2017 Australian Open Day 5: Friday, Jan 20 - Order of Play

[kskate2]

ROD LAVER ARENA 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 3
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) vs. Coco Vandeweghe (USA)

Women's Singles - Round 3
Angelique Kerber (GER) [1] vs. Kristyna Pliskova (CZE)

Men's Singles - Round 3
Stan Wawrinka (SUI) [4] vs. Viktor Troicki (SRB) [29]

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ROD LAVER ARENA 7:00 PM

Women's Singles - Round 3
Ashleigh Barty (AUS) vs. Mona Barthel (GER)

Men's Singles - Round 3
Tomas Berdych (CZE) [10] vs. Roger Federer (SUI) [17]

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MARGARET COURT ARENA 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 3
Elina Svitolina (UKR) [11] vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) [24]

Men's Singles - Round 3
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [12] vs. Jack Sock (USA) [23]

Women's Singles - Round 3
Ying-Ying Duan (CHN) vs. Venus Williams (USA) [13]

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MARGARET COURT ARENA 7:00 PM

Men's Singles - Round 3
Lukas Lacko (SVK) vs. Kei Nishikori (JPN) [5]

Women's Singles - Round 3
Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) [32] vs. Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) [7]

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HISENSE ARENA 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 3
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [8]

Not Before: 2:00 PM
Men's Singles - Round 3
Andy Murray (GBR) [1] vs. Sam Querrey (USA) [31]

Not Before: 4:00 PM
Bernard Tomic (AUS) [27] vs. Daniel Evans (GBR)

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SHOW COURT 2 11:00 AM

Mixed Doubles - Round 1
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) [1]/Mike Bryan (USA) [1] vs. Arina Rodionova (AUS)/John-Patrick Smith (AUS)

Women's Doubles - Round 2
Samantha Stosur (AUS)/Shuai Zhang (CHN) vs. Sania Mirza (IND) [4]/Barbora Strycova (CZE) [4]

Men's Singles - Round 3
Mischa Zverev (GER) vs. Malek Jaziri (TUN)

Women's Singles - Round 3
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) vs. Alison Riske (USA)

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SHOW COURT 3 11:00 AM

Men's Doubles - Round 2
Rohan Bopanna (IND) [15]/Pablo Cuevas (URU) [15] vs. Alex Bolt (AUS)/Bradley Mousley (AUS)

Men's Singles - Round 3
Steve Darcis (BEL) vs. Andreas Seppi (ITA)

Mixed Doubles - Round 1
Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) [5]/Lukasz Kubot (POL) [5] vs. Daria Gavrilova (AUS)/Luke Saville (AUS)

Men's Doubles - Round 2
Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)/Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs. Matthew Barton (AUS)/Matthew Ebden (AUS)

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COURT 7 11:00 AM

Men's Doubles - Round 2
Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/Michael Venus (NZL) vs. Ivan Dodig (CRO) [9]/Marcel Granollers (ESP) [9]

Women's Doubles - Round 2
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) [3]/Elena Vesnina (RUS) [3] vs. Liezel Huber (USA)/Maria Sanchez (USA)

Mixed Doubles - Round 1
Abigail Spears (USA)/Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) vs. Lucie Hradecka (CZE) [7]/Radek Stepanek (CZE) [7]

Men's Doubles - Round 2
Henri Kontinen (FIN) [4]/John Peers (AUS) [4] vs. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)/Gilles Muller (LUX)

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COURT 8 11:00 AM

Men's Doubles - Round 2
Julien Benneteau (FRA)/Jeremy Chardy (FRA) vs. Dominic Inglot (GBR) [16]/Florin Mergea (ROU) [16]

Men's Doubles - Round 2
Jurgen Melzer (AUT)/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs. Brian Baker (USA)/Nikola Mektic (CRO)

Men's Doubles - Round 2
Marc Polmans (AUS)/Andrew Whittington (AUS) vs. Daniel Nestor (CAN) [8]/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) [8]

Women's Doubles - Round 2
Vania King (USA) [8]/Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) [8] vs. Danka Kovinic (MNE)/Laura Siegemund (GER)

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COURT 13 11:00 AM

Women's Doubles - Round 2
Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) [12]/Shuai Peng (CHN) [12] vs. Karin Knapp (ITA)/Mandy Minella (LUX)

Women's Doubles - Round 2
Alizé Cornet (FRA)/Magda Linette (POL) vs. Eri Hozumi (JPN)/Miyu Kato (JPN)

Women's Doubles - Round 2
Louisa Chirico (USA)/Elise Mertens (BEL) vs. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO)/Andrea Petkovic (GER)

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COURT 20 11:00 AM

Men's Doubles - Round 2
Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) [11]/Horia Tecau (ROU) [11] vs. Wesley Koolhof (NED)/Matwe Middelkoop (NED)

Women's Doubles - Round 2
Lauren Davis (USA)/Megan Moulton-Levy (USA) vs. Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) [13]/Saisai Zheng (CHN) [13]

Women's Doubles - Round 2
Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/Michaella Krajicek (NED) vs. Andreja Klepac (SLO)/María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP)

 

[the AntiPusher]

Sudden Sam may be a tough match for Andy

 

[sid]

Murray on 3rd court wtf going on?

 

[Shivashish Sarkar]

Will Jack Sock go any further? Any takes? I have heard he is playing some really good tennis.

 

[El Dude]

With apologies to Donald Young and Ryan Harrison I'll give Sam Querrey the dubious honor of being the most disappointing American player of the last decade. He really has the talent to be at least a regular in the top 20 and even dip into the top 10, but isn't consistent enough. But maybe he can add to his head trophy with Andy, but I doubt it.

I think Jack Sock will beat JW, but it will be epic. I also think Evans will beat Tomic, and Troicki will give Stan a scare but lose.

Re: Berdy vs. Federer, to quote Star Wars, "I have a bad feeling about this."

Seppi vs. Darcis: battle of the spoilers.

 

[10isfan]

I agree about Querrey. Big talent. I think his not reaching his potential has to do with his lack of fight. He is not willing to give his all to win.

Fed v Berdych is on at 2 AM in California. If I thought Fed could win, I would stay up, but I don't want to watch him lose. Father Time is cruel.

With Djoke out, I am picking Monfils. Obviously picking with my heart, not my head.

 

[Fiero425]

I agree about Querrey. Big talent. I think his not reaching his potential has to do with his lack of fight. He is not willing to give his all to win.

IMO, his height has a lot to do with it! He's still one-dimensional; just like Isner and Doc IVO! He's able to hang in the top 50, but win it comes to the elites, he might upset one, but won't back it up! Lets see what Istomin does after upsetting the #2 seed! My guess is not much! uzzled :nono :cover

 

[the AntiPusher]

I got JowillieTs ending the American men run at AO.

 

[Puppet Master]

With apologies to Donald Young and Ryan Harrison I'll give Sam Querrey the dubious honor of being the most disappointing American player of the last decade. He really has the talent to be at least a regular in the top 20 and even dip into the top 10, but isn't consistent enough. But maybe he can add to his head trophy with Andy, but I doubt it.

I think Jack Sock will beat JW, but it will be epic. I also think Evans will beat Tomic, and Troicki will give Stan a scare but lose.

Re: Berdy vs. Federer, to quote Star Wars, "I have a bad feeling about this."

Seppi vs. Darcis: battle of the spoilers.

The quote was funny, but my subsequent fear that Roger might lose to Berdych kicked in, and it's not so funny anymore. He shanked a lot of balls in both of his matches, it must be because of the best of 5 format, he looked fine in Hopman cup. I assume Roger will play better and beat Berdych, but Nishikori is quite the obstacle here as well. I am nervous to see how it pans out.
Don't even get me started about Murray. I almost don't want Roger to face Murray right now at least.
On another tennis forum, someone said:
The only people who want to see a Fed vs Murray match in their current forms here are sadists. Lol.
Different story if Roger comes out firing tomorrow though. We shall see.

 

[El Dude]

Look at it this way: If Roger loses to Berdy, Kei, or Andy, we can say "oh well, he's rusty" and then hope he plays into form for the rest of the year, in particular grass season and later. If he had lost to Rubin or Melzer we'd be more fatalistic.

Now if he beats Berdy or Kei, we can say "Wow, he got into shape quickly and is ready to at least beat the 2nd tier again." If he beats Andy, all of a sudden he's a serious contender for the AO.

My point being, him losing any of the next three rounds is in no way a condemnation or bad omen for the rest of the year. But I think we all secretly hope he can surprise and burn through them--and if Rafa is taken out by Zverev or Milos, he has a legit shot at the title.

Now I don't think he'll survive the gauntlet of the next three rounds, not to mention that if he somehow gets through he then has to probably face Stanimal and then, possibly, Rafa. But there's that glimmer of hope that won't die...

 

[sid]

Milos for me would beat Rafa v Zverev I think it's a closer match 50-50.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Look at it this way: If Roger loses to Berdy, Kei, or Andy, we can say "oh well, he's rusty" and then hope he plays into form for the rest of the year, in particular grass season and later.

Forget it, look at this way. We can definitely be happy that Roger progressed further at AO than Novak, no matter what happens. :laydownlaughing

 

[mrzz]

With Djoke out, I am picking Monfils. Obviously picking with my heart, not my head.

You surely have a big heart! Good luck anyway...

 

[El Dude]

It would be awesome if Monfils won.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Evans plays like a craze Aussie than Tomic does. Evans is an alpha dog who plays with a Napoleon chip on his shoulder. Bernie's counter punching style will get eaten up by this little British dawg..

 

[kskate2]

Evans plays like a craze Aussie than Tomic does. Evans is an alpha dog who plays with a Napoleon chip on his shoulder. Bernie's counter punching style will get eaten up by this little British dawg..

Dude got dropped by his sponsor right before the tournament so he went out and bought plain white shirts. :sofa:

 

[mightyjeditribble]

Well done Evans! Saw him play DC in Glasgow some years back. Nice to see that he's doing well.

I guess that Tsonga will be one step too far - but well done to him for reaching the fourth round!

 

[sid]

Congrats to Evans he played a great match.

 

[Puppet Master]

Roger playing ok for now. Pressing for a double break against Berdych. I am impressed. He hit about 15 winners already.
The second I post this, Federer breaks once more, 5:2.
Hahahahaha

 

[mrzz]

If Federer could keep this level all the way down, he would be a strong contender.. but he most likely cannot.