• Roger Federer and Marat Safin both recorded straight-sets wins to set up a mouth-watering third round clash. Federer disposed of tennis’ new poster boy Evgeny Korolev of Russia 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 (too bad we couldn’t see more of Korolev’s gorgeous bod not unless he prefers to stay in Melbourne to surf :P), while Safin dispatched Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 7-5, 6-2, 6-2.
Place your bet: Federer or Safin?
Federer holds a 9-2 winning record against Safin. Their last Grand Slam meeting was at the semis of last year’s Wimbledon, a surface Safin is not fond of, which Federer won in straight sets. However, when the two met in the semis of 2005 Australian Open, Safin won in the semis and went on to win the finals against Lleyton Hewitt. Safin has all the weapons to pull out an upset provided he conquers his worst enemy: himself. Let us wait and see if he could be able to display his more relaxed, drama-free style of playing he was talking about earlier. Being a big fan of Marat, I could only wish him good luck --- go Marat!
• The biggest upset of the day was 10th seed David Nalbandian defeat at the hands of lowly ranked Taiwanese Yen-Hsun Lu in five sets 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 2-6 in a match stretching up to almost fours.
• Other seeded casualties were 16th seed Robin Soderling, who fell to Marcos Bagdhatis; 28th seed Paul Henri Mathieu, who lost to Amer Delic of USA; and 32nd seed Philipp Kohlschreiber who was sent packing by Fabrice Santoro.
• Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller ended the fairytale run of 16-year old local hope Bernard Tomic, winning in four sets 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2.
Gilles Muller of Luxembourg in action during his 2nd round match with Tomic
• Seeded players Djokovic, Roddick, del Potro, Ferrer, Cilic, Wawrinka, Fish and Robredo all progressed to the third round.
• In women’s singles, there could be no more sensational than Jelena Dokic’s upset of 17th seed Anna Chakvetadze, winning in three sets 6-4, 6-7, 6-3. Let us see if she could pull out another surprise when she faces 11th seed Dane Caroline Wozniacki in the third round.
"Come on!" shouts Jelena Dokic after scoring a point during her match against Chakvetadze.
• Sania Mirza’s comeback was derailed by 10th seed Russian Nadia Petrova, losing in straight sets 2-6, 3-6.
• Seeded players headed by top seed Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic, Dinara Safina, Aliza Cornet, Ai Sugiyama, Marion Bartoli, Vera Zvonareva, and Daniela Hantuchova all booked their places in the third round.
Place your bet: Federer or Safin?
Federer holds a 9-2 winning record against Safin. Their last Grand Slam meeting was at the semis of last year’s Wimbledon, a surface Safin is not fond of, which Federer won in straight sets. However, when the two met in the semis of 2005 Australian Open, Safin won in the semis and went on to win the finals against Lleyton Hewitt. Safin has all the weapons to pull out an upset provided he conquers his worst enemy: himself. Let us wait and see if he could be able to display his more relaxed, drama-free style of playing he was talking about earlier. Being a big fan of Marat, I could only wish him good luck --- go Marat!
• The biggest upset of the day was 10th seed David Nalbandian defeat at the hands of lowly ranked Taiwanese Yen-Hsun Lu in five sets 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 2-6 in a match stretching up to almost fours.
• Other seeded casualties were 16th seed Robin Soderling, who fell to Marcos Bagdhatis; 28th seed Paul Henri Mathieu, who lost to Amer Delic of USA; and 32nd seed Philipp Kohlschreiber who was sent packing by Fabrice Santoro.
• Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller ended the fairytale run of 16-year old local hope Bernard Tomic, winning in four sets 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2.
Gilles Muller of Luxembourg in action during his 2nd round match with Tomic
• Seeded players Djokovic, Roddick, del Potro, Ferrer, Cilic, Wawrinka, Fish and Robredo all progressed to the third round.
• In women’s singles, there could be no more sensational than Jelena Dokic’s upset of 17th seed Anna Chakvetadze, winning in three sets 6-4, 6-7, 6-3. Let us see if she could pull out another surprise when she faces 11th seed Dane Caroline Wozniacki in the third round.
"Come on!" shouts Jelena Dokic after scoring a point during her match against Chakvetadze.
• Sania Mirza’s comeback was derailed by 10th seed Russian Nadia Petrova, losing in straight sets 2-6, 3-6.
• Seeded players headed by top seed Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic, Dinara Safina, Aliza Cornet, Ai Sugiyama, Marion Bartoli, Vera Zvonareva, and Daniela Hantuchova all booked their places in the third round.
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