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Sixteen former top 10 players, including four former world No. 1s, will return to the court this January to contest the annual Australian Open legends event.

Commencing on Sunday 19 January, the 16-strong men’s field features former world No. 1 and three-time Australian Open singles champion Mats Wilander, and former top five players including 2001 Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic, French Open champion–come-music star Yannick Noah, crowd favorite Frenchman Henri Leconte, three time Australian Open doubles champion Jonas Bjorkman, Cedric Pioline, Guy Forget and Thomas Enqvist.

Aussie favorites Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge, one of the greatest doubles teams of all time, will fly the flag for Australia alongside 1987 Wimbledon champion Pat Cash .

In the women’s draw, three former world No.1 players – 18-time Grand Slam winner Martina Navratilova, youngest-ever US Open winner Tracy Austin and three-time Australian Open champion Martina Hingis will join 1997 French Open champion Iva Majoli, Barbara Schett and Australians Nicole Bradtke and Rennae Stubbs.

Legends Tournament Director Todd Woodbridge said that crowds should expect some very exciting and entertaining tennis.

 

“The legends event has become a favorite at the Australian Open and fans really enjoy the chance to welcome some of the greats of the game back onto the court,” he said.

“Many of the Legends players, like Henri Leconte and Pat Cash, are renowned for putting on a great show, and I suspect newcomer Yannick Noah, now a popular music performer in France, will bring his showmanship to the court. In the women’s we have three former world No.1s, and some tough rivalries. This is a field of champions and although they’re all here to have fun, they’re still super competitive, they want to win!”

Legends Field for Australian Open 2014

Men

Mats Wilander,Fabrice Santoro,Pat Cash,Goran Ivanisevic,Thomas Enqvist,Henri Leconte,Todd Woodbridge,Jonas Bjorkman,Wayne Ferreira,Mansour Bahrami,Yannick Noah,Mark Woodforde,Cedric Pioline,Guy Forget

Women

Martina Hingis,Martina Navratilova,Tracy Austin,Iva Majoli,Nicole Bradtke,Rennae Stubbs,Barbara Schett

 

New Record for Roger Federer


2014 Australian Open Day 2 Men's Singles Scores

Matchup (Seed)

Score

Roger Federer (6) def. James Duckworth

6-4, 6-4, 6-2

Andreas Seppi (24) def. Lleyton Hewitt

7-6, 6-3, 5-7, 5-7, 7-5

Rafael Nadal (1) def. Bernard Tomic

6-4 ret.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (10) def. Filippo Volandri

7-5, 6-3, 6-3

Andy Murray (4) def. Go Soeda

6-1, 6-1, 6-3

Juan Martin Del Potro (5) def. Rhyne Williams

6-7, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4

Gael Monfils (25) def. Ryan Harrison

6-4, 6-4, 6-4

Kei Nishikori (16) def. Marinko Matosevic

6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2

Fernando Verdasco (31) def. Ze Zhang

5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3

Nick Kyrgios def. Benjamin Becker

6-3, 6-7, 6-2, 7-6

Thanasi Kokkinakis def. Igor Sijsling

7-6, 0-6, 7-6, 6-2

Michal Przysiezny def. Horacio Zeballos

6-3, 7-6, 7-5

Michael Berrer def. Michael Llodra

6-4, 7-5, 6-1

Martin Klizan def. John Isner (13)

6-2, 7-6 ret.

Benoit Paire (27) def. Frank Dancevic

7-6, 6-3, 6-4

Stephane Robert def. Aljaz Bedene

7-6, 6-3, 6-0

Gilles Simon (18) def. Daniel Brands

6-7, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 16-14

Milos Raonic (11) def. Daniel Gimeno-Traver

7-6, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2

Marin Cilic def. Marcel Granollers

4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2

Blaz Rola def. Federico Delbonis

6-4, 6-2, 7-5

Roberto Bautista Agut def. Tim Smyczek

6-2, 6-1, 6-1

Yen-Hsun Lu def. Jimmy Wang

6-3, 6-2, 6-1

Teymuraz Gabashvili def. Sergiy Stakhovsky

6-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-0

Blaz Kavcic def. Radek Stepanek

6-7, 4-6, 6-1, 2-0

Donald Young def. Robin Haase

6-7, 7-6, 6-2, 1-0

Jack Sock def. Tobias Kamke

7-6, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4

Grigor Dimitrov def. Bradley Klahn

6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3

Feliciano Lopez def. Somdev Devvarman

6-4, 6-4, 7-6

Dusan Lajovic def. Lucas Pouille

6-4, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3

Thomas Bellucci def. Julian Reister

4-6, 6-3, 7-6

Victor Hanescu def. Peter Gojowczyk

7-6, 7-6, 6-3

Vincent Millot def. Wayne Odesnik

7-5, 4-6, 6-7, 6-1, 6-3

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2014 Australian Open Day 2 Women's Singles Scores

Matchup (Seed)

Score

Victoria Azarenka (2) def. Johanna Larsson

7-6, 6-2

Caroline Wozniacki (10) def. Lourdes Dominguez Lino

6-0, 6-2

Agnieszka Radwanska (5) def. Yulia Putintseva

6-0, 5-7, 6-2

Simona Halep (11) def. Katarzyna Piter

6-0, 6-1

Dominika Cibulkova (20) def. Francesca Schiavone

6-3, 6-4

Jelena Jankovic (8) def. Misaki Doi

6-1, 6-2

Magdalena Rybarikova (32) def. Andrea Petkovic

6-2, 6-3

Elina Svitolina def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (19)

6-3, 6-3

Carla Suarez Navarro (16) def. Vania King

6-3, 6-2

Camila Giorgi def. Storm Sanders

4-6, 6-1, 6-4

Zarina Diyas def. Katerina Siniakova

6-2, 6-4

Ajla Tomljanovic def. Tadeja Majeric

3-6, 7-6, 6-4

Alize Cornet (15) def. Polona Hercog

1-0 ret.

Olivia Rogowska def. Mariana Duque-Marino

6-3, 6-3

Sloane Stephens (13) def. Yaroslava Shvedova

7-6, 6-3

Stefanie Voegele def. Kristina Mladenovic

7-5, 7-5

Garbine Muguruza def. Kaia Kanepi (24)

6-2, 2-6, 6-2

Kurumi Kara def. Shuai Peng

7-5, 4-6, 6-3

Ayumi Morita def. Nadiya Kichenok

6-2, 7-6

Christina McHale def. Yung-Jan Chan

7-5, 6-4

Karin Knapp def. Paula Ormaechea

6-4, 6-2

Anna Schmiedlova def. Timea Babos

4-6, 6-4, 7-5

Yvonne Meusburger def. Chanelle Scheepers

7-6, 6-4

Barbora Zahlavova Strycova def. Su-Wei Hsieh

6-4, 4-6, 6-1

Galina Voskoboeva def. Irina-Camelia Begu

7-5, 4-6, 7-5

Mandy Minella def. Carina Witthoeft

6-1, 6-4

Olga Govortsova def. Ying-Ying Duan

6-0, 7-6

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (29) def. Teliana Pereira

7-6, 6-4

Bojana Jovanovski (33) def. Jana Cepelova

6-7, 6-1, 6-3

Marina Erakovic def. Sorana Cirstea (21)

6-4, 7-6

Varvara Lepchenko def. Lesia Tsurenko

2-6, 6-3, 6-4

Maria Sharapova (3) def. Bethanie Matteck-Sands

6-3, 6-4

ausopen.com

 

Roger Federer in Melbourne, Australia January 2014


 




2014 Australian Open Day 1 Men's Singles Scores
Matchup (Seed) Score
Damir Dzumhur def. Jan Hajek 6-4, 6-2, 6-1
Leonardo Mayer def. Albert Montanes 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
Nikolay Davydenko def. Lukasz Kubot 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Tommy Robredo (17) def. Lukas Rosol 6-1, 6-7, 3-6, 7-6, 8-6
Dmitry Tursunov (30) def. Michael Russell 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
Kevin Anderson (19) def. Jiri Vesely 2-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Pablo Andujar def. Albert Ramos 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
Julien Benneteau def. Pable Correna Busta 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
Florian Mayer def. Denis Kudla 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
Jeremy Chardy (29) def. Jesse Huta Galung 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
Dominic Thiem def. Joao Sousa 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6
Edouard Roger-Vasselin def. Carlos Berlocq 6-4, 7-6, 6-7, 6-2
Alexandr Dolgopolov def. Ricardas Berankis 7-5, 7-5, 6-2
Ernests Gulbis (23) def. Juan Monaco 1-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-2
Fabio Fognini def. Alex Bogomolov Jr. 6-3, 6-2
Kenny De Schepper def. Di Wu 7-5, 7-5, 7-6
Jerzy Janowicz (20) def. Jordan Thompson 1-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1
Tomas Berdych (7) def. Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
David Ferrer (3) def. Alejandro Gonzalez 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Matthew Ebden def. Nicolas Mahut 6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 0-6, 6-3
Vasek Popisil (28) def. Samuel Groth 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez def. Tommy Haas (12) 7-6, 5-2
Richard Gasquet def. David Guez 7-5, 6-4, 6-1
Denis Istomin def. Marcos Baghdatis 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
Stanislas Wawrinka def. Andrey Golubev 6-4, 4-1
Novak Djokovic (2) def. Lukas Lacko 6-3, 7-6, 6-1
Mikhail Youzhny def. Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
Adrian Mannarino def. Steve Johnson 3-6, 6-3, 6-0, 5-7, 6-4
Ivan Dodig def. Ivo Karlovic 7-6, 6-3, 7-6
Alejandro Falla def. Mikhail Kukushkin 6-7, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
Sam Querrey def. Santiago Giraldo 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6
Jarkko Nieminen def. Dudi Sela 3-6, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-3

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2014 Australian Open Day 1 Women's Singles Scores
Matchup (Seed) Score
Vesna Dolonc def. Lara Arruabarrena 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
Lucie Hradecka def. Donna Vekic 6-3, 6-1
Yanina Wickmayer def. Dinah Pfzinmaier 7-6, 6-3
Madison Keys def. Patricia Mayr-Achtleitner 6-2, 7-6, 9-7
Annika Beck def. Petra Martic 6-0, 6-0
Flavia Pennetta (28) def. Alexandra Cadantu 6-0, 6-2
Eugenie Bouchard (30) def. Hao Chen Tang 7-5, 6-1
Lucie Safarova def. Julia Glushko 7-5, 3-6, 6-1
Virginie Razzano def. Alison van Uytvanck 7-6, 7-6
Daniela Hantuchova (33) def. Heather Watson 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
Kirsten Flipkens (18) def. Laura Robson 6-3, 6-0
Jie Zheng def. Roberto Vinci (12) 6-4, 6-3
Tsvetane Pironkova def. Silvia Soler Espinosa 6-3, 6-2
Monica Miculescu def. Shahar Peer 6-4, 6-1
Alison Riske def. Elena Vesnina (23) 6-2, 6-2
Mona Barthel def. Zhang Shuai 7-6, 6-3
Ana Ivanovic (14) def. Kiki Bertens 6-4, 6-4
Li Na (4) def. Ana Konjuh 6-2, 6-0
Julia Goerges def. Sara Errani (7) 6-3, 6-2
Luksika Kumkhum def. Petra Kvitova (6) 6-2, 1-6, 6-4
Serena Williams (1) def. Ashleigh Barty 6-2, 6-1
Samantha Stosur (13) def. Klara Zakopalova 6-3, 6-4
Lauren Davies def. Sachia Vickery 6-3, 6-3
Casey Dellacqua def. Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 6-2
Sabine Lisicki def. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-2, 6-1
Karolina Pliskova def. Pauline Parmentier 6-0, 6-1
Belinda Necic def. Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Irina Falconi def. Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3, 6-1
Angelique Kerber def. Jarmila Gajdosova 6-3, 0-6, 6-2
Monica Puig def. Anna Tatishvili 6-2, 6-4
Alla Kudryavtseva def. Caroline Garcia 6-2, 7-6
Ekaterina Makarova (22) def. Venus Williams 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

AUSOpen.com

Chris Kermode is the new ATP Executive Chairman & President

Barclays ATP World Tour Finals


 

November 3 - 11, 2013

Date

Rounds

Mondy November 3, 2013

Round Robin

Tuesday November 4, 2013

Round Robin

Wednesday November 5, 2013

Round Robin

Thursday November 6, 2013

Round Robin

Friday November 7, 2013

Round Robin

Saturday November 8, 2013

Round Robin

Sunday November 10, 2013

Semifinals

Mondy November 11, 2013

Finals

The ATP World Tour Finals ended with a matchup of the two best players in the world, and Novak Djokovic was able to come out on top with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Rafael Nadal.    
This is the second win in a row at this prestigious tournament for Djokovic, who now has three year-end championships in his career. It is his seventh title of the year, and he extends his winning streak to 17 matches dating back to the U.S. Open finals.
Nadal is still yet to win at this event and has lost in his two final appearances.
Still, the story coming into this match was the rivalry and overall talent of these two stars. As Rachel Wyse of Sky Sports notes, the 39 battles between them is a record.


Nadal, at the end of the year reached 14 finals out of a possible 17, won ten titles compiled a 75-7 record for the season, and of course ended the year as no.1. That haul of ten titles included 2 Grand Slams and 5 Masters 1000’s as well. Few people achieve that haul in their entire career let alone a year. Words are not enough to explain how monumental an achievement this is.

Hopefully, we can look forward to a great 2014 and a great Australian Open. Till then, VAMOS! We will see you in Melbourne.

A look back at Rafa's run at the ATP World Tour Finals

Round Robin:

Round 1: Rafael Nadal def. David Ferrer 6-3 6-2

Nadal earned his first victory of the RR format and is just one victory away from clinching the year end no.1. Vamos!

Round 2: Rafael Nadal def. Stanislas Wawrinka 7-6(5) 7-6(6)

When he finally triumphed, Nadal threw his hands up in relief and joy. He knew what ending the year end as no.1 meant after the pains of the previous year and it showed!

Round 3: Rafael Nadal def. Tomas Berdych 6-4 1-6 6-3

After an epic point on match point, Nadal triumphed and raised his arms. He tops the group and now faces the winner between Federer and Del Potro. Vamos!

Semifinals: Rafael Nadal def. Roger Federer 7-5 6-3


The muted celebration showed the respect Nadal had for Federer. Always humble, that’s what separates him from the rest. He now stands 75-6 for the season, with one match remaining.

Finals: Novak Djokovic def. Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-4

A disappointing end to the season for Nadal’s fans, as he bowed out to Djokovic in straight sets.

Nadal didn’t play to his full potential and it wasn’t the classic everyone expected.
Nadal put up a valiant effort in the final game, down two championship points, but even he couldn’t deny the deserving champion. A not so great end to a great, incredible year for Nadal, but no doubt he’ll be back. Vamos!

Pros:

Nadal had improved on his serving and his backhand game, from Paris. He was probably serving his best at the indoors ever, till the finals.

Cons:

Nadal strayed too far behind the baseline during his finals. There was not too much aggression, and he missed a lot of forehand. Something he should look to fine tune in time for the Australian open.

Up next:

Nadal plays a few exhibition matches this month, one against Novak on clay as well, let’s see how that goes, shall we? :-)





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