2006 Australian Open Contest
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Australian Open Contest: Update 3
Wednesday, January 18

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Housekeeping note: I made errors in Mark Langley's and Emily Dura's entries, and have corrected them (see file for details). Please check your entries to entries to ensure I didn't mess yours up too!

This update includes these late matches from Tuesday:

  • Juan Carlos Ferrero (15) def. Tomas Zib
  • Sebastien Grosjean (25) def. Mark Philippoussis

This update does not include these late matches from Wednesday:

  • David Nalbandian (4) vs. Stanislas Wawrinka
  • Thomas Johansson (10) vs. Xavier Malisse

Overall standings

Larry Yonce takes the lead!

Larry was a point behind co-leaders Stephen Spainhour and Sanjeev Bordoloi yesterday. Our leaders stumbled today, thanks to the losses of Berdych, Stepanek and Likhovtseva. Larry made his move by losing just one point (Ginepri).

Rank Contestant Total score
1. Larry Yonce 57 (28,29)
2. Anthony Ellis 56 (27,29)
  Yoonho Ji 56 (28,28)
  Sanjeev Bordoloi 56 (28,28)
  Chris Gerby 56 (28,28)
6. Peter Versteege 56 (30,26)
7. Lawrence Toombs 55 (28,27)
  Babak Hejazi 55 (26,29)
9. Eric Goll 55 (27,28)
  Patrick van der Zee 55 (26,29)
  Marcel Stok 55 (28,27)
  Stephen Spainhour 55 (26,29)
13. Gary Ellis 55 (29,26)
  Frederick Warburg 55 (29,26)
  Andrew McCarthy 55 (28,27)
16. Chi-Wai Lui 55 (28,27)
  Bill Walsh 55 (26,29)
18. Colin Strudwick 54 (27,27)
  Charo Molinari 54 (27,27)
20. Julio Morales 54 (27,27)
  Mark Wolbers 54 (26,28)
22. Bounces 54 (28,26)
  Jeff Tagen 54 (26,28)
  Manuel Halkias 54 (26,28)
  Peter Smyth 54 (26,28)
26. Maydoosa 54 (27,27)
  Art Vaughn 54 (28,26)
  Luke Ghensi 54 (27,27)
29. Dennis Uenk 54 (27,27)
  Michael Mungin 54 (28,26)
  Javier Camacho 54 (28,26)
32. Kevin Eckert 53 (26,27)
  Memo 53 (25,28)
34. Rich Glenn 53 (25,28)
  Daisy Aye 53 (26,27)
  Elizabeth Ashbury 53 (25,28)
37. Steve Gocha 53 (26,27)
38. Sarah Halsted 53 (28,25)
39. Andrew Peglau 53 (26,27)
  Tom Brozo 53 (25,28)
  Amelie's Shorts 53 (26,27)
42. Ed Toombs 53 (26,27)
43. Folkert Joling 52 (26,26)
  k i r i n 52 (26,26)
  Renato de Oliveira Almeida 52 (25,27)
  Mark Langley 52 (24,28)
  Erwin van Oorspronk 52 (27,25)
  Will Johnson 52 (26,26)
49. Cian O'Reilly 52 (25,27)
  Gavin Hotchin 52 (25,27)
  Mike Cecilio 52 (25,27)
  Jeff Sikes 52 (25,27)
53. Tony Fales 52 (26,26)
  Jerry Balsam 52 (25,27)
  Michal Swiderski 52 (26,26)
  Michael Grundy 52 (26,26)
57. Tim Wilson 52 (25,27)
58. J. Stewart 52 (26,26)
59. Barbara&David 51 (24,27)
  Craig Willeford 51 (24,27)
61. Paddy M 51 (24,27)
62. Freudocadoe 51 (24,27)
  Martin McLean 51 (26,25)
64. Chris Wang 51 (24,27)
65. Jason Juzwiak 51 (25,26)
66. Byron McCrae 51 (26,25)
67. Alison Dura 51 (23,28)
68. Dirk van Panhuis 51 (22,29)
69. Lindsay Brown 50 (22,28)
70. Andy Smith 50 (25,25)
71. Joeri Kester 50 (23,27)
72. Mark Zuckerman 50 (25,25)
73. Jacqueline "JD" Dupree 50 (22,28)
74. Heather Ryde 50 (27,23)
75. Rosemary Contompasis 49 (23,26)
76. Jack Cunniff 49 (22,27)
  Fredrik Norström 49 (23,26)
78. Granger Huntress 49 (22,27)
79. Ed Zafian 49 (23,26)
80. Emily Dura 49 (25,24)
81. Martin Nicholson 49 (27,22)
82. Paul Peach 48 (23,25)
83. Alex Macpherson 47 (21,26)
84. Richard Erickson 46 (21,25)
85. Samuel Burton 45 (20,25)
86. Belmont305 45 (26,19)
87. Supersuper305 44 (26,18)
88. Michiel Vestjens 43 (20,23)
89. Seraina 26 (26,0)


Men's draw

Most of the contest action was in the men's draw today, and Peter Versteege comes away with the lead!

Peter managed to make it through the day with no losses, breaking a 5-player leadership tie. Larry's good moves today inluded picking Baghdatis instead of the two seeds in that bracket, Ginepri and Stepanek, who were both losers today. He also avoided Berdych, the often-picked 19th seed who lost to our Heartbreaker of the Day:



Gilles Simon

Quite a tournament so far for Simon, the 21-year-old French qualifier. After beating Massu on Monday, Simon used junkballs mixed with flashy winners to flummox the young Czech slugger Berdych. Simon next faces unseeded Baghdatis for a spot in the round of sixteen.

Tomorrow's key second-rounder:

I can't see one!

Rank Contestant Men's score
1. Peter Versteege 30
2. Gary Ellis 29
  Frederick Warburg 29
4. Chris Gerby 28
  Larry Yonce 28
  Lawrence Toombs 28
  Marcel Stok 28
  Yoonho Ji 28
  Sanjeev Bordoloi 28
  Chi-Wai Lui 28
  Bounces 28
  Art Vaughn 28
  Sarah Halsted 28
14. Michael Mungin 28
  Javier Camacho 28
  Andrew McCarthy 28
17. Colin Strudwick 27
  Luke Ghensi 27
  Charo Molinari 27
  Julio Morales 27
  Eric Goll 27
  Erwin van Oorspronk 27
23. Anthony Ellis 27
  Dennis Uenk 27
  Heather Ryde 27
  Martin Nicholson 27
27. Maydoosa 27
28. Babak Hejazi 26
29. Manuel Halkias 26
  Peter Smyth 26
  Kevin Eckert 26
  Daisy Aye 26
  Patrick van der Zee 26
  Andrew Peglau 26
  Amelie's Shorts 26
  Folkert Joling 26
  k i r i n 26
  Mark Wolbers 26
  Will Johnson 26
  Tony Fales 26
  Michal Swiderski 26
  J. Stewart 26
  Stephen Spainhour 26
  Jeff Tagen 26
45. Byron McCrae 26
  Steve Gocha 26
  Martin McLean 26
48. Michael Grundy 26
  Bill Walsh 26
  Belmont305 26
  Supersuper305 26
  Seraina 26
53. Ed Toombs 26
54. Elizabeth Ashbury 25
  Memo 25
  Renato de Oliveira Almeida 25
  Emily Dura 25
58. Rich Glenn 25
  Cian O'Reilly 25
  Gavin Hotchin 25
  Tim Wilson 25
  Mike Cecilio 25
  Jeff Sikes 25
  Jason Juzwiak 25
65. Andy Smith 25
  Mark Zuckerman 25
  Jerry Balsam 25
  Tom Brozo 25
69. Mark Langley 24
  Chris Wang 24
  Barbara&David 24
  Craig Willeford 24
73. Paddy M 24
  Freudocadoe 24
75. Paul Peach 23
  Fredrik Norström 23
77. Rosemary Contompasis 23
  Alison Dura 23
  Ed Zafian 23
80. Joeri Kester 23
81. Granger Huntress 22
  Lindsay Brown 22
83. Jack Cunniff 22
84. Dirk van Panhuis 22
  Jacqueline "JD" Dupree 22
86. Richard Erickson 21
87. Alex Macpherson 21
88. Michiel Vestjens 20
89. Samuel Burton 20

Women's draw

Stephen Spainhour drops back to the pack, and we have a 7-member leading group!

Yesterday Stephen had a one point lead, which vanished when Lkhovtseva was rocked by Ruano Pascual. There were no other notable upsets on the women's programme today.

Tomorrow's key second-rounder:

Patty Schnyder (SUI)[7] vs. Shinobu Asagoe (JPN):
Schnyder was favoured by most to advance here. However, two contestants opted for the hard- working Japanese veteran who has won 2 of 3 career matches against Patty.

Rank Contestant Women's score
1. Larry Yonce 29
  Anthony Ellis 29
  Babak Hejazi 29
  Patrick van der Zee 29
  Stephen Spainhour 29
  Bill Walsh 29
  Dirk van Panhuis 29
8. Memo 28
  Rich Glenn 28
  Mark Wolbers 28
11. Eric Goll 28
  Chris Gerby 28
  Jeff Tagen 28
  Yoonho Ji 28
  Elizabeth Ashbury 28
  Manuel Halkias 28
  Peter Smyth 28
  Tom Brozo 28
  Mark Langley 28
  Lindsay Brown 28
  Sanjeev Bordoloi 28
  Jacqueline "JD" Dupree 28
23. Alison Dura 28
24. Kevin Eckert 27
  Maydoosa 27
  Charo Molinari 27
  Lawrence Toombs 27
  Colin Strudwick 27
29. Cian O'Reilly 27
  Gavin Hotchin 27
  Mike Cecilio 27
  Jeff Sikes 27
  Jerry Balsam 27
  Steve Gocha 27
  Andrew McCarthy 27
  Barbara&David 27
  Craig Willeford 27
  Paddy M 27
  Julio Morales 27
  Joeri Kester 27
  Marcel Stok 27
  Jack Cunniff 27
  Renato de Oliveira Almeida 27
  Daisy Aye 27
45. Freudocadoe 27
46. Luke Ghensi 27
  Dennis Uenk 27
  Chi-Wai Lui 27
  Andrew Peglau 27
  Granger Huntress 27
  Amelie's Shorts 27
  Chris Wang 27
  Ed Toombs 27
  Tim Wilson 27
55. Folkert Joling 26
  Will Johnson 26
  Rosemary Contompasis 26
  Michael Grundy 26
  k i r i n 26
60. Gary Ellis 26
  Bounces 26
  Frederick Warburg 26
63. Tony Fales 26
  Michal Swiderski 26
  Ed Zafian 26
  Art Vaughn 26
  Michael Mungin 26
  Javier Camacho 26
  Jason Juzwiak 26
  Peter Versteege 26
  Fredrik Norström 26
  Alex Macpherson 26
73. J. Stewart 26
74. Richard Erickson 25
  Andy Smith 25
76. Erwin van Oorspronk 25
  Martin McLean 25
78. Sarah Halsted 25
  Mark Zuckerman 25
  Paul Peach 25
81. Byron McCrae 25
82. Samuel Burton 25
83. Emily Dura 24
84. Michiel Vestjens 23
85. Heather Ryde 23
86. Martin Nicholson 22
87. Belmont305 19
88. Supersuper305 18


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