A shrimp on the barbie here or there … Updates and reports.

Written by: Staff on 17th January 2012

A shrimp on the barbie here or there ... Updates and reports.

Belgium's Xavier Malisse returns a shot against Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic during their first round match at the Sydney International tennis tournament in Sydney on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. Stepanek won the match 6-7, 6-4, 6-4. EPA/PAUL MILLER AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT |

Xavier Malisse The X Man was forced to retire during his first round match today. X proudly wears 10sballs.com patch since our inception. We don’t yet know what caused him to retire after a first set loss of the tie breaker to Frenchman Edouard Roger – Vasselin … We do know he suffered food poisoning in India @ the Chennai Open. We will keep you posted.

Samantha Stosur has lost a first set tiebreaker to the beautiful Romanian Sorana Cristea. Sorana is part of the Adidas High Performance Program. She worked with physio Floris Minnaert from the Southern part of the Netherlands.

Andy Murray looks like this oppressive heat is bothering him. He has used an ice wrap every changeover around his neck. Andy lost the first set to young American Ryan Harrison.

Gael Monfils took the first set off of creepy Matosevic. Haven’t seen such an unpleasant sportsman since Nastase.

The Tipsy Turvy match has the guts at a set apiece. That would be Tipsaravic and Tursonov. Gutsy took the first 7-5and tipsy took the second 7-6.

Topics: Australian Open, Malisse, Murray