Sunday, January 16, 2005

Australian Open doubles draw

Martina & Daniela got the draw from hell at the Australian Open today. They're unseeded and will take on the top seeds, Nadia Petrova & Meghann Shaughnessy in the opening round. Our hopes rest with the mixed doubles now since in all likelihood, Martina's run in the women's doubles will be a very short one. Not sure when the mixed draw comes out but in the meantime, here's the complete doubles draw courtesy of the tournament website.

I apologize for not mentioning this earlier... but as most of you know by now, Leander twisted his ankle in Sydney earlier this week, during a quarterfinal doubles match with Zimonjic against Bhupathi/Woodbridge and had to be taken off court in a wheelchair. His participation status for the Australian Open is still unclear though the good news is that the cast put on his foot is off and tests showed there was no fracture or ligament tear. A final decision on his participation in Melbourne will be made Tuesday. Our thoughts & prayers are with Leander at this time.

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