adds to the glamour to the event, but can they reach the finals? Kim is ruled out with an ankle injury. Who else is there to talk about? Wozniacki? Li?

Who takes this year's title?

What a match! The 4th set was filled with tension. Congrats to Fed for restoring order in the men's game.

Stupidest game ever!!!

Djokovic wins in straight sets.

Not sure about that.

I think Murray's worry right now, is how to hold his serve. He is a break up in the third set.

Of cos, Djokovic won the second set 6-2, breaking Murray's serve to take the set.

Djokovic is in control at the mo'. He is a break up in the second set.

Djokovic leads 6-4, 3-0.

The final between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray is underway.

The Djoker takes the first set 6-4.

Women's 3rd Round Fixtures:

Lucie Šafárová (CZE) vs. Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) vs. Iveta Benešová (CZE)
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) vs. Shahar Peer (ISR)
Samantha Stosur (AUS) vs. Petra Kvitová (CZE)
Alizé Cornet (FRA) vs. Kim Clijsters (BEL)
Nadia Petrova (RUS) vs. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)
Simona Halep (ROU) vs. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
Shuai Peng (CHN) vs. Ayumi Morita (JPN)
Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) vs. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
Na Li (CHN) vs. Barbora Záhlavová Strýcová (CZE)
Julia Görges (GER) vs. Maria Sharapova (RUS)
Venus Williams (USA) vs. Andrea Petkovic (GER)
Monica Niculescu (ROU) vs. Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
Justine Henin (BEL) vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) vs. Vesna Manasieva (RUS)
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) vs. Dominika Cibulková (SVK)

Men's 3rd Round Fixtures:

Xavier Malisse (BEL) vs. Roger Federer (SUI)
Tommy Robredo (ESP) vs. Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) vs. Gaël Monfils (FRA)
Andy Roddick (USA) vs. Robin Haase (NED)
Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
Nicolás Almagro (ESP) vs. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
Tomáš Berdych (CZE) vs. Richard Gasquet (FRA)
Jürgen Melzer (AUT) vs. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
Robin Söderling (SWE) vs. Jan Hernych (CZE)
Richard Berankis (LTU) vs. David Ferrer (ESP)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs. Milos Raonic (CAN)
John Isner (USA) vs. Marin Cilic (CRO)
Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. Bernard Tomic (AUS)

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Rafael Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki will carry top seedings into next week’s Australian Open, reflecting their No. 1 rankings in men’s and women’s tennis.

With seedings no longer done on organizers’ discretion but purely on rankings, nine-time Grand Slam winner Nadal was named Thursday as leading the men’s seedings from close rival Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Sweden’s Robin Soderling.

Wozniacki heads the women’s seedings from Vera Zvonareva, Kim Clijsters and Venus Williams.

Spain has three players among the top-10 men’s seeds: Nadal, David Ferrer at No. 7 and Fernando Verdasco at No. 9. Andy Murray of Britain comes in at No. 5 and Andy Roddick of the United States—one of four seeded Americans—at No. 8

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Murray beat Soderling 6-2, 6-4. I didn't expect the match to be this one-sided.

In the other match, Federer is leading Ferrer 4-0 in the first set.

Anyways, I expect Murray and Federer to qualify from this group.

Today's Fixtures:
Robin Soderling vs. Andy Murray
Roger Federer vs. David Ferrer

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World No. 1 Rafael Nadal will head up Group A at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. The Spaniard is joined by Novak Djokovic, Tomas Berdych and Andy Roddick. In Group B, four-time former champion Roger Federer will be challenged by Robin Soderling, Andy Murray and David Ferrer.

The draw for the prestigious season finale was made on Tuesday morning at La Galleria Pall Mall in London, where the unique “Art of Tennis” collection is being exhibited.

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What's your take? Who ends the season on a high note?

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