Australian Open 2012 Playoff: December 6-11, 2011

http://www.tennis.com.au/tournaments/december-showdown/december-showdown-2011/australian-open-2012-play-off
Australian Open Playoff Men’s Event
Melbourne Park, Victoria
Tournament Dates: 6 to 11 December 2011
24 players
knockout draw

Main draw: December 4, 2011, Noon

Entry deadline: November 22, 2011
Seeding: November 28, 2011

Men's player final acceptance list:

1 Jones, Greg 196
2 Matosevic, Marinko 203
3 Mitchell, Benjamin 250
4 (WC) Guccione, Chris 254
5 (WC) Duckworth, James 267
6 (WC) Lemke, James 294
7 (WC) Reid, Matt 312
8 (WC) Look, Michael 351
9 (WC) Smith, John-Patrick 437
10 (WC) Frost, Isaac 467
11 (WC) Groth, Samuel 536
12 (WC) Peers, John 568
13 (WC) Moore, Brendan
14 (WC) Barton, Matthew
15 (WC) Propoggia, Dane
16 (WC) Banes, Maverick
17 (WC) Bolt, Alexander
18 (WC) Whittington, Andrew
19 (WC) Van Peperzeel, Gavin
20 (WC) Harris, Andrew
21 (WC) Mott, Blake
22 (WC) O'Connell, Christopher
23 (WC) Saville, Luke (2011 Optus 18s Australian Singles Champion)
24 (WC) Kyrgios, Nicholas

Acceptance Criteria:
Australian Open Playoff – Men’s Event (24 positions available)
1. All athletes ranked ATP 250 or better will be accepted*
2. 18s Optus Australian Championships–Winners
3. Remaining positions default to wildcards

* Based on Monday 21st November 2011 rankings release

Alternates will be chosen by the Wildcard Selectors. Alternates must sign-in at least 30 minutes prior to the relevant first scheduled match on Tuesday 6th December 2011. Alternates must sign-in to be eligible for the daily per diem.

Men's Event Schedule:

Tuesday, December 6
R32

Wednesday, December 7
R16

Thursday, December 8
quarterfinals

Friday, December 9
quarterfinals

Saturday, December 10
semifinals

Sunday, December 11
final

Winner will receive main draw entry into 2012 Australian Open.

All matches will be the Best of three (3) tie-break sets, with the following exceptions:
Men’s Final: Best of five (5) sets, first four tie-break sets, fifth set advantage

There was a livestream for it last year and it was really fun to watch. Hopefully this year, they'll stream it too.

Direct entries Jones, Matosevic and Mitchell

Men's draw:

Greg Jones [1]/Bye
Gavin Van Peperzeel vs. Blake Mott
Dane Propoggia vs. Andrew Harris
Bye/James Lemke [6]

Benjamin Mitchell [3]/Bye
Matthew Barton vs. Brendan Moore
Luke Saville vs. Chris O'Connell
Bye/James Duckworth [5]

Michael Look [8]/Bye
Isaac Frost vs. Andrew Whittington
John-Patrick Smith vs. Maverick Banes
Bye/Chris Guccione [4]

Matt Reid [7]/Bye
Nicholas Kyrgios vs. Alexander Bolt
John Peers vs. Samuel Groth
Bye/Marinko Matosevic [2]

Why isn't Xristos playing :(

OMG, Groth is playing again

:rolleyes:

Tournament starts this midnight (CET). They will coverage from court 6 and there are some good matches this night from that court:

Smith-Banes
Peers-Groth
Dellacqua-Barty (women)
Saville-O'Connell

Good luck JP Smith!

Tournament starts this midnight (CET). They will coverage from court 6 and there are some good matches this night from that court:

Smith-Banes
Peers-Groth
Dellacqua-Barty (women)
Saville-O'Connell

In what page please?

Has Smith already played. I am currently watching Groth beat Peers. Groth not looking too good though.

^ JP has played but I'm not sure of the result just yet. He was up a break in the 1st set but then I had to leave and missed the match. Judging by how far along the Groth/Peers match is though, I'd say JP managed to pull through in straight sets. They are usually very good at updating the results on their twitter page but they haven't done so as yet...

He won 6-1 6-3

Sam needs the Grothawk back.

No racquets over the fence yet, Grothawk behaving himself

My vote of confidence goes to an old mate, Matty Barton.

Duckworth should find this a handy experience. Surprised he's been playing so many clay futures this year..

It would be great if Barton and Ducky could square off in the QF. They are very good mates and grew up playing each other.

Matty is currently 5-2 up against Moore.

R32
Greg Jones [1]/Bye
Gavin Van Peperzeel d. Blake Mott 7-5 3-6 6-3
Dane Propoggia d. Andrew Harris 6-3 6-4
Bye/James Lemke [6]
Benjamin Mitchell [3]/Bye
Matthew Barton d. Brendan Moore 6-4 6-1
Luke Saville d. Chris O'Connell 2-6 6-4 6-4
Bye/James Duckworth [5]
Michael Look [8]/Bye
Isaac Frost d. Andrew Whittington 7-5 6-3
John-Patrick Smith d. Maverick Banes 6-1 6-3
Bye/Chris Guccione [4]
Matt Reid [7]/Bye
Nicholas Kyrgios d. Alexander Bolt 6-4 6-4
Samuel Groth d. John Peers 6-4 6-1
Bye/Marinko Matosevic [2]

JP Smith took out Guccione 75 76(3) :banana:

Gooch :bigwave:

Jones 6-2 6-3
Proppogia 6-4 7-6(4)
Look 2-6 7-6(4) 6-0

Mitchell and Kyrgios won as well.

MM took out Groth 6-4 7-6

Grothy chucked the racquet in the bin.

Reid losing to Kyrgios :sad: :fiery:

Come on Duckworth :worship:

Groth, Reid and Lemke :facepalm: Duckworth Vs Mitchell next. Im tipping the winner will win the playoff.

ROUND 2
(1) Greg Jones Def Gavin Van Peperzeel 6-2 6-3
Dane Propoggia Def (6) James Lemke 6-4 7-6(4)
(3) Ben Mitchell Def Matthew Barton 7-6(8) 7-5
(5) James Duckworth Def Luke Saville
(8) Michael Look Def Issac Frost 2-6 7-6(4) 6-0
John-Patrick Smith Def (4) Chris Guccione 7-5 7-6(3)
Nicholas Kyrgios Def (7) Matt Reid 7-5 3-6 6-2
(2) Marinko Matosevic Def Sam Groth 6-4 7-6(6)

Go JP Smith! :)

Only winner receive WC for Australian Open?

Yes. And they usally give the runner up one aswell.

Quarterfinals
[1]Greg Jones d. Dane Propoggia 7-6(2) 6-2
[5] James Duckworth d. [3] Benjamin Mitchell 6-3 7-5
[8] Michael Look d. John-Patrick Smith 6-4 4-6 7-6 (4)
[2] Marinko Matosevic d. Nicholas Kyrgios 6-3 3-6 6-4

Duckworth and Matosevic won in 3. Wins this now James :)

Semifinals
[5] James Duckworth d. [1] Greg Jones 5-7 6-2 6-4
[2] Marinko Matosevic d. [8] Michael Look 4-6 6-3 6-0

Marinko won the final in straight sets. Hopfully James still gets a WC.

Matosevic (2) def Duckworth 6-4 6-1 6-2,
Duckworth had injury time out at 5-4, I hope he gets a wildcard he played well. I enjoyed watching the matches this week and I like the way Jones plays as well.

Final
[2] Marinko Matosevic d. [5] James Duckworth 6-4 6-1 6-2