AUCKLAND & SYDNEY, 7-12 Jan 2013 Saturday Finals, ATP250s: Main thread/information

[Sallydaisy]

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/~/media/AD3F19E0ECB04319BB02B2B334DA8F1A.ashx

HEINEKEN OPEN, ASB Tennis Centre, No.1 Tennis Lane (PO Box 2905), Auckland, New Zealand
WEB SITE: http://www.heinekenopen.co.nz/
(http://www.heinekenopen.co.nz/)
28 MAIN DRAW & 32 QUALIFYING
SURFACE: Plexicusion
BALL: Wilson (AO Ball)

7-12 January 2013 (Saturday Final)
Qualifying draw: Friday, January 4, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, January 5, 3:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, January 5, 2:00 p.m.

SINGLES ENTRY LIST
Entry deadline and ranking on November 26 2012
Seeding based on rankings on December 31 2012

1 Ferrer, David ESP 5
2 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 20
3 Haas, Tommy GER 21
4 Querrey, Sam USA 22
5 Janowicz, Jerzy POL 26
6 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 29
7 Klizan, Martin SVK 30
8 Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 33
9 Goffin, David BEL 46
10 Paire, Benoit FRA 47
11 Ramos, Albert ESP 50
12 Lacko, Lukas SVK 51
13 Falla, Alejandro COL 54
14 Zemlja, Grega SLO 55
15 Haase, Robin NED 56
16 Giraldo, Santiago COL 57
17 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 59
18 Soeda, Go JPN 60
19 Baker, Brian USA 61
20 (SE)
21 (SE)
22 (Q)
23 (Q)
24 (Q)
25 (Q)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)

Alternates
1. Malisse, Xavier BEL 62
2. Lorenzi, Paolo ITA 63
3. Hanescu, Victor ROU 64
4. Becker, Benjamin GER 65
5. Berlocq, Carlos ARG 66
6. Muller, Gilles LUX 67
7. Sijsling, Igor NED 68
8. Harrison, Ryan USA 69
9. Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 70
10. Mayer, Leonardo ARG 71
11. Rosol, Lukas CZE 73
12. Kubot, Lukasz POL 74
13. Phau, Bjorn GER 75
14. Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 76
15. Ito, Tatsuma JPN 79

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APIA INTERNATIONAL,
Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, Rod Laver Drive, Sydney Olympic Park,NSW Australia 2127
WEB SITE: www.apiainternational.com.au (http://www.apiainternational.com.au/)

28 MAIN DRAW & 32 QUALIFYING
SURFACE: Plexicushion
BALL: Wilson Australian Open

7 - 12 January 2013 (Saturday Finals, ATP/WTA event)
Qualifying draw: Friday, January 4, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, January 5, noon.
Doubles draw: Saturday, January 5, 2:00 p.m.

SINGLES ENTRY LIST
Entry deadline and ranking on November 26 2012
Seeding based on rankings on December 31 2012

1 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 8
2 Gasquet, Richard FRA 10
3 Isner, John USA 14
4 Simon, Gilles FRA 16
5 Seppi, Andreas ITA 23
6 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 24
7 Mayer, Florian GER 28
8 Stepanek, Radek CZE 31
9 Chardy, Jeremy FRA 32
10 Granollers, Marcel ESP 34
11 Benneteau, Julien FRA 35
12 Anderson, Kevin RSA 37
13 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 40
14 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 41
15 Andujar, Pablo ESP 42
16 Istomin, Denis UZB 43
17 Fognini, Fabio ITA 45
18 Dimitrov, Grigor BUL 48
19 Matosevic, Marinko AUS 49
20 (SE)
21 (SE)
22 (Q)
23 (Q)
24 (Q)
25 (Q)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)

Alternates
1. Robredo, Tommy ESP @50
2. Tomic, Bernard AUS 52
3. Llodra, Michael FRA 53
4. Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 58
5. Malisse, Xavier BEL 62
6. Lorenzi, Paolo ITA 63
7. Hanescu, Victor ROU 64
8. Becker, Benjamin GER 65
9. Berlocq, Carlos ARG 66
10. Muller, Gilles LUX 67
11. Sijsling, Igor NED 68
12. Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 70
13. Mayer, Leonardo ARG 71
14. Rosol, Lukas CZE 73
15. Kubot, Lukasz POL 74

ATP Ranking Points
W: 250, F: 150, SF: 90, QF: 45, R16: 20 (seeds 1-4: 0), R32: 0
Q: +12, Q8: 6, Q16: 0, Q32: 0

[Sallydaisy]

AUCKLAND

Doubles Entry List
Advance entry deadline: December 24, 2012
On-site entry deadline: January 5, 2013
Seeding: December 31, 2012

1 Peya, Alexander (AUT)/Soares, Bruno (BRA) 41
2 Gonzalez, Santiago (MEX)/Lipsky, Scott (USA) 59
3 Knowle, Julian (AUT)/Polasek, Filip (SVK) 69
4 Bracciali, Daniele (ITA)/Marach, Oliver (AUT) 72
5 Cermak, Frantisek (CZE)/Mertinak, Michal (SVK) 72
6 Marray, Jonathan (GBR)/Sa, Andre (BRA) 74
7 Butorac, Eric (USA)/Hanley, Paul (AUS) 77
8 Hanescu, Victor (ROU)/Klizan, Martin (SVK) 92
9 Brunstrom, Johan (SWE)/Nielsen, Frederik (DEN) 92
10 Delgado, Jamie (GBR)/Skupski, Ken (GBR) 112
11 (OS)
12 (OS)
13 (OS)
14 (OS)
15 (WC)
16 (WC)

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SYDNEY

Doubles Entry List
Advance entry deadline: December 24, 2012
On-site entry deadline: January 5, 2013
Seeding: December 31, 2012

1 Bryan, Bob (USA)/Bryan, Mike (USA) 3
2 Mirnyi, Max (BLR)/Tecau, Horia (ROU) 16
3 Bhupathi, Mahesh (IND)/Nestor, Daniel (CAN) 16
4 Qureshi, Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK)/Rojer, Jean-Julien (NED) 27
5 Lindstedt, Robert (SWE)/Zimonjic, Nenad (SRB) 28
6 Bopanna, Rohan (IND)/Melo, Marcelo (BRA) 30
7 Marrero, David (ESP)/Verdasco, Fernando (ESP) 47
OUT Fleming, Colin (GBR)/Hutchins, Ross (GBR) 55
9 Cabal, Juan Sebastian (COL)/Matkowski, Marcin (POL) 62
10 Chardy, Jeremy (FRA)/Kubot, Lukasz (POL) 71
11 (OS)
12 (OS)
13 (OS)
14 (OS)
15 (WC)
16 (WC)

Alternates
IN Kas, Christopher (GER)/Seppi, Andreas (ITA) 73
1 Huey, Treat Conrad (PHI)/Inglot, Dominic (GBR) 75

[Sallydaisy]

That's weird. Freddie Nielsen tells everyone he doesn't want to commit to doubles because he wants to make the most of his singles career ... and here he is on the Entry List for Auckland with Brunstrom instead of with his Grand Slam winning partner Jonny Marray.
:doh:

Those doubles guys sure do mix things up!

[Sallydaisy]

Bad news for Jo-Willy.


Apia Intl Sydney ‏@SydneyTennis (https://twitter.com/SydneyTennis) Jo-Wilfried #Tsonga (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Tsonga&src=hash) has pulled out of Sydney due to a left hamstring injury sustained in Perth http://bit.ly/Uswdwu (http://t.co/bpifFGwD) #SydneyTennis (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SydneyTennis&src=hash)



Heather Watson is out of the Auckland event.

[Sallydaisy]

The Qualifying Draw isn't out yet but Colin Fleming seems to be in it ... he's on the OOP for tomorrow.
None of this is from the official website or ATP which hasn't loaded up the links.
There's a few other doubles guys in qualies - presumably to get a spot of match practice.

SATURDAY (Qualifying R1)
Gilles MULLER (LUX) vs Jesse LEVINE (CAN)
Denis ZIVKOVIC (USA) vs Matwe MIDDELKOOP (NED)
Michal MERTINAK (SVK) vs Colin FLEMING (GBR)
Javier MARTI (ESP) vs Igor SIJSLING (NED)
Izak VAN DER MERWE (RSA) vs Lukas ROSOL (CZE)
Frederik NIELSEN (DEN) vs Frantisek CERMAK (CZE)
Sergio GUTIERREZ-FERROL (ESP) vs Marcus DANIELL (NZL)
Frank MOSER (GER) vs Greg JONES (AUS)
Bruno SOARES (BRA) vs Michael RUSSELL (USA)
Andre SA (BRA) vs Daniel GIMENO-TRAVER (ESP)
Michael VENUS (NZL) vs Adam THOMPSON (NZL)
Enrico BECUZZI (ITA) vs Sebastian LAVIE (NZL)
Flavio CIPOLLA (ITA) vs Martin COLENBRANDER (NZL)
Benjamin BECKER (GER) vs Jaden GRINTER (NZL)
Victor HANESCU (ROU) vs Sam MATHESON (NZL)
Carlos BERLOCQ (ARG) vs Cameron NORRIE (NZL)

[Sallydaisy]

Colin Fleming just won his QR1 match against Mertinak 7'6(4), 6'7(1), 7'6(4) and by 137 points to 138.
;)

[Sallydaisy]

SYDNEY DOUBLES DRAW
No Brits unfortunately...

(1)Bryan/Bryan v Cabal/Matkowski
Benneteau/Llodra v Lindstedt/Zimonjic
(3)Granollers/López v Bopanna/Melo
(wc)Duckworth/Guccione v Chardy/Kubot

Bhupathi/Nestor (wc)Ebden/Matosevic
Kas/Seppi v (4)Mirnyi/Tecau
Marrero/Verdasco v Qureshi/Rojer
RogerVasselin/Simon v (2)Paes/Stepanek

AUCKLAND DOUBLES DRAW
... because they're all in Auckland!

(1)Fleming/Soares v (wc)KingTurner/Venus
Becker/Melzer v Butorac/Hanley
(3)Knowle/Polasek v Bellucci/Berlocq
Hanescu/Klizan v Delgado/Skupski

(wc)Sitak/Statham v Brunstrom/Nielsen
Janowicz/Ramos v (4)Bracciali/Marach
Malisse/Moser v Marray/Sa
Cermak/Mertinak v (2)Gonzalez/Lipski

Except Jamie Murray - last seen watching Andy's SF in Brisbane.

[cazza99]

Gasuquet has withdrawn from Sydney too. And the Ozzies are not too happy as both of their Australian players (Matosevic and Tomic) are to play each other in the first round.

[Sallydaisy]

AUCKLAND FQR
Colin Fleming lost 0-6, 0-6 to Igor Sijsling this morning.
Back to the 'day' job for Col ... hope he does alright in the doubles with Bruno Soares.

[Sallydaisy]

AUCKLAND FQR
Colin Fleming lost 0-6, 0-6 to Igor Sijsling this morning.
Back to the 'day' job for Col ... hope he does alright in the doubles with Bruno Soares.

And he did!!!

(1) Colin Fleming/Bruno Soares (BRA) d (WC) Daniel King-Turner/Michael Venus (NZL) 2-6 7-6(6) 10-7

Well done Soaring!!!
:thumbup:

And good luck to the other British players in their matches today!

Ken Skupski ‏@k_skupski (https://twitter.com/k_skupski) Looking forward to playing for the first time at the Heineken Open tomorrow in Auckland. @DelgadoJamie (https://twitter.com/DelgadoJamie) and I face Klizan/Hanescu at 1.30pm.

[Sallydaisy]

AUCKLAND OOP - Tues 8th January 2013.
http://www.protennislive.com/lshd/main.swf?year=2013&wkno=99&eventid=&tour=&lang=en&ref=www.atpworldtour.com/

There are British players in action as below:-

Court 2
12noon (23.00 UK, Mon): Soeda v Giraldo
F/by: Delgado/Skupski v Hanescu/Klizan (approx 01.00, Tues)
F/by: Marray/Sa v Malisse/Moser (approx 02.30, Tues)


SYDNEY OOP (ATP/WTA) - no British players here this week.
http://www.protennislive.com/lshd/main.swf?year=2013&wkno=99&eventid=&tour=&lang=en&ref=www.atpworldtour.com/


HOBART OOP - no British players here this week (since Robson lost in R1)
http://www.protennislive.com/lshd/main.swf?year=2013&wkno=99&eventid=&tour=&lang=en&ref=www.atpworldtour.com/

[Sallydaisy]

Oh dear - bad news overnight from Auckland.

Hanescu/Klizan d Delgado/Skupski 6'2, 6'2
Malisse/Moser d Marray/Sa 7'6 6'4

I guess they'll be heading to Melbourne ........

Fleming/Soares are not on the OOP for Wednesday so their QF match will be Thursday.
http://www.protennislive.com/lshd/main.swf?year=2013&wkno=99&eventid=&tour=&lang=en&ref=www.atpworldtour.com/

[cazza99]

Its 50C in Sydney :eek:

[Linda]

:shocked::hide:

[Sallydaisy]

Its 50C in Sydney :eek:
Which is weird because in Melbourne at the Kooyong Classic they're saying this!

AAMI Kooyong Classic ‏@AAMIClassic (https://twitter.com/AAMIClassic) The sun has come out at Kooyong. It isn't raining anymore.
But we do suggest that you dress warmly today. #AAMIClassic (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23AAMIClassic&src=hash)


:confused:

[Linda]

There is an article on the extreme temperatures here (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/purple-alert-australian-heatwave-forces-climate-experts-to-use-new-colour-to-represent-extreme-temperatures-8443297.html)

[cazza99]

Apparently its much cooler in Melbourne and its forecast to cool down a bit in Sydney today. Getting different reports of highest temp in Sydney, but it was at least well into the 40s. Highest temp of over 50C may have been elsewhere.

[Sallydaisy]

Results for Tuesday below:-

SYDNEY
Main shock of the day was Qualifier Ryan Harrison beating compatriot and #1 seed John Isner!!!
Stepanek didn't complete his doubles match and withdrew from singles giving Benneteau a w/o.
Tomic beat #5 seed Flo Mayer and Istomin continued his good form by beating #4 seed Verdasco.

Singles - Second Round
J Benneteau (FRA) d. [6] R Stepanek (CZE) 0-0 40/15 Ret. (back)
D Istomin (UZB) d. [4] F Verdasco (ESP) 6-3, 6-3
[8] M Granollers (ESP) d. F Fognini (ITA) 6-2, 7-6(4)
K Anderson (RSA) vs F Lopez (ESP) 6-3, 6-4
J Nieminen (FIN) d. [LL] I Klec (SVK) 6-3, 6-1 (Klec replaced [2]Simon, neck injury)
[Q] R Harrison (USA) d. [1] J Isner (USA) 6-4, 6-4
[3] A Seppi (ITA) d. [WC] J Millman (AUS) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
B Tomic (AUS) d. [5] F Mayer (GER) 7-6(4), 6-2
Doubles - Quarter-finals
D Marrero (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP) d. [2] L Paes (IND) / R Stepanek (CZE) W/O
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) d. J Benneteau (FRA) / M Llodra (FRA) 6-3, 6-2
[3] M Granollers (ESP) / M Lopez (ESP) d. J Chardy (FRA) / L Kubot (POL) 3-6, 6-4, 13-11
Doubles - First Round
M Bhupathi (IND) / D Nestor (CAN) vs [WC] M Ebden (AUS) / M Matosevic (AUS)

AUCKLAND
Singles - Second Round
[4] S Querrey (USA) d. [WC] O Rochus (BEL) 7-5, 6-3
X Malisse (BEL) d. S Giraldo (COL) 7-6(6), 6-4
L Lacko (SVK) d. [8] T Bellucci (BRA) 6-3, 7-5
[2] P Kohlschreiber (GER) d. A Falla (COL) 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-3
[Q] J Levine (CAN) d. B Baker (USA) 7-5, 6-4
[WC] G Monfils (FRA) d. [Q] G Jones (AUS) 6-4, 6-2
[3] T Haas (GER) d. [Q] I Sijsling (NED) 6-3, 6-4
[1] D Ferrer (ESP) vs Y Lu (TPE) in progress, Ferrer leading 6'4, 1'1
Doubles - Quarter-finals
[3] J Knowle (AUT) / F Polasek (SVK) vs V Hanescu (ROU) / M Klizan (SVK)
Doubles - First Round
B Becker (GER) / J Melzer (AUT) d. E Butorac (USA) / P Hanley (AUS) 7-6(5), 7-6(6)
[WC] A Sitak (NZL) / J Statham (NZL) vs J Brunstrom (SWE) / F Nielsen (DEN)

[JAMES4578]

Great win for Harrison but not quite going Isner's way lately (turns out he has a bone bruise on knee!) ,Tomic and Istomin impressing.

[Sallydaisy]

AUCKLAND OOP - Thursday 10th January
(13hrs ahead of the UK, 12noon is 11pm Wednesday night here)

CENTRE COURT
12 noon: Malisse v [2] Kohlschreiber
follow on: Q Levine v [4] Querrey
n/b 15.30: Ferrer [1] v Lacko
follow on: Malisse/Moser v Cermak/Mertinak
n/b 19.30: Haas [3] v WC Monfils
follow on: Sitak/Statham v Janowicz/Ramos

COURT ONE
n/b 13.00: Fleming/Soares v Becker/Melzer (00.01 Thurs 10/1 in the UK)

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2013/301/op.pdf

[Sallydaisy]

Ferrer finally won!
Scoreline of 6'4 2'6 6'3 but in the 3rd set he was serving for the match at *5-1 when Lu broke him and held. Daveed had another go to serve it out at *5-3 and this time succeeded.
Good match to watch!

[Sallydaisy]

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/~/media/B8CC21D836F044AD8DC18E234CF64086.ashx
AUCKLAND: Results Thur and OOP Fri
Fleming/Soares won their QF beating Becker/Melzer 6'3, 6'4.
:clap:

Other results:-
Singles - Quarter-finals
[2] P Kohlschreiber (GER) d. X Malisse (BEL) 7-6(6), 6-4
[1] D Ferrer (ESP) d. L Lacko (SVK) 6-2, 6-1
[4] S Querrey (USA) d. [Q] J Levine (CAN) 6-4, 7-6(5)
[WC] G Monfils (FRA) c [3] T Haas (GER) 3-6 7-5 6-3
Doubles - Quarter-finals
[1] C Fleming (GBR) / B Soares (BRA) d. B Becker (GER) / J Melzer (AUT) 6-3, 6-4
F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK) d. X Malisse (BEL) / F Moser (GER) 0-0 Ret. (Moser - back)
J Brunstrom (SWE) / F Nielsen (DEN) d J Janowicz (POL) / A Ramos (ESP) 6-2 6-4

OOP Friday 11/1/13 - Centre Court from 12noon local (23.00 UK Thurs)
[1] C Fleming (GBR) / B Soares (BRA) v [3] J.Kknowle (AUT)/F. Polasek (SVK)
[2] P Kohlschreiber (GER) v [4] S Querrey (USA)
[1] D Ferrer (ESP) v [WC] G Monfils (FRA)
F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK) v J Brunstrom (SWE) / F Nielsen (DEN)
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http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/~/media/24D198BE257E4DA08221ED4B87144D01.ashx

SYDNEY: Results Thur and OOP Fri
a win for Mirnyi over ex-partner Nestor ...
;)

Other results:-
Singles - Quarter-finals
J Benneteau (FRA) d. [Q] R Harrison (USA) 6-4, 6-2
K Anderson (RSA) d. D Istomin (UZB) 6-4, 6-3
[8] M Granollers (ESP) vs [3] A Seppi (ITA) evening session
B Tomic (AUS) vs J Nieminen (FIN) evening session

Doubles - Quarter-finals
[4] M Mirnyi (BLR) / H Tecau (ROU) d. M Bhupathi (IND) / D Nestor (CAN) 6-3, 6-4

OOP Friday 11/1/13: tbc

[Linda]

Update: Monfils bt Haas 3-6 7-5 6-3 (I watched most of the last set, very happy that Monfils won)
Brunstrom & Nielsen also won, 6-2 6-4

Would like to watch Ferrer v Monfils but don't fancy getting up in the middle of the night.

[Sallydaisy]

Tomic d Nieminen 6'7(6), 6'4, 6'2.
Seppi d Granollers 6'4, 7'5

[Sallydaisy]

Fleming/Soarew took the first 7'6 after no breaks of serve.
The 2nd set followed the same pattern so another Tiebreak for the 2nd set.

TB, Soaring serving first

*1-0
2-0*
2-1*
*3-1 Yay! Minibreak to sSoaring
*3-2 Ooops!
3-3*
4-3* and another minibreak!
*5-3
*6-3
7-3*

:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

They win 7'6', 7'6

[lynne]

K.Anderson d J.Benneteau 3-6,6-4,7-6(8)


Bernard Tomic d Andreas Seppi 7-6, 6-4....Tomic's first ATP final!

[Linda]

Granollers & Lopez lost to the Bryans :sad:

[JAMES4578]

Tight but fab Fleming/Soares vcame through in straights. Good Monfils won a tough one with Haas!

[lynne]

Fleming/Soares won the first set 7-6 and 1-2 in the second!!!


3-3 and back on serve!

5-4

[Sallydaisy]

30-30 ... just 2 points needed for Soaring to take this title!!!

:peace:

[Sallydaisy]

Darn it, Brunstrom/Nielsen held for 5-5.

[lynne]

TB grrrrrrrrr!!

[Sallydaisy]

Right - c'mon Soaring, time to win this match!

Soaring (Soares/Fleming) served first:-
*1-0
1-1*
2-1* Yay, mini-break
*3-1
*4-1 Phew, held 2
4-2* change of ends ...

[Sallydaisy]

4-2* Brunstrom/Nielsen have a serve to come
5-2* BROKEN AGAIN!!! Soaring have 2 serves for the match. C'mon!!!
*6-2
*7-2

[lynne]

Brilliant they did it..............7-6, 7-4...........Bravo lads!!!!!!!:yahoo:

[Sallydaisy]

:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

They won the title!!!
:trophy:

7'6(1), 7'6(2)

[lynne]

How lovely what they wrote on the camera..... Colin wrote "For...Rosco" and Soares wrote "with you".......:thumbup:

[Sallydaisy]

How lovely what they wrote on the camera.....
I didn't see it but I'm guessing it included the word 'ross' ... ???

[lynne]

Have just put it in my post Sally......I am a bit slow!!!;)

[lynne]

Also in his speech Colin said " This one is for you Rosco":thumbup:

[Sallydaisy]

Awww, thanks Lynne.
I hope Ross was watching but he might not feel so great having started chemo yesterday.

[lynne]

Yes, I was thinking the same Sally.....hope all goes well for Ross!!:thumbup:

[xenon21]

Well done Colin and Soares! This one is for Rosco! Brought a tear to my eye!

[RoastLamb]

Fabulous!!! :yahoo:

[lynne]

David Ferrer wins the singles title 7-6(5), 6-1 over Philipp Kohlschreiber for the fourth time matching Roy Emerson's record:thumbup:


Must admit I only stayed up to watch the first set!!!

[lynne]

The Singles Final for Sydney between Bernard Tomic and Kevin Anderson is being shown on ESPN at 8.30am so I presume there will be live streams for anyone who is interested.:thumbup:


The Bryans beat Myrnyi/Tecau 6-4, 6-4 in the Doubles Final!!

[Jan]

Brilliant win for Colin! Chuffed for him!

[Linda]

Great for Colin! :yahoo:

And Ferru wins too :yahoo:

[Sallydaisy]

SYDNEY: Bernard Tomic takes first ATP tour title on home ground in Australia.
He beat Kevin Anderson 6'3, 6'7, 6'3.

That's going to silence a few of his detractors of a while ...

Barry Flatman ‏@Barry_FlatmanST (https://twitter.com/Barry_FlatmanST) What will Tennis Australia say about Bernie Tomic now? He's just won the Sydney title. Hard to write him off as an upstart after that

[pabbers]

Wonderful for Colin.

*Groan* about Tomic.......can't warm to him I'm afraid.

[Linda]

Me neither :sad:

[RoastLamb]

I don't like him either coz I think he's too arrogant BUT I do like his style of play.

[Katie]

Really pleased that Ferru won Auckland! :)

I like Tomic and am pleased that he's won his first singles title. He's had so much criticism from the Aussie press and past players over the last year - good to see that it's helped to motivate him to work harder. Hopefully he can continue to play well outside Australia this year - it seems like he's ready now to put together a good run of form.

[david1610]

I can give him a bit of slack for being young and a bit over the top. What I do not know is whether he treats the top tennis pros with respect. Remember how Andy used to thank the top twenty players for the honour of playing them when he was starting on the tour. Rowdy in this own life.... his own business .... but there has to be respect for peers for me to truly warm to a player. Because then there is respect for tennis itself.