Australian Open 2011 Day 1 Open Thread

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A worker drives a mobile lawnmower past a sign for the Australian Open tennis tournament outside the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on January 16, 2011.

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The first Slam of the season is here.

A few first-round matches I'd like to see: Tamirine Tanasugarn vs. Maria Sharapova; Janina Wickmayer vs. Jarmila Groth; Fabio Fognini vs. Kei Nishikori; and Frank Dancevic vs. Richard Gasquet.

Anybody sense any upsets, big or small, on the horizon?

Order Of Play For January 17, 2011

Rod Laver Arena 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) v. Maria Sharapova (RUS)[14]
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)[1] v. Gisela Dulko (ARG)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Lukas Lacko (SVK) v. Roger Federer (SUI)[2]

Rod Laver Arena 7:00 PM Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)[21] v. Jarmila Groth (AUS)
2. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Marcel Granollers (ESP) v. Novak Djokovic (SRB)[3]

Hisense Arena 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Thiemo de Bakker (NED) v. Gael Monfils (FRA)[12]
2. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Andy Roddick (USA)[8] v. Jan Hajek (CZE)
3. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Venus Williams (USA)[4] v. Sara Errani (ITA)
4. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Justine Henin (BEL)[11] v. Sania Mirza (IND)

Margaret Court Arena 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) v. Francesca Schiavone (ITA)[6]
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)[28] v. Regina Kulikova (RUS)
3. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Zuzana Ondraskova (CZE) v. Jelena Dokic (AUS)
4. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Peter Luczak (AUS) v. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)[17]

Margaret Court Arena 7:00 PM Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Rainer Schuettler (GER) v. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)[9]

Show Court 2 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Lukasz Kubot (POL) v. Sam Querrey (USA)[18]
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Na Li (CHN)[9] v. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Tomas Berdych (CZE)[6] v. Marco Crugnola (ITA)
4. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Kathrin Woerle (GER) v. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)[8]

Show Court 3 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) v. Olivia Rogowska (AUS)
2. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Mardy Fish (USA)[16] v. Victor Hanescu (ROU)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)[19] v. Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)
4. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Alison Riske (USA) v. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)[23]

Court 5 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Lucie Hradecka (CZE) v. Alberta Brianti (ITA)
2. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Ryan Harrison (USA) v. Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
3. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Jill Craybas (USA) v. Andrea Petkovic (GER)[30]
4. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Nicolas Almagro (ESP)[14] v. Stephane Robert (FRA)

Court 6 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Julien Benneteau (FRA) v. Juan Monaco (ARG)[26]
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Rebecca Marino (CAN) v. Junri Namigata (JPN)
3. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Tathiana Garbin (ITA) v. Marion Bartoli (FRA)[15]
4. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) v. Gilles Simon (FRA)

Court 7 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) v. Monica Niculescu (ROU)
2. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)[23] v. Florian Mayer (GER)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Tommy Robredo (ESP) v. Somdev Devvarman (IND)
4. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Anne Keothavong (GBR) v. Arina Rodionova (RUS)

Court 8 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Fabio Fognini (ITA) v. Kei Nishikori (JPN)
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Elena Vesnina (RUS) v. Virginie Razzano (FRA)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Frank Dancevic (CAN) v. Richard Gasquet (FRA)[28]
4. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) v. Arantxa Rus (NED)

Court 10 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Julia Goerges (GER) v. Edina Gallovits - Hall (ROU)
2. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Pablo Andujar (ESP) v. Xavier Malisse (BEL)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) v. Andrey Golubev (KAZ)
4. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Jamie Hampton (USA) v. Elena Baltacha (GBR)

Court 11 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Frederico Gil (POR) v. Pablo Cuevas (URU)
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Tamira Paszek (AUT) v. Vania King (USA)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Flavio Cipolla (ITA) v. Benoit Paire (FRA)
4. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Polona Hercog (SLO) v. Anastasija Sevastova (LAT)

Court 13 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Angelique Kerber (GER) v. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)[29]
2. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) v. Tobias Kamke (GER)
3. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) v. Aravane Rezai (FRA)[17]
4. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) v. Ivan Dodig (CRO)

Court 14 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) v. Daniel Brands (GER)
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Karolina Sprem (CRO) v. Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Brian Dabul (ARG) v. Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
4. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Vesna Manasieva (RUS) v. Laura Pous-Tio (ESP)

Court 18 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Kaia Kanepi (EST)[20] v. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)[32] v. Pauline Parmentier (FRA)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Viktor Troicki (SRB)[29] v. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)
4. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Mischa Zverev (GER) v. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)

Court 19 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Carlos Berlocq (ARG) v. Robin Haase (NED)
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Sandra Zahlavova (CZE) v. Renata Voracova (CZE)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Igor Andreev (RUS) v. Filippo Volandri (ITA)

Court 21 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Michal Przysiezny (POL) v. Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)
2. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Albert Montanes (ESP)[25] v. Dustin Brown (GER)
3. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) v. Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)