US OPEN TENNIS - GRANDSLAM 4

I will be again posting news, pictures and opinions and of course my Daily selection . This post will be Day 1.Looking at the qualifying rounds , Australian Men where disappointing starting with 8 in the men's draw with John Millman the best performed Aussie bowing out in the final round.New Zealand had Dan King Turner who was beaten round 1 of qualifying.Only 3 Aussie girls headed by Jelena Dokic started in the women's field , with Dokic the second seed going out in straight sets 1 st round to young Laura Robson.Sally Peers the lone Australian through in the qualifying . . I'm tipping the poorest US OPEN for Aussie's for a while.


Monday's Selections!- My Selections in Red




Nikolay Davydenko RUS (6) v Michael Russell USA 
Simon Greul GER v Richard Gasquet FRA 
Kevin Anderson RSA v Somdev Devvarman IND 
Tim Smyczek USA v Thomaz Bellucci BRA (26) 

Gael Monfils FRA (17) v Robert Kendrick USA
Igor Andreev RUS v Horacio Zeballos ARG 
Janko Tipsarevic SRB v Olivier Rochus BEL 
Stephane Robert FRA v Andy Roddick USA (9) 


Robin Soderling SWE (5) v Andreas Haider-Maurer
Taylor Dent USA v Alejandro Falla COL 
Thiemo de Bakker NED v Marc Gicquel
Ivan Dodig v Fernando Gonzalez CHI (27) 


Albert Montanes ESP (21) v Michal Przysiezny POL 
Carsten Ball AUS v Milis Raonic
Kei Nishikori v Evgeny Korolev KAZ 
Illya Marchenko UKR v Marin Cilic CRO (11) 


Lleyton Hewitt AUS (32) v Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA 
Leonardo Mayer ARG v Guillaume Rufin FRA 
Michael Berrer GER v Andreas Beck GER 
Brian Dabul ARG v Roger Federer SUI (2)


Jurgen Melzer AUT (13) v Dmitry Tursunov RUS 
Ricardo Berankis v Ryan Sweeting USA 
Bjorn Phau GER v Ricardo Mello BRA 
Martin Klizan  v Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP (22) 


Francesca Schiavone ITA (6) v Ayumi Morita JPN
Maria Elena Camerin v Sophie Ferguson AUS
Melanie Oudin USA v Olga Savchuk
Vera Dushevina RUS v Alona Bondarenko UKR (29)


Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS (20) v Kristina Barrois GER
Michelle Larcher De Brito v Sania Mirza
Gisela Dulko ARG v Angelique Kerber GER
Monica Niculescu  v Victoria Azarenka BLR (10)


Shahar Peer ISR (16) v Jelena Kostanic Tosic CRO
Pauline Parmentier FRA v Alberta Brianti ITA
Agnes Szavay HUN v Sandra Zahlavova CZE
Irena Falconi v Flavia Pennetta ITA (19)
Tsvetana Pironkova BUL (32) v Renata Voracova CZE
Polona Hercog SLO v Mandy Minella
Rebecca Marino v Ksenia Pervak RUS
Roberta Vinci ITA v Venus Williams USA (3)


Samantha Stosur AUS (5) v Elena Vesnina RUS
Bojana Jovanovski SRB v Anastasia Rodionova AUS
Sara Errani ITA v Tathiana Garbin ITA
Johanna Larsson SWE v Alisa Kleybanova RUS (28)


Daniela Hantuchova SVK (24) v Dinara Safina RUS
Vania King USA v Christina McHale USA
Zuzana Oraskova v Sybille Bammer AUT
Olga Govortsova BLR v Elena Dementieva RUS (12)


Marion Bartoli FRA (13) v Edina Gallovits ROU
Virginie Razzano FRA v Klara Zakopalova CZE
Ana Ivanovic SRB v Ekaterina Makarova RUS
Timea Bacsinszky SUI v Jie Zheng CHN (21)

Petra Kvitova CZE (27) v Lucie Hradecka CZE

Elena Baltacha GBR v Petra Martic CRO
Sally Peers v Aleksandra Wozniak CAN
Greta Arn HUN v Kim Clijsters BEL (2)

Below is a picture from Kids Day .....Maybe the two winners here.

US OPEN COMPETITION
Again I will be running a competition similar to Wimbledon.To enter you must pick in either the Ladies Draw or the Men's Draw. You cannot select in both. You must pick the winner to advance from the the round .The catch is you can not pick the same winner twice.If your selection loses you are eliminated from the competition. For example if you pick Federer in the first round you may not pick Federer again.......so if he wins the tournament  you are stumped. You must post your selection for Round 1 on this post in the comments section.