After fighting injuries, Kim Clijsters is back in Melbourne to defending her women's singles title as she will enter the first grand slam of 2012 as the 11th seed. Remember, she pulled out of the US Open after ankle injuries. Prior to the 2011 US Open, Clijsters was the defending two time singles champion.
On the singles side at Melbourne this year, Novak Djokovic and Caroline Wozniacki are the #1 seeds. Could we see some surprises come out of this first grand slam of the year?
Some notable first round singles matches:
MEN
(1) Novak Djokovic v Paolo Lorenzi
(2) Rafa Nadal v Alex Kuznetsov
(3) Roger Federer v Alexander Kudryavtsev
(4) Andy Murray v Ryan Harrison
(5) David Ferrer v Rui Machado
(6) Jo Wilfried Tsonga v Denis Istomin
(7) Tomas Berdych v Albert Ramos
(8) Mardy Fish v Gilles Muller
(11) Juan Martin del Potro v Adrian Mannarino
(12) Gilles Simon v Danai Udomchoke
(13) Alexandr Dolgopolov v Greg Jones
(14) Gael Monfils v Matinko Matosevic
(15) Andy Roddick v Robin Haase
(16) John Isner v Ben Mitchell
(21) Stan Wawrinka v Benoit Paire
(22) Fernando Verdasco v Bernard Tomic
(25) Juan Monaco v Philipp Kohlschriber
(29) Radek Stepanek v Nick Mahut
(31) Jurgen Melzer v Ivo Karlovic
Ben Becker v Marcos Baghdatis
Lleyton Hewitt v Cedrik Marcel Stebe
David Nalbandian v Jarkko Nieminen
Sam Querrey v Kenny de Schepper
Sergiy Stakhovsky v Illya Marchenko
Donald Young v Peter Gojowczyk
WOMEN
(1) Caroline Wozniacki v Anastasia Rodionova
(2) Petra Kvitova v Vera Dushnevina
(3) Victoria Azarenka v Heather Watson
(4) Maria Sharapova v Gisela Dulko
(5) Li Na v Ksenia Pervak
(6) Sam Stosur v Sorana Cirstea
(7) Vera Zvonareva v Alexandra Dulgheru
(8) Agnieszka Radwanska v Bethanie Mattek Sands
(9) Marion Bartoli v Virginie Razzano
(10) Francesca Schiavone v Laura Pous-Tio
(11) Kim Clijsters v Maria Joao Koehler
(12) Serena Williams v Tamira Paszek
(13) Jelena Jankovic v Laura Robson
(14) Sabine Lisicki v Stefanie Voegele
(15) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Klara Zakopalova
(16) Peng Shuai v Aravane Rezai
(18) Svetlana Kuznetsova v Chanelle Scheepers
(19) Flavia Pennetta v Nina Bratchikova
(21) Ana Ivanovic v Lourdes Dominguez Lino
(22) Julia Goerges v Polona Hercog
(24) Lucie Safarova v Christina McHale
(27) Maria Kirilenko v Jarmila Gajdosova
(28) Yanina Wickmayer v Galina Voskoboeva
(29) Nadia Petrova v Andrea Hlavackova
Kimiko Date Krimm v Eleni Daniilidou
Jelena Dokic v Anna Chakvetadze
Anne Keothavong v Mona Barthel
Michaella Krajicek v Kristina barrois
7 will be once again the host network of the Grand Slam of Asia and Pacific. In the US, it's on Tennis Channel and ESPN (check listings carefully).
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