Australian Open Day 3: Wednesday, January 21

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Click here for Day 3 Order of Play

(All matches, on all courts, are listed in order to give you a feel for when everything will begin and end.)

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Please use this thread to discuss Day 3 action.

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[Hoergren]

Schedule for Day 3 - womens games - match number in front - times are local

Rod Laver Arena 11:00 Start Time
1. Roberta Vinci (ITA) vs. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)[10]
2. Alexandra Panova (RUS) vs. Maria Sharapova (RUS)[2]
Rod Laver Arena 19:00 Start Time
2. Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) vs. Simona Halep (ROU)[3]

Hisense Arena 11:00 Start Time
1. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) vs. Shuai Peng (CHN)[21]
2. Karolina Pliskova (CZE)[22] vs. Oceane Dodin (FRA)

Margaret Court Arena 11:00 Start Time
1. Klara Koukalova (CZE) vs. Julia Goerges (GER)
3. Sara Errani (ITA)[14] vs. Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP)
Margaret Court Arena 19:00 Start Time
1. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)[7] vs. Kiki Bertens (NED)

Show Court 2 11:00 Start Time
1. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) vs. Monica Puig (PUR)
3. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)[11]/Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)[11] vs. Serena Williams (USA)/Venus Williams (USA)

Show Court 3 11:00 Start Time
2. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)/Samantha Stosur (AUS) vs. Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)[8]/Kveta Peschke (CZE)[8]
3. Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) vs. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)

Court 6 11:00 Start Time
1. Carina Witthoeft (GER) vs. Christina McHale (USA)
4. Stefanie Voegele (SUI) vs. Caroline Garcia (FRA)

Court 7 11:00 Start Time
3. Belinda Bencic (SUI)/Katerina Siniakova (CZE) vs. Martina Hingis (SUI)[4]/Flavia Pennetta (ITA)[4]

Court 8 11:00 Start Time
1. Maria Irigoyen (ARG)/Romina Oprandi (SUI) vs. Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)[2]/Sania Mirza (IND)[2]
3. Shuai Peng (CHN)Yi-Fan Xu (CHN) vs. Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)[1]/Casey Dellacqua (AUS)[15]
4. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) vs. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)

Court 10 11:00 Start Time
3. Garbine Muguruza (ESP)[6]/Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)[6] vs. Varvara Lepchenko (USA)/Anna Tatishvili (USA)
4. Michaella Krajicek (NED)[13]Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)[13] vs. Marina Erakovic (NZL)/Monica Puig (PUR)

Court 11 11:00 Start Time
3. Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)/Kurumi Nara (JPN) vs. Mona Barthel (GER)/Mandy Minella (LUX)
4. Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS)/Monica Niculescu (ROU) vs. Lauren Davis (USA)/Christina McHale (USA)

Court 12 11:00 Start Time
2. Lucie Hradecka (CZE) vs. Polona Hercog (SLO)
3. Shuko Aoyama (JPN)/Renata Voracova (CZE) vs. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)[12]/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)[12]
4. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)[3]/Elena Vesnina (RUS)[3] vs. Madison Keys (USA)/Alison Riske (USA)

Court 13 11:00 Start Time
1. Katerina Siniakova (CZE) vs. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)
3. Zarina Diyas (KAZ)[31] vs. Anna Schmiedlova (SVK)
4. Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)/Arina Rodionova (AUS) vs. Naiktha Bains (AUS)/Sara Tomic (AUS)

Court 15 11:00 Start Time
2. Daria Gavrilova (AUS)/Storm Sanders (AUS) vs. Monique Adamczak (AUS)/Olivia Rogowska (AUS)

Court 22 11:00 Start Time
1. Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/Alicja Rosolska (POL) vs. Cara Black (ZIM)/Saisai Zheng (CHN)
2. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (POL)/Andreja Klepac (SLO) vs. Jelena Jankovic (SRB)/Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP)
3. Jana Cepelova (SVK)/Tereza Smitkova (CZE) vs. Alize Cornet (FRA)/ Pauline Parmentier (FRA)

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

The stand out match for me is Jarmila v Simona Halep.Jarmila really took her game to Kvitova at Apia International,Sydney,as long as Jarmila dosent get down on herself,which she is prone to do at times,I feel she can give Halep a run for her money.Jarmila has a excellent return of serve,she is a flat hitter of the ball,she is also solid at the net.

 

[HawkEye]

Here is the list of nations represented in the second round:
USA 12
CZE 8
RUS, SVK, FRA, AUS 4
ESP, GER, ITA 3
SUI, ROU, KAZ 2
UKR, BUL, TPE, BLR, DEN, SWE, POL, SLO, BEL, CAN, NED, PUR, CHN 1

 

[kskate2]

Venus/Serena are playing doubles again. I guess they just never learn. :nono

 

[10isfan]

Serena can get injured. She should stop the dubs.

 

[kskate2]

I agree. And Venus will be exhausted.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Just some interesting stats from the WTA website,regarding the number of seeds out in the first round at the Australian Open this year.

Add those three to the eight that fell on Monday and we have 11 seeds out in the first round.Since Grand Slams went to 32 seeds at Wimbledon in 2001 that's the most at the Australian Open,and the equal most for all Grand Slams ( 11 also went out at the 2002 French Open and Wimbledon in 2004).

 

[Kirijax]

Just some interesting stats from the WTA website,regarding the number of seeds out in the first round at the Australian Open this year.

Add those three to the eight that fell on Monday and we have 11 seeds out in the first round.Since Grand Slams went to 32 seeds at Wimbledon in 2001 that's the most at the Australian Open,and the equal most for all Grand Slams ( 11 also went out at the 2002 French Open and Wimbledon in 2004).

Wow! I didn't realize that there were so many. Hated seeing Ivanovic go out so fast but Kvitova is still in there so it's good. I'll be even happier when someone knocks the Scream Porn Queens Sharapova and Azarenka out as well.

 

[Calvy]

Serena and Venus are the professionals, so, if they believe they can handle doubles on top of singles, who are the viewers to question their decision.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Manixdk

Is that you from you know where? I think you know what I mean if so welcome to Tennis Frontier,I know you are a big fan of Caroline Woznicacki.I was live at Apia International,Sydney when Caroline had to retire,I felt she did the correct thing.Caroline has a tough match next up against Vika,it will be a beauty of a match to watch.

 

[rubydo]

The stand out match for me is Jarmila v Simona Halep.Jarmila really took her game to Kvitova at Apia International,Sydney,as long as Jarmila dosent get down on herself,which she is prone to do at times,I feel she can give Halep a run for her money.Jarmila has a excellent return of serve,she is a flat hitter of the ball,she is also solid at the net.

Of course I will be watching Eugenie too, but yes fashionista this is a match of high calibre, can Jarmila match Simona's all round game? I hope so. I like the red!

 

[kskate2]

Serena and Venus are the professionals, so, if they believe they can handle doubles on top of singles, who are the viewers to question their decision.

Because the last few slams they've played doubles has impacted their singles. They're not spring chickens anymore. Serena injured herself in AO doubles the year she lost to Sloane. Venus was exhausted during the USO match against Errani because they were on court late the night before playing a doubles match. As a viewer, I have every right to question the decision, especially when we've seen these issues before.

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ8CIJMPtNk[/video]

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Early matches are mostly finished, Makarova got past Vinci, defeated her in straights 2 and 4
Peng did even better beating Rybarikova 1 and 1

Scoreboard here:
http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/scores/index.html


Masha is playing Panova, it's Russian against Russian

 

[kskate2]

How about this no-name quali taking it to Maria? Heading for a decider.

 

[Kirijax]

Let's go Panova! Knock her out!

But no one is tougher in a 3-set battle than the scream queen herself.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Shrapova loses the first game of the deciding set, she got broken and now in a bit of trouble.
Masha is bad on her forehand wing today, serve is failing too.

 

[kskate2]

Panova grabs the early break 2-0. Maria is all out of sorts and looking up to her box frequently.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Mario has no rhythm and running out of time to find it.