Austlaian Open videos and results (day 2)

Results:

Rafael Nadal (1) def Christophe Rochus		6-0	6-2	6-2
James Blake (9) def Frank Dancevic		6-4	6-3	7-5
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5) def Juan Monaco		6-4	6-4	6-0

Videos and Results of Australian Open (Day 2)

Results And Highlights of Day 2:

Andy Murray Wins:

World No 4. and of the title favorites Andy Murray won his first round match. He was leading by one set when his opponent Andrei Pavel retired.

Andy Murray      6 3

Andrei Pavel        2 1

Gilles Simon Wins:

World no 6.  won his match in style beating Pablo Andujar ESP    6-4,6-2,6-1.

Mario Ancic Wins:

He won a tough four setter against  Wayne Odesnik USA who came back from behind to win third set. 7-5,6-4,4-6,6-2.

Women’s  Section

Venus Williams and Serena Willians won there match in style thrashing there opponents in straight sets Venus won here match 6-3,6-3. While Serena won 6-3, 6-2.

Elena Dementieva RUS (4)

World No 4 had to sweat it out to beat Kristina Barrois 7-6,2-6,6-1.

Amelie Mauresmo FRA (20)

She also won her match against  Olga Govortsova BLR

Day 1: Australian Open Results and Videos

It was a good day for the seeds with Roddick, Ivanovic, Djokovic, Hantuchova and Safin winning on Day 1.

First-up:The upsets

Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) d [23] Agnes Szavay (HUN) 6-3 3-6 6-4
Szavay would have expected to win this one against Voskoboeva who is ranked No.95 in the world.

Maria Kirilenko was upset in the her first-round match at Australian Open 2009.

Boy Wonder:Bernard Tomic

Bernard Tomic (AUS) d Potito Starace (ITA) 7-6(5) 1-6 7-6(5) 7-6(6)
Bernie Tomic did what most 16 year olds only dream of – he won his first match at his home Grand Slam.
Interestinly he is the youngest player at the Tour and at at other court oldest player, Fabrice Santoro, enjoying a win at his 17th Open. Fabrice turned pro in 1989.

Return To winning ways: Jelena Dokic

Jelena Dokic broke down in tears as she told of the emotional torment she has undergone in the decade since last winning a match at the Australian Open.

Indian Sensation: Sania Mirza Video
At last she manged to win. Coming out of injury she won her match in style.Sania Mirza survived a late onslaught from world number 61 Marta Domachowhska in her 6-1, 6-4 win in the first round of the ladies singles

Top Winners:
Federer, Roddick, Ivanovic, Djokovic, Hantuchova , Safin and D. Nalbandian.

Day 1 – top 7 match results

[1] Jelena Jankovic 6 6
Yvonne Meusburger 1 3

[3] Novak Djokovic 6 6 7
Andrea Stoppini 2 3 5

[5] Ana Ivanovic 7 6
Julie Goerges 5 3

[3] Dinara Safina 6 6
Alla Kudryavtseva 3 4

[7] Andy Roddick 6 6 6
Bjorn Rehnquist 0 2 2

(2) R. Federer 6 7 7
A. Seppi 1 6 5

(10) D. Nalbandian 6 4 6 6
M. Gicquel 1 6 2 3

Australian Open 2009

Rafael Nadal : If Nadal goes on to win the australian open he would be the first man since the legend Andre Agassi to win a grand slam on all three of the surfaces grass, clay and hard. Rafa was a semi finalist here last and was outplayed by Jo Wilfred Tsonga who beat him in straight sets.

Roger Federer : The defending US Open champion will be going for GS fourteen in Australia to equal the record. Federer has some good memories in Australia as he won it three times and fell in the semis on the other two notable occasions losing to the eventual champion each time.

Novak Djokovic : The defending champion ended last year on a high winning the masters cup in Shanghai. If he is playing well he is very capable of retaining his title but faces a tough defence of his title from the other three and possibly others like tsonga and nalbandian that is on form could take him out.

Andy Murray : The British number one will be looking to repeat his US Open heroics but going one step further. I can see him going deep in to the draw if the back holds up and doesn’t run into players like Tsonga or an in form Nalbandian on route to the semis as both could beat him if playing well.

Latest news and updates on Australian Open 2009

First Glam Slam Of 2009. It is the 97th edition of the Australian Open. The City of Melbourne is again playing  host to the first Grand Slam event of the tennis calendar, the 2009 Australian Open tennis tournament and this years tournament promises to be one of the best in recent times with no pre-tournament favorites.
Australian Open 2008 was won by Novak Djokovic, interestingly it was the only one of the past 15 Grand Slam tournaments not won by either Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal.
This year Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, And even local man Hewitt can win the first Glam Slam of the year 2009.

Rafael Nadal will try to solidify his World No. 1 position coming out of injury it will be a tough ask for the Spanish boy. World number one Rafael Nadal has joined the chorus of players calling for the Australian Open to be shifted to February.

Roger Federer after winning Kooyong title will be feeling happy And encouraged to go for Sampras record. He desperately wants his numero uno position back. Its tough for especially with young armada coming-up.

Andy Murray, Englishman is one of the favorites of winning it especially after beating Nadal and Federer last year and seems to have it in him.

Novak Djokovic last years winner has lacked consistency but can beat the best on his day.