Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Mixed + Doubles First Round

Yesterday, we learned the sad news that Leander had withdrawn from the Australian Open due to his ankle injury. Our best wishes to him for a speedy recovery. The mixed doubles draw came out today and Martina is playing with Max Mirnyi. They are the #7 seeds and have drawn Todd Woodbridge & Eleni Daniilidou in their opening match. Martina & Max have not played together since the 2001 U.S. Open - they played 3 events that year and compiled a losing 2-3 record. We hope for better things here in Melbourne. For the complete mixed doubles draw, courtesy of the tournament website, click here.

Meanwhile, Martina & Daniela take to the courts today for their daunting first round encounter against the top seeds, Nadia Petrova & Meghann Shaughnessy. Their match has been scheduled last on Court 2.

This is Martina's 13th appearance at the Australian Open and you can read a few quotes in this article from 'The Melbourne Sun.'

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