Australian Open

[gzagee]

Seedings:

MELBOURNE, Jan 15 (Reuters) - List of seeded players for
the 2009 Australian Open starting on Monday.

1. Rafael Nadal (Spain)
2. Roger Federer (Switzerland)
3. Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
4. Andy Murray (Britain)
5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France)
6. Gilles Simon (France)
7. Andy Roddick (U.S.)
8. Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina)
9. James Blake (U.S.)
10. David Nalbandian (Argentina)
11. David Ferrer (Spain)
12. Gael Monfils (France)
13. Fernando Gonzalez (Chile)
14. Fernando Verdasco (Spain)
15. Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland)
16. Robin Soderling (Germany)
17. Nicolas Almagro (Spain)
18. Igor Andreev (Russia)
19. Marin Cilic (Croatia)
20. Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic)
21. Tommy Robredo (Spain)
22. Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic)
23. Mardy Fish (U.S.)
24. Richard Gasquet (France)
25. Ivo Karlovic (Croatia)
26. Marat Safin (Russia)
27. Feliciano Lopez (Spain)
28. Paul-Henri Mathieu (France)
29. Dmitry Tursunov (Russia)
30. Rainer Schuettler (Germany)
31. Jurgen Melzer (Austria)
32. Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany)

Women
1. Jelena Jankovic (Serbia)
2. Serena Williams (U.S.)
3. Dinara Safina (Russia)
4. Elena Dementieva (Russia)
5. Ana Ivanovic (Serbia)
6. Venus Williams (U.S.)
7. Vera Zvonareva (Russia)
8. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia)
9. Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland)
10. Nadia Petrova (Russia)
11. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)
12. Flavia Pennetta (Italy)
13. Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)
14. Patty Schnyder (Switzerland)
15. Alize Cornet (France)
16. Marion Bartoli (France)
17. Anna Chakvetadze (Russia)
18. Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia)
19. Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia)
20. Amelie Mauresmo (France)
21. Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain)
22. Zheng Jie (China)
23. Agnes Szavay (Hungary)
24. Sybille Bammer (Austria)
25. Kaia Kanepi (Estonia)
26. Ai Sugiyama (Japan)
27. Maria Kirilenko (Russia)
28. Francesca Schiavone (Italy)
29. Alisa Kleybanova (Russia)
30. Aleksandra Wozniak (Canada)
31. Alona Bondarenko (Ukraine)
32. Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand)

[Andreys_Does_Simples]

I forgot this was starting today. Might put some cash on Serena and Murray.

[gzagee]

The first Brit has exited the tournament at the first hurdle. Ann Keo (summat or the other) has lost 1-6, 7-6, 1-6.

Murray Vs Pavel is later tonight.

[Git]

Hoping Murray can prove some doubters wrong this year. He's in stunning form of late.

[absolutely_fabregas]

Murray was poor today, but i fancy he will bounce back and get i fancy he will win the US Open this year.

To be fair to Verdasco he played an absolute blinder and some of the media are discounting that, if he played like that against fed or rafa he would run them very close if not beat them

[Andreys_Does_Simples]

I thought Murray was monged with flu? Ah well just as well I didn't put the cash down!

[Gunflash]

Federer was awesome against Del Potro. He beat him 6-3 6-0 6-0 in just 80 minutes! He's playing Roddick next. A-Rod has made steady but quiet progress to the semis but Federer has been his nemesis on so many occasions. It's Federer's 19th(!) consecutive Grand Slam semi-final. It's looking more and more like another Nadal-Federer final.

[Andreys_Does_Simples]

Anyone watching Nadal v Verdasco? f***ing hell what a point Verdasco just pulled off!

[gzagee]

Nah, I'm at work unfortuneately. What's the score so far?

[SE13]

Nah, I'm at work unfortuneately. What's the score so far?

Federer first: 6-7 6-4 7-6 6-7 0-0

[Andreys_Does_Simples]

Verdasco raped Nadal in that last tie break.

And I think you may be able to see it on BBC website live GZA

[gzagee]

Nah, I'm at work unfortuneately. What's the score so far?

Federer first: 6-7 6-4 7-6 6-7 0-0

Who Fed playing?

[Andreys_Does_Simples]

Nah, I'm at work unfortuneately. What's the score so far?

Federer first: 6-7 6-4 7-6 6-7 0-0

Who Fed playing?

I think he meant Nadal, Federer went though yesterday beating Roddick.

[SE13]

I probably did, it's just everytime I type Federer into this thing it comes up Federer. See, it's happened again. N A D A L.... Ah, that's better, it works

[Andreys_Does_Simples]

2-2 now in the final set. Verdasco is playing some brilliant tennis.