[mangoes]

Does anyone know if the draw will be coming out within the next couple of hours??

[Stevens Point]

Originally Posted by mangoes

Does anyone know if the draw will be coming out within the next couple of hours??

The draw is done..

Here is Roger's quarter
http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/...s/ms/r1s1.html

1st round Phau. Roger can make the H2H vs Phau even!

Good luck, Roger!

[mangoes]

Ok, I was holding my breath for this draw. Roger's draw isn't so very bad. I was plum upset to see Gasquet in Roger's quarter. Andy, Ljubicic and Marat in Roger's half.

[R.Federer]

Originally Posted by mangoes

Andy, Ljubicic and Marat in Roger's half.

Yes, but it isn't as bad as it sounds. He will play only one of them, provided he and one of them gets to the semis.

[nobama]

Finally a more balance draw. No cakewalk for Nadal. And funny to see all the Nadal 'tards' in GM complaining. What hypocrites.

[mangoes]

Originally Posted by R.Federer

Yes, but it isn't as bad as it sounds. He will play only one of them, provided he and one of them gets to the semis.

I don't think it's bad, but I, personally, think Andy can make some serious trouble for Roger in the SF.

Originally Posted by mirkaland

Finally a more balance draw. No cakewalk for Nadal. And funny to see all the Nadal 'tards' in GM complaining. What hypocrites.

I know.......I can't believe they are complaining. Unless it's a pure cakewalk like Wimbledon, they aren't happy.

[nobama]

Originally Posted by mangoes

I don't think it's bad, but I, personally, think Andy can make some serious trouble for Roger in the SF.



I know.......I can't believe they are complaining. Unless it's a pure cakewalk like Wimbledon, they aren't happy.

Andy's got to get to the SF first (and Roger too, of course). I remember last year Andy cruised in his early rounds and then he ran into Baggy. I predict something similar this year. His first couple rounds he'll win easily not having to do much. Could be interesting if he meets Safin.

Anyway I just want Roger to take him out tomorrow. I know it's an exo and doesn't mean anything but I want Roger to keep the mental edge over Andy. At least now he'll really know what to expect after playing Roddick in Shanghai.

[nobama]

Sharapova has a cakewalk draw. Figures. Hopefully Clijsters can take her out in the SF.

Maria Sharapova RUS (1) vs. Camille Pin FRA
Roberta Vinci ITA vs. Anastassia Rodionova RUS
QUALIFIER vs. Meghann Shaughnessy USA
Emmanuelle Gagliardi SUI vs. Tathiana Garbin ITA (30)

Vera Zvonareva RUS (22) vs. Tzipora Obziler ISR
QUALIFIER vs. Severine Bremond FRA
Varvara Lepchenko UZB vs. Agnieszka Radwanska POL
Vania King USA vs. Ana Ivanovic SRB (13)

Anna Chakvetadze RUS (12) vs. Sybille Bammer AUT
Yulia Beygelzimer UKR vs. Laura Granville USA
Sophie Ferguson AUS vs. Jelena Kostanic Tosic CRO
QUALIFIER vs. Samantha Stosur AUS (24)

Flavia Pennetta ITA (28) vs. Kaia Kanepi EST
Yung-Jan Chan TPE vs. Alicia Molik AUS
QUALIFIER vs. Shuai Peng CHN
Madison Brengle USA vs. Patty Schnyder SUI (8)

Kim Clijsters BEL (4) vs. Vasilisa Bardina RUS
Akiko Morigami JPN vs. Tsvetana Pironkova BUL
Nicole Pratt AUS vs. Virginie Razzano FRA
QUALIFIER vs. Alona Bondarenko UKR (29)

Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER (17) vs. QUALIFIER
Ashley Harkleroad USA vs. Meng Yuan CHN
Emilie Loit FRA vs. Aravane Rezai FRA
QUALIFIER vs. Daniela Hantuchova SVK (15)

Dinara Safina RUS (9) vs. Ekaterina Bychkova RUS
Youlia Fedossova FRA vs. Catalina Castano COL
QUALIFIER vs. Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP
Elena Bovina RUS vs. Na Li CHN (19)

Eleni Daniilidou GRE (32) vs. Aiko Nakamura JPN
Olga Savchuk UKR vs. Sania Mirza IND
QUALIFIER vs. Emma Laine FIN
Nathalie Dechy FRA vs. Martina Hingis SUI (6)

[Fergie]

Not a bad draw for Rogi, finally!

[refero*fervens]

Originally Posted by mangoes

I don't think it's bad, but I, personally, think Andy can make some serious trouble for Roger in the SF.

Yeah, not bad! We'll see what happens at Kooyong tomorrows. Some pretty good potential matches elsewhere...like mentioned, Safin-Roddick 3rd round, maybe Berdych-Tursunov...

Originally Posted by mangoes

I know.......I can't believe they are complaining. Unless it's a pure cakewalk like Wimbledon, they aren't happy.

I think they saw Kendrick vs Nadal first round

[Oriental_Rain]

Originally Posted by soraya

God forbid, anyone but Sharapova.

I second to that. NO FREAKIN SHARAPOVA PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Originally Posted by mirkaland

Sharapova has a cakewalk draw. Figures. Hopefully Clijsters can take her out in the SF.

she always does. dunno if thats a coincident or what?

[R.Federer]

Originally Posted by mirkaland

I read that Davydekno is doubtful for AO. If he withdraws before the draw is made who would replace him? Do they just bump up the seeds?

If he had withdrawn prior, then yes they just bump the seeds up. It has happened quite frequently in the past that one from 1-16 (or 1-32 as the case may be) has withdrawn. I remember Henman benefiting from such a situation in the not so distant past.
Anyway, Bigmouthenko didn't withdraw....

[Peacemaster]

Originally Posted by mirkaland

Anyway I just want Roger to take him out tomorrow. I know it's an exo and doesn't mean anything but I want Roger to keep the mental edge over Andy. At least now he'll really know what to expect after playing Roddick in Shanghai.

Hear, hear. I think Roger will take the match seriously now that he knows he could meet Andy in the SF.

EDIT: I was obviously mistaken. Roger was extremely experimental...

[Peacemaster]

Here are some interesting and revealing facts about the head-to-heads between Roger and the players in his half of the draw of the Australian Open 2007:

Apart from the qualifiers:

- Roger is 51 - 7 life-time against opponents in his quarter of the draw
- Amongst the players in his quarter, only Phau has a winning record against Roger: 1 - 0 (6-2, 6-3 in 1999 on a hard-court)

- Roger is 70 - 12 life-time against players in the other quarter of his draw
- In this quarter, only Hrbaty has a winning record against Roger: 2 - 0 (4-6 6-2 6-2 in 2000 on carpet and 1-6 7-6(7) 6-4 in 2004 on hard-court)

- That's a combined 121 - 19 against opponents in his half of the draw (again, not counting the qualifiers)

[RonE]

Originally Posted by mirkaland

Finally a more balance draw. No cakewalk for Nadal. And funny to see all the Nadal 'tards' in GM complaining. What hypocrites.

No cakewalk???? This an absolutely horseshit draw, Nadal has a free ride to the quarters for God's sakes! And Blake and Berdych won't even make it to their respective quartefinal and semifinal slots to even play Nadal.

OTOH, Roger has to deal with Youzhny in R3, Djokovic in R4, Gasquet/Baggy in QF and then of course there is Marat/Andy looming (my guess it will be Marat!) in the semis.

And of course the swine with the cupcake draw waiting for him in the final