Day 2. Will Queen Pee overcome Princess Zee?

[Traveling Man]

Rod Laver Arena
11:00 AM Start
1 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Novak Djokovic (SRB)[3] v. Benjamin Becker (GER)

followed by
2 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Nathalie Dechy (FRA) v. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)[2]

3 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)[19] v. Steve Darcis (BEL)

7:30 PM Start
1 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Venus Williams (USA)[8] v. Zi Yan (CHN)

followed by
2 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Roger Federer (SUI)[1] v. Diego Hartfield (ARG)


Vodafone Arena
11:00 AM Start
1 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)[6] v. Andrea Petkovic (GER)

followed by
2 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Thomas Johansson (SWE) v. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)[15]

3 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) v. Ana Ivanovic (SRB)[4]

4 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
James Blake (USA)[12] v. Nicolas Massu (CHI)


MCA
11:00 AM Start
1 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Vania King (USA) v. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)[9]

followed by 2 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR) v. Chris Guccione (AUS)

3 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Mariano Zabaleta (ARG) v. Peter Luczak (AUS)

Not Before 7:30 PM
4 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Konstantinos Economidis (GRE) v. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)[7]


Show Court 2
11:00 AM Start
1 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) v. Joseph Sirianni (AUS)

followed by
2 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)v. Marion Bartoli (FRA)[10]

3 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) v. Marat Safin (RUS)

4 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) v. Christina Wheeler (AUS)


Show Court 3
11:00 AM Start
1 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Akiko Morigami (JPN) v. Michaella Krajicek (NED)

followed by
2 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
David Nalbandian (ARG)[10] v. Robert Smeets (AUS)

3 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) v. David Ferrer (ESP)[5]

4 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Nadia Petrova (RUS)[14] v. Nicole Pratt (AUS)


Court 5
11:00 AM Start
1 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Alize Cornet (FRA) v. Clarisa Fernandez (ARG)

followed by
2 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Martina Muller (GER) v. Pauline Parmentier (FRA)

3 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Sam Querrey (USA) v. Olivier Rochus (BEL)

4 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Camille Pin (FRA) v. Monica Niculescu (ROU)


Court 6
11:00 AM Start
1 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Juan Monaco (ARG)[21] v. Carlos Berlocq (ARG)

followed by
2 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Iroda Tulyaganova (UZB) v. Sania Mirza (IND)[31] this match.

3 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Nicolas Kiefer (GER) v. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)[22]

4 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Na Li (CHN)[24] v. Severine Bremond (FRA)


Court 7
11:00 AM Start
1 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Alun Jones (AUS)v. Albert Montanes (ESP)

followed by
2 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Sophie Ferguson (AUS) v. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)

3 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Angelika Bachmann (GER) v. Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)

4 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Werner Eschauer (AUT)v. Tomas Berdych (CZE)[13]


Court 8
11:00 AM Start
1 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Robert Kendrick (USA) v. Amer Delic (USA)

followed by
2 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) v. Alona Bondarenko (UKR)[21]

3 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)[28] v. Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP)

4 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Michael Russell (USA) v. Fabio Fognini (ITA)


Court 10
11:00 AM Start
1 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) v. Gisela Dulko (ARG)

followed by
2 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Mathilde Johansson (FRA) v. Marta Domachowska (POL)

3 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Denis Istomin (UZB) v. Lukas Lacko (SVK)

4 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Oscar Hernandez (ESP) v. Ivo Minar (CZE)


Court 11
11:00 AM Start
1 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Rajeev Ram (USA) v. Simone Bolelli (ITA)

followed by
2 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Ma. Emilia Salerni (ARG) v. Mariya Koryttseva (UKR)

3 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Jiri Vanek (CZE) v. Jurgen Melzer (AUT)

4 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Evgenia Linetskaya (ISR) v. Anne Kremer (LUX)


Court 13
11:00 AM Start
1 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Thierry Ascione (FRA) v. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)[25]

followed by
2 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) v. Agnes Szavay (HUN)[20]

3 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Lucie Safarova (CZE)[22] v. Catalina Castano (COL)

4 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Fabrice Santoro (FRA) v. John Isner (USA)


Court 14
11:00 AM Start
1 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Laura Granville (USA) v. Yvonne Meusburger (AUT)

followed by
2 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Olga Govortsova (BLR) v. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)

3 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Denis Gremelmayr (GER) v. Sergio Roitman (ARG)


Court 18
11:00 AM Start
1 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Robin Haase (NED) v. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)[17]

followed by
2 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Dinara Safina (RUS)[16] v. Sabine Lisicki (GER)

3 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Tathiana Garbin (ITA) v. Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)

4 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Xavier Malisse (BEL) v. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)[32]


Court 19
11:00 AM Start
1 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Meilen Tu (USA) v. Maria Kirilenko (RUS)[27]

followed by
2 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)[29] v. Olga Savchuk (UKR)

3 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Nicolas Almagro (ESP)[27] v. Marin Cilic (CRO)

4 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Radek Stepanek (CZE)[30] v. Vincent Spadea (USA)


Court 21
11:00 AM Start
1 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Shuai Peng (CHN) v. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)

followed by
2 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) v. Filippo Volandri (ITA)

3 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Roberta Vinci (ITA) v. Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)

4 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Santiago Ventura (ESP) v. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)

[Traveling Man]

Is anyone else as excited about this night match?

[Brinyi]

No, nor the other night match.

Good luck to:

TJ!
Vania King!
Lee! Hyung! Taik!
Berserkerette!
Ernie!
Mpaper!
Clarisita!
Little Oli!
Forehand Slice Girl!
JCF!
Giant-Killing Gnome!
A-Rad!
JMDP!

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Traveling Man]

So, is anyone calling Dechy over Sweata?

[Denise49IQ]

No.

[lexpretend]

Nah. Sweta impressed me in Sydney - from the clips I saw, she was playing a lot more cleanly than she usually does. I think she's serious about challenging Justine this year. I don't think she'll do it, but Dechy suxx. This will be a blowout.

Bachmann put an end to A-Rod Jr's qualifying hopes. Maybe A-Rod Sr will be more fired up than usual - it'd be good to see a display of feistiness from this normally mild-mannered competitor.

[Brinyi]

No. Dechy blows.

[sasha]

Dechy isn't the same player these days... Sweta should win easily as long as she avoids her occasional horrendous ball striking days.

Matches I'll try to watch:
Hewitt vs. Darcis (here's where the lack of announcing and 142342 shots of ugly Bec really pays off...)
CAKE vs. Sofia the Viking.
Kiefer vs. Ferrero... could be a real goody.
Lee Na vs. Bremond. Drool for Bremond. She's the hawtest.

[Edna Krabappel]

Damn, I wanted to see Cirstea play but it's only 3rd match on Vodafone, I doubt I can stay up so late again.

[janie]

Iroda vs Sania = Battle of the Boobs!

[Maeby Fünke]

Petkovic fell over already.

[Maeby Fünke]

betfair asked me for money to watch tonight, it didn't do that last night. Bastards.

So I put £5 on Anna.

[janie]

Hey, on ESPN2, I just noticed that Hurley U's women's hoops team is leading the Dookies right now ... I might watch this instead of a Djoko triple bagel.

[Edna Krabappel]

Jeez, what happened to Petkovic?

[Maeby Fünke]

She just slipped and hurt her knee.

[DBBN]

Poor Petko.

Yeah, big rivalry game tonight for the Lady Terps. Really...since I'm not actually attending school anymore, I don't think I care much about them.

[Edna Krabappel]

Poor girl.

A riveting match on RLA. But the alternative would be Hantu vs King, so, no thanks.

[sasha]

Misa sucks in this match. And she looks a lot wider.

[DBBN]

joana said:

But the alternative would be Hantu vs King

Which we are now watching in the States.

If Kirilenko, Dulko, Krajicek, and Hantuchova all lose at once, boy, would that be blissful! Hanturexia will probably win, but I am optimistic about the others!

[sasha]

Misa is a guaranteed loss. She's getting dominated every rally.

Why is Monaco losing to Berlocq.

[Grarliner]

hurley said:

joana said:

But the alternative would be Hantu vs King

Which we are now watching in the States.

If Kirilenko, Dulko, Krajicek, and Hantuchova all lose at once, boy, would that be blissful! Hanturexia will probably win, but I am optimistic about the others!

Krajicek and Dulko look done like dinner, but I think Masha and Daniela pull it off.

[Self-Love, Baby!]

I love Cornet. She's got so much spunk, plus she's pretty and French. I'm still not sure why Wozniacki is getting more attention. We saw who is better at the US Open.

Misa sucks.

Go Amer. Up a set and break on Kendrick.

[sasha]

OMG Monaco rolls over his ankle. I am so never betting on tennis again.

[Self-Love, Baby!]

As much as she stinks, I'm surprised Krajicek is getting beaten that badly by Morigami. I'm also surprised to see that Morigami is still playing. I thought she would have retired by now. Does anyone remember her match with Pratt at the USO a few years ago, and she was taken off the court on a wheelchair after like, hours, of intense counter-puncher baseline tennis. I hope I'm not mixing her up with Asagoe, but that is entirely possible since they played doubles together.

[sasha]

That was Morigami. She's not just a counter-puncher, though. She hits some good flat shots with her 2-handers. She was quite impressive when I saw her in Vegas.

Misa is done. I don't know what's happened to her. She still has the good serve, and can hit the FH when she has ages. But move her, and she's done. Well done.

[DBBN]

sasha said:

OMG Monaco rolls over his ankle. I am so never betting on tennis again.

Principality!! He looks like he's playing again...

[Grarliner]

Peng Shuai lost the first set to Kleybanova ... I've never seen the latter play. Good?

[DBBN]

Those were some great thumpings by Danish Woz and Mpaperfolding

[Grarliner]

Dulko loses, 1 and 1 to Wozniacki. Yikes.

[Grarliner]

Hey, Benjamin Becker broke Novak to start the third. How'd that happen?