Starts Next Monday(1/16)

Men
Rank Player Name
1 R. Federer
2 R. Nadal
3. A. Roddick
4 L. Hewitt
5 D. Nalbandian
6 N. Davydenko
7 A. Agassi
8 G. Coria
9 I. Ljubicic
10 G. Gaudio
11 F. Gonzalez
12 M. Safin
13 T. Johansson
14 D. Ferrer
15 D. Hrbaty
16 R. Ginepri
17 R. Gasquet
18 J. Ferrero
19 T. Robredo
20 R. Stepanek

Nadal has just pulled out and Agassi has been out for awhile. you have to say Federer is the favorite because he is the best. Its a rock chalk pick but i think he will win unless someone plays like Safin in last years tournament.

[Edited on January 10, 2006 at 4:55 PM. Reason : my bad]

1/10/2006 4:51:44 PM

starts 1/16?

1/10/2006 4:53:17 PM

Quote :

"you have to say Federer is the favorite"

We are fortunate enough to see what will undoubtedly go down as the Greatest Tennis Player of All Time. He will win this tourney soley based upon the factthat he lost it last year.

I am calling it right now.

Federer wins the Grand Slam this year.

1/10/2006 4:54:06 PM

nadal beats him at the french again

1/10/2006 4:55:47 PM

New seeds out after the withdraw of Nadal

1. Roger Federer
2. Andy Roddick
3. Lleyton Hewitt
4. David Nalbandian
5. Nikolay Davydenko
6. Guillermo Coria
7. Ivan Ljubicic
8. Gaston Gaudio
9. Fernando Gonzalez
10. Thomas Johansson
11. David Ferrer
12. Dominik Hrbaty
13. Robby Ginepri
14. Richard Gasquet
15. Juan Carlos Ferrero
16. Tommy Robredo
17. Radek Stepanek
18. Mario Ancic
19. Tomas Berdych
20. James Blake
21. Nicolas Kiefer
22. Gael Monfils
23. Igor Andreev
24. Olivier Rochus
25. Sebastien Grosjean
26. Jarkko Nieminen
27. Taylor Dent
28. Fernando Verdasco
29. Filippo Volandri
30. Max Mirnyi
31. Feliciano Lopez
32. Carlos Moya

This means that Roddick is on the opposite side or the draw from Federer. Also safin has withdrawn with a knee injury. Draws will be on sunday

1/12/2006 12:08:57 PM

Marat Safin has withdrawn due to injury.

Federer is a shoe-in for the Title in 4 sets v. Roddick.

1/12/2006 1:05:46 PM

Quote :

"you have to say Federer is the favorite"

When isn't he?

1/12/2006 2:09:05 PM

i'm goin with federer too, hard to bet against the guy. nadal's out, but he has a lot of work to do on hard court before he's at federer's level--on the terre battue he's ridiculous though...federer's got roddick's number, the only guy i see taking out roger is nalbandian.

on another note, i'm looking to play some tennis--played a lot in hs, kinda rusty now though...anyone who wants to hit PM me.

1/12/2006 8:36:11 PM

Id be willing to take Federer to win the thing at 1:1 odds...


Ive been on fire in majors recently... remember I tabbed Clijsters to win the US Open this year... that was a sick payout...


Nalbandian is my 2nd favorite to win the Aussie. Hewitt has been playing like dogshit so i dont think this is his year. Im taking Blake if i can get better than 50:1 odds...

1/12/2006 10:07:23 PM

Nadal is out, he hasn't played a tourney in about 3 months...he's been practicing hard for about 2 weeks but says he isn't ready to play a major now. I think he'll debut in early February.

1/12/2006 10:22:00 PM

I said Nalbandian.

1/12/2006 10:28:44 PM

Yes you did, my bad haha...I agree with that pick after seeing his Masters Cup final against Fed.

1/12/2006 10:43:26 PM

Nalbandian actually has an awesome head to head record against Federer.


"awesome" being a relative term compared to Federer's record agianst everyone else.

Even the matches he loses he usually puts up a fight.

1/12/2006 11:53:54 PM

Women:
1 Lindsay Davenport
2 Kim Clijsters
3 Amelie Mauresmo
4 Maria Sharapova
5 Mary Pierce
6 Nadia Petrova
7 Patty Schnyder
8 Justine Henin-Hardenne
9 Elena Dementieva
10 Venus Williams
11 Nathalie Dechy
12 Anastasia Myskina
13 Serena Williams
14 Svetlana Kuznetsova
15 Francesca Schiavone
16 Nicole Vaidisova
17 Daniela Hantuchova
18 Elena Likhovtseva
19 Dinara Safina
20 Flavia Pennetta
21 Ana Ivanovic
22 Anna-Lena Groenefeld
23 Jelena Jankovic
24 Tatiana Golovin
25 Maria Kirilenko
26 Ai Sugiyama
27 Marion Bartoli
28 Anabel Medina Garrigues
29 Klara Koukalova
30 Vera Zvonareva
31 Gisela Dulko
32 Sania Mirza


As much as I want Roddick to win, I think Federer or Nalbandian will take this one. Even if Federer doesn't take the title, he's still a great player to watch.

A Davenport/Clijsters final would be nice, as long as it's a better and more intense match than the U.S. Open final last year with Pierce/Clijsters. Matrina Hingis is playing against Zvonareva (#30) in the first round. That's one of the matches I really want to see just because Hingis is one of my old favorites.

1/13/2006 9:45:46 AM

Federer beats Roddick in four sets in the final in this one

Federer will win all of the slams this year but the French...it is the only one that eludes him the career slam but I think Nadal will repeat there; he is just about unbeatable on clay

Federer will get one b4 he retires though and get the career slam

1/13/2006 10:26:27 AM

Venus is out first round, 4 seeded women out total as of right now.

1/15/2006 11:46:56 PM

Interesting to see some names up there who had fallen quite a bit in the rankings, Schnyder and Hantuchova. My money's on Clijsters.

1/16/2006 1:30:12 AM

James Blake got screwed on his draw...

he just won the last tournament and they turn around and schedule him as one of the first matches... thats ridiculous...

he could potentially meet Nalbandian in the 4th round... I think it'll be Federer vs Nalbandian/Blake in the final.


^Clijsters and Hardenne are the ladies favorites right now... next is Sharapova & Davenport... then to a lesser extent Mauresmo and Pierce... soemone from the field could emerge though..

[Edited on January 16, 2006 at 1:46 AM. Reason : a]

1/16/2006 1:44:32 AM

The only thing i hate about the Australian is that they are a day ahead of us over there. that being said roddick advanced, winning 4, 2, and 2. Americans Robby Ginepri and James Blake won their openning round matches while Taylor dent lost.

1/16/2006 4:10:32 PM

I put money on Roddick and Mauresmo at 8 to 1 and 9 to 1 odds, respectively.

1/16/2006 5:11:51 PM

i put $560 to win $61 against Roddick... so i guess i gave someone a little better than 9:1 odds


$279 to win $21 against Hewitt. Hope he keeps playing crappy....

[Edited on January 16, 2006 at 7:18 PM. Reason : a]

1/16/2006 6:52:56 PM

Third-seeded Hewitt needs rally to win in five sets. he beat Czech Robin Vik 6-4, 2-6, 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 in 3 hours, 45 minutes.

1/17/2006 8:19:15 AM

Hewit should have lost that match...nuff said

1/17/2006 8:31:19 AM

but he didn't now did he?

1/17/2006 9:23:24 AM

Yeah, Im not worried about Hewitt at all.

No way he rebounds after that match.


He didnt touch a racket for two months, theres no way he can compete in this tournament. He's been playing like crap his last few matches.


I cant believe people were buying him at 13:1 odds.

1/17/2006 9:24:36 AM

yeah I don't doubt he wont go farther than a fart in a pool goes sideways

1/17/2006 9:26:36 AM

number 9 seed Fernando Gonzalez upset in the first round.

1/17/2006 1:53:48 PM

yeah I cant believe he lost to freaking Bogomolov.


Bogomolov beat my roomate a few years ago in a tourney, now he's out there outing Fernando Gonzalez in a major?? What the hell

1/17/2006 3:08:06 PM

hell yea hingis is back

I hope she's looking cute

1/17/2006 3:10:02 PM

wtf has hingis been? she didn't get stabbed -

1/17/2006 7:25:33 PM

she's been sexing me up, of course

1/17/2006 7:53:45 PM

^nice

1/17/2006 8:48:22 PM

she's looking as sexy as ever

1/17/2006 11:49:22 PM

I would totally bwn Hingis

1/17/2006 11:50:56 PM

I love women's tennis! Sharapova is getting ready to play now on ESPN2. Just as long as Mary Pierce doesn't win Ill be happy.

Quote :

"I would totally bwn Hingis 90% of tennis players."

1/18/2006 2:07:42 PM

Quote :

"I would totally bwn Hingis 90% of tennisWTA players"

1/18/2006 2:12:50 PM

Sharapova



VS

Harkleroad



Women's tennis is great.

1/18/2006 2:22:57 PM

is anyone watching this? one good gust and Sharapova's dress is finished

1/18/2006 2:28:14 PM

Im watching and trying to decide which one I would like to bwn more.

1/18/2006 2:36:55 PM

harkleroad has more junk in the trunk for sure

1/18/2006 2:55:04 PM

That pic may have been a few years back, she looks much better on the tube right now.

Regardless, Sharapova > *.

1/18/2006 2:56:18 PM

^^that looks better to me...a little more meat on the thighs makes it better

1/18/2006 3:02:04 PM

i love sharapova...


so much that I only bet $105 against her to win the Australian.


The girl looks good, but hey $15 is $15.

1/18/2006 3:26:01 PM

Harkleroad looks pretty damn good. That pic has got to be old.

1/18/2006 3:34:45 PM

they both would get it

maria first though, love her long look and im pretty sure those shorts underneath arent coverin much

1/18/2006 3:37:42 PM

1/18/2006 3:42:11 PM

harklerod hangs tough in the 2nd set.

Maria isn't back to form yet.

1/18/2006 3:43:40 PM

just saw that a match last night had a lot of trash talking in it last night. anyone know anything about this? its some american, is he the next macenroe?

1/18/2006 5:41:47 PM

probably Ginepri.... i didnt see it but he lost so maybe he was upset...



^ i did see Vik get upset with the chair on a late call... he's a Czech though..

[Edited on January 18, 2006 at 6:04 PM. Reason : a]

1/18/2006 6:03:32 PM

i saw the highlights, it was hackleroad's husband, he played against Gonzalez, the american won in 5 i think

they were smacking balls at each other, doing a lot of talking, ref had to get off the bench

at one point Gonzalez had just tapped it back to the American who was serving, and the American walked in front of it so it hit him, and then started laughing all crazy, it was funny

his name is Alex Bogomolov Jr.
haha, he got fined: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/aus06/news/story?id=2296461


[Edited on January 18, 2006 at 6:16 PM. Reason : name]

1/18/2006 6:09:41 PM