Australian Open 2011 Day 3 Open Thread

by Craig Hickman


Reuters

Spectators watch the match between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France and Philipp Petzschner of Germany at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne January 18, 2011. For the first time in his career, the Frenchman won a match down two sets to love.

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Round two begins.

I've highlighted the matches I'm most interested in seeing, not all for the same reasons. Among them, I see five upsets. At least.

What do you see?

Order Of Play For Wednesday, 19 January 2011

Rod Laver Arena 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Justine Henin (BEL)[11] v. Elena Baltacha (GBR)
2. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Andy Roddick (USA)[8] v. Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)
3. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Venus Williams (USA)[4] v. Sandra Zahlavova (CZE)

Rod Laver Arena 7:00 PM Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Jelena Dokic (AUS) v. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)
2. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Gilles Simon (FRA) v. Roger Federer (SUI)[2]

Hisense Arena 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)[1] v. Vania King (USA)
2. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) v. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)[9]
3. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Virginie Razzano (FRA) v. Maria Sharapova (RUS)[14]
4. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Ivan Dodig (CRO) v. Novak Djokovic (SRB)[3]

Margaret Court Arena 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Tomas Berdych (CZE)[6] v. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
2. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) v. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)[8]
3. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Rebecca Marino (CAN) v. Francesca Schiavone (ITA)[6]
4. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Na Li (CHN)[9] v. Evgeniya Rodina (RUS)

Not Before 7:00 PM

5. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Frederico Gil (POR) v. Gael Monfils (FRA)[12]

Show Court 2 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Arantxa Rus (NED) v. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)[23]
2. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Benoit Paire (FRA) v. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)[17]
3. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Vesna Manasieva (RUS) v. Marion Bartoli (FRA)[15]
4. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)[19] v. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)

Show Court 3 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Mardy Fish (USA)[16] v. Tommy Robredo (ESP)
2. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Nicolas Almagro (ESP)[14] v. Igor Andreev (RUS)
3. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)[21] v. Anastasija Sevastova (LAT)
4. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Anne Keothavong (GBR) v. Andrea Petkovic (GER)[30]

Court 6 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Florian Mayer (GER) v. Kei Nishikori (JPN)
2. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Robin Haase (NED) v. Juan Monaco (ARG)[26]
3. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)[32] v. Monica Niculescu (ROU)

Court 7 11:00 AM Start Time

4. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Albert Montanes (ESP)[25] v. Xavier Malisse (BEL)

Court 8 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) v. Lukasz Kubot (POL)
2. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) v. Richard Gasquet (FRA)[28]
3. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Kaia Kanepi (EST)[20] v. Julia Goerges (GER)

Court 18 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Regina Kulikova (RUS) v. Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)
2. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Alberta Brianti (ITA) v. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)[29]
3. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Viktor Troicki (SRB)[29] v. Nicolas Mahut (FRA)