2017 Australian Open Day 6: Saturday, Jan 21 - Order of Play

[kskate2]

ROD LAVER ARENA 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 3
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) [6] vs. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) [30]

Women's Singles - Round 3
Nicole Gibbs (USA) vs. Serena Williams (USA) [2]

Men's Singles - Round 3
Alexander Zverev (GER) [24] vs. Rafael Nadal (ESP) [9]

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ROD LAVER ARENA 7:00 PM

Women's Singles - Round 3
Daria Gavrilova (AUS) [22] vs. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) [12]

Men's Singles - Round 3
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) [15] vs. Richard Gasquet (FRA) [18]

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MARGARET COURT ARENA 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 3
Barbora Strycova (CZE) [16] vs. Caroline Garcia (FRA) [21]

Men's Singles - Round 3
Dominic Thiem (AUT) [8] vs. Benoit Paire (FRA)

Women's Singles - Round 3
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [17] vs. Johanna Konta (GBR) [9]

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MARGARET COURT ARENA 7:00 PM

Men's Singles - Round 3
Gael Monfils (FRA) [6] vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) [32]

Women's Singles - Round 3
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) [5] vs. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)

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HISENSE ARENA 11:00 AM

Men's Legends' Doubles
John McEnroe (USA)/Patrick McEnroe (USA) vs. Mansour Bahrami (FRA)/Fabrice Santoro (FRA)

Not Before: 12:00 PM
Men's Singles - Round 3
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) [20] vs. David Goffin (BEL) [11]

Not Before: 4:30 PM
Women's Doubles - Round 2
Ashleigh Barty (AUS)/Casey Dellacqua (AUS) vs. Martina Hingis (SUI) [5]/Coco Vandeweghe (USA) [5]

Not Before: 6:00 PM
Men's Singles - Round 3
Gilles Simon (FRA) [25] vs. Milos Raonic (CAN) [3]

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SHOW COURT 2 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - Round 3
Elena Vesnina (RUS) [14] vs. Jennifer Brady (USA)

Men's Doubles - Round 2
Treat Huey (PHI) [10]/Max Mirnyi (BLR) [10] vs. Sam Groth (AUS)/Chris Guccione (AUS)

Men's Legends' Doubles
Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)/Thomas Johansson (SWE) vs. Wayne Ferreira (RSA)/Henri Leconte (FRA)

Men's Singles - Round 3
Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) [30] vs. Denis Istomin (UZB)

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SHOW COURT 3 11:00 AM

Women's Legends' Doubles
Nicole Bradtke (AUS)/Rennae Stubbs (AUS) vs. Mary Joe Fernandez (USA)/Barbara Schett (AUT)

Not Before: 12:00 PM
Women's Singles - Round 3
Maria Sakkari (GRE) vs. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO)

Men's Doubles - Round 2
Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)/Mischa Zverev (GER) vs. Bob Bryan (USA) [3]/Mike Bryan (USA) [3]

Men's Singles - Round 3
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) [13] vs. David Ferrer (ESP) [21]

Mixed Doubles - Round 1
Saisai Zheng (CHN)/Alexander Peya (AUT) vs. Sally Peers (AUS)/John Peers (AUS)

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COURT 7 11:00 AM

Women's Doubles - Round 2
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/Kveta Peschke (CZE) vs. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE)/Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ)

Men's Doubles - Round 2
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) [1]/Nicolas Mahut (FRA) [1] vs. Jerzy Janowicz (POL)/Marcin Matkowski (POL)

Men's Doubles - Round 2
Karen Khachanov (RUS)/Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) vs. Sam Querrey (USA)/Donald Young (USA)

Mixed Doubles - Round 1
Laura Siegemund (GER)/Mate Pavic (CRO) vs. Sania Mirza (IND) [2]/Ivan Dodig (CRO) [2]

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COURT 8 11:00 AM

Men's Doubles - Round 2
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) [5]/Marc Lopez (ESP) [5] vs. Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)/Fabrice Martin (FRA)

Men's Doubles - Round 2
Marcus Daniell (NZL)/Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) vs. Raven Klaasen (RSA) [6]/Rajeev Ram (USA) [6]

Men's Doubles - Round 2
Dusan Lajovic (SRB)/Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs. Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) [14]/Robert Farah (COL) [14]

Men's Doubles - Round 2
Lukasz Kubot (POL) [7]/Marcelo Melo (BRA) [7] vs. Nicholas Monroe (USA)/Artem Sitak (NZL)

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COURT 13 11:00 AM

Women's Doubles - Round 2
Viktorija Golubic (SUI)/Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) vs. Kiki Bertens (NED) [14]/Johanna Larsson (SWE) [14]

Mixed Doubles - Round 1
Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)/Michael Venus (NZL) vs. Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/Rohan Bopanna (IND)

Women's Doubles - Round 2
Raluca Olaru (ROU)/Olga Savchuk (UKR) vs. Raquel Atawo (USA) [11]/Yifan Xu (CHN) [11]

Women's Doubles - Round 2
Caroline Garcia (FRA) [1]/Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) [1] vs. Annika Beck (GER)/Anastasija Sevastova (LAT)

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COURT 15 11:00 AM

Women's Doubles - Round 2
Chen Liang (CHN)/Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN) vs. Nao Hibino (JPN)/Alicja Rosolska (POL)

Women's Doubles - Round 2
Timea Babos (HUN)/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) vs. Tatjana Maria (GER)/Pauline Parmentier (FRA)

Mixed Doubles - Round 1
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)/Horia Tecau (ROU) vs. Vania King (USA)/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)

Mixed Doubles - Round 1
María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP)/Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs. Katerina Siniakova (CZE) [6]/Bruno Soares (BRA) [6]

 

[the AntiPusher]

David (young Obi Wan Konobi)vs Goliath (Dr Ivo)...sounds like a biblical story :angel:

 

[El Dude]

Some really great matches today.

 

[AnonymousFan]

Some really great matches today.

All of them look interesting!

 

[Busted]

Who on earth would stay up until - or get up at - 4-5am to see Dimitrov\Gasquet? I'm not sure I'll even bother to check the score on that one tomorrow morning. How on earth did that get to be the night feature match on Laver Arena? Scary. Shouldn't the night match on the main show court go to a higher seed? Raonic, Monfils or Thiem instead of Dimitrov? They're all playing today as well, so it makes nos sense for Dimitrov/Gasquet to be the feature match on Laver. We're not talking about Roger Federer getting the main show court with a #17 ranking. He is, after all, still Roger Federer and still the biggest draw (cha-ching!) in tennis. But Dimitrov/Gasquet? I'd ask for a refund on my tickets.

 

[Front242]

Hoping Istomin tears Carreno Busta a new one. Hope he recovered well after his long match against Djokovic. Nothing worse than the trend of guys losing straight after a big upset no matter how much of a donkey the opponent. Saying that, he has a good excuse here if loses given how long the match against Djokovic was.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Hoping Istomin tears Carreno Busta a new one. Hope he recovered well after his long match against Djokovic. Nothing worse than the trend of guys losing straight after a big upset no matter how much of a donkey the opponent. Saying that, he has a good excuse here if loses given how long the match against Djokovic was.

I am expecting (not wishing) Istomin to lose. After all, his last year's record was 9-22 (or something close to it). Even though it was a long match, I don't think it will be the physical part that will hurt him. After the emotional high of beating Novak, it would be hard to focus mentally and play with the same fighting spirit.

 

[Front242]

Likewise, I don't expect him to win either but on paper he should if fully recovered.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Zverev draws first blood. Hope he keeps on drinking blood tonight. lot

 

[El Dude]

I'm hoping Zverev wins, but because I like him (he's a candidate for my next favorite) and I want the young guns to rise. No offense to Rafa, of course.

And maybe just a tiny bit because Roger is Rafa's bitch.

 

[Puppet Master]

Sure Rafa. The smartest thing to do is to play to Zverev's stronger side and be passive. Unbelievable guy.
He struggles so much in these day conditions.

 

[10isfan]

Istomin playing another five setter. He needs to force himself to come to net. So many opportunities to put away a volley but he instead lets the ball bounce, allowing his opponent to get back into position.

 

[kskate2]

Nadal serving for the match at 5-2 in the decider

 

[El Dude]

I really look forward to seeing Milos destroy Rafa.

 

[Puppet Master]

Nadal serving for the match at 5-2 in the decider

Rafa started bullying Zverev around the court in sets 4 and 5. Even before Zverev injured himself, he was getting outplayed hard. Very good level from Nadal in the last two sets. Shades of 2009 right there.

 

[kskate2]

Nadal serving for the match at 5-2 in the decider

Rafa started bullying Zverev around the court in sets 4 and 5. Even before Zverev injured himself, he was getting outplayed hard. Very good level from Nadal in the last two sets. Shades of 2009 right there.

Yeah, I fell asleep only to wake up at 2-2 in the 5th

 

[the AntiPusher]

Nadal serving for the match at 5-2 in the decider

Rafa started bullying Zverev around the court in sets 4 and 5. Even before Zverev injured himself, he was getting outplayed hard. Very good level from Nadal in the last two sets. Shades of 2009 right there.

Yeah, I fell asleep only to wake up at 2-2 in the 5th

The most important thing Johnny Mac said if what Rafa said the last two years he fell to make his opponents feel some pain..In today's match vs Zverev, Alexander felt the pain..Rafa played passively to begin the match..aggressively in the 2nd set..passively in the 3rd set tbr and aggressively the 4 and 5 set...this was the match to have Rafa reestablish his reputation as a player to be hopefully feared again.

 

[kskate2]

Rafa started bullying Zverev around the court in sets 4 and 5. Even before Zverev injured himself, he was getting outplayed hard. Very good level from Nadal in the last two sets. Shades of 2009 right there.

Yeah, I fell asleep only to wake up at 2-2 in the 5th

The most important thing Johnny Mac said if what Rafa said the last two years he fell to make his opponents feel some pain..In today's match vs Zverev, Alexander felt the pain..Rafa played passively to begin the match..aggressively in the 2nd set..passively in the 3rd set tbr and aggressively the 4 and 5 set...this was the match to have Rafa reestablish his reputation as a player to be hopefully feared again.

Maybe because he isn't quite confident yet, he was up and down w/ his aggression.

 

[Puppet Master]

Yeah, I fell asleep only to wake up at 2-2 in the 5th

The most important thing Johnny Mac said if what Rafa said the last two years he fell to make his opponents feel some pain..In today's match vs Zverev, Alexander felt the pain..Rafa played passively to begin the match..aggressively in the 2nd set..passively in the 3rd set tbr and aggressively the 4 and 5 set...this was the match to have Rafa reestablish his reputation as a player to be hopefully feared again.

Maybe because he isn't quite confident yet, he was up and down w/ his aggression.

He definitely wasn't fully confident yet. As good as Zverev is, there would be absolutely nothing he could do if a player of Rafa's caliber toned down his errors and attacked his forehand with his own. On plexicushion at least.
Although on grass, peak Rafa vs Zverev would be a scary good match.

 

[sid]

I really look forward to seeing Milos destroy Rafa.

Milos won't have a better chance to make the Final here with Nole out,let's see if he can.