[Dexter]

PYW Australian Open



Welcome to Melbourne, Australia! This is what the past two weeks have all been revolving around: the Australian Open is here! Players will need their good preparation to get them far into the draw of the first Grand Slam of the year. Last year we saw Elena Dementieva marching up to claim the Australian Open title for the 2nd time in her career. This year, Dementieva, again, is one of the favourites, going into the tournament as a #1. Will she make a hat-trick down under? We still have a long way to go before we get that answer, for we commence with the qualifying competition!

Ranking Points:
Grand Slam:

W - 1000
F - 700
SF - 450
QF - 250
R16 - 140
R32 - 90
R64 - 60
R128 - 2
Qualifier - 31 *
Q3 - 25
Q2 - 15
Q1 - 2
* If a qualifier loses in the first round, no first round points are awarded on top of the qualifying points.

 Previous Finals:

2005: Shinobu Asagoe JPN beat Anastasia Myskina RUS | 6-1 1-6 7-6
2006: Elena Dementieva RUS [9] beat Anastasia Myskina RUS [12] | 6-4 3-6 6-3
2007: Elena Dementieva RUS [9] beat Kim Clijsters BEL [4] | 5-7 7-6 8-6

The Favourites:



1/16: Justine Henin BEL [1]



2/16:  Tatiana Golovin FRA [13]



3/16:  Elena Dementieva RUS [11]

OUT OF COMPETITION

4/16: Elena Vesnina RUS



5/16:  Flavia Pennetta ITA



6/16:  Patty Schnyder SUI [15]



7/16: Alicia Molik AUS



8/16: Bethanie Mattek USA [Q]



9/16:  Sania Mirza IND [31]



10/16: Severine Bremond FRA



11/16:  Dinara Safina RUS [16]



12/16:  Ana Ivanović SRB [4]



13/16: Maria Kirilenko RUS [27]



14/16: Daniela Hantuchova SVK [9]



15/16: Agnes Szavay HUN [20]



16/16:  Agnieszka Radwańska POL [29]

First Round:

Justine Henin BEL [1] beat Aiko Nakamura JPN | 6-4 7-6
Monique Adamczak AUS [WC] beat Olga Poutchkova RUS | 6-4 6-2
Maret Ani EST beat Angelique Kerber GER | 6-1 6-3
Emilie Loit FRA lost to Francesca Schiavone ITA [25] | 0-6 3-6

Sybille Bammer AUT [19] lost to Jelena Dokić AUS [Q] | 4-6 3-6
Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova CZE [Q] lost to Klara Zakopalova CZE | 4-6 2-6
Kateryna Bondarenko UKR lost to Aravane Rezai FRA | 6-2 1-6 8-10
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro FRA lost to Tatiana Golovin FRA [13] | 4-6 6-7

Elena Dementieva RUS [11] beat Tzipora Obziler ISR | 6-0 6-0
Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP beat Petra Cetkovska CZE | 6-4 7-5
Jessica Moore AUS [WC] beat Julie Ditty USA | 6-2 6-4
Renata Voracova CZE lost to Shahar Peer ISR [17] | 2-6 1-6

Julia Vakulenko UKR [32] beat Elena Vesnina RUS | 6-2 6-2
Jill Craybas USA lost to Yung-Jan Chan TPE | 1-6 2-6
Lindsay Davenport USA beat Sara Errani ITA | 6-3 6-3
Jelena Kostanić-Tosić CRO beat Maria Sharapova RUS [5] | 6-2 6-1

First Round [Second Quarter]:

Jelena Janković SRB [3] vs Tamira Paszek AUT
Stephanie Dubois CAN vs Edina Gallovits ROU
Flavia Pennetta ITA vs Dominika Cibulkova SVK
Ashley Harkleroad USA vs Virginie Razzano FRA [30]

Amelie Mauresmo FRA [18] vs Tatiana Poutchek BLR
Yaroslava Shvedova RUS vs Tatjana Malek GER
Casey Dellacqua AUS vs Karin Knapp ITA
Lilia Osterloh USA vs Patty Schnyder SUI [15]

Nicole Vaidisova CZE [12] vs Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU
Kaia Kanepi EST vs Alicia Molik AUS
Madison Brengle USA [WC] vs Tatiana Perebiynis UKR
Ai Sugiyama JPN vs Vera Zvonareva RUS [23]

Victoria Azarenka BLR [26] vs Akgul Amanmuradova UZB
Evgeniya Rodina RUS [Q] vs Julia Görges GER [Q]
Bethanie Mattek USA [Q] vs Sacha Jones NZL [Q]
Jarmila Gajdosova AUS [WC] vs Serena Williams USA [7]

Do not vote yet!

Venus Williams USA [8] vs Zi Yan CHN
Camille Pin FRA vs Ekaterina Bychkova RUS [Q]
Sophie Ferguson AUS [WC] vs Timea Bacsinszky SUI [Q]
Iroda Tulyaganova UZB [WC] vs Sania Mirza IND [31]

Na Li CHN [24] vs Severine Bremond FRA
Maria Elena Camerin ITA vs Christina Wheeler AUS [WC]
Mathilde Johansson FRA [WC] vs Marta Domachowska POL [Q]
Sofia Arvidsson SWE vs Marion Bartoli FRA [10]

Dinara Safina RUS [16] vs Sabine Lisicki GER [Q]
Maria Emilia Salerni ARG vs Mariya Koryttseva UKR
Caroline Wozniacki DEN vs Gisela Dulko ARG
Alla Kudryavtseva RUS vs Alona Bondarenko UKR [21]

Katarina Srebotnik SLO [28] vs Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP
Rossana de los Rios PAR [Q] vs Anastasia Rodionova AUS
Tathiana Garbin ITA vs Eleni Daniilidou GRE
Sorana Cirstea ROU vs Ana Ivanović SRB [4]

Anna Chakvetadze RUS [6] vs Andrea Petkovic GER
Shuai Peng CHN vs Iveta Benesova CZE [Q]
Akiko Morigami JPN vs Michaëlla Krajicek NED
Meilen Tu USA vs Maria Kirilenko RUS [27]

Lucie Safarova CZE [22] vs Catalina Castaño COL
Roberta Vinci ITA vs Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP
Alize Cornet FRA vs Clarisa Fernandez ARG
Vania King USA vs Daniela Hantuchova SVK [9]

Nadia Petrova RUS [14] vs Nicole Pratt AUS
Evgenia Linetskaya ISR vs Anne Kremer LUX
Laura Granville USA vs Yvonne Meusburger AUT
Ekaterina Makarova RUS vs Agnes Szavay HUN [20]

Agnieszka Radwańska POL [29] vs Olga Savchuk UKR
Martina Müller GER vs Pauline Parmentier FRA
Olga Govortsova BLR vs Tsvetana Pironkova BUL
Nathalie Dechy FRA vs Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS [2]

[Dexter]

Tamira Paszek AUT
Edina Gallovits ROU
Dominika Cibulkova SVK
Virginie Razzano FRA [30]

Amelie Mauresmo FRA [18]
Tatjana Malek GER
Casey Dellacqua AUS
Lilia Osterloh USA

Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU
Alicia Molik AUS
Tatiana Perebiynis UKR
Ai Sugiyama JPN

Akgul Amanmuradova UZB
Julia Görges GER [Q]
Sacha Jones NZL [Q]
Jarmila Gajdosova AUS [WC]

[tucker1989]

Jelena Janković SRB [3]
Edina Gallovits ROU
Flavia Pennetta ITA
Ashley Harkleroad USA

Tatiana Poutchek BLR
Tatjana Malek GER
Casey Dellacqua AUS
Lilia Osterloh USA

Nicole Vaidisova CZE [12]
Kaia Kanepi EST
Madison Brengle USA [WC]
Ai Sugiyama JPN

Victoria Azarenka BLR [26]
Julia Görges GER [Q]
Bethanie Mattek USA [Q]
Serena Williams USA [7]

[FORZA SARITA]

Tamira Paszek AUT
Stephanie Dubois CAN
Flavia Pennetta ITA
Ashley Harkleroad USA

Amelie Mauresmo FRA [18]
Tatjana Malek GER
Karin Knapp ITA
Lilia Osterloh USA

Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU
Alicia Molik AUS
Tatiana Perebiynis UKR
Vera Zvonareva RUS [23]
Akgul Amanmuradova UZB
Julia Görges GER [Q]
Sacha Jones NZL [Q]
Jarmila Gajdosova AUS [WC]

[iPatty]

Tamira Paszek AUT
Stephanie Dubois CAN
Flavia Pennetta ITA
Ashley Harkleroad USA

Tatiana Poutchek BLR
Tatjana Malek GER
Karin Knapp ITA
Patty Schnyder SUI [15]

Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU
Kaia Kanepi EST
Madison Brengle USA [WC]
Ai Sugiyama JPN

Akgul Amanmuradova UZB
Evgeniya Rodina RUS [Q]
Bethanie Mattek USA [Q]
Jarmila Gajdosova AUS [WC]

[Michael!]

Jelena Janković SRB [3]
Stephanie Dubois CAN
Flavia Pennetta ITA
Ashley Harkleroad USA

Amelie Mauresmo FRA [18]
Tatjana Malek GER
Karin Knapp ITA
Patty Schnyder SUI [15]

Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU
Alicia Molik AUS
Madison Brengle USA [WC]
Vera Zvonareva RUS [23]

Akgul Amanmuradova UZB
Julia Görges GER [Q]
Sacha Jones NZL [Q]
Serena Williams USA [7]

[Highlandman]

Jelena Janković SRB [3]
Edina Gallovits ROU
Flavia Pennetta ITA
Virginie Razzano FRA [30]

Amelie Mauresmo FRA [18]
Tatjana Malek GER
Karin Knapp ITA
Lilia Osterloh USA

Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU
Alicia Molik AUS
Madison Brengle USA [WC]
Ai Sugiyama

Akgul Amanmuradova UZB
Julia Görges GER [Q]
Bethanie Mattek USA [Q]
Serena Williams USA [7]

[Yarden]

Jelena Janković SRB [3]
Stephanie Dubois CAN
Flavia Pennetta ITA
Ashley Harkleroad USA

Amelie Mauresmo FRA [18]
Tatjana Malek GER
Casey Dellacqua AUS
Patty Schnyder SUI [15]

Nicole Vaidisova CZE [12]
Alicia Molik AUS
Madison Brengle USA [WC]
Vera Zvonareva RUS [23]

Victoria Azarenka BLR [26]
Julia Görges GER [Q]
Sacha Jones NZL [Q]
Serena Williams USA [7]

[*Jean*]

Jelena Janković SRB [3]
Edina Gallovits ROU
Flavia Pennetta ITA
Ashley Harkleroad USA

Amelie Mauresmo FRA [18]
Tatjana Malek GER
Karin Knapp ITA
Patty Schnyder SUI [15]

Nicole Vaidisova CZE [12]
Kaia Kanepi EST
Tatiana Perebiynis UKR
Vera Zvonareva RUS [23]

Victoria Azarenka BLR [26]
Julia Görges GER [Q]
Bethanie Mattek USA [Q]
Serena Williams USA [7]

[Geoffry]

Jelena Janković SRB [3]
Stephanie Dubois CAN
Flavia Pennetta ITA
Virginie Razzano FRA [30]

Amelie Mauresmo FRA [18]
Tatjana Malek GER
Casey Dellacqua AUS
Patty Schnyder SUI [15]

Nicole Vaidisova CZE [12]
Kaia Kanepi EST
Tatiana Perebiynis UKR
Ai Sugiyama JPN
Victoria Azarenka BLR [26]
Julia Görges GER [Q]
Bethanie Mattek USA [Q]
Serena Williams USA [7]

[knightlars]

Jelena Janković SRB [3]
Stephanie Dubois CAN
Flavia Pennetta ITA
Virginie Razzano FRA [30]

Amelie Mauresmo FRA [18]
Tatjana Malek GER
Casey Dellacqua AUS
Patty Schnyder SUI [15]

Nicole Vaidisova CZE [12]
Kaia Kanepi EST
Tatiana Perebiynis UKR
Ai Sugiyama JPN
Victoria Azarenka BLR [26]
Julia Görges GER [Q]
Bethanie Mattek USA [Q]
Serena Williams USA [7]

[Benshka]

Jelena Janković SRB [3]
Stephanie Dubois CAN
Dominika Cibulkova SVK
Virginie Razzano FRA [30]

Tatiana Poutchek BLR
Yaroslava Shvedova RUS
Casey Dellacqua AUS
Lilia Osterloh USA

Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU
Kaia Kanepi EST
Tatiana Perebiynis UKR
Vera Zvonareva RUS [23]

Akgul Amanmuradova UZB
Evgeniya Rodina RUS [Q]
Bethanie Mattek USA [Q]
Jarmila Gajdosova AUS [WC]

[SARA-GOAT]

Jelena Janković SRB [3]
Edina Gallovits ROU
Flavia Pennetta ITA
Virginie Razzano FRA [30]

Tatiana Poutchek BLR
Yaroslava Shvedova RUS
Casey Dellacqua AUS
Lilia Osterloh USA

Nicole Vaidisova CZE [12]
Alicia Molik AUS
Tatiana Perebiynis UKR
Vera Zvonareva RUS [23]

Akgul Amanmuradova UZB
Evgeniya Rodina RUS [Q]
Sacha Jones NZL [Q]
Jarmila Gajdosova AUS [WC]

[Drake1980]

Jankovic
Dubois
Kanepi

[black_fire]

First Round [Second Quarter]:

Tamira Paszek AUT
Edina Gallovits ROU
Flavia Pennetta ITA
Ashley Harkleroad USA

Tatiana Poutchek BLR
Yaroslava Shvedova RUS
Casey Dellacqua AUS
Lilia Osterloh USA vs Patty Schnyder SUI [15] like both!

Nicole Vaidisova CZE [12]
Alicia Molik AUS
Madison Brengle USA [WC]
Ai Sugiyama JPN

Akgul Amanmuradova UZB
Evgeniya Rodina RUS [Q]
Bethanie Mattek USA [Q]
Serena Williams USA [7]