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Post by Brinyi on Jan 10, 2012 12:18:45 GMT -5
 at: Raven Klaasen(RSA) vs. Jan Hernych(CZE) Thiemo de Bakker(NED) vs. Dustin Brown(GER)[31] Igor Andreev(RUS)[5] vs. Roman Borvanov(MDA) Robby Ginepri(USA) vs. Florent Serra(FRA)[29] Rainer Schuettler(GER)[12] vs. Chris Guccione(AUS) Bjorn Phau(GER) vs. Arnaud Clement(FRA)[23] Good luck to: Vasek Pospisil(CAN)[9] Robert Farah(COL) Sergei Bubka(UKR)[25] Maverick Banes(AUS) Inigo Cervantes-Huegun(ESP) Carsten Ball(AUS) Go Soeda(JPN)[1] Malek Jaziri(TUN)[10] Ricardas Berankis(LTU)[13] Aljaz Bedene(SLO) Joao Sousa(POR) Jimmy Wang(TPE) Pierre-Ludovic Duclos(CAN) Eduardo Schwank(ARG)[18] Gerard Granollers-Pujol(ESP) Peter Polansky(CAN) Grega Zemlja(SLO)[2] Marsel Ilhan(TUR)[4] Good luck. |
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Post by DBBN on Jan 10, 2012 13:44:17 GMT -5
Good luck all Roberts, and others I enjoy.
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Post by DBBN on Jan 10, 2012 13:45:21 GMT -5
www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2012-01-10/201201101326184887611.htmlFORMER world No.15 Robby Ginepri will look to continue his return from a mountain-bike accident 15 months ago, with French journeyman Florent Serra his first-round hurdle in Australian Open qualifying.
The 29-year-old American will favour his chances, taking a 2-0 head-to-head into his match with the 28th seed at Melbourne Park.
Qualifying top seed Go Soeda, of Japan, opens against Czech Pavol Cervenak and stands as a potential final-round obstacle to Ginepri’s first Australian Open main draw appearance in two years.
Big-serving Aussie lefty Chris Guccione faces a similarly tough ask to get his qualifying off to a winning start with former Melbourne Park finalist Rainer Schuettler his first-round opponent.
The German veteran leads their head-to-head 2-1, but they haven’t played each other in more than three years.
Another player to have tasted defeat at the hands of Andre Agassi in an Australian Open final, Arnaud Clement, will look to recapture the form that carried him to the decider in 2001, when he opens against German Bjorn Phau.
Former world No.18, Russian fifth seed Igor Andreev, will look to rebound after letting match points slip against Alexandr Dolgopolov in Brisbane last week when he takes on Roman Brovanov, of Macedonia.
Ruben Bemelmans, who helped Belgium to last year’s Hopman Cup final, and defeated Lleyton Hewitt in Davis Cup play in 2010, starts his qualifying campaign against Yuichi Sugita, while Bosnian Amer Delic could prove a headache for fourth seed Turk Marsel Ilhan, first up.
Australia’s junior Wimbledon champion Luke Saville, aiming to make his first main draw appearance in a Grand Slam event, will square off against Ivo Minar, of the Czech Republic.
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Post by Brinyi on Jan 10, 2012 14:07:19 GMT -5
Tom Tebbutt tweeted perspicaciously that the Schwankster's opponent, Cabal, is his doubles partner from the RG final.
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Post by janie on Jan 10, 2012 14:47:13 GMT -5
Mr. Tebbutt's on top of his game! Good luck to Jaziri, Armless, Sousa, Popsicle, Polansky, Ginepri, and all Latinos. Last year there was livestreaming from qualies here, I think! |
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Post by janie on Jan 10, 2012 18:12:24 GMT -5
There is livestreaming. Or there will be, anyway. Right now it's raining and thundering.
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Post by janie on Jan 11, 2012 7:21:10 GMT -5
I didn't know there were 2 Popsicle guys in the draw! The Canadian one won, the CZE one lost. Polansky won, and so did Armless and Sousa. Clement lost  , and I can't find Jaziri's score. Need caffeine. And AO needs to put their scores in some not-light-blue color |
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Post by Brinyi on Jan 11, 2012 14:52:11 GMT -5
Looks like the CAN Pospisil toughed out a nice win over local Millman. Rainer Schuettler(GER)[12] def. Chris Guccione(AUS) 7-6(5) 7-6(4)  Clément losing to Phau - swan song at the Slam where he was once runner-up? Jaziri was one of a number of matches postponed. Polansky! Jimmy Wang!  Pierre-Ludovic Duclos(CAN) def. Facundo Bagnis(ARG)[28] 6-3 1-6 6-4  |
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Post by Brinyi on Jan 12, 2012 9:22:39 GMT -5
Little Bread.  Gerry Granola. German Rasta Man. Jaziri. Quixote.  Rampant Sugita. Ginepri. |
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Post by DBBN on Jan 12, 2012 11:12:09 GMT -5
Robert  |
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Post by Brinyi on Jan 12, 2012 11:38:02 GMT -5
Good luck to Vasek Pospisil(CAN)[9] as he battles another local (Carsten Ball) Igor Andreev(RUS)[5] vs. Igor Sijsling(NED). This is a showdown between the #2 and #3 ranked Igors. Best wishes for good fortune to Canada, Slovenia, Wang, Hernych & Berankis.  |
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Post by janie on Jan 13, 2012 7:13:00 GMT -5
James Ward  |
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Post by lexpretend on Jan 13, 2012 7:23:24 GMT -5
SIX players won their Q2 matches today after losing first set TBs lulz, Schüttler lost 6-7 6-0 6-8. ScoreLiNa  |
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Post by Brinyi on Jan 13, 2012 8:18:29 GMT -5
Sugita! Sousa (POR)! Polansky! S.Bubka II! Armless. Slovenes. Schwankster. Hernych. Go. Pierre-Lud. V-Pop. The Dutch Igor won. |
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Post by DBBN on Jan 13, 2012 13:20:22 GMT -5
Still waiting for the epic Joao Souza-Joao Sousa match at a Slam.
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Post by Brinyi on Jan 13, 2012 16:42:08 GMT -5
Men's Qualifying Round Carsten Ball(AUS) vs. Denis Kudla(USA, the only teenager) Guillaume Rufin(FRA) vs. Bjorn Phau(GER) Rik De Voest(RSA)[11] vs. Matteo Viola(ITA)[27] Yannick Mertens(BEL) vs. Andrey Golubev(KAZ)[20] Lukas Lacko(SVK)[7] vs. Sergei Bubka(UKR)[25] Igor Sijsling(NED) vs. James Ward(GBR)[32] Denys Molchanov(UKR) vs. Florent Serra(FRA)[29] Simone Bolelli(ITA)[14] vs. Frederik Nielsen(DEN) Tim Smyczek(USA) vs. Jurgen Zopp(EST)[22] David Guez(FRA) vs. Jesse Huta Galung(NED) Illya Marchenko(UKR) vs. Martin Fischer(AUT) Peter Gojowczyk(GER) vs. Thiemo de Bakker(NED) Alexander Kudryavtsev(RUS) vs. Joao Sousa(POR) Roberto Bautista-Agut(ESP) vs. Andre Ghem(BRA) Alex Kuznetsov(USA) vs. Yuichi Sugita(JPN) Danai Udomchoke(THA) vs. Peter Polansky(CAN) Good luck to Polansky, Sugita, and Bubka. I like to think I follow the minor leagues fairly closely, but "Denys Molchanov" rings no bells whatsoever. He is a 24yo out of Moldova, now living in Kiev. Looks like he got a lot of his points on the Antalya circuit last year! I hope he beats that slug Serra. |
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Post by janie on Jan 14, 2012 8:30:17 GMT -5
Very exciting to see that James Ward Son of Taxi Driver qualified. Sousa and Bubka did not. |
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Post by Brinyi on Jan 14, 2012 17:38:39 GMT -5
Denys failed to do the job. But another strange one qualified, Peter Gojowczyk, 22yo, out of Munich, now living in Eisenhofen. He totally destroyed De Chokker. Hard to believe Thiemo made the 3R in 3 slams in 2010. Polansky. |
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Post by DBBN on Jan 14, 2012 21:01:35 GMT -5
Out of a whole bunch of...let's say random qualifiers coming through the men's field, Gojowczyk is by far the most confuzzling  He now plays Donna Young, whose team gives the impression that they don't do much strategery. A complete unknown may really be one of the worst draws he could get. |
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Post by lexpretend on Jan 15, 2012 6:29:36 GMT -5
I've heard of Gojowczyk! I don't know how. I had the idea in my head that he was a promising up-and-comer, but I don't follow the men's Hidden World, so I'm not sure how. He killed everyone in qualifying.
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, and I can't find Jaziri's score. Need caffeine. And AO needs to put their scores in some not-light-blue color
