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Other 2nd Round Results/3rd Round Fixtures - Men's Singles

David Nalbandian (ARG) vs. Sebastien Grosjean (FRA)
6/4  6/4  6/4                       4/6  6/1  6/3  4/6  6/4

Florian Mayer (GER) vs. Tommy Haas (GER)
5/7  7/5  6/2  6/2        7/6  6/1  6/3

Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs. Dimitry Tursunov (RUS)
6/3  6/2  6/4                    6/2  6/3  7/6

Fabrice Santoro (FRA) vs. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
6/2  6/4  6/4                    6/4  6/0  6/3

James Blake (USA) vs. Robby Ginepri (USA)
6/4  6/1  6/2                        0/0

Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) vs. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)
6/4  6/4  3/6  6/4           7/6  4/6  6/7  6/4  4/0  Retired

Andrew Murray (GBR) vs. Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)
7/6  7/5  6/4                    6/3  2/6  6/4  6/4

Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) vs. Rafael Nadal (ESP)
6/4  6/3  6/2                       7/5  6/3  4/6  6/2

Other 2nd Round Results/3rd Round Fixtures - Women's Singles

Martina Hingis (SUI) vs. Aiko Nakamura (JPN)
6/2  6/2                             6/3  6/2

Na Li (CHN) vs. Dinara Safina (RUS)
6/0  6/2                      6/3  6/2

Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) vs. Ashley Harkleroad (USA)
4/6  6/3  6/4                                6/2  6/2

Alyona Bondarenko (UKR) vs. Kim Clijsters (BEL)
6/3  6/4                                   6/3  6/0

Patty Schnyder (SUI) vs. Alicia Molik (AUS)
7/5  6/3                         1/6  6/3  6/2

Jelena Kostanic (CRO) vs. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)
6/4  2/6  6/2                     6/2  5/7  6/1

Ana Ivanovic (SRB) vs. Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
6/2  3/6  6/2                      6/1  6/3

Tathiana Garbin (ITA) vs. Maria Sharapova (RUS)
6/1  7/5                               6/0  6/3

Some 2nd Round Results/3rd Round Fixtures - Women's Singles

Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) vs. Eva Birnerova (CZE)
6/2  6/2                                6/2  2/6  6/2

Anastasia Yakimova (BLR) vs. Lucie Safarova (CZE)
6/2  2/6  10/8                         6/3  6/3

Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) vs. Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)
6/2  6/1                                 7/6  6/7  6/1

Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) vs. Elena Dementieva (RUS)
4/6  6/3  8/6                       7/5  3/6  6/0

Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) vs. Maria Kirilenko (RUS)
6/2  6/1                                 4/6  6/3  6/4 

Tatiana Golovin (FRA) vs. Shahar Peer (ISR)
6/2  6/0                              6/3  6/0

Jelena Jankovic (SRB) vs. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
6/2  6/2                                 6/0  7/5

Serena Williams (USA) vs. Nadia Petrova (RUS)
7/6  6/2                              6/1  6/2

First Round Results/2nd Round Fixtures - Women's Singles

Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) vs. Olga Poutchkova (RUS)
6/3  6/4                              6/2  6/4

Eva Birnerova (CZE) vs. Julia Schruff (GER)
7/5  6/3                     4/6  7/6  6/4

Ai Sugiyama (JPN) vs. Anastasia Yakimova (BLR)
6/3  6/4                      6/2  4/6  7/5

Lucie Safarova (CZE) vs. Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
6/3  6/1                           6/4  6/4

Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) vs. Milagros Sequera (VEN)
6/4  5/7  6/1                  6/3  6/4

Iveta Benesova (CZE) vs. Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)
6/7  6/1  6/4              4/6  6/2  7/5

Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs. Maria Elena Camerin (ITA)
6/7  6/1  6/1                          6/2  6/2

Martina Muller (GER) vs. Elena Dementieva (RUS)
6/0  6/3                           6/1  6/2

Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) vs. Monique Adamczak (AUS)
6/2  6/0                           6/1  6/4

Julia Vakulenko (UKR) vs. Maria Kirilenko (RUS)
6/0  4/6  6/3                     3/6  6/3  6/1

Tatiana Golovin (FRA) vs. Zuzana Ondraskova (CZE)
6/3  6/1                           6/4  6/2

Meilen Tu (USA) vs. Shahar Peer (ISR)
2/6  6/4  6/2            6/1  6/3

Jelena Jankovic (SRB) vs. Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)
6/3  6/3                           1/6  6/1  8/7

Victoria Azarenka (BLR) vs. Marion Bartoli (FRA)
6/2  5/7  6/4                6/0  6/3

Serena Williams (USA) vs. Anne Kremer (LUX)
6/2  6/1                         6/4  6/3

Gisella Dulko (ARG) vs. Nadia Petrova (RUS)
6/2  6/2                         6/3  6/2

Martina Hingis (SUI) vs. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)
6/0  6/2                         4/6  6/2  9/7

Sania Mirza (IND) vs. Aiko Nakamura (JPN)
6/3  7/5                  6/4  6/0

Na Li (CHN) vs. Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP)
6/4  6/3                        6/3  6/4

Youlia Fedossova (FRA) vs. Dinara Safina (RUS)
7/5  6/4                         7/6  6/1

Emilie Loit (FRA) vs. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
6/3  4/6  6/3               6/4  6/1

Ashley Harkleroad (USA) vs. Anna-Lena Grönefeld (GER)
6/3  6/0                                6/4  6/1

Alyona Bondarenko (UKR) vs. Virginie Razzano (FRA)
6/1  7/6                                6/7  6/4  6/0

Akiko Morigami (JPN) vs. Kim Clijsters (BEL)
7/5  2/6  6/4                 6/0  6/0

Patty Schnyder (SUI) vs. Shuai Peng (CHN)
6/3  6/4                     6/3  4/6  6/1

Alicia Molik (AUS) vs. Kaia Kanepi (EST)
6/2  7/6                    7/5  6/6

Samantha Stosur (AUS) vs. Jelena Kostanic (CRO)
6/3  6/1                            7/5  6/3

Laura Granville (USA) vs. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)
6/2  6/3                          6/4  7/5

Ana Ivanovic (SRB) vs. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
6/2  6/0                       5/7  6/3  6/2

Tamira Paszek (AUT) vs. Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
6/1  6/4                       6/3  6/4

Tathiana Garbin (ITA) vs. Renata Voracova (CZE)
3/6  6/2  6/1                            7/5  6/3

Anastassia Rodionova (RUS) vs. Maria Sharapova (RUS)
6/3  6/1                             6/3  4/6  9/7

Some Second Round Results/Third Round Fixtures: Men's Singles

Roger Federer (SUI) vs. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
6/2  6/3  6/2             7/5  6/4  6/4

Danai Udomchoke (THA) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
7/6  7/5  4/6  6/1                6/2  7/5  6/1

Gaël Monfils (FRA) vs. Richard Gasquet (FRA)
7/6  6/2  2/6  6/0            6/1  6/2  6/4

Tommy Robredo (ESP) vs. Sam Querrey (USA)
6/1  6/3  6/3               6/3  6/4  6/3

Mardy Fish (USA) vs. Wayne Arthurs (AUS)
7/5  6/4  3/6  6/4       6/7  6/1  6/4  6/4

Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs. David Ferrer (ESP)
4/6  4/6  6/4  6/1  6/4   6/2  6/7  6/2  6/2

Mario Ancic (CRO) vs. Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)
3/6  7/5  6/2  6/2        5/7  6/4  6/4  6/3

Marat Safin (RUS) vs. Andy Roddick (USA)
6/3  5/7  4/6  7/6  6/0    6/3  7/6  6/4

Marcos is out!!!     

Federer/Youzhny match is a tricky one, while Safin/Roddick match is a must-watch.

African Youth Championship Congo 2007 (20 January - 3 February)

The final rounds of the 15th African Youth Championship will take place in Congo in the cities of Brazzaville and Pointe Noire. Eight teams will participate in the group stage in two groups of four. The top two teams, who qualify for the semi-finals, will also book spots at Canada 2007.

Qualified Countries: Congo, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Nigeria, Egypt, Cameroon, Zambia

FIXTURES Group A
No. Match Date Venue
1 Congo v Cote d'Ivoire. 20/01/07 Brazzaville
2 Burkina Faso v Gambia 20/01/07 Brazzaville
5 Cote d'Ivoire v Burkina Faso 23/01/07 Brazzaville
6 Gambia v Congo 23/01/07 Brazzaville
9 Cote d'Ivoire v Gambia 26/01/07 Brazzaville
10 Congo v Burkina Faso 26/01/07 Brazzaville

FIXTURES Group B
No. Match Date Venue
3 Nigeria v Zambia 21/01/07 Pointe Noire
4 Cameroon v Egypt 21/01/07 Pointe Noire
7 Zambia v Cameroon 24/01/07 Pointe Noire
8 Egypt v Nigeria 24/01/07 Pointe Noire
11 Zambia v Egypt 27/01/07 Pointe Noire
12 Nigeria v Cameroon 27/01/07 Pointe Noire

Semi-finals
13 1st A v 2nd B 30/01/07 14h00 Brazzaville
14 1st B v 2nd A 30/01/07 19h45 Brazzaville

Third place match
15 Loser 13 v Loser 14 02/02/07 15h00 Brazzaville

Final
16 Winner 13 v Winner 14 03/02/07 15h00 Brazzaville

Our group is a rather tight one, but we need not fear going by history, our youths have always made us proud. Which other teams do you see qualifying for the championship?

The big names in the ladies' event are living up to expectation. Clijsters seems to be in-form. I tip her anyway to take the title. She might meet Sharapova in the semi, if they both win all their matches. I dunno why I don't like Sharapova, on court that is, prolly because of her deafening noise.

Other results/fixtures: Men's Singles

Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
7/6 6/3 6/2 5/7 6/3 6/2 6/4

Paul Capdeville (CHI) vs. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
4/6 6/7 6/2 6/1 6/2 6/1 2/6 6/4 6/2

Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) vs. Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)
5/7 6/2 6/6 6/4 7/6 6/4 6/4

Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs. Andrew Murray (GBR)
6/7 4/6 6/6 Retired 6/0 6/0 6/1

Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) vs. Juan Marin Del Potro (ARG)
6/7 7/6 6/3 6/2 6/3 6/3 6/1

Frank Dancevic (CAN) vs. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
6/3 6/3 7/6 3/6 2/6 6/3 6/3 6/3

Robby Ginepri (USA) vs. Ilia Bozoljac (SRB)
4/6 6/2 4/6 7/5 6/3 6/2 6/4 6/1

Alex Kuznetsov (USA) vs. James Blake (USA)
6/4 5/7 6/7 6/1 6/4 7/6 6/2 6/4

Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs. Gilles Muller (LUX)
6/2 7/5 6/2 6/0 4/6 6/2 6/3

Fabrice Santoro (FRA) vs. Arnaud Clement (FRA)
7/6 6/3 6/0 6/3 3/6 7/5 6/4

Dimitry Tursunov (RUS) vs. Max Mirnyi (BLR)
5/7 6/4 6/3 6/4 7/6 3/6 2/6 6/4 6/4

Robert Smeets (AUS) vs. Tomas Berdych (CZE)
6/2 3/6 6/1 6/4 6/1 6/2 6/2

Tommy Haas (GER) vs. Mischa Zverev (GER)
7/5 6/1 7/6 6/4 7/6 3/6 6/4

Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs. Florian Mayer (GER)
6/1 6/7 6/7 7/6 6/3 3/6 6/4 3/6 6/4 6/0

Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) vs. Olivier Rochus (BEL)
Retired 3/6 7/5 7/5 6/7 9/7

Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) vs. David Nalbandian (ARG)
6/4 6/4 6/2 6/7 4/6 7/6 6/0 2/1 Retired

thanks toptho

Ivan Ljubicic has become the highest seeded casualty at the Australian Open on Monday. He was beaten by Fish.

Results/Fixtures - Men's Singles

Roger Federer (SUI) vs. Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)
7/5 6/0 6/4 5/7 4/6 6/0 6/1 6/2

Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
6/3 6/4 6/3 7/6 6/2 6/0

Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) vs. Danai Udomchoke (THA)
3/0 Retired 6/3 6/3 6/2

Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
7/6 4/6 6/3 7/6 6/1 6/1 6/0

Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs. Gaël Monfils (FRA)
6/4 2/6 6/3 6/2 7/6 6/7 6/4 7/6

Amer Delic (USA) vs. Richard Gasquet (FRA)
6/3 6/0 6/2 6/4 6/4 6/2

Sam Querrey (USA) vs. Florent Serra (FRA)
6/7 6/4 6/1 6/3 7/5 6/2 6/4

Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs. Tommy Robredo (ESP)
6/4 6/4 7/6 6/4 6/4 6/0

Mardy Fish (USA) vs. Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
4/6 7/6 6/4 6/4 6/0 6/7 6/3 6/4

Wayne Arthurs (AUS) vs. Zack Fleishman (USA)
1/6 6/7 7/6 6/2 6/3 7/5 4/6 6/3 6/4

Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs. Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)
6/2 6/4 6/0 6/3 6/1 6/7 6/7 16/14

Thomas Johansson (SWE) vs. David Ferrer (ESP)
6/4 3/6 1/6 6/4 6/2 7/5 6/4 6/3

Mario Ancic (CRO) vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
6/4 6/3 6/2 1/1 Retired

Vincent Spadea (USA) vs. Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)
6/2 7/6 6/1 6/7 7/6 6/1 6/3

Marat Safin (RUS) vs. Dudi Sela (ISR)
5/7 7/6 3/6 6/3 6/4 6/4 6/2 6/2

Marc Gicquel (FRA) vs. Andy Roddick (USA)
3/6 6/7 6/4 6/1 6/0 6/7 7/6 6/3 6/3


I know the format used above is quite confusing; it actually tells the last match played by a player and who the player plays with next.

For instance,
Roger Federer (SUI) vs. Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)
7/5 6/0 6/4 5/7 4/6 6/0 6/1 6/2

means Federer (who beat Phau 7/5 6/0 6/4) meets Bjorkman (who beat Patience 5/7 4/6 6/0 6/1 6/2) in the next round.

Everton 1 - 1 Reading (Goodison Park )
28' J Lescott (og)
81' A Johnson

Tottenham 2 - 3 Newcastle (White Hart Lane)
14' J Defoe
16' P Huntington
54' D Berbatov
72' O Martins
73' N Butt

Australian Open - Women's Draw

Maria Sharapova RUS (1) vs. Camille Pin FRA

Roberta Vinci ITA vs. Anastassia Rodionova RUS

Renata Voracova CZE vs. Meghann Shaughnessy USA

Emmanuelle Gagliardi SUI vs. Tathiana Garbin ITA (30)

Vera Zvonareva RUS (22) vs. Tzipora Obziler ISR

Tamira Paszek AUT vs. Severine Bremond FRA

Varvara Lepchenko UZB vs. Agnieszka Radwanska POL

Vania King USA vs. Ana Ivanovic SRB (13)

Anna Chakvetadze RUS (12) vs. Sybille Bammer AUT

Yulia Beygelzimer UKR vs. Laura Granville USA

Sophie Ferguson AUS vs. Jelena Kostanic Tosic CRO

Klara Zakopalova CZE vs. Samantha Stosur AUS (24)

Flavia Pennetta ITA (28) vs. Kaia Kanepi EST

Yung-Jan Chan TPE vs. Alicia Molik AUS

Andreja Klepac SLO vs. Shuai Peng CHN

Madison Brengle USA vs. Patty Schnyder SUI (8 )
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Kim Clijsters BEL (4) vs. Vasilisa Bardina RUS

Akiko Morigami JPN vs. Tsvetana Pironkova BUL

Nicole Pratt AUS vs. Virginie Razzano FRA

Stephanie Cohen-Aloro FRA vs. Alona Bondarenko UKR (29)

Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER (17) vs. Sandra Zahlavova CZE

Ashley Harkleroad USA vs. Meng Yuan CHN

Emilie Loit FRA vs. Aravane Rezai FRA

Alize Cornet FRA vs. Daniela Hantuchova SVK (15)

Dinara Safina RUS (9) vs. Ekaterina Bychkova RUS

Youlia Fedossova FRA vs. Catalina Castano COL

Ahsha Rolle USA vs. Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP

Elena Bovina RUS vs. Na Li CHN (19)

Eleni Daniilidou GRE (32) vs. Aiko Nakamura JPN

Olga Savchuk UKR vs. Sania Mirza IND

Alla Kudryavtseva RUS vs. Emma Laine FIN

Nathalie Dechy FRA vs. Martina Hingis SUI (6)
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Nadia Petrova RUS (5) vs. Tamarine Tanasugarn THA

Gisela Dulko ARG vs. Tiantian Sun CHN

Michaella Krajicek NED vs. Anne Kremer LUX

Serena Williams USA vs. Mara Santangelo ITA (27)

Marion Bartoli FRA (18) vs. Vera Dushevina RUS

Victoria Azarenka BLR vs. Yuliana Fedak UKR

Melinda Czink HUN vs. Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP

Aleksandra Wozniak CAN vs. Jelena Jankovic SRB (11)

Shahar Peer ISR (16) vs. Romina Oprandi ITA

Edina Gallovits ROM vs. Meilen Tu USA

Zuzana Ondraskova CZE vs. Clarisa Fernandez ARG

Anna Smashnova ISR vs. Tatiana Golovin FRA (20)

Maria Kirilenko RUS (26) vs. Karolina Sprem CRO

Julia Vakulenko UKR vs. Elena Likhovtseva RUS

Iroda Tulyaganova UZB vs. Monique Adamczak AUS

Jessica Moore AUS vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (3)
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Elena Dementieva RUS (7) vs. Stephanie Foretz FRA

Martina Muller GER vs. Jorgelina Cravero ARG

Maria Elena Camerin ITA vs. Kirsten Flipkens BEL

Elena Vesnina RUS vs. Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP (25)

Katarina Srebotnik SLO (21) vs. Casey Dellacqua AUS

Iveta Benesova CZE vs. Galina Voskoboeva RUS

Jarmila Gajdosova SVK vs. Milagros Sequera VEN

Jill Craybas USA vs. Nicole Vaidisova CZE (10)

Francesca Schiavone ITA (14) vs. Sandra Kloesel GER

Lucie Safarova CZE vs. Alberta Brianti ITA

Laura Pous Tio ESP vs. Anastasiya Yakimova BLR

Sofia Arvidsson SWE vs. Ai Sugiyama JPN (23)

Jie Zheng CHN (31) vs. Julia Schruff GER

Martina Sucha SVK vs. Eva Birnerova CZE

Marta Domachowska POL vs. Olga Poutchkova RUS

Shenay Perry USA vs. Amelie Mauresmo FRA (2)

Oz Open  - Men's Singles Draw (Starts Monday January 15)

Roger Federer SUI (1) vs. Bjorn Phau GER

Jonas Bjorkman SWE vs. Olivier Patience FRA

Simon Greul GER vs. Yen-Hsun Lu TPE

Jan Hernych CZE vs. Mikhail Youzhny RUS (25)

Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP (24) vs. Jan Hajek CZE

Danai Udomchoke THA  vs. Martin Vassallo Arguello ARG

Feliciano Lopez ESP vs. Brian Wilson USA

Nicolas Massu CHI vs. Novak Djokovic SRB (14)

Marcos Baghdatis CYP (11) vs. Rainer Schuettler GER

Gael Monfils FRA  vs. Daniele Bracciali ITA

Gilles Simon FRA  vs. Amer Delic USA

Filippo Volandri ITA vs. Richard Gasquet FRA (18)

Jose Acasuso ARG (27) vs. Sam Querrey USA
   
Florent Serra FRA vs. Nicolas Devilder FRA                   

Ivo Karlovic CRO vs. Jurgen Melzer AUT                   
   
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo ESP vs. Tommy Robredo ESP (7)

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Ivan Ljubicic CRO (4) vs. Mardy Fish USA
   
Nicolas Mahut FRA vs. Juan Monaco ARG

Stefan Koubek AUT vs. Wayne Arthurs AUS
   
Zack Fleishman USA vs. Agustin Calleri ARG (30)
 
Radek Stepanek CZE (20) vs. Michael Llodra FRA
   
Lukas Dlouhy CZE vs. Teimuraz Gabashvili RUS
   
Thomas Johansson SWE vs. Marco Chiudinelli SUI
   
Kristian Pless DEN vs. David Ferrer ESP (16)
 
Mario Ancic CRO (9) vs. Go Soeda JPN
   
Joachim Johansson SWE vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP
   
Vincent Spadea USA  vs. Igor Andreev RUS

Jiri Vanek CZE vs. Dominik Hrbaty SVK (22)

Marat Safin RUS (26) vs. Benjamin Becker GER
   
Dudi Sela ISR vs. Paradorn Srichaphan THA

Marc Gicquel FRA vs. Alun Jones AUS
   
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA vs. Andy Roddick USA (6)

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David Nalbandian ARG (8 ) vs. Janko Tipsarevic SRB                   

Alan Mackin GBR vs. Nicolas Lapentti ECU

Chris Guccione AUS vs. Olivier Rochus BEL

Christophe Rochus BEL vs. Sebastien Grosjean FRA (28)

Robin Soderling SWE (23) vs. Florian Mayer GER                   

Andreas Seppi ITA vs. Bobby Reynolds USA

Marin Cilic CRO vs. Ilia Bozoljac SRB

Albert Montanes ESP vs. Tommy Haas GER (12)

Tomas Berdych CZE (13) vs. Hyung-Taik Lee KOR

Lukas Lacko SVK vs. Robert Smeets AUS

Max Mirnyi BLR vs. Luis Horna PER

Alexander Waske GER vs. Dmitry Tursunov RUS (21)

Xavier Malisse BEL (29) vs. Arnaud Clement FRA

Fabrice Santoro FRA vs. Igor Kunitsyn RUS

Gilles Muller LUX vs. Gaston Gaudio ARG

Sergio Roitman ARG vs. Nikolay Davydenko RUS (3)

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James Blake USA (5) vs. Carlos Moya ESP                   
   
Peter Luczak AUS vs. Alex Kuznetsov USA

Mischa Zverev GER vs. Michael Berrer GER

Robby Ginepri USA vs. Nicolas Almagro ESP (32)

Lleyton Hewitt AUS (19) vs. Michael Russell USA

Frank Dancevic CAN vs. Victor Hanescu ROM

Juan Martin Del Potro ARG vs. Alessio Di Mauro ITA

Evgeny Korolev RUS vs. Fernando Gonzalez CHI (10)

Andy Murray GBR (15) vs. Alberto Martin ESP

Fernando Verdasco ESP vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA

Juan Ignacio Chela ARG vs. Potito Starace ITA

Paul Goldstein USA vs. Jarkko Nieminen FIN (17)
   
Stanislas Wawrinka SUI (31) vs. Kevin Kim USA
   
Julien Benneteau FRA vs. Paul Capdeville CHI
   
Kristof Vliegen BEL vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber GER

Robert Kendrick USA vs. Rafael Nadal ESP (2)

Update on Medibank International - Sydney

Men's Single - Final
Blake def. Moyà   6-3, 5-7, 6-1

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Update on Heineken Open - New Zealand

Singles - Final
(3)D Ferrer (ESP) def (1)T Robredo (ESP) 6-4, 6-2

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Blackburn  0 - 2  Arsenal (Ewood Park)
                         13' Gilberto Silva (red card)
                         37' K Toure
                         71' T Henry

Man Utd  3 - 1  Aston Villa (Old Trafford)
11' J Park
13' M Carrick
35' C Ronaldo
                        52' G Agbonlahor

Bolton  0 - 0  Man City (Reebok Stadium)

Sheff Utd  1 - 1  Portsmouth (Bramall Lane)
22' S Quinn
                        81' G O'Neil

Charlton  1 - 3  Middlesbrough (The Valley)
27' J Hasselbaink
                        45' L Cattermole
                        63' J Arca
                        68' A Yakubu

Chelsea  4 - 0  Wigan (Stamford Bridge)
13' F Lampard
63' A Robben
70' C Kirkland (og)
90' D Drogba

West Ham  3 - 3  Fulham (Upton Park)
                        16' T Radzinski
28' B Zamora
46' Y Benayoun
                        59' B McBride
64' Y Benayoun
76' B Zamora (red card)
                        90' P Christanval

Watford 0 - 3 Liverpool (Vicarage Road Stadium)
34' C Bellamy
40' P Crouch
48' P Crouch

That's a shocking result. I didn't expect it to happen this soon, maybe it's because it doesn't count on the ATP ranking. It's all good. Anyways, I hope Roddick continues playing this way.

In the other match, Murray beat Marat Safin 7-6 (2), 6-2. The result placed him third in the event.

The draws for the Oz Open is out. I'll try and put it up here later; it's a long draw.

@Bola. . . thanks

Update on Medibank International - Sydney

Men's Singles - Semifinals
(3)J Blake (USA) def J Melzer (AUT) walkover (virus)
C Moya (ESP) def (6)R Gasquet (FRA) 6/3 4/6 6/2

Women's Singles - Final
(3) Kim Clijsters (BEL) def Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 4/6 7/6(1) 6/4

Update on Heineken Open - New Zealand

Men's Singles - Semifinals
(1)T Robredo (ESP) def (7)A Calleri (ARG) 6/4 6/0
(3)D Ferrer (ESP) def M Fish (USA) 6/0 4/6 6/1

Invitational Kooyong Classic, Melbourne, Australia:

Friday's Result (Jan 12, 2007)

Andy Roddick def Andy Murray 6/4 6/4
Radek Stepanek def Ivan Ljubicic 6/2 6/2
Fernando Gonzalez def Tommy Haas 6/4 7/6('8')

Play-off for 3rd and 4th Places

Andy MURRAY (GBR) v Marat SAFIN (RUS)

FINAL

Roger FEDERER (SUI) v Andy RODDICK (USA)

Has anyone seen Calabarman, aqua's senior in the sexuality board?

Marcos is a good player no doubt; he is a great sportsman.

Will he do better than he did last year? I don't think so. I just hope he gets fit enough to compete in the tournament. He's always exciting to watch.

Yea. . . a Federer - Roddick final would be the perfect final and a good test for the world number one.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Medibank International - Sydney

Men's Singles - Quarterfinals

(3)J Blake (USA) def E Korolev (RUS) 6/1 6/4
C Moya (ESP) def (4)M Baghdatis (CYP) 6/1 3/6 7/6(3)
J Melzer (AUT) def (5)T Berdych (CZE) 6/2  6/4
(6)R Gasquet (FRA) def P Mathieu (FRA) 6/4 6/7 6/0

Women's Singles - Semifinals

(3) Kim Clijsters (BEL) def Li Na (CHN) 6/1 1/6 7/5
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) def (8 ) Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 6/4 4/6 6/4

Heineken Open - New Zealand

Men's Singles - Quarterfinals

1)T Robredo (ESP) def P Kohlschreiber (GER) 6/4 5/7 6/2
(3)D Ferrer (ESP) def K Vliegen (BEL) 3/6 6/3 6/2
(7)A Calleri (ARG) def (Q)J Monaco (ARG) 4/6 6/4 6/3
M Fish (USA) def J Chela (ARG) 7/6(3) 7/6(8 )

Invitational Kooyong Classic, Melbourne, Australia:

Thursday's Result (Jan 11,2007):

Ivan Ljubicic def Tommy Haas 7/6(5) 6/4
Roger Federer def Marat Safin 6/3 7/6(2)
Radek Stepanek def Fernando Gonzalez 6/4 7/6(4)

Friday's Fixtures:

Ivan LJUBICIC (CRO) v Radek STEPANEK (CZE)

Tommy HAAS (GER) v Fernando GONZALEZ (CHI)

Andy RODDICK (USA) v Andy MURRAY (GBR)

How wil the scot fare against the american?

Update on Medibank International Sydney, Australia:

Men's Singles - Second Round (Results)

P Mathieu (FRA) def (2)N Davydenko (RUS) 6/4 ret. (right foot)
(3)J Blake (USA) def N Healey (AUS) 6/2 6/4
(4)M Baghdatis (CYP) def (Q)J Hernych (CZE) 6/4 6/7(2) 6/3
(5)T Berdych (CZE) def (Q)I Minar (CZE) 6/7(4) 6/0 6/4
(6)R Gasquet (FRA) def B Becker (GER) 6/3 6/4
C Moya (ESP) def F Verdasco (ESP) 4/6 7/6(9) 6/3 - Saved 3 M.P.
E Korolev (RUS) def R Ginepri (USA) 0/6 6/4 6/4

C Guccione (AUS) vs J Melzer (AUT)

Women's Singles - Quarterfinals

Jelena Jankovic (SRB) def (1) Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) 7/5 6/0
(3) Kim Clijsters (BEL) def Shahar Peer (ISR) 6/2 6/1
(8 ) Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) def Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 6/4 6/2
Li Na (CHN) def Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 7/5 6/1


Update on Heineken Open Auckland, New Zealand:

Wednesday's Result:

[2]M Ancic (CRO) def  [Q]L Rosol (CZE) 6/3 7/6(4)
[5]D Hrbaty (SVK) def  [Q]W Jun (KOR) 6/4 7/5
N Massu (CHI) def  [6]J Ferrero (ESP) 6/4 6/2
[7]A Calleri (ARG) def  J Del Potro (ARG) 6/1 6/3
N Almagro (ESP) def  [8]S Wawrinka (SUI) 1/6 6/4 6/1
J Chela (ARG) def  N Mahut (FRA) 7/6(2) 6/3
[Q]J Monaco (ARG) def  D King-Turner (NZL) 6/3 6/3
M Fish (USA) def  [Q]R Kendrick (USA) 6/2 6/4

Invitational Kooyong Classic, Melbourne, Australia:

Wednesday's Result Jan 10, 2007:

Andy Roddick def Tommy Haas 6/2 6/3
Roger Federer def Radek Stepanek 7/6(2) 6/7(4) 7/6(5)
Marat Safin def David Nalbandian 5/7 6/1 6/2
Andy Murray def Ivan Ljubicic 6/4 6/2

Thursday's Fixtures:

Tommy HAAS (GER) v Ivan LJUBICIC (CRO)

Roger FEDERER (SUI) v Marat SAFIN (RUS)

Radek STEPANEK (CZE) v Fernando GONZALEZ (CHI)

Update: Nalbandian has withdrawn from the invitational Kooyong Classic because of a knee injury.

Not Surprised . . .

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Liverpool 1 - 5 Arsenal (60 min)

Half time Report:

Can U Believe This

Liverpool  1 - 4  Arsenal (Anfield)
                     27' J Aliadiere
33' R Fowler
                     40' J Baptista
                     45' A Song
                     45' J Baptista

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Update on Medibank International Sydney, Australia:

Top-seeded Rafael Nadal withdrew from his first round match with a groin injury against Chris Guccione, who reached his first ATP final in Adelaide last week (lost to Djokovic). Guccione was leading 6-5 in the first set when the ATP World No. 2 decided to pull out after 40 minutes. Nadal now faces a race to be fit for the Australian Open, starting on January 15. Guccione faces Austrian Jurgen Melzer next.

Nikolay Davydenko fought back from a 4-1 deficit in the final set to beat American Vince Spadea 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in two hours and four minutes. Second-seeded Davydenko will next meet Paul-Henri Mathieu, who beat French compatriot Arnaud Clement 7-6(5), 6-4.

Defending champion James Blake needed just 46 minutes Tuesday to race into the second round of the Medibank International in Sydney. The third-seeded American dismissed countryman and lucky loser Kevin Kim 6-3, 6-4.

Baghdatis, Berdych, Gasquet all advance while Grosjean falls early (he was beaten by Spaniard Fernando Verdasco)

In the women's event,

Amélie Mauresmo, Kim Clijsters and Nicole Vaidisova are all through to the next round.

Martina Hingis was the first seeded casualty. Two of the four seeds that did not make the quarterfinal cut, No.2 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova and No.4 seed Nadia Petrova, were forced to stop with injury reasons.

No.6 seed Elena Dementieva was handed what was probably the most dramatic defeat of the day, falling to China's Li Na, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5. Dementieva served for the match at 5-4 in the third set and even had match point but Li kept her fighting spirit strong and eventually earned her third career Top 10 victory.

No.7 seed Patty Schnyder was also ousted, 7-6(3), 6-2, by Israeli teen Shahar Peer.

Hingis, who was the No.5 seed here, was ousted on Monday by Jelena Jankovic; Jankovic kept her win streak alive with a 6-2, 7-6(2) victory over Samantha Stosur.

Mauresmo, the top seed, was given a scare in her first match of the year but was able to prevail over Tatiana Golovin, 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-1.

Clijsters, seeded No.3, and Vaidisova, seeded No.8, enjoyed relatively easy wins to reach the quarterfinals. The Belgian drubbed Australia's Nicole Pratt, 6-1, 6-2, while the Czech did nearly the same to Ukrainian qualifier Yuliana Fedak, 6-3, 6-1.

Wednesday's quarterfinals feature two first-time meetings, between Clijsters and Peer, and Li and Srebotnik. Mauresmo is 3-0 against Jankovic although their last match ended in a third set tie-break, at Beijing last September. Ivanovic ousted Vaidisova in their only prior meeting, at Miami in 2005.

For the women,

Medibank International Sydney, Australia features Former world number one Amelie Mauresmo, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Kim Clijsters, Nadia Petrova, Martina Hingis, Elena Dementieva, Patty Schnyder, Nicole Vaidisova among other players.

This week's tournaments (Jan 8 - 13) for the men are:

Medibank International Sydney, Australia, which features top players like Rafael Nadal, Nikolay Davydenko, James Blake, ever-smiling Marcos Baghdatis, Tomas Berdych, Richard Gasquet, Sebastien Grosjean and Verdasco Fernando.

Heineken Open Auckland, New Zealand, which features players like Tommy Robredo, Mario Ancic, David Ferrer, Jarkko Nieminen, Dominik Hrbaty, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Agustin Calleri, swiss Stanislas Wawrinka

How far will Nadal go at Sydney? Knowing that Berdych has a good head to head (3 - 1) record against Nadal and if they both win their first two matches, they will meet.

Update on Chennai Open:

Belgian Xavier Malisse defeated Austrian Stefan Koubek 6-1 6-3 in the Chennai Open final on Sunday to win the second title of his career.