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Jarkko in Down Under!

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#1 ·
I decided to make a new thread for 2007 opening. Hope you don't mind. Jarkko is first-seeded in Adelaide where he will start his journey of 2007. There's this new round robin system. We'll see how that will suit to Jarkko.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
 
#2 ·
I hate yo bring you the bad news but Jarkko is suffering from stomach flu and can't play in Adelaide. According to the papers here it started last night and I guess he can't have travelled today as planned. He seems to be prone to stomach problems. Let's hope it is nothing more serious. He'll start the season in Auckland.
 
#5 ·
Auckland draws are out:

Code:
ROBREDO, Tommy ESP v RAMIREZ HIDALGO, Ruben ESP
MONFILS, Gael FRA v MARTIN, Alberto ESP
KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER v HORNA, Luis PER
QUALIFIER v HRBATY, Dominik SVK

[B]NIEMINEN, Jarkko FIN[/B] v ROCHUS, Olivier BEL
KING-TURNER, Daniel NZL v QUALIFIER
SERRA, Florent FRA v LAPENTTI, Nicolas ECU
DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG v CALLERI, Agustin ARG

WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI v ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP
VLIEGEN, Kristof BEL v TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB
BRACCIALI, Daniele ITA v SIMON, Gilles FRA
GAUDIO, Gaston ARG v FERRER, David ESP

FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP v MASSU, Nicolas CHI
MAHUT, Nicolas FRA v CHELA, Juan Ignacio ARG
QUALIFIER v FISH, Mardy USA
QUALIFIER v ANCIC, Mario CRO
Code:
[1] ASPELIN, Simon/HAGGARD, Chris vs CALLERI, Agustin/CHELA, Juan Ignacio
[WC] STATHAM, Jose/STATHAM, Mikal vs [B][WC] KING-TURNER, Daniel/NIEMINEN, Jarkko[/B]
[4] ALLEGRO, Yves/LINDSTEDT, Robert vs PALA, Petr/SKOCH, David
BRACCIALI, Daniele/HRBATY, Dominik vs SERRA, Florent/SIMON, Gilles

HORNA, Luis/LAPENTTI, Nicolas vs MONACO, Juan/RAMIREZ HIDALGO, Ruben
ALMAGRO, Nicolas/FERRER, David vs [3] GARCIA, Martin/PRIETO, Sebastian
ROCHUS, Olivier/VLIEGEN, Kristof vs MARTIN, Alberto/MASSU, Nicolas
COETZEE, Jeff/WASSEN, Rogier vs [2] FRIEDL, Leos/KOHLMANN, Michael
 
#14 ·
No real surprise here. Ollie's such a tough opponent to face in your first match of the season. :(

At least Jarkko gets a lot of practice in before the AO now and can go there without pressure. Let's hope Jarkko repeats the feat from US Open 2005, when he came into the tournament having played only 1 match on hard courts (losing to Jenkins in New Haven) but went all the way to QF in The Big Apple...
 
#20 ·
The draw isn't easy at all, but really like Labamba said, could be worse. Let's hope Jarkko has trained well this week and will be in good form when the Aussie Open starts. Then the draw could be seen as promising one...
 
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