This update includes this late match from Thursday:

• Juan Ignacio Chela def. Lleyton Hewitt (3)

• Overall Standings
• Men's Draw Standings
• Women's Draw Standings

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Overall standings

The Overall lead changes hands again, and Larry Yonce is the man today!

Larry lost 6 points, but on a day of plunging scores that was good enough to send him past yesterday's leader Frederick Warburg. Remembering that today's update contains yesterday's Hewitt loss, Frederick lost an astonishing 12 points (5 with S.Williams, 3 with Hewitt, 2 with Gaudio, and 1 each with Ancic & Blake).

While Larry also lost 3 points with Hewitt, he wisely limited his damage to 1 point each with Williams, Blake and Gaudio. He also sagely avoided Ancic, opting instead for the triumphant Ferrer.

Just a point back sit my two guarantors, Chris Gerby and Bill Walsh, and Yoonho Ji. I'd like to mention that Bill made an excellent jump from 11th place, on the strength of losing just 2 points with Hewitt and none with Williams.

Rank	Contestant	Total score
1.	Larry Yonce	48 (23,25)
2.	Chris Gerby	47 (23,24)
3.	Yoonho Ji	47 (22,25)
4.	Bill Walsh	47 (21,26)
5.	Andrew McCarthy	46 (22,24)
6.	Ed Toombs	46 (22,24)
7.	Babak Hejazi	45 (20,25)
8.	Eric Goll	45 (21,24)
9.	Cian O'Reilly	45 (21,24)
10.	Lawrence Toombs	44 (21,23)
	Memo	44 (19,25)
12.	Manuel Halkias	44 (22,22)
	Gary Ellis	44 (22,22)
	Peter Smyth	44 (20,24)
	Art Vaughn	44 (23,21)
	Paddy M	44 (18,26)
17.	Anthony Ellis	44 (19,25)
	Amelie's Shorts	44 (21,23)
	Gavin Hotchin	44 (18,26)
20.	J. Stewart	44 (23,21)
21.	Patrick van der Zee	43 (20,23)
	Barbara&David	43 (19,24)
	Jeff Tagen	43 (20,23)
	Maydoosa	43 (21,22)
	Elizabeth Ashbury	43 (19,24)
26.	Sarah Halsted	43 (22,21)
	Fredrik Norström	43 (22,21)
	Andrew Peglau	43 (20,23)
29.	Steve Gocha	43 (18,25)
30.	Chi-Wai Lui	43 (20,23)
31.	Dirk van Panhuis	43 (17,26)
32.	Frederick Warburg	43 (22,21)
33.	Erwin van Oorspronk	42 (19,23)
34.	Tony Fales	42 (19,23)
35.	Bounces	42 (19,23)
	Tom Brozo	42 (17,25)
	Michael Mungin	42 (22,20)
38.	Javier Camacho	42 (21,21)
39.	Julio Morales	42 (18,24)
40.	Peter Versteege	42 (21,21)
41.	Mark Wolbers	41 (19,22)
42.	Jeff Sikes	41 (19,22)
43.	Daisy Aye	41 (17,24)
	Tim Wilson	41 (18,23)
	Marcel Stok	41 (20,21)
46.	Michael Grundy	41 (19,22)
47.	Dennis Uenk	41 (19,22)
48.	k i r i n	41 (20,21)
49.	Colin Strudwick	41 (20,21)
50.	Luke Ghensi	41 (22,19)
51.	Charo Molinari	40 (21,19)
52.	Stephen Spainhour	40 (19,21)
53.	Joeri Kester	40 (17,23)
	Alex Macpherson	40 (18,22)
55.	Mark Langley	40 (17,23)
56.	Samuel Burton	40 (17,23)
57.	Kevin Eckert	40 (18,22)
58.	Lindsay Brown	40 (15,25)
59.	Paul Peach	39 (18,21)
60.	Rich Glenn	39 (18,21)
61.	Mike Cecilio	39 (20,19)
62.	Rosemary Contompasis	39 (18,21)
63.	Michal Swiderski	39 (17,22)
64.	Will Johnson	39 (19,20)
	Andy Smith	39 (20,19)
66.	Sanjeev Bordoloi	39 (18,21)
67.	Folkert Joling	38 (18,20)
68.	Mark Zuckerman	38 (19,19)
69.	Jack Cunniff	38 (16,22)
70.	Heather Ryde	38 (20,18)
71.	Ed Zafian	37 (15,22)
72.	Martin McLean	37 (18,19)
73.	Jacqueline "JD" Dupree	37 (15,22)
74.	Jason Juzwiak	37 (18,19)
75.	Byron McCrae	37 (17,20)
76.	Emily Dura	37 (15,22)
77.	Craig Willeford	37 (11,26)
78.	Michiel Vestjens	36 (17,19)
79.	Granger Huntress	36 (15,21)
80.	Freudocadoe	36 (17,19)
81.	Renato de Oliveira Almeida	36 (13,23)
82.	Jerry Balsam	36 (16,20)
83.	Alison Dura	35 (14,21)
84.	Martin Nicholson	35 (15,20)
85.	Belmont305	33 (20,13)
86.	Richard Erickson	32 (11,21)
87.	Chris Wang	32 (13,19)
88.	Supersuper305	32 (20,12)
89.	Seraina	21 (21,0)

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Men's draw

Yesterday's leader Peter Versteege has a faulty Friday, and the lead is now shared by a fearsome foursome!

Our Heartbreaker of the Day is the holdover from yesterday's late match that is included on today's update:

Juan Ignacio Chela

Hewitt's poor form at Adelaide and Sydney was not an illusion as it turns out. Chela avenged his loss to Hewitt at last year's AO with an expectoration-free four-set win. Since Hewitt was a common semifinal pick, many scores suffered. The Argentine next plays Vliegen for a place in the final sixteen.

Peter was not especially harmed by Hewitt, since most of us lost 3 points there and he lost just 2. It was Peter's expectation that Ancic would reach the final that really did him in.

J Stewart did the best of our leading quartet by losing 3 points -- all with Hewitt -- and rising up from 28th place. J's perspicacious picks of Santoro (who beat Gaudio), and the unpopular (contest-wise) Spanish seeds Ferrer (who took out Ancic) and Robredo (who eliminated Blake) were quite helpful.

Tomorrow's key third-rounder:

Nicolas Kiefer (GER)[21] vs. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)[15]:
Ferrero has rebounded well from his bienniel loss to Guccione in Sydney to make the anticipated date with Kiefer. The German was picked by 37 of us for the round of sixteen.

Rank	Contestant	Men's score
1.	Chris Gerby	23
2.	Art Vaughn	23
3.	Larry Yonce	23
4.	J. Stewart	23
5.	Luke Ghensi	22
6.	Fredrik Norström	22
7.	Manuel Halkias	22
	Sarah Halsted	22
	Gary Ellis	22
	Frederick Warburg	22
	Yoonho Ji	22
12.	Michael Mungin	22
	Andrew McCarthy	22
14.	Ed Toombs	22
15.	Lawrence Toombs	21
	Eric Goll	21
	Charo Molinari	21
	Seraina	21
19.	Maydoosa	21
	Javier Camacho	21
	Cian O'Reilly	21
	Amelie's Shorts	21
	Bill Walsh	21
24.	Peter Versteege	21
25.	Andrew Peglau	20
	Babak Hejazi	20
27.	Marcel Stok	20
	k i r i n	20
	Jeff Tagen	20
	Peter Smyth	20
	Mike Cecilio	20
	Heather Ryde	20
	Patrick van der Zee	20
34.	Chi-Wai Lui	20
	Belmont305	20
	Supersuper305	20
	Andy Smith	20
38.	Colin Strudwick	20
39.	Erwin van Oorspronk	19
40.	Tony Fales	19
	Memo	19
	Barbara&David	19
	Elizabeth Ashbury	19
	Mark Wolbers	19
	Stephen Spainhour	19
46.	Jeff Sikes	19
47.	Bounces	19
	Mark Zuckerman	19
	Will Johnson	19
50.	Michael Grundy	19
	Dennis Uenk	19
	Anthony Ellis	19
53.	Paul Peach	18
54.	Tim Wilson	18
	Jason Juzwiak	18
	Alex Macpherson	18
	Paddy M	18
	Rich Glenn	18
59.	Rosemary Contompasis	18
	Sanjeev Bordoloi	18
61.	Steve Gocha	18
	Gavin Hotchin	18
	Folkert Joling	18
64.	Martin McLean	18
65.	Julio Morales	18
66.	Kevin Eckert	18
67.	Joeri Kester	17
68.	Mark Langley	17
69.	Michal Swiderski	17
	Byron McCrae	17
	Michiel Vestjens	17
	Freudocadoe	17
	Samuel Burton	17
	Tom Brozo	17
	Daisy Aye	17
76.	Dirk van Panhuis	17
77.	Jerry Balsam	16
78.	Jack Cunniff	16
79.	Ed Zafian	15
80.	Granger Huntress	15
81.	Jacqueline "JD" Dupree	15
	Emily Dura	15
	Martin Nicholson	15
84.	Lindsay Brown	15
85.	Alison Dura	14
86.	Chris Wang	13
87.	Renato de Oliveira Almeida	13
88.	Richard Erickson	11
89.	Craig Willeford	11

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Women's draw

We have a 5-way tie for first!

Another eventful day sees yesterday's co-leaders Craig Willeford and Mark Langley slip, primarily thanks to the loss of S.Williams to Hantuchova. Craig didn't fare too badly, losing just one point with Serena and falling into a tie with four contestants who picked Hantuchova to reach the round of sixteen.

Tomorrow's key third-rounder:

Nicole Vaidisova (CZE)[16] vs. Flavia Pennetta (ITA)[20]:
Many are saying that young Vaidisova might go deep in the women's draw. Gold Coast runner-up Pennetta, chosen by 14 of us, should test the teenager's ambitions.

Rank	Contestant	Women's score
1.	Bill Walsh	26
	Paddy M	26
	Gavin Hotchin	26
	Dirk van Panhuis	26
	Craig Willeford	26
6.	Anthony Ellis	25
	Yoonho Ji	25
	Steve Gocha	25
	Larry Yonce	25
	Babak Hejazi	25
	Lindsay Brown	25
	Memo	25
13.	Tom Brozo	25
14.	Chris Gerby	24
	Andrew McCarthy	24
	Peter Smyth	24
	Julio Morales	24
	Eric Goll	24
	Daisy Aye	24
	Barbara&David	24
	Elizabeth Ashbury	24
	Cian O'Reilly	24
23.	Ed Toombs	24
24.	Lawrence Toombs	23
	Patrick van der Zee	23
	Renato de Oliveira Almeida	23
	Jeff Tagen	23
28.	Bounces	23
	Erwin van Oorspronk	23
30.	Mark Langley	23
	Tim Wilson	23
	Chi-Wai Lui	23
	Amelie's Shorts	23
	Tony Fales	23
	Andrew Peglau	23
	Joeri Kester	23
37.	Samuel Burton	23
38.	Jeff Sikes	22
	Jack Cunniff	22
	Jacqueline "JD" Dupree	22
	Maydoosa	22
	Kevin Eckert	22
	Mark Wolbers	22
44.	Gary Ellis	22
	Manuel Halkias	22
46.	Alex Macpherson	22
	Ed Zafian	22
	Michael Grundy	22
49.	Dennis Uenk	22
50.	Michal Swiderski	22
51.	Emily Dura	22
52.	Paul Peach	21
	Rich Glenn	21
	Stephen Spainhour	21
	Richard Erickson	21
	Sarah Halsted	21
57.	Marcel Stok	21
	Alison Dura	21
	Granger Huntress	21
	Art Vaughn	21
	Rosemary Contompasis	21
62.	Javier Camacho	21
	Fredrik Norström	21
64.	Colin Strudwick	21
65.	J. Stewart	21
	k i r i n	21
67.	Peter Versteege	21
68.	Sanjeev Bordoloi	21
69.	Frederick Warburg	21
70.	Folkert Joling	20
71.	Michael Mungin	20
72.	Will Johnson	20
	Jerry Balsam	20
74.	Byron McCrae	20
75.	Martin Nicholson	20
76.	Charo Molinari	19
77.	Michiel Vestjens	19
78.	Martin McLean	19
	Mike Cecilio	19
80.	Mark Zuckerman	19
81.	Freudocadoe	19
82.	Andy Smith	19
83.	Jason Juzwiak	19
84.	Luke Ghensi	19
85.	Chris Wang	19
86.	Heather Ryde	18
87.	Belmont305	13
88.	Supersuper305	12

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