It's so good to see Marcos back and winning matches. I don't usually go for the "tennis needs [whoever]" arguments, and it's certainly true that tennis doesn't really need Marcos Baghdatis, but it somehow just wasn't as much fun without him around. Welcome back, Marcos, and this time try not to get caught shouting anti-Turkish slogans on Youtube.
Auckland
Singles - First Round
Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. (2) Li Na (CHN) 61 63
(4) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. (Q) Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro (FRA) 62 63
(5) Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. (Q) Monica Niculescu (ROU) 75 64
(6) Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. Alberta Brianti (ITA) 61 64
Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Polona Hercog (SLO) 75 63
Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. (Q) Edina Gallovits (ROU) 64 75
Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. (WC) Marina Erakovic (NZL) 64 63
Sania Mirza (IND) d. Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 57 61 75
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. Tatjana Malek (GER) 62 63
Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROU) d. (Q) Elena Baltacha (GBR) 62 62
Brisbane
Women's Singles - Second Round
(1) Kim Clijsters (BEL) d. (WC) Alicia Molik (AUS) 60 63
(3) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 62 26 64
(7) Melinda Czink (HUN) d. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 63 26 61
Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. Vania King (USA) 46 62 61
Men's Singles - First Round
[3] G Monfils (FRA) d T Dent (USA) 76(1) 67(5) 62
[4] T Berdych (CZE) d [Q] N Lindahl (AUS) 62 64
J Blake (USA) d [5] S Querrey (USA) 46 63 64
[Q] M Ebden (AUS) d [6] J Melzer (AUT) 75 61
M Baghdatis (CYP) d M Fish (USA) 75 75
[WC] C Ball (AUS) d M Zverev (GER) 75 61
F Serra (FRA) d [Q] J Reister (GER) 67(3) 76(5) 75
[Q] O Dolgopolov Jr. (UKR) d [WC] B Tomic (AUS) 64 64
Chennai
Singles - First Round
R Ginepri (USA) d [1] R Soderling (SWE) 64 75
[3] S Wawrinka (SUI) d [WC] R Bopanna (IND) 61 64
[5] D Sela (ISR) d D Istomin (UZB) 61 62
[7] M Berrer (GER) d S Ventura (ESP) 63 62
[WC] S Devvarman (IND) d R Schuettler (GER) 75 62
L Lacko (SVK) d Y Lu (TPE) 64 63
K Kim (USA) d D Brands (GER) 62 62
M Russell (USA) d [Q] P Amritraj (IND) 63 61
M Granollers (ESP) d [Q] J Ward (GBR) 57 62 62
R Haase (NED) d [Q] T Yang (TPE) 64 63
S Robert (FRA) d [Q] L Sorensen (IRL) 62 61
Doha
Singles - First Round
[1] R Federer (SUI) d C Rochus (BEL) 61 62
[2] R Nadal (ESP) d S Bolelli (ITA) 63 63
[3] N Davydenko (RUS) d [Q] M Kukushkin (KAZ) 62 60
[Q] S Darcis (BEL) d [8] G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 64 61
[Q] B Becker (GER) d D Koellerer (AUT) w/o (abdominal strain)
[WC] Y El Aynaoui (MAR) d [Q] R Deheart (USA) 76(3) 76(4)
A Seppi (ITA) d O Hernandez (ESP) 64 75
L Kubot (POL) d [WC] K Maamoun (EGY) 60 62
Hopman Cup
Australia d USA, 2-1
- Samantha Stosur d Melanie Oudin 6-2, 6-4
- Lleyton Hewitt d John Isner 6-1, 7-5
- Oudin/Isner d Stosur/Hewitt 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(10-5)
Spain d. Romania, 3-0
- Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez d Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 6-3
- Tommy Robredo d Victor Hanescu 6-3, 6-0 retired
- Martinez Sanchez/Robredo d Cirstea/Hanescu 6-0, 6-0 walkover
