Australian Open Men's Qualifying

[mrDamien]

Kinda late for him at 31. Swan song?

By experience Hrbaty able to advance further. Nothing is wrong with such an age.

 

[mrDamien]

He's had his chance. The guy has been on the tour 40 years now.

40 years? How old is he, dude? Pretty sure he might get his chance to enter 1st round as qualifier.

 

[Zaragoza]

Joe Sirianni (AUS) was 0-5 down in the 3rd set and made a comeback to beat Go Soeda (JAP) 3-6 6-3 8-6 (saved 2 MP).

http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/match_reports/2009-01-14/200901141231905475078.html

Sirianni lost to Naso (ITA) in 3 sets. Luczak, Odesnik, Delic, Sweeting, Marc Lopez, Ventura, F.Mayer, Phau, Korolev, Udomchoke...advanced to the final round. They just need one more win to make it to the main draw.

 

[seffina]

AOpen Radio is on it seems and they're talking about the women's draw. Men should be up soon.

The Qualis are on as well.

 

[SAFINATORZ]

sorry to rain on your parade, somdev just lost in 3 sets.

NOOOO!!! somdev will play andreas beck in the third round qualifying if they both win, those are my two of the three favorite players outside the top 50!!!

 

[Zaragoza]

sorry to rain on your parade, somdev just lost in 3 sets.

Yes Devvarman lost to Kubot (POL) 7-5 in the 3rd.

These are the final round matches. The winner makes it to the main draw:

http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/scores/draws/qs/r3s1.html

Odesnik vs Luczak, Malisse vs Dancevic, Delic vs F.Mayer are good matches.

 

[Sentinel]

micheal berrer in the qualies !!

Last year i thought he was like ranked 49 or 50th. Has he dropped really low. Whats the min rank to be in the main draw ?

 

[Zaragoza]

Anyone else following the live scores? F.Mayer bageled Delic in the 1st set.

 

[Sentinel]

OT:

Talking of live scores : are the Kooyong finals live scores anywhere. WHEN exactly is the final ? (local time preferred).

Edit: sorry, its over !

 

[Techniques]

Phau is through, Sela is through (he had a crazy match, very very close the other guy had multiple match points), Odesnik got over Luczak thats all I can remember.

 

[Zaragoza]

Final round winners and their opponents in the 1st round of the main draw :

F. Cipolla (ITA) d. A. Kudryavtsev (RUS) 6-3 6-3----D. Tursunov
L. Ouahab (ALG) d. R. Sweeting (USA) 6-4 3-6 8-6----F. Mayer (Q)
W. Odesnik (USA) d. P.Luczak (AUS) 1-6 6-2 6-3-----M. Ancic
D. Hrbaty (SVK) d. M. Chiudinelli (SUI) 6-1 6-3----J. Isner
E. Korolev (RUS)d. D. Udomchoke (THAI) 6-3 7-5----C. Moya
X. Malisse (BEL) d. F.Dancevic 3-6 7-5 6-1----M. Llodra
Dancevic is in the main draw as a lucky loser, he replaces Volandri who was banned yesterday (1st round vs Blake).
M. Berrer (GER) d. B. Dorsch (GER) 6-1 6-2----C. Ball
A. Beck (GER) d. L. Kubot (POL) 6-4 6-3----C. Ebelthite
D. Kindlmann (GER) d. G. Naso (ITA) 6-1 4-6 6-2-----G. Cañas
B. Rehnquist (SWE) d. M. Lopez (ESP) 6-1 6-7 8-6----A. Roddick
F. Mayer (GER) d. A. Delic (USA) 6-0 6-7 6-0----L. Ouahab (Q).
Delic is also in the main draw as a lucky loser (Kiefer withdrew), 1st round vs Dent.
A. Stoppini(ITA) d. S. Stadler 7-6 1-6 6-3---- N. Djokovic
S. De Chaunac (FRA) d. S. Ventura 6-4 6-1----S. Darcis
P. Polansky (CAN) d. O. Patience (FRA) 6-4 6-2----I. Andreev
D. Sela (ISR) d. G. Zemlja (SLO) 6-0 2-6 8-6(saved 2 MP)-R.Schuettler
B. Phau (GER) d. M. Bachinger (GER) 4-6 7-6 6-1----B. Klein

 

[J-man]

Really happy to see that Phau qualified. I really like his game. Be interesting to see if the X-man can keep his act together at the AO.

 

[Sentinel]

Glad to see Berrer. Another journeyman with a one handed backhand.

I've seen Kindlmann and Chaunac personally in many qualifiers. Once i was rooting for Chaunac's opponent, and I was the ONLY person rooting.

He looked at me and glared angrily. Never forget that!

 

[Zaragoza]

Amer Delic will also play in the main draw as a "lucky loser" thanks to Kiefer's withdrawal. Taylor Dent will be his opponent.

 

[Deleted member 3771]

I think all the Aussie wildcards will lose first round to the qualifiers.
And Hrbaty will beat Isner.

 

[P_Agony]

I'm really glad Sela is through. It was as close as a match can get, but he really deserves it. Hopefully he'll perform well in the event itself.

 

[MEAC_ALLAMERICAN]

Korolev might have a chance in getting past Moya.

Phau beating Klien isn't too much of a stretch and Malisse/Llodra matchup should be interesting.

 

[SoBad]

You aren't "Sobad" are you ? He had something personal against SDV.

It is totally the other way around. I was the greatest supporter of SDV, and he had something personal against me. And it's showing in his post-2007 results.

Korolev might have a chance in getting past Moya.

Phau beating Klien isn't too much of a stretch and Malisse/Llodra matchup should be interesting.

Outside of the Nishikori/Golubev misperformance, Korolev and Phau were some of the greatest AO disappointments.