Australian Open Day 5: Friday, January 23

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Click here for Day 5 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 5 action.

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[Hoergren]

Order of play Friday 23 January - women only - local times

Rod Laver Arena 11:00 Start Time
1. Lucie Hradecka (CZE) vs. Julia Goerges (GER)
2. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)[7] vs. Caroline Garcia (FRA)
Rod Laver Arena 19:00 Start Time
1. Zarina Diyas (KAZ)[31] vs. Maria Sharapova (RUS)[2]

Hisense Arena 11:00 Start Time
1. Sara Errani (ITA)[14] vs. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
2. Carina Witthoeft (GER) vs. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)

Margaret Court Arena 11:00 Start Time
1. Karolina Pliskova (CZE)[22] vs. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)[10]
3. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) vs. Simona Halep (ROU)[3]
Margaret Court Arena 19:00
2. Women's Doubles - Round 2
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/Karin Knapp (ITA) vs. Martina Hingis (SUI)[4]/Flavia Pennetta (ITA)[4]

Show Court 2 11:00 Start Time
1. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) vs. Shuai Peng (CHN)[21]

Show Court 3 11:00 Start Time
2. Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP)/Maria Torro-Flor (ESP) vs. Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)[15]/Casey Dellacqua (AUS)[15]
Not Before: 15:00
3. Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)/Arina Rodionova (AUS) vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)/Samantha Stosur (AUS)
4. Michaella Krajicek (NED)[13]/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)[13] vs. Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)/Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)

Court 7 11:00 Start Time
2. Alexandra Panova (RUS)/Heather Watson (GBR) vs. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)[12]/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)[12]
Not Before: 15:00
3. Coco Vandeweghe (USA)/Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) vs. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)/Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)

Court 8 11:00 Start Time
1. Garbine Muguruza (ESP)[6]/Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)[6] vs. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (POL)/Andreja Klepac (SLO)
2. Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/Alicja Rosolska (POL) vs. Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)[2]/Sania Mirza (IND)[2]

Court 19 12:00 Start Time
3. Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)[5]/Abigail Spears (USA)[5] vs. Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS)/Monica Niculescu (ROU)

 

[HawkEye]

Here is the list of nations represented in the third round:
USA 7
CZE 4
RUS, FRA, ITA, GER, ROU, KAZ 2
UKR, ESP, SUI, SVK, BLR, POL, BEL, CAN, CHN 1

 

[sk310]

Two people I'm really curious about so far. Bouchard and Radwanska. Radwanksa I think we're all waiting to see if she has made improvements under Martina yet. Its difficult to say. She's won her early matches so convincingly but we've seen before that can mean absolutely nothing until they face a tough opponent. Bouchard I think is flying under the radar which is good for her at this point. Im curious to see how she plays Garcia, as she's a touch more difficult.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

The match I am interested in is Pliskova v Makarova

Pliskova really took her game to Kvitova in the final at Apia International,Sydney.Pliskova has been playing good solid tennis so far in Australia,she defeated Azarenka at the Brisbane International.

I am tipping a Pliskova win in this match up.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I know it is early days,I usually wait till the business end of a Grand Slam,the second week,the player that has impressed me so far has been Simona Halep,she put on a Master Class performance against Aussie Jarmila.Her first serve has improved to me,it seems to have more power than in 2014,her technique is good and fluid,my only concern at this stage is her 2nd serve,which to me is attackable.Simona uses all the court,with great angles,she has great all court awareness and anticipation.Another player that has impressed me so far has been Venus Williams,she has continued her good form from Auckland where she won the title.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

18 out of 32 seeds are left after 2 rounds, some seeds play each other in the 3rd round so the number will go down from here.
I don't see Zarina giving Masha any trouble but I can see Garcia giving Genie some.
I wouldn't be surprised if Yanina knocked Sara out.

 

[MashaFan]

Check this out: Social Leaderboard
Click Women and then Overall

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Makarova took it, it was a tight straight victory. She will get Goerges next, they have never faced each other!
Peng advanced too, the last Chinese is still here.

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc9GCbvykkQ[/video]

 

[rubydo]

Eugenie never gave in her 1st set battle with Caroline Garcia, winning 7-5, and then punished her in the second set 6-0. Solid performance by her, very focused and undaunted when Garcia had her in a bit of trouble in the 1st set.

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuZG_kHFx0E[/video]

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Nice win for Makarova

Good to see Bethanie Mattek-Sands take her game to Halep,it was a tight match.Well done Bethanie!

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5ZcuVOD_Tw[/video]

 

[pavlik89]

Maria Sharapova vs ZarinaDiyas FULL MATCH HD Australian Open 2015

http://www.tennishdhighlights.com/australian-open/2015-2/

 

[10isfan]

I just don't see why Judy Murray claimed stardom for Garcia. Can someone who has better eyes than mine post what the fuss is about?