Thursday 16 January 2014

Australian Open 2014 - Round 3

This is how the draws look so far

MENS
Rafael Nadal [1] VS Gael Monfils [25]
Donald Young VS Kei Nishikori [16]
Milos Raonic [11] VS Grigor Dimitrov [22]
Benoit Paire [27] VS Roberto Bautista Agut

Andy Murray [4] VS Feliciano Lopez [26]
Stephane Robert VS Martin Klizan
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [10] VS Gilles Simon [18]
Teymuraz Gabashvili VS Roger Federer [6]

Tomas Berdych [7] VS Damir Dzumhur
Kevin Anderson [19] VS Edouard Roger-Vasselin
Florian Mayer VS Jerzy Janowicz [20]
Jeremy Chardy [29] VS David Ferrer [3]

Stanislas Wawrinka [8] VS Vasek Pospisil [28] Retired
Tommy Roberdo [17] VS Richard Gasquet [9]
Fabio Fognini [15] VS Sam Querrey
Denis Istomin VS Novak Djokovic [2]

Seeds and big names we have lost
[5] Juan Martin Del Potro (2R lost to Roberto Bautista Agut)
[12] Tommy Haas (retired to Guillermo Garcia Lopez)
[13] John Isner (retired against Martin Klizan LL)
[14] Mikhael Youzhny (2R lost to Florian Mayer)
[23] Ernests Gulbis (2R lost to Sam Querrey)
[24] Andreas Seppi (2R lost to Donald Young)
[28] Vasek Pospisil (3R retired to Stanislas Wawrinka)
[30] Dimitry Tursunov (2R lost to Denis Istomin)
[31] Fernando Verdasco (2R lost to Teymuraz Gabashvili)
[32] Ivan Dodig (2R lost to Damir Dzumhur Q) 
Bernard Tomic (retired to Rafael Nadal)
Lleyton Hewitt (1R lost to Andreas Seppi)
Nikolay Davydenko (2R lost to Richard Gasquet)
Juan Monaco (1R lost to Ernests Gulbis)
Marco Baghdatis (1R lost to Denis Istomin)
Marin Cilic (2R lost to Gilles Simon)


WOMENS
Serena Williams [1] VS Daniela Hantuchova [31]
Samantha Stosur [17] VS Ana Ivanovic [14]
Jie Zheng VS Casey Dellacqua
Eugenie Bouchard [30] VS Lauren Davis

Na Li [4] VS Lucie Safarova [26]
Ekaterina Makarova [22] VS Monica Niculescu
Angelique Kerber [9] VS Alison Riske
Flavia Pennetta [28] VS Mona Barthel

Jelena Jankovic [8] VS Kurumi Nara
Zarina Diyas VS Simona Halep [11]
Carla Suarez Navarro [16] VS Dominika Cibulkova [20]
Alize Cornet [25] VS Maria Sharapova [3]

Agnieszka Radwanska [5] VS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [29]
Garbine Muguruza VS Caroline Wozniacki [10]
Sloane Stephens [13] VS Elina Svitolina
Yvonne Meusburger VS Victoria Azarenka [2]

Seeds and big names we have lost
[6] Petra Kvitova (1R lost to Luksika Kumkhum)
[7] Sara Errani (1R lost to Julia Goerges)
[12] Roberta Vinci (1R lost to Jie Zheng)
[15] Sabine Lisicki (2R lost to Monica Niculescu)
[18] Kirsten Flipkens (2R lost to Casey Dellacqua WC)
[19] Svetlana Kuznetsova (1R lost to Elina Svitolina)
[21] Sorana Cirstea (1R lost to Marina Erakovic)
[23] Elena Vesnina (1R lost to Alison Riske)
[24] Kaia Kanepi (1R lost to Garbine Muguruza)
[32] Magdalena Rybarikova (2R lost to Kurumi Nara)
[33] Bojana Jovanovski (2R lost to Yvonne Meusburger)
Vera Zvonareva (1R lost to Casey Dellacqua)
Laura Robson (1R lost to Kirsten Flipkens)
Kimiko Date Krumm (1R lost to Belinda Bencic)
Venus Williams (1R lost to Ekaterina Makarova)
Andrea Petkovic (1R lost to Magdalena Rybarikova)
Francesca Schiavone (1R lost to Dominika Cibulkova)


So after two rounds, with only 64 player left between the two draws, which countries are standing strong?

Out of all the countries France remains the strongest with 9 out of 21 players still left in the tournament. Spain is close by with 7 out of 19. The biggest casualties are the Australians with only 2 players left out of 15 and the Germans with 3 out of 17.

However both Croatia and Argentina are all out having started with 8 and 7 players respectively.

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