[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

OUT OF COMPETITION

5/16:  Flavia Pennetta ITA



6/16:  Patty Schnyder SUI [15]



7/16: Alicia Molik AUS

OUT OF COMPETITION

 8/16: Bethanie Mattek USA [Q]



9/16:  Sania Mirza IND [31]

OUT OF COMPETITION

10/16: Severine Bremond FRA

OUT OF COMPETITION

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]

Third Round:

Justine Henin BEL [1] beat Francesca Schiavone ITA [25] | 6-0 6-3
Jelena Dokić AUS [Q] lost to Tatiana Golovin FRA [13] | 1-6 3-6
Elena Dementieva RUS [11] beat Shahar Peer ISR [17] | 6-2 6-2
Julia Vakulenko UKR [32] lost to Lindsay Davenport USA | 1-6 6-2 2-6

Jelena Janković SRB [3] beat Flavia Pennetta ITA | 2-6 7-5 7-5
Amelie Mauresmo FRA [18] lost to Patty Schnyder SUI [15] | 1-6 3-6
Alicia Molik AUS beat Ai Sugiyama JPN | 6-2 6-2
Julia Görges GER [Q] beat Bethanie Mattek USA [Q] | 6-7 6-2 6-4

Venus Williams USA [8] lost to Sania Mirza IND [31] | 4-6 6-7
Na Li CHN [24] beat Marta Domachowska POL [Q] | 6-3 6-2
Sabine Lisicki GER [Q] lost to Caroline Wozniacki DEN | 3-6 6-2 3-6
Katarina Srebotnik SLO [28] lost to Ana Ivanović SRB [4] | 2-6 7-6 2-6

Third Round [Fourth Quarter]:

Shuai Peng CHN vs Maria Kirilenko RUS [27]
Lucie Safarova CZE [22] vs Daniela Hantuchova SVK [9]
Evgeniya Linetskaya ISR vs Agnes Szavay HUN [20]
Agnieszka Radwańska POL [29] vs Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS [2]

[Dexter]

Maria Kirilenko RUS [27]
Lucie Safarova CZE [22]
Agnes Szavay HUN [20]
Agnieszka Radwańska POL [29]

[vamos israel]

Maria Kirilenko RUS [27]
Daniela Hantuchova SVK [9]
Evgeniya Linetskaya ISR
Agnieszka Radwańska POL [29]

[TatiNovic]

Maria Kirilenko RUS [27]
Daniela Hantuchova SVK [9]
Evgeniya Linetskaya ISR
Agnieszka Radwańska POL [29]

[Benshka]

Shuai Peng CHN
Daniela Hantuchova SVK [9]
Evgeniya Linetskaya ISR
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS [2]

[HenryMag.]

Shuai Peng
Lucie Safarova
Evgeniya Linetskaya
Agnieszka Radwańska

[Kim's_fan_4ever]

Maria Kirilenko RUS [27]
Daniela Hantuchova SVK [9]
Evgeniya Linetskaya ISR
Agnieszka Radwańska POL [29]

[In The Zone]

Kirilenko
Hantuchova
Szavay
Kuznetsova

[Law_]

Shuai Peng CHN
Lucie Safarova CZE [22]
Evgeniya Linetskaya ISR
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS [2]

[Freakan]

Maria Kirilenko RUS [27]
Lucie Safarova CZE [22]
Evgeniya Linetskaya ISR
Agnieszka Radwańska POL [29]

[Uncle Jason]

Shuai Peng CHN
Daniela Hantuchova SVK [9]
Evgeniya Linetskaya ISR
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS [2]

[~Carsten~]

Maria Kirilenko RUS [27]
Daniela Hantuchova SVK [9]
Agnes Szavay HUN [20]
Agnieszka Radwańska POL [29]

[Dexter]

Third Round [Fourth Quarter]:

Shuai Peng CHN vs Maria Kirilenko RUS [27] | 3-6 1-1
Lucie Safarova CZE [22] vs Daniela Hantuchova SVK [9] | 4-6 0-1
Evgeniya Linetskaya ISR vs Agnes Szavay HUN [20] | 6-2 2-1
Agnieszka Radwańska POL [29] vs Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS [2] | 6-3 1-1

[ganymedeyu]

Shuai Peng CHN
Daniela Hantuchova SVK [9]
Evgeniya Linetskaya IS
Agnieszka Radwańska POL [29]

[denijs]

Maria Kirilenko
Daniela Hantuchova
Agnes Szavay
Agnieszka Radwańska