Australian Open 2006 (Bhupathi-Hingis win MxD title)

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(22) Anastassia Rodionova (RUS, 140) vs. Shikha Uberoi (IND, 153)

Set 1 (continued)

4-5 SU HOLDS!!!!...after getting down 15-40 SU saves 2 set points...and after a total of 9 DEUCES and 8 SET POINTS SAVED...SU holds on for 4-5....SU has served 53 first serves to just 18 from AR thus far
5-5 SU gets up 0-15...15-30 and 30-40 and then gets the crucial break to stay in the set!!!!!!
5-6 SU gets up 15-0 but soon finds herself down 15-40...AR capatalizes on the first BP...the 12th of the set so far
5-7 AR gets up 30-0....30-15...40-15...SET POINT # 9...converted

Set Stats---50 Minutes
SU 8 winners, 12 UFE's
AR 19 winners, 18 UFE's

Set 2

0-1 SU broken.... gets up 15-0 but a DF, a UFE and an AR winner put her down 15-40...two BH UFE's from AR bring it back to deuce but another DF and another UFE put give the game away
0-2 AR holds at love...AR hits two straight winner and an ace for 40-0...SU BH UFE for the game
1-2 SU holds...They trade UFE's for 15-15...AR then goes on a streak of three straight UFE's for the game to SU

Rather long break...injury timeout perhaps?? Pure speculation here...but maybe its AR...after all she just hit three straight errors...maybe she injured herself...most likely though it is probably just SU with a bathroom break...back to the match

1-3 an error from SU...and two straight from AR 15-30 on AR's serve...an AR winner for 30-30...a BH winner for SU...30-40 BREAK POINT...SU error...deuce...another BH winner BREAK POINT #2....FH winner for AR deuce #2...forced error by SU...wnner from AR for the hold
Shoot---Sorry everybody, I just changed by scoreboard setting to point tracker a few games and i didnt realize that they mention "forced errors" as well as "unforced errors"...so some of the UFE's i have mentioned in the last few games may have been forced errors...Very sorry again

2-3 A forced error and two straight UFE's from AR give SU 40-0...AR hits two straight BH winners for 40-30...A DF from Shikha takes it to deuce ...forced error from AR for AD IN...and a UFE on the BH side gives SU the game
2-4...AR holds...BH UFE from SU for 15-0...FH winner from AR...BH UFE from AR 30-15...FH UFE from SU 40-15...two errors, one UF from AR for deuce...AD IN for AR after a winner...but a UFE takes it back to deuce...a UFE from SU gives AR another game point...and another UFE from SU takes gives AR the game
2-5 AR breaks after 4 deuces...A UFE from SU and a winner from AR takes the score to 0-30...SU hits a FH winner for 15-30 and a FH UFE from AR takes it to 30-30...a BH forced error from AR takes it to 40-30...but she gets it to deuce with a FH winner...FH winner from AR takes it to ad out and BREAK POINT...AR loses it with a FH UFE...winner from AR takes it to Ad out and BREAK POINT #2...loses it with another FH UFE...deuce #3...Ad in for Shikha with an AR FH UFE....but AR comes back with a FH winner for deuce #4...BREAK POINT #3 for SU after a forced error from SU.....and after a UFE.... AR gets the insurance break...
2-6 AR holds at 30... AR gets up 40-15 after three errors from SU (2 UF) for TWO MATCHPOINTS....SU shows some fight with a BH winner to save the first but AR is too good with the FH winner to wrap up the match

I'd give the final match stats but they wont load for me anymore...

(22)Anastassia Rodionova (RUS, 140) defeats Shikha Uberoi (IND, 153) 75 62

[kishorJ]

As peer the draw Sania first meets a qualifier. If she clears that she should meet Kraichek or brandi and if she clears that she would meet mauresmo! GO SANIA...

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S.Mirza vs. (Q)
M.Krajicek vs. K.Brandi
E.Loit vs. V.Kutuzova
T.T.Sun vs. (3) A.Mauresmo

Sania's quarter.
Good first round,but Krakijeck could be second up.Her serve is supposed to be amazing!!

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P$'s match will be starting any minute now...I'll be in the chat...I hope someone else will be able to relieve me of the forum updates at some point....I was exhausted after Shikha's match

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Prakash Amritraj (IND, 256) vs. Todd Widom (USA, 258)

Set 1
PA to start things off on serve

1-0 PA holds after a couple of deuces
1-1 Widom holds at love, on serve
1-2 PA broken at 15 by TW

Three straight UFE's there from PA to give the break to TW

1-3...TW holds at 30... TW serving on point...3rd ace of match for 15-0..PA error for 30-0.....PA BH UFE 40-0....TW DF...40-15...TW forced error 40-30...PA error for game...(PA 9 UFE's, TW 0!)
1-4 TW breaks after two deuces.... two winners from TW take it to 15-30...a winner from PA and some errors from TW take it to 40-30...after two deuces, TW gets the insurance break
1-5 TW BH winner for 15-0...PA FH UFE for 30-0...TW ACE #4 for 40-0...TW ACE #5 for the love hold
2-5 PA forces three straight BH errors from TW for 40-0 and then finishes it off with the FH winner
2-6 A PA UFE and a forced error put TW up 30-0...a FH winner from TW gives him 40-0 and THREE SET POINTS...he finishes it off with another winner for the set

First Set-Widom 62 (Just two UFE's! and 5 Aces!)

Second Set

1-0 PA digs out of 0-30 hole...two UFE's from PA puts TW up 0-30...PA forces an error from TW's FH wing..and then hits a FH winner for 30-30...two more forced errors on TW gives PA the game
1-1..TW digs out of 15-40.....PA starts off with a FH winner for 15-0, but a forced error on thatsame wing takes it to 15-15...TW is forced into an error of his own for 15-30...and PA backs it up with a winner for 15-40 and TWO BREAK POINTS...He blows the first with a BH UFE...and Widom saves the second with his 6th ACE...a pair of errors (one forced one unforced) from PA give TW the game
1-2 PA drops serve at love...PA starts the game off with an UFE....TW follows it up with a winner for 0-30...more errors from Kash throw the game away
1-3...TW holds at 15....PA is forced into two errors and gives one away to go down 40-15 on TW's serve...he then gives off another UFE for the game
1-4 PA blows a 30-0 lead....a forced error on TW and a PA FH winner put him up 30-0...PA throws in a FH UFE and TW comes up with two BH winners for 30-40 and BREAK POINT...TW comes up with yet another BH winner for the double break.... UFE count PA 24, TW 2
Winner count PA 10, TW 18
1-5 A BH UFE from PA puts him down 15-0...but he hits a winner for 15-15...yet another BH UFE and he is down 30-15...TW comes up with a BH winner for 40-15...and another for the game
1-6 PA starts off with his 27th UFE...and TW finally hits his 3rd and first of the set! 15-15....PA is forced into an error for 15-30 but comes up with his first ace for 30-30...TW hits a FH winner and then forces PA into an error to complete the rout


Todd Widom (USA, 258) defeats Prakash Amritraj (IND, 256) 6-2 6-1

[Varma]

Boy, this Widom guys seems to be a big server...5 aces so far. With the opponent serving that efficient, perhaps P$ is feeling the pressure in holding his own serve. He got to do something rightaway and turn the match around in his favour.

Come, P.Diddy...show your magic

- Varma

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What kinda match was this??:damn:

NOT one ace from Prakash......He had 27 UFE's wheres as Widom had 3!

Prakash won only 50% of his first serves whereas Widom won 95%

Near demolition act performed by Widom

Sridhar

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Apalling match by Prakash....While Widom was really on his game (6 aces, 21 winners and onle 3 Unforced errors!) Prakash was far from that level...(1 ace, 12 winners and an atrocious 27 Unforced errors....)

Really dissapointing performance...perhaps a letdown to playing a player of his own rank (his last three matches had been against much higher ranked players...)

Im really pissed ....after brilliant performances against three higher ranked players this was not expected...Our players seem to be frustratingly inconsistent.....Although Shikha and Prakash were both consistently error prone today...combining for 24 winners to 55 UFE's! Im so dissapointed...like a little boy who was waiting for a certain present on christmas morning only to find new cotton socks awaiting him under the tree (Horrible analogy....im just not in the mood to come up with a better one....)

All we have left now is Bops...

[Rajiv]

a disspointing loss for pa 2 & 1 , what an anticlimax after the past few heady days, at this stage , and the form he is in these matches one should convert or atleast take it down the wire but definately not such a lopsided affair , unless the injury bug has bit him

go on bofors the last man standing - dont let us down.

[sanjay5goel]

If I were to guess, maybe PA played his old game of rushing to the net every point + lot of UFE.

Could the fact that he was playing someone that he was expected to beat be something to do with the unforced errors?

Sanjay

[Kumar]

May be this widom is really good ... ? I hope PA is able to string group of matches...

Go Rohan

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May be this widom is really good ... ?

Kumar--looking at the stats there is no doubt that Widom played a fantastic match...but Prakash also played horribly.....

[Kumar]

it is just wishful thinking Ashish...

It is better than him being inconsistent, which has been the bane of PA for a while..

[Varma]

Watch out for these exciting matches in the first round...

Men's
Tommy Haas v Richard Gasquet (14)
Andy Murray v Juan Ignacio Chela
Nicolas Kiefer (21) v Paradorn Srichaphan
Sebastien Grosjean (25) v Mark Philippoussis
Andrei Pavel v Carlos Moya (32)
Tim Henman v Dmitry Tursunov
Xavier Malisse v Mikhail Youzhny

Women's
Na Li v Serena Williams (13)
Martina Hingis v Vera Zvonareva (30)

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[PKBasu]

It's tough being a tennis pro. Prakash's Q2 match was less than 24 hours after his Q1 match, and he probably didn't have enough time to regroup before this clash. I'm shocked that he was demolished like this by a (slightly) lower-ranked player after his string of great wins in recent matches. The latter (especially the win over a very hot Wessels) showed that Prakash has it in him to be a world-class (top-100) player eventually. But in order to get there, he has to put together a string of wins -- first at the Challenger (or Slam qualifier!) level, then in tour-event qualifiers and main draws. I think he certainly has the tools, but days like today need to be minimised.