AUSTRALIAN OPEN MEN’S TENNIS RESULTS, SCORES, STORIES & MORE. RANKINGS, RESULTS, & TIDBITS TOO

Written by: Staff on 20th January 2015

AUSTRALIAN OPEN MEN'S TENNIS RESULTS, SCORES, STORIES & MORE. RANKINGS, RESULTS, & TIDBITS TOO

epaselect epa04570773 Gael Monfils of France celebrates after beating Lucas Pouille of France in their first round match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, 20 January 2015. EPA/JULIAN SMITH AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT |

PRO TOUR NEWS – MEN

* Illness no problem for Djokovic; beats Bedene in straight sets

* Wawrinka cruises in return to Melbourne, but Top Ten spot still under threat

* Nishikori moves closer to #4 ranking with easy win over Almagro

* Raonic also through in straight sets; Ferrer needs four sets to top Bellucci

* Injured Dolgopolov plays but loses in straight sets to Lorenzi

* Slumping Fognini loses again, to Alejandro Gonzalez; will fall out of Top Twenty

* Benneteau also upset, by Becker; Bachinger shocks Cuevas

* Benneteau to lose newly-earned Top 25 spot; Cuevas likely out of Top Thirty

* All other seeds in action win

* Hewitt, playing eighteen years after his first Open, starts with a victory

* Pospisil tops Querrey, who will fall to not much above #40

* Stephane Robert, who made fourth round last year, falls to Granollers, loses almost half of points, falls below #200

* Thiem out of Top Forty after loss to Bautista Agut

* Andujar loses Top Forty shot after shock loss to Copil

TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS & TIDBITS

Australian Open

Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts as he plays against Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 20 January 2015. EPA/DAVID CROSLING AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

Top seed Novak Djokovic showed no sign of the stomach virus which laid him low last week as he joined holder Stan Wawrinka with an overwhelming win into the second round of the Australian Open on Tuesday.

Djokovic put aside his early loss in Doha which got his 2015 preparation off to a poor start, with the world number one bossing Slovenian Aljaz Bedene 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.

“(The symptoms) are fading away,” said Djokovic, winner of four Melbourne titles. “It hasn’t been an ideal couple of weeks in terms of health and preparation.

“But I fought through, now it’s behind me. I’m only looking forward. I did well in terms of responding to the slow start today, feeling a little bit rusty on the court. So hopefully the next match will be even better.”

Wawrinka also got off to a flying start with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 thrashing of Turk Marsel Ilhan. The Swiss fourth seed won with eight aces, five breaks of serve and 34 winners in a match lasting just 91 minutes.

“It felt great to come in the court. I played some good tennis and I have confidence with my game in general. That’s what I did today.

“It was not so hot. A little bit humid, a little bit windy. But, it was a good match.

“In a grand slam it can be a long two weeks if you want to go far in the tournament. You need to be focused on every match, every point. Today I think was great. Good start for me winning in three sets and playing some good tennis.”

Fifth seed Kei Nishikori of Japan beat Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 7-6 (7-1), 6-2. Canadian Milos Raonic, seeded eighth, fired 28 aces as he hammered Illya Marchenko 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-4), 6-3.

Spanish ninth seed David Ferrer recovered for a 6-7 (2-7), 6-2, 6-0, 6-3 defeat of Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci. Spain”s 12th seed Feliciano Lopez advanced over Denis Kudla 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 10-8. Colombian Alejandro Gonzalez knocked out patchy Italian 16th seed Fabio Fognini, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4.

David Ferrer of Spain in action against Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil during their first round match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 20 January 2015. The Australian Open tennis tournament goes from 19 January until 01 February 2015. EPA/Made Nagi

RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of January 20, 1015

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….11090

2..(2) Federer…………9200

3..(3) Nadal…………..5430

4..(5) Nishikori……….4890

5..(8) Raonic………….4530

6..(6) Murray………….4360

7..(9) Cilic…………..4105

8..(7) Berdych…………3985

9.(10) Ferrer………….3830

10..(4) Wawrinka………..3415

11.(11) Dimitrov………..3330

12.(12) Tsonga………….2560

13.(13) Gulbis………….2420

14.(14) Lopez…………..2085

15.(15) Anderson………..1990

16.(16) Bautista Agut……1975

17.(17) Robredo…………1845

18.(19) Monfils…………1725

19.(21) Isner…………..1720

20.(20) Simon…………..1685

21.(22) Goffin………….1664

22.(18) Fognini…………1620

23.(24) Kohlschreiber……1460

24.(23) Dolgopolov………1420

25.(27) Karlovic………..1400

26.(26) MayerL………….1389

27.(25) Benneteau……….1355

28.(28) Gasquet…………1305

29.(30) Rosol…………..1245

30.(29) Cuevas………….1217

DRAWS

Australian Open — Week of January 19

1 Djokovic

31 Verdasco

19 Isner

13 Bautista Agut

12 Lopez

17 Monfils

25 Benneteau

8 Raonic

4 Wawrinka

27 Cuevas

21 Dolgopolov

16 Fognini

9 Ferrer

18 Simon

30 Giraldo

5 Nishikori

7 Berdych

26 L Mayer

22 Kohlschreiber

11 Gulbis

14 Anderson

24 Gasquet

28 Rosol

3 Nadal

6 Murray

32 Klizan

20 Goffin

10 Dimitrov

15 Robredo

23 Karlovic

29 Chardy

2 Federer

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Djokovic

2 Federer

3 Nadal

4 Wawrinka

5 Nishikori

6 Murray

7 Berdych

8 Raonic

9 Ferrer

10 Dimitrov

11 Gulbis………..lost 1R (Kokkinakis)

12 Lopez

13 Bautista Agut

14 Anderson

15 Robredo……….lost 1R (Roger-Vasselin)

16 Fognini……….lost 1R (A. Gonzalez)

17 Monfils

18 Simon

19 Isner

20 Goffin

21 Dolgopolov…….lost 1R (Lorenzi)

22 Kohlschreiber

23 Karlovic

24 Gasquet

25 Benneteau……..lost 1R (Becker)

26 L Mayer

27 Cuevas………..lost 1R (Bachinger)

28 Rosol

29 Chardy

30 Giraldo

31 Verdasco

32 Klizan

SCORES FROM DOWN UNDER

TUESDAY

Australian Open

Singles – First Round

[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) d. Aljaz Bedene (SLO) 63 62 64

[4] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) d. Marsel Ilhan (TUR) 61 64 62

[5] Kei Nishikori (JPN) d. Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 64 76(1) 62

[8] Milos Raonic (CAN) d. Illya Marchenko (UKR) 76(3) 76(3) 63

[9] David Ferrer (ESP) d. Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) 67(2) 62 60 63

[12] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) d Denis Kudla (USA) 36 62 46 62 10-8 – Saved 3 MP

[13] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) d. Dominic Thiem (AUT) 46 62 63 76(5)

Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) d. [16] Fabio Fognini (ITA) 46 62 63 64

[17] Gael Monfils (FRA) d. Lucas Pouille (FRA) 67(3) 36 64 61 64

[18] Gilles Simon (FRA) d. Robin Haase (NED) 61 63 64

[19] John Isner (USA) d. Jimmy Wang (TPE) 76(5) 64 64

Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) d. [21] Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) 64 63 62

Benjamin Becker (GER) d. [25] Julien Benneteau (FRA) 75 57 62 64

Matthias Bachinger (GER) d. [27] Pablo Cuevas (URU) 76(1) 63 61

[30] Santiago Giraldo (COL) d Jan Hernych (CZE) 63 62 62

[31] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d. James Ward (GBR) 26 60 76(6) 63

Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Ze Zhang (CHN) 63 16 60 64

Jerzy Janowicz (POL) d. Hiroki Moriya (JPN) 76(5) 26 63 75

Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) d. Laurent Lokoli (FRA) 64 57 64 63

Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) d. Andrey Golubev (KAZ) 61 62 76(6)

Vasek Pospisil (CAN) d. Sam Querrey (USA) 63 67(5) 26 64 64

Elias Ymer (SWE) d. Go Soeda (JPN) 16 64 46 63 63

Adrian Mannarino (FRA) d Blaz Rola (SLO) 76(7) 63 62

Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d. Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 63 46 64 67(3) 64

Donald Young (USA) d Tim Puetz (GER) 64 46 63 62

Marcel Granollers (ESP) d. Stephane Robert (FRA) 63 64 64

Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) d. Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 61 36 63 76(3)

Ivan Dodig (CRO) d. Joao Souza (BRA) 64 75 64

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d Peter Gojowczyk (GER) 67(1) 75 64 10 ret.

Marius Copil (ROU) d. Pablo Andujar (ESP) 62 62 75

Steve Johnson (USA) d Kyle Edmund (GBR) 64 64 63

Gilles Muller (LUX) d. Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) 64 76(5) 76(3)

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