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Peculiar weather in Melbourne means both our day one picks have yet to play but we’ll forge on ahead and pick Shahar Peer and Lleyton Hewitt to win their matches today.
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Day One Recap:
Sharapova comes up short in the “battle of Marias”
This was a tough loss for Sharapova who let her chances slip away. No matter what she says, that serve has become a real liability and today it let her down once again. When she’s not serving well, the rest of her game looks rushed and muddy. Credit Kirilenko who put in the hard yards over the off season and really played better when it counted.
Dr. Ivo wins in 5 sets
Karlovic extract some revenge on Stepanek out on crt 6. Stepanek will have a hard time forgetting that very makeable backhand pass he missed wide at 4all 30all on the Karlovic Serve.
Wickmayer hangs on by the skin of her teeth.
What a nutty match, but she came through and that’s what counts. Sets up second round clash with Kuznetsova.
Day Two Picks:
Federer vs. Andreev – Not an easy opening round for Fed. Can Kirilenko’s boyfriend feed off the upset bug and pull a real stunner?
Safarova vs. Venus – be on upset watch
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