Jo-Wilfried Tsonga passe sans encombres le 1er tour de l'Open d'Australie face à Sergiy Stakhovsky.
Le Manceau sort l’Ukrainien en trois manches (6/3 6/4 6/4). Au prochain tour, Tsonga affrontera l’Italien Fabio Fognini ou l’Américain Taylor Dent.
Résultats du premier tour, hommes :
Tsonga (Fra, 10) - Stakhovsky (Ukr) 6/3 6/4 6/4 Davydenko (Rus, 6) - Kindlmann (All, q) 6/1 6/0 6/3 Verdasco (Esp, 9) - Ball (Aus, wc) 6/7 7/6 7/5 6/2 Monfils (Fra, 12) - Ebden (Aus, q) 6/4 6/4 6/4 Cilic (Cro, 14) - Santoro (Fra) 7/5 7/5 6/3 Wawrinka (Sui, 19) - Garcia-Lopez (Esp) 6/3 6/3 6/2 Berdych (Rtc, 21) - Haase (PB) 6/0 6/3 6/3 Schuettler (All) - Querrey (EU, 25) 6/3 2/6 6/4 6/3 Kohlschreiber (All, 27) - Zeballos (Arg) 6/1 7/5 6/1 Troicki (Srb, 29) - Lapentti (Equ) 4/6 6/3 6/1 6/3 Isner (Eu, 33) - Seppi (Ita) 6/3 6/3 3/6 5/7 6/4 Nieminen (Fin) - Lindahl (Aus) 6/2 7/5 6/4 Blake (EU) - Clément (Fra) 7/5 7/5 6/2 Ilhan (Tur, ll) - Grosjean (Fra, wc) 6/4 6/3 7/5 Kunitsyn (Rus) - Acasuso (Arg) 6/1 2/6 6/4 6/2 Bellucci (Bré) - Gabashvili (Rus) 6/3 7/5 4/6 6/4 Korolev (Kaz) - Brands (All) 6/2 7/5 7/5 Sergeyev (Ukr, q) - Sela (Isr) 6/3 7/6 4/6 7/6 Lopez (Esp) - Cuevas (Uru) 6/1 6/4 7/5 Sorensen (Irl, q) - Lu (Taï) 6/4 3/6 6/2 6/1 Benneteau (Fra) - Guez (Fra, q) 0/6 6/4 7/6 7/6 Serra (Fra) - Melzer (Aut, 28) 6/1 6/7 6/4 4/6 6/3 Gicquel (Fra) - Bolelli (Ita) 7/6 7/6 6/3 Federer (Sui, 1) - Andreev (Rus) 4/6 6/2 7/6 6/0
Résultats du premier tour, femmes : Williams (EU, 1) – U.Radwanska (Pol) 6/2 6/1 Bartoli (Fra, 11) - De los Ríos (Par) 6/4 6/1 Stosur (Aus, 13) - Xinyun (Chn, q) 6/1 3/6 6/2 Makarova (Rus) - Razzano (Fra, 18) 6/2 6/3 Petrova (Rus, 19) - Gallovits (Rou) 6/3 6/4 Ivanovic (Srb, 20) - Perry (EU, q) 6/2 6/3 King (EU) - Cibulkova (Slq, 23) 6/3 6/7(5) 7/5 Rezaï (Fra, 26) - Mirza (Ind) 6/4 6/2 Errani (Ita) - Zakopalova (Rtc) 6/2 7/6(5) Zahlavova Strycova (Rtc) - Kulikova (Rus, q) 7/6 6/7 6/3 Hercog (Slo) - Fedak (Ukr) 6/4 6/0 O'Brien (All) - Mayr (Aut) 6/3 6/3 Zahlavova (Rtc) - Vandeweghe (EU, wc) 6/0 6/1 Tanasugarn (Tha) - Karatantcheva (Kaz, wc) 6/1 7/6 Kerber (All, q) - Govortsova (Bié) 6/3 6/3 Jankovic (Srb, 8) - Niculescu (Rou) 6/4 6/0