Roger Federer The Best

Conferencia de prensa de Roger Federer tras su derrota ante Nadal en semifinales del Open de Australia 2012.

2012-01-26T12:37:00.003-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo la conferencia de prensa de Roger Federer tras su derrota en semifinales del Open de Australia 2012, ante el español Rafael Nadal por 7-6, 2-6, 6-7 y 6-4 en 3 horas y 42 minutos de partido.

El suizo se ha mostrado algo frustado por la derrota, ya que consideraba que estaba realizando un buen tenis para ganar el torneo, pero una vez más ha caido ante su rival a causa de pequeños detalles.

La rueda de prensa de Roger está en inglés. Pueden traducirla con el traductor que tenemos a la derecha del blog, justo debajo del reloj y el tiempo meteorológico. A veces no funciona el traductor para español, por lo que deberán copiar el texto y traducirlo en otro traductor web. Perdonen las molestias.

Q. It was another great, great match, but also big loss. How do you explain it? Do you think it was a matter of few points or also legs at the end were a little tired?

ROGER FEDERER: I thought Rafa played well from start to finish, really. I started really well myself. It was obviously a big set for me to win, and missed obviously the opportunities in some of all the sets maybe.

But Rafa did well to hang in there. At the end was a bit better. It was a tough match physically as well, but, you know, only beginning of the season.

I'm feeling all right, so it's okay.

Q. You're having trouble with your forehand. Was there any reason for that, do you think?

ROGER FEDERER: I don't think it was that bad. I'm always gonna miss forehands because I have to go after the ball. If I just put it into play he'll smack it. So it's pretty simple. I have to keep him driving it, and obviously at times I clipped the tape a bit too often.

But I hit flatter than Rafa, so it's always gonna happen, some of it. I thought I retrieved well again. Obviously the surface is not the fastest, but he does a good job getting a lot of balls back and staying in the points.

And then obviously he's got great passing shots and so forth. You have to, you know, go after it and try your best there.

Q. We have heard what Rafa thinks of the rivalry. What's your take on it after a game like that tonight?

ROGER FEDERER: We have had good matches over the years. I enjoy playing him. The crowd really gets into it, which is nice. We have a lot of respect for each other, which is good, too, I think.

I hope it inspires future generations or other players, you know, being nice to each other on the court and all that stuff.

You know, works as well at the highest of levels. Yeah, we also kind of, you know, play well against each other. I always think he plays a bit better against me than against other players, but that's good for him.

Q. We saw his emotions after the match. What were yours as you left the court?

ROGER FEDERER: I didn't see what he was doing, you know. I don't see much, anyway, because I turn around very often and I focus on my thing.

You know, I mean, I was slightly disappointed, obviously, you know, leaving center court, because I, you know, felt like my game was good, you know, and I could have done something in the finals potentially.

But I don't have to worry about that now anymore. It's fine. I feel okay now. You know, it's in the past already.

Q. How many times do you think you'll keep coming back here?

ROGER FEDERER: How many times? I hope often.

Q. Still have a few left in you, do you think?

ROGER FEDERER: Yes, I do.

Q. I think you lost 11 points after the break. Is there any frustration in having a timeout in the middle of an intense match like that with the fireworks?

ROGER FEDERER: It's not helpful, that's for sure. Then again, I know I lost a lot of points in a row. I probably don't want to say I would have lost the set anyway, but I was down in the score.

The important was to get back from that Love40. Like you say, I lost many, many points in a row. It was surprising to me. At the French Open finals there also is I think multiple interruptions. You know, in many of the matches we have had that in the match.

Obviously if you're gonna play that many times, you'll always have some strange things happening during matches. That was a different one. I have had it in the past. I don't remember sitting out and waiting for it, but I remember playing Lleyton here on Australia Day. I don't remember if we sat down or actually played through it.

But they told us before, so it wasn't a surprise for us, and we could I don't want to say plan with it but kind of almost waited for the fireworks, you know, to start until our game was over, which is kind of nice.

Q. The margins are always so fine and you had to deal with  if you win everything it's fine, and if you lose everything is sort of a disaster.

ROGER FEDERER: Depends who you ask.

Q. You cope with these victories and losses more than anyone on the tour right now. How do you keep your equilibrium on occasions like this?

ROGER FEDERER: You look at that I haven't lost in five months or something, you know. It's not that bad. Don't feel too sorry for me kind of thing. Obviously I would have loved to have come through and, you know, gotten a crack, a chance at winning the title here again.

It's been one of the most successful tournaments in my life here. It's the ninth time I am in the straight semifinals. Clearly I'm disappointed.

But then again, important is the reaction from now, you know. Where do I go from here? You know, start planning other trips. Start planning the preparations, and, again, have, you know, a good reaction like I showed after the US Open.

Q. Do you think there was a key moment today maybe when you had break point...

ROGER FEDERER: There was many. There was many key moments, not just one, in my opinion.

Q. Do you think Rafa seems to play better against you than the other players? Do you know why? Do you have an explanation?

ROGER FEDERER: I don't know if it's true. It's my assumption. I feel he plays really good against me. Now obviously I play a different game, too. I have a onehanded backhand. He's played me that many times on clay, so maybe he always draws something out of those matches.

He's also got a winning record against me which maybe gives him extra confidence, I don't know. Yeah, I think he has a clear plan and he follows that one very well.

Like I said, I think he just plays good, you know, and he's obviously improved a lot on all surfaces over the years. Anyway, every surface is very similar today, otherwise we couldn't have achieved all these things on all these different surfaces so quickly, like him and myself.

He's a very good player, obviously.

Q. It's always an event when you two play. Did the sense of occasion feel significantly different today, given it was a semifinal and not a final?

ROGER FEDERER: Not really. I mean, once I start a tournament I don't read much press or none at all so I don't know exactly how much the buildup was to it, you know, compared to a finals.

So I figured people got excited, because I was, and I was very happy with my game this entire tournament. Even today, you know, I had good moments.

Yeah, so I don't know if it was for me it didn't feel any different, you know, a finals or a semis against Rafa. It's always an occasion, like you mentioned.

Yeah, it was the same.

Q. Did it feel different though walking off before a trophy presentation this time?

ROGER FEDERER: It's nicer, yeah. I prefer to walk off this way than having to go through the trophy ceremony after losing.

Q. You now trail 82 in Grand Slams to Nadal. Is that in your mind when you go on court?

ROGER FEDERER: No, not really.

Q. (Question regarding Rafa's record against him in Grand Slams.)

ROGER FEDERER: No, I respect it. I think he's doing great against me. It is what it is, you know. At the end I care about my titles, if I'm happy or not as a person. Headtoheads for me, I mean, are not the most important. If I beat Andre 10 times in a row or Lleyton many times in a row, at the end of the day I don't care.

I remember the matches on that given day, that I played well against them or not, and I don't remember the headtohead that much. All I know is that we've played many times, and either comes my way or his way. Rallies have gone a little bit more his way obviously.

Q. If you're down two sets to one versus Nadal, is that the worst feeling you can have against another player? He's the player that worries more you when the match goes long, long, long, three hours and so on? No difference?

ROGER FEDERER: No, no. You're in the wrong sport if you think that way. I mean, Ferrer did great yesterday, you know, trying to plug away after losing first set, second set. He could have gotten both.

You just keep on trying and keep on working hard, you know. It's still a long way to the finish line. And, again, it was awfully close in the fourth set. Turned it around, and you never know how he feels in the fifth set.

I'm not worried going into five sets against him. If I were, you know, I wouldn't be the player I am today.

It's very important to be strong mentally, believe in your physical, you know, capabilities, yeah. So wrong question to the wrong guy.

Q. Do you have a pick from the other semi? What kind of game do you think Andy will play now since he's working with Lendl against Djokovic?

ROGER FEDERER: I mean, look, they just started. You have to give it some time, too. I would assume. I think both are playing really well. I knew that or have the feeling that both of them are gonna have another very good season.

How good starting now we'll see who makes the finals. But it's going to be an interesting match to follow. One guy has to lose, so it's not so simple.

But I think both are playing good enough also again to win this title. I think all four of us really. But there's only gonna be one winner, and I'm interested to see who it's gonna be, too.

Roger Federer ha caido ante Nadal por 7-6, 2-6, 6-7 y 4-6 en 3 horas y 42 minutos, en semifinales del Open de Australia.

2012-01-26T09:33:00.003-03:00

Roger Federer ha caido en semifinales del Open de Australia 2012, ante el español Rafael Nadal por 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 6-7 (5-7) y 4-6.

El suizo ha jugado un buen partido pero una vez más las lagunas mentales que sufre el suizo en los momentos claves cuando se enfrenta al español, han marcado el resultado del partido.

El partido comenzó con el suizo dominando y consiguiendo un break tempranero que le ponía 3-0 rapidamente.

A partír de aquí, el suizo intentó aguantar el break de ventaja, pero cuando iban 4-2, era el español quien reaccionaba y conseguía un break para posteriormente empatar 4-4 el partido.

Ya no hubo más break y se llegó al tie break, donde Roger cobró ventaja rapidamente y pudo aguantar y llevarse el set.

En el segundo set, Roger consiguió un break en el primer juego del set pero no pudo consolidarlo y Rafa se lo devolvió en el juego siguiente.

Roger intentó reaccionar pero cuando el marcador era favorable a Nadal por 3-2, el español conseguía romper el saque de Roger y posteriomente con su saque poner el set en 5-2.

En este momento se detuvo el partido unos minutos debido a el lanzamiento de fuegos artificiales en Melbourne. Este parón afecto al suizo que volvió a la pista despistado y cometió dos dobles faltas que provocaron un break en contra y la perdida del set por 6-2.

En el tercer set, comenzó igualado y aunque Roger consiguió un break, Nadal se lo devolvió y partir de aquí mandaron los saques hasta llegar al tie break, donde Roger cometió muchos errores y acabo perdiendo el desempate.

En el cuarto set, Roger intentó reaccionar aunque al principio tuvo que salvar varias bolas de break pero se rehizo. Con 4-3, tuvo varias bolas de break que no pudo convertir. En el siguiente juego con 4-4, era el español quien conseguía el break y posteriormente con su saque se llevaba el partido, aunque Roger dispuso nuevamente de varias bolas de break que no pudo convertir.

El suizo descansará unas semanas y volverá a las pistas el 10 de Febrero en la Copa Davis, donde jugará con su país ante Estados Unidos en 1ª Ronda, en Friburgo (Suiza).

Estadísticas del partido:

Roger Federer ha logrado 11 aces y ha cometido 5 dobles faltas. Ha tenido un 64% de primeros servicios dentro. Ha ganado 66% de puntos con su primer servicio y 55% de puntos con su segundo servicio.

Ha conectado 46 winners y ha cometido 63 errores no forzados.

Ha convertido 3 de las 10 bolas de break a favor y ha salvado 10 de las 16 bolas de break en contra.

Ha ganado 35 de las 57 veces que ha subido a la red.

Previa del partido R.Federer - R.Nadal en semifinales del Open de Australia. Jueves 26 de Enero a las 19:30 pm hora local.

2012-01-25T16:40:00.004-03:00

PREVIA DEL PARTIDO ENTRE ROGER FEDERER Y RAFAEL NADAL EN SEMIFINALES DEL OPEN DE AUSTRALIA.

JUEVES 26 DE ENERO A LAS 19:30 PM HORA LOCAL (MELBOURNE), LAS 09:30 AM EN ESPAÑA, LAS 05:30 AM EN ARGENTINA (MADRUGADA DEL MIÉRCOLES AL JUEVES).

ROGER FEDERER (SUI) RAFAEL NADAL (ESP)

Nombre del torneo: Australian Open

Categoría: Grand Slam

Fecha del torneo: 16-1-2011 - 29-1-2011.

FECHA DEL PARTIDO: Jueves 26 de Enero de 2012.

HORA DEL PARTIDO: 19:30 pm hora local (Melbourne), 09:30 am en España, 05:30 am en Argentina (madrugada del miércoles al jueves).

METEOROLOGÍA: Soleado, 18º de temperatura máxima, humedad de 66% y vientos de 22 km/h.

TV: Tennis Channel; Eurosport, Digital Plus y algunos otros...

WEB: Channel Sur f ing, Live Sc ore Hun ter, From Spor t, MyP2 P, Atdhe

PISTA: Pista central "Rod Laver Arena" del complejo tenístico "Melbourne Park" (Melbourne -Australia), 14.820 espectadores. Exterior sobre pista rápida, techo retráctil.

RAFAEL NADAL (ESP)

Fecha de Nacimiento: 3 de Junio de 1986

Nacionalidad: Español

Altura: 1,85 metros

Peso: 85 kgs

Ranking actual: 2º

Mejor ranking de su carrera: 1º (Agosto de 2008)

Debut como profesional: 2001

Entrenador: Toni Nadal

Datos de interés del tenista español:

Rafael Nadal es un tenista español de 25 años, es zurdo y juega con revés a dos manos. Lleva desde 2001 como tenista profesional.

Comenzó a jugar a los 4 años. Es aficionado al fútbol, golf y videojuegos.

Su mejor virtud es su defensa desde el fondo de pista.

Actualmente es el 2º del mundo. Llegó a ser el 1º del mundo en Agosto de 2008.

Tiene 46 títulos en su carrera. Destacan 10º Grand Slams, 19 Masters 1000 y una medalla de oro olímpica. También ha ganad0 7 títulos de dobles.

Su mejor resultado en un Grand Slam es campeón en Roland Garros (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 y 2011), Wimbledon (2008 y 2010), US Open (2010), Open de Australia (2009).

Este año lleva un balance de 8 victorias y 1 derrota.

Se ha enfrentado 26 veces a Roger Federer con un balance a favor del español por 17-9.

Resultados cuartos de final del Open de Australia 2012, Miércoles 25 de Enero (10ª Jornada).

2012-01-25T11:58:00.003-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo los resultados correspondientes al Miércoles 25 de Enero, en el Open de Australia 2012.

En la jornada del miércoles se ha disputado el décimo dia del torneo, donde se han jugado los partidos de cuartos de final por la parte alta del cuadro.

Resultados Cuartos de final del Open de Australia 2012, Miércoles 25 de Enero (10ª Jornada).

[1] N.Djokovic - [5] D.Ferrer: 6-4, 7-6, 6-1
[4] A.Murray - [24] K.Nishikori: 6-3, 6-3, 6-1

Orden de juego del Miércoles 25 de Enero en el Open de Australia. 10ª Jornada, (Cuartos de final).

2012-01-24T12:31:00.002-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo el orden de juego correspondiente al Miércoles 25 de Enero de 2012, en el Open de Australia.

En la jornada del miércoles se disputará el décimo dia del torneo, donde se jugarán los partidos de cuartos de final por la parte alta del cuadro.

ORDEN DE JUEGO DEL MIÉRCOLES 25 DE ENERO EN EL OPEN DE AUSTRALIA 2012. 10ª Jornada, (Cuartos de final).

Rod Laver Arena

11:00 AM
Sara Errani(ITA) vs. Petra Kvitova(CZE)[2]

Not Before 12:30 PM
Ekaterina Makarova(RUS) vs. Maria Sharapova(RUS)[4]

Not Before 14:30 PM
Andy Murray(GBR)[4] vs. Kei Nishikori(JPN)[24]

19:30 PM
Novak Djokovic(SRB)[1] vs. David Ferrer(ESP)[5]
Sania Mirza(IND)[6] /Mahesh Bhupathi(IND)[6] vs. Liezel Huber(USA) /Colin Fleming(GBR)

Conferencia de prensa de Roger Federer tras su victoria ante Del Potro en Cuartos de final del Open de Australia 2012.

2012-01-24T12:18:00.002-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo la conferencia de prensa de Roger Federer tras su victoria en cuartos de final del Open de Australia 2012, ante el argentino Juan Martín Del Potro por 6-4, 6-3 y 6-2 en 1 hora y 59 minutos de partido.

El suizo sigue muy motivado y ilusionado por el juego desplegado. Además se siente orgulloso de haber disputado su partido número 1000.

Respecto a las semifinales del jueves, Roger está contento de enfrentarse a Nadal en Australia y asi poder vengarse de la derrota en la final de 2009.

La rueda de prensa de Roger está en inglés. Pueden traducirla con el traductor que tenemos a la derecha del blog, justo debajo del reloj y el tiempo meteorológico.

Q. How important was it at the early part of the match to kind of put a marker down and show that you weren't going to be intimidated by him in those early exchanges?

ROGER FEDERER: I guess for me it was more trying to get used to the day conditions again, make sure the ball doesn't fly on me, and sort of get used to his pace and make sure I don't have any hiccups in my own sort of service games, really.

Because I mean, how Juan Martin plays. He knows how I play. We have played some big matches against each other. So just knowing how well he's been playing as of late, I was just hoping that I would get off a good start. But I was able to mix it up well and control the ball, and right away sort of felt confident, which then sort of helped me to use all aspects of my game.

Then it got tough with the shadow creeping in, and I knew that was going to happen rather sooner than later just because the matches before me took some time. I knew it was going to happen eventually. That's why the second set, serving out the second set was key for me. You know, get through that tough patch, and then in the third it was a bit more free swinging for me.

Him, maybe, as well, and I took advantage of that.

Q. It felt pretty airless out there. Were the conditions quite brutal?

ROGER FEDERER: You mean the heat?

Q. Yeah.

ROGER FEDERER: No, no problem for me, anyway. It was dry heat. Sure, because there was no wind it increased, you know, the feeling of it being a bit warmer, but I had no problem at all.

I have played in much tougher conditions. I have no issues.

Q. When you saved the fourth break point on 5‑3 in the second set after a long, long rally, you made one of the loudest roars I have ever heard from you.

ROGER FEDERER: That's why I didn't celebrate when I won the set, just to make it up, you know.

But, no, it was a couple of big moments for me. I really knew how important that game was for me. Particularly in the one rally actually ‑ I think it was before that ‑‑ where I hit a backhand down the line and I hit it on the line long.

It was so hard to see the ball, really I didn't know where the backhand was going to go. If it would have gone two meters out, I wouldn't have been surprised. It ended up on the line. It was very important for me.

Then the next point I was sort of trying dictate, but I was a bit, honestly, a bit scared to hit through it just because it was tough to see the ball, you know, out there with the sun coming in from the side.

I was struggling, as well, with the serve just a little bit. I mean, photographs were having a blast. Every time I was tossing up the ball I heard about a hundred clicks, you know, so it was quite something out there.

But I was able to come through and it was big.

Q. There are endless milestones you have been passing on the way. What does it actually mean to you to rack up 1000 and do it in such style, as well?

ROGER FEDERER: Well, 1000 matches, not 1000 wins. Big difference. (Laughter.)

I wish it was 1000 wins, but I'm happy with 1000 matches in total, too. It's nice to win this one. I mean, eventually I will forget which was one was my 1000th match and someone will remind me again.

I do not remember my 500, and that was the US Open final against Agassi. No bigger matches than those ones.

It's a big milestone, I agree. It's a lot of matches and a lot tennis. Either I have been around for a long time or I'm extremely fit. You decide which way you want to describe it. I don't know. But I'm happy.

Q. You didn't win your 1000th match, but you won 2000 sets in those 1000.

ROGER FEDERER: Today?

Q. Yes, today. With first with the first set, that was your No. 2000.

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, a lot of milestones. A roadrunner.

Q. Do you think the semifinal lineup will now be the top four players in the world?

ROGER FEDERER: I think there's a good chance, yeah. I think all the top guys are playing really well at the moment.

But I think all of us ‑‑ I mean, I was the first to play the quarters, I guess. We were all staring down at tough opponents, you know, in the quarters, and then knowing what potentially could happen in the semis and the finals.

We know it's going to be a tough end to the tournament if you get there. But it could well be, you know. I wouldn't be surprised if it were to happen, but the matches aren't easy.

Q. Do you feel like you're striking the ball as well as you ever have and in comparison to the top 2, or is the perfectionist in you still a bit dissatisfied?

ROGER FEDERER: In comparison to the top 2? You mean my game compared to them?

Q. Yeah.

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I mean, well, I don't know. I'm watching them for entertainment really at the moment. Tonight will be maybe the first time it will change a bit. I will watch Rafa's match with maybe more of a purpose, Berdych's match, too, just to see how it's really going.

So far they have been extremely solid. I said before, all of them are playing really well. I'm really happy with my game. That's what I'm most concerned with, to be quite honest.

I'm moving well. I'm serving well. I'm hitting the ball clean. Today I thought, you know, in a very hot day with, you know, fast conditions, I was able to control the ball.

From now on basically it's only night sessions, so it's going to change now. It's going to be an even easier sort of to get a better feel for the ball; then again, it's going to be more athletic and tougher. I'm ready for that.

Q. Those Rafa comments before the start of the tournament are probably forgotten for you, but does this make a difference if you play against him in the semifinal? Does it change something?

ROGER FEDERER: No. No. Honestly, no. It was here for one day and then gone again. I'm happy about that, because it didn't deserve more attention than it did.

Yeah, so for me it's another great match with Rafa potentially, but he's got a tough task with Berdych first.

But obviously I'd like to play Rafa because of our great epic match earlier in the finals here a few years ago. I'd like to get a chance to play him again here.

Q. Does it feel different being on the same side of the draw as him for the first time a long time? You met him several Grand Slam finals. Obviously first time in a semi potentially since '05.

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, it's been a long time. I don't know when the last time has been when we played in the semis of a slam. Maybe back in 2005 maybe at the French potentially, I don't know.

But it's true, we have been, you know, on opposite sides of the draw many times. I didn't even play Murray last year, you know, because we were ranked I guess 3 and 4, so we always ran into Novak or ‑‑ I basically always ran into Novak.

I guess it's a nice changeup. Okay, it doesn't allow a rematch for the Australian Open final here, you know, if Murray were to play Novak. But I think it's good for tennis that it changes up a bit. Like I said, I'd love to play Rafa in the semis if it happens.

Q. This is the other side of the game, but did you feel a little bit of sympathy with Caroline Wozniacki who has had to put up with a lot of, not criticism necessarily, but a lot of investigation into the fact that she's been the No. 1 player of the world without winning a slam. Been taking quite a bit of schtick for what she's done. Do you feel a little bit of sympathy for her in that situation?

ROGER FEDERER: Well, I mean, I haven't followed in detail what's been written in the press about her or how she's been handling her press conferences or how tough you guys have been on her.

But I can imagine it could be tricky because it's been like this for a while now. Many world No. 1s in the past have not won slams. I have been aware of that, so it makes it difficult out there on the court, I guess. I see many women's players being extremely sort of tense and fist pumping after every single point. It's to me pretty surprising to see that, I guess.

I have fist pumped maybe five times at the most, and they do that in one game. It's incredible to see how intense they are. But then again, I think she's done really well. There has been many players coming in and out of the game on the women's side.

But it's not her problem, really. She did her work, and I think she deserves to be world No. 1. There is no free pass to world No. 1, you know. I think she's done very well. She wasn't just there for a week, either. You have to credit her for taking advantage of it and doing the best of it.

It's not all about the slams anyway. They're big tournaments, you know, but it's not only about that.

Q. You hear on TV they talk about statement wins, which they said about you tonight. Does that concept even exist? Are there results during a tournament that other players make that echo with you?

ROGER FEDERER: Maybe a little bit. I didn't look at this one as a statement win. I mean, I knew the danger of playing Juan Martin, so potentially it was my big test.

But I kind of look looked at the Tomic match as a big test for me, you know, seeing where my rhythm was, how I was playing, because the first three rounds I didn't get much rhythm. For me it was maybe that match.

Today I was much more relaxed about playing Juan Martin for some reason, even though he's got the much bigger record as a player. Yeah, so I don't think players are going to read into this performance much. I'm just happy I'm moving on and I'm in the semis already.

I feel like it's been a quick week for me, and I feel great. So it's all about that right now. Sure, when you see the other top guys, you know, always going straight sets, you know, never any issues, yeah, I mean, it does ring a bell.

You know, you say, Okay, the other guys are playing really well, too. That's why I wouldn't be surprised if we're all in the semis.

Q. Are you able to compare those matches against Del Potro? You had some tough ones and that was so easy. Does that mean you are a little better? Is he a little worse?

ROGER FEDERER: Ah, I don't know. Look, it's just day form as well, exists as well. Sometimes I'm just playing well and he's maybe not, and then all of a sudden, you know, there is a combination of many things happening that you end up winning in straight sets.

But I didn't really struggle too much on his serve today for some reason. I was able to return great, and I think that was a big key. Then I think I was serving the right way, even though I didn't have the highest first serve percentage.

I think things really went well for me tonight, or today, I think. I still believe he's right there, you know, in the group behind the top 4. If that means 5 or 11, I don't think it matters much. He's right there. He's going to make another move and another push this year, I think.

I will definitely see him in the top 8 at the end of the year. He'll get many more chances this year. It's a long year and it's only the beginning.

So for me, I'm happy I'm playing well, but I also see that he's actually in good shape, too.

Q. Worried at all about keeping the momentum you had at the end of last season, because there is that break. You can't really...

ROGER FEDERER: A little bit. I mean, I guess you're always a little worried that when you come back you're like not going to play as good and conditions are going to be different.

This was all indoors at the end of the season. This is clearly slow outdoor hard courts, so you're never quite sure if you're going to adjust and are you going to be moving as well or is it going to be completely different movement just because it is slower‑paced courts.

Then again, I have been there so many times and I have finished the seasons six times on an absolute high. Probably the times I didn't win I still finished great. There's probably eight or nine times I came in with a lot of confidence into the new season, and most of the times I always played a good Australian Open.

I never lost here I think in the first round or before the third round, so I've always played really well here. So you are worried it's always going to happen for the first time, so I'm relieved I'm going to be in the semis, to be honest.

Q. Do you ever lose sleep before a big game or big match?

ROGER FEDERER: A little bit. Sometimes. Rarely. It's more the girls than the opponent. (Laughter.)

It does occasionally happen, yes.

Q. Rod Laver arrived here today. Is there an extra feeling, an extra special feeling when someone like him is around to watch a Grand Slam?

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, it's nice. I mean, I love it when former greats come out and sort of not watch me but watch us sort of play. I think it's very nice.

It's nice to see Lendl back in the game. Doesn't matter who he's playing or working with, to be honest. It's nice to see him back and sort of caring about what sort of made his life, I guess. Because we do all love it deeply, you know, somehow, in some way.

I saw Roy Emerson also today sitting there all of a sudden. I said, Oh, that's nice to see you, but I didn't say that and I didn't acknowledge him, because I'm pretending to be focused, right?

I was very happy to see him. It's nice to see greats and legends come out and watch sort of my generation, you know, play on the big courts.

Roger Federer ha ganado a Del Potro por 6-4, 6-3 y 6-2 en 1 hora y 59 minutos, en cuartos de final del Open de Australia 2012.

2012-01-24T11:49:00.002-03:00

Roger Federer ha logrado clasificarse para semifinales del Open de Australia 2012, tras ganar en cuartos de final al argentino Juan Martín Del Potro por 6-4, 6-3 y 6-2 en 1 hora y 59 minutos de partido.

El suizo ha disputado el partido número 1000 de su carrera como profesional y ha vuelto a dar otra exhibición de juego. Roger sigue sin ceder ningún set en el torneo y está desplegando un tenis fantástico.

El partido comenzó con el suizo a toda máquina dominando completamente a su rival y pronto viendose reflejado en el marcador tras conseguir un break en el segundo juego y con su saque consolidandolo y poniendose 3-0 en el marcador.

A partír de aquí, Roger se limitaba a ganar sus saques comodamente y hacía sufrir a Del Potro al resto, aunque con 4-2, era Del Potro quien se aprovecha de un juego muy relajado de Roger y conseguía el break para posteriormente empatar el partido 4-4.

Roger no quería sorpresas y cuando el marcador era de 5-4 y saque del argentino, era Roger quien conseguía otro break y cerraba el set por 6-4.

En el segundo set, era Roger quien nuevamente conseguía un break tempranero en el cuarto juego y tomaba ventaja en el marcador por 4-1.

Roger se limitó a mantener su saque y tuvo que salvar varias bolas de break cuando iban 5-3 y sacaba para cerrar el set, pero al final se repuso y se llevó la segunda manga por 6-3.

En el tercer set, Roger quiso ir por la vía rápida y conseguía un break en el primer juego del set.

A partír de aquí, el suizo se limitaba a ganar sus saques con autoridad y a buscar la oportunidad de conseguir otro break que sentenciara el partido.

Con 4-2, el genio suizo conseguía el break y con su saque cerraba el set por 6-2 y se llevaba la victoria y el pase a semifinales.

En semifinales se enfrentará al español Rafael Nadal, que ha vencido a Berdych por 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 y 6-3.

Estadísticas del partido:

Roger Federer ha logrado 5 aces y ha cometido 1 doble falta. Ha tenido un 57% de primeros servicios dentro. Ha ganado 89% de puntos con su primer servicio y 58% de puntos con su segundo servicio.

Ha conectado 38 winners y ha cometido 22 errores no forzados.

Ha convertido 5 de las 8 bolas de break que ha tenido a favor y ha salvado 5 de las 6 bolas de break en contra.

Ha ganado 15 de las 20 veces que ha subido a la red.

Previa del partido R.Federer - J.M.Del Potro en Cuartos de final del Open de Australia. Martes 24 de Enero a las 15:00 pm hora local.

2012-01-23T13:08:00.003-03:00

PREVIA DEL PARTIDO ENTRE ROGER FEDERER Y JUAN MARTÍN DEL POTRO EN CUARTOS DE FINAL DEL OPEN DE AUSTRALIA.

MARTES 24 DE ENERO A LAS 15:00 PM HORA LOCAL (MELBOURNE), LAS 05:00 AM EN ESPAÑA (MADRUGADA DEL LUNES AL MARTES), LAS 01:00 AM EN ARGENTINA (MADRUGADA DEL LUNES AL MARTES).

ROGER FEDERER (SUI) JUAN MARTÍN DEL POTRO (ARG)

Nombre del torneo: Australian Open

Categoría: Grand Slam

Fecha del torneo: 16-1-2011 - 29-1-2011.

FECHA DEL PARTIDO: Martes 24 de Enero de 2012.

HORA DEL PARTIDO: 15:00 pm hora local (Melbourne), 05:00 am en España (madrugada del lunes al martes), 01:00 am en Argentina (madrugada del lunes al martes).

METEOROLOGÍA: Soleado, 33º de temperatura máxima, humedad de 27% y vientos de 5 km/h.

TV: Tennis Channel; Eurosport, Digital Plus y algunos otros...

WEB: Channel Sur f ing, Live Sc ore Hun ter, From Spor t, MyP2 P, Atdhe

PISTA: Pista central "Rod Laver Arena" del complejo tenístico "Melbourne Park" (Melbourne -Australia), 14.820 espectadores. Exterior sobre pista rápida, techo retráctil.

JUAN MARTÍN DEL POTRO (ARG)

Fecha de Nacimiento: 23 de Septiembre de 1988

Nacionalidad: Argentina

Altura: 1,98 metros

Peso: 97 kgs

Ranking actual: 11º

Mejor ranking de su carrera: 4º (Enero de 2010)

Debut como profesional: 2005

Entrenador: Franco Davin

Datos de interés del tenista argentino:

Juan Martín Del Potro es un tenista argentino de 23 años, es diestro y juega con revés a dos manos. Lleva desde 2005 como tenista profesional.

Comenzó a jugar a los 7 años. Le apodan "Delpo".

Prefiere las pistas duras y su mejor arma son sus potentes golpes de derecha desde el fondo de la pista.

Actualmente es el 11º del mundo. Llegó a ser el 4º del mundo en Enero de 2010.

Tiene 9 títulos en su palmarés: Us Open 2009, Washington 2008 y 2009, Los Angeles 2008, Kitzbuhel 2008, Sttugart 2008, Auckland 2009, Estoril 2011, Delray Beack 2012. Tiene 1 título de dobles y 3 challengers.

Su mejor resultado en un Grand Slam es campeón en el Us Open 2009.

Este año lleva un balance de 5 victorias y 1 derrota.

Se ha enfrentado 9 veces a Roger Federer, con un balance a favor del suizo por 7-2.

Orden de juego del Martes 24 de Enero en el Open de Australia. 9ª Jornada, (Cuartos de final).

2012-01-23T12:05:00.003-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo el orden de juego correspondiente al Martes 24 de Enero de 2012, en el Open de Australia.

En la jornada del martes se disputará el noverno dia del torneo, donde se jugarán los partidos de cuartos de final por la parte baja del cuadro.

Roger Federer se enfrentará al argentino Juan Martín Del Potro, en el tercer turno de la pista central Rod Laver, en torno a las 15:00 pm hora local (Melbourne), 05:00 am en España (madrugada del lunes al martes), 01:00 am en Argentina (madrugada del lunes al martes).

ORDEN DE JUEGO DEL MARTES 24 DE ENERO EN EL OPEN DE AUSTRALIA 2012. 8ª Jornada, (Cuartos de final).

Rod Laver Arena

11:00 AM
Pat Cash(AUS) /Goran Ivanisevic(CRO) vs. Wayne Arthurs(AUS) /Thomas Muster(AUT)

Not Before:12:00 PM
Victoria Azarenka(BLR)[3] vs. Agnieszka Radwanska(POL)[8]
Caroline Wozniacki(DEN)[1] vs. Kim Clijsters(BEL)[11]

Not Before 15:00 PM
Juan Martin Del Potro(ARG)[11] vs. Roger Federer(SUI)[3]

19:30 PM
Tomas Berdych(CZE)[7] vs. Rafael Nadal(ESP)[2]
Bob Bryan(USA)[1] /Mike Bryan(USA)[1] vs. Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL)[6] /Marcin Matkowski(POL)[6]

Resultados octavos de final del Open de Australia 2012, Lunes 23 de Enero (8ª Jornada).

2012-01-23T12:01:00.003-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo los resultados correspondientes al Lunes 23 de Enero, en el Open de Australia 2012.

En la jornada del lunes se ha disputado el octavo dia del torneo, donde se han jugado los partidos de octavos de final por la parte alta del cuadro.

La sorpresa del dia ha sido la derrota de Tsonga.

Resultados Octavos de final del Open de Australia 2012, Lunes 23 de Enero (8ª Jornada).

[1] N.Djokovic - L.Hewitt: 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
[4] A.Murray - M.Kukushkin: 6-1, 6-1, 1-0 (ret.Kukushkin)
[5] D.Ferrer - [17] R.Gasquet: 6-4, 6-4, 6-1
[24] K.Nishikori - [6] J.W.Tsonga: 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3

Orden de juego del Lunes 23 de Enero en el Open de Australia. 8ª Jornada, (Octavos de final).

2012-01-22T13:38:00.003-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo el orden de juego correspondiente al Lunes 23 de Enero de 2012, en el Open de Australia.

En la jornada del lunes se disputará el octavo dia del torneo, donde se jugarán los partidos de octavos de final por la parte alta del cuadro.

ORDEN DE JUEGO DEL LUNES 23 DE ENERO EN EL OPEN DE AUSTRALIA 2012. 8ª Jornada, (Octavos de final).

Rod Laver Arena

11:00 AM
Ana Ivanovic(SRB)[21] vs. Petra Kvitova(CZE)[2]
Andy Murray(GBR)[4] vs. Mikhail Kukushkin(KAZ)
Ekaterina Makarova(RUS) vs. Serena Williams(USA)[12]

19:30 PM
Sabine Lisicki(GER)[14] vs. Maria Sharapova(RUS)[4]
Novak Djokovic(SRB)[1] vs. Lleyton Hewitt(AUS)

Hisense Arena

11:00 AM
Guy Forget(FRA) /Henri Leconte(FRA) vs. Todd Woodbridge(AUS) /Mark Woodforde(AUS)

Not Before 12:30 PM
Kei Nishikori(JPN)[24] vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(FRA)[6]
Richard Gasquet(FRA)[17] vs. David Ferrer(ESP)[5]

Resultados octavos de final del Open de Australia 2012, Domingo 22 de Enero (7ª Jornada).

2012-01-22T13:34:00.003-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo los resultados correspondientes al Domingo 22 de Enero, en el Open de Australia 2012.

En la jornada del domingo se ha disputado el séptimo dia del torneo, donde se han jugado los partidos de octavos de final por la parte baja del cuadro.

Resultados Octavos de final del Open de Australia 2012, Domingo 22 de Enero (7ª Jornada).

[2] R.Nadal - [18] F.López: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
[3] R.Federer - B.Tomic: 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
[7] T.Berdych - [10] N.Almagro: 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6
[11] J.M.Del Potro - P.Kohlschreiber: 6-4, 6-2, 6-1

Conferencia de prensa de Roger Federer tras su victoria ante Tomic en Octavos de final del Open de Australia 2012.

2012-01-22T13:11:00.002-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo la rueda de prensa de Roger Federer tras su victoria en octavos de final del Open de Australia 2012, ante el tenista local Bernard Tomic por 6-4, 6-2 y 6-2.

El suizo esta contento con el tenis que está jugando y cree que si sigue a este nivel puede optar a sumar su 17º Grand Slam, aunque hay que ir paso a paso.

La rueda de prensa está en inglés pero pueden traducirla con la herramienta para traducir que tenemos a la derecha del blog, justo debajo del reloj y el tiempo meteorológico.

Q. Was it much easier than you expected or different or what?

ROGER FEDERER: No, pretty much as expected. I mean, I played him before, so it wasn't like I played him for the very first time.

But obviously I knew that points were going to be played differently than the match he played with Dolgopolov. So I figured he was going to play a bit for aggressive, that it was going to be a tough match, which it was, I thought.

Maybe the score suggested differently, but I thought we had a lot of long games, tough points, and I thought he did actually really well.

Q. Do you think that the first set was going to be an imperative? Most objective people thought that perhaps if he won the first set it might be a very tight match. But as it turned out, you winning the first ‑ just to lift the nervous a little bit?

ROGER FEDERER: I mean, I guess you always say that in a best‑of‑five set match has sort of that cushion, right? But then again, he's come through a lot of the matches where he lost the first set and ended up winning them.

So it doesn't always tell the whole story, but you figure against the top guys usually it's really important. I didn't see it that way, to be honest, because I've seen him come back too many times.

For me it was just important to play point for point, you know, be very consistent of what I tried to do out there, and, you know, just play my game really, which I was able to do.

At the end, you know, he might have let go a little bit, but I was really able to always keep the pressure on him and kept serving well and kept him on the run.

So it was a good match for me.

Q. Do you feel like your game lifted after the first set, or do you feel like Tomic kind of...

ROGER FEDERER: I thought I started to play better. I started to return better for sure. In the beginning I was getting a few free points here and there. I was still looking for the rhythm a bit, because I guess I didn't have sort of rhythm matches up until now.

The first match the guy just went for it every single time, forehand, backhand, or serve. Second round I didn't play. Third round I played Karlovic who keeps on coming, you know, has one of the biggest serves in the game.

So it was obviously going to be a completely different matchup with longer rallies. That's why I'm really pleased to have come through, because it wasn't easy. That's where maybe in the beginning I was still, you know, trying to find sort of the right balance between when to slice, when to play aggressive.

As the match went on, I started to understand when and how I wanted to do it. You know, then I was able to pull the trigger and actually then I start to play really well as the match went on.

Q. Are you playing well enough to win this thing again?

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I mean, this was my first match, real match sort of from the baseline where I had to work extremely hard where it wasn't just reacting. I could act, as well, because, you know, Tomic kind of lets you play a little bit.

I'm happy with how I'm feeling, so it's important to rest up well and then, you know, attack again in the court. It's going to be tough against Del Potro. I don't look beyond that because he's coming up strong. He had a good has year and he played all the top guys again in the last year and pushed us all.

So I figure six months later since I played him in Cincinnati he's going to be a better player. He's got massive potential, and he'll be part of the top 10 for probably a long time.

Q. In what you've seen of Bernard in two matches, how do you rate his potential for the future?

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, very good. I think he's proved his point. Obviously now it's about keeping that up time and time again, day in, day out, you know, when he's not only just maybe playing on center court, but also on the smaller courts. You have to go through those times, as well.

Yeah, and then find your way on center court, and then when everybody expects it again from you that you deliver. So far he's handled it really well. He's improved a lot since last year, he's, improved a lot since Davis Cup in Sydney.

It can only be expected in some ways, but sometimes people want too much too soon. But I think he's really had a really difficult draw here, and he's made the most of it, in my opinion.

I think he's had a wonderful tournament, and I think there's much more that's gonna come the Australian way, I would say.

Q. On that same theme, it has been a very exciting week for the Australians, both with Tomic and Hewitt. The new hope is gone now it's just Lleyton. How would you describe the run he's one, particularly at this tournament with all the injuries and challenges, and now the big challenge that lies ahead of him for tomorrow night.

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I was happy for Lleyton. I fist pumped when he won yesterday. I was very happy for him.

Look, I've had too many tough battles with him, so in some ways you're happy that you don't have to face him but you can watch him battle and know for the other guy how it feels and how he can make you feel.

I was really happy for him, because he hasn't gotten a fair chance to prove still how good he is. Some judge him on his ranking, which is obviously not telling the truth.

I think he's been playing really well still the last two years. Just didn't get enough matches and never really got on a roll because he was always interrupted the whole time.

So I was really happy, because like Tomic as well, he's had a really difficult draw. The first guy, Stebe, played amazing as well, and I thought Lleyton did so well to come through.

I was just really happy from then on that he's won another two matches in a great way. Now, you know, there's nothing to lose, which is nice for him, as well. I'm sure he's going to do well against Djokovic.

Q. Will you be watching?

ROGER FEDERER: I assume they're playing tomorrow night. Yeah, I hope I can watch it, yes.

Q. Could you reflect a little on when you were 19? I think that was the year you beat Pete at Wimbledon. Just being at the levels perhaps that Switzerland didn't expect but you expected, and when we saw you, the world expected. How have you coped with that and how you plotted your course from there on?

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I mean, it's funny. When you're 19 you have nothing to lose, you feel like. But then you feel an immense pressure, just the constant pounding of knocking on the door from everybody saying, When are you going to make the breakthrough?

Well, not everybody is Michael Chang or Boris Becker or Lleyton Hewitt who just breaks through at 16, 17, and then you're done with the breakthrough and now you're established. It's just not so simple.

Some need to work harder. Some need to work longer. I think I was one of those guys who kind of had to understand my own game, and then eventually when my fitness and my mind was all sort of coming together, this was when I was able to play my best.

That 2001 period against Pete was exactly that time. I took a major decision a few months earlier to be quiet on the court, and it worked well for me. I played the quarters at the he French and then quarters at Wimbledon beating Pete. And then I finished the year 23, I think.

So I had a really good year, and, you know, breakpoints, nothing to lose, just go for it. And then at times you get super frustrated and you can't play your ball into the court just because I was very still up and down mentally, you know.

I think all the youngsters we're seeing today are much more solid. I'm amazed actually how strong Rafa and Murray and Djokovic and Tomic and all these guys are. Also Raonic. It's pretty impressive, I have to say.

Q. 14 years ago you played your first match in Gstaad, and next match will be your No. 1000.

ROGER FEDERER: That's what I'm hearing.

Q. Do you mind to tell us something about all those 1000 matches now? (Laughter.)

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I don't think so. I want to go back.

But I don't know. It's been a lot of matches, and I remember some very vividly. Some I've started to forget, which I guess is a good sign. I'm taking it that way.

Yeah, I have had some tough losses over the years, but I've also had some of the most incredible feelings out there. I never thought as a kid I would ever cry after I won matches, because I always used to cry after I lost every single match when I was sort of from 8 to basically 15.

It was always emotional because I always tried my best, and whenever I lost for me it was tragic. So the first time I was able to sort of ‑‑ I cried after I have won a match, I was like, What the hell is happening to me? I can't believe I care so much about this sport which I love so much. It came as a surprise.

But then I had so much success and I could relive those memories. It was really nice, and that I'm still fit and healthy and eager to play and hungry. It's great.

Obviously for me it's just another match, but I know it's special in some ways. I will try to make the best of it, I guess.

Q. What has been the worst moment of all?

ROGER FEDERER: I don't know. I don't see as one standing out. I went through some tough moments as well where I was frustrated and I didn't like it as much. But, I don't know. I always stay positive. I'm a very positive person.

I found a way, and sure, sometimes you're extremely sad, you know, like when I lost here against Lleyton in Davis Cup or whatever it is. You know, where I just feel like, God, I should have won and you end up losing.

It was tough moments maybe for, you know, an hour or a couple of days potentially, but life goes on and you get a second chance, which is good in tennis.

Q. What do you remember of your first title in Milan? Won your first ATP title in Milan. What do you remember of that?

ROGER FEDERER: Well, I didn't come in thinking I was going to win the title, but I knew I was playing well indoors. I was really close against Rosset earlier I think in Marseilles. I lost 7‑6 in the third, which is obviously very, again, emotional, because it was against a fellow Swiss. He was like my bigger brother. He kind of taught me how things worked on tour besides my coach and so forth.

So it was very awkward in a way playing him in the finals. Back then everybody was serving and volleying indoors. There was not much you could do sometimes. Almost won and then ended up losing.

I think my second finals was in Basel. I played amazing against Enqvist and ended up losing that, too.

So I though, Oh, God. Here we go. I'm never going to win a tournament.

And then when I won Milan, obviously I was extremely relieved and just very happy. I played great. I think I beat Kafelnikov in the semis and Boutter in the finals. It was a big moment for me.

My family drove down from Switzerland. I don't remember if we celebrated or not, because I think they left right away afterwards. But my closest friends and family were very happy for me.

Q. Two years ago you played Del Potro. It was 6‑3, 6‑3, 6‑Love.

ROGER FEDERER: Three years ago.

Q. What do you foresee now? Do you think you won't repeat that score?

ROGER FEDERER: No, I won't. I can guarantee you that. I think it's going to be a good match. Look, I think he's coming back awfully strong again.

I was sad to see that he was out for so long after his amazing year in 2009, I guess it was, and I thought he had a chance in 2010 to sort of make a run for world No. 1. Injury came and things obviously changed, and now he's had to have a great year to get back in the top 15, I think, and now he's making his move to the top 10.

It's nice is to see him back. He's a good guy. I'm looking forward to the match. I think it's going to be a tough one. He really came through convincingly in the last two especially. And, yeah, we know the firepower.

I played him in Cincinnati six months ago. It was super fast. It's going to be different. We'll have many more rallies, so for me, a chance to mix it up, but I have to stay aggressive myself, as well.

Roger Federer ha ganado a Tomic por 6-4, 6-2 y 6-2 en 1 hora y 42 minutos, en octavos de final del Open de Australia 2012.

2012-01-22T08:24:00.003-03:00

Roger Federer ya está en cuartos de final del Open de Australia 2012, tras ganar en octavos de final a Bernard Tomic por 6-4, 6-2 y 6-2 en 1 hora y 42 minutos de partido.

El suizo ha dado un recital de juego y no ha dado ninguna opción al tenista local, que se ha visto totalmente superado ante el juego desplegado por Roger y el público "aussie" no ha tenido otra opción que rendirse a la magia de Roger.

El suizo acumula una racha de 31 veces consecutivas llegando a cuartos de final como mínimo en torneos de Grand Slams y ya acumula 24 victorias consecutivas en los últimos 24 partidos disputados.

El partido comenzó con ambos tenistas tanteandose y ganando sus saques sin muchos problemas.

Roger intentaba romper el saque del australiano, aunque no pudo lograrlo hasta llegar al 4-4, cuando esta vez Roger conseguía el break y posteriormente con su saque cerraba el primer set por 6-4.

En el segundo set, Roger consiguió un break tempranero en el tercer juego del set y posteriomente con su saque lo consolidaba y ponía el marcador 3-1.

Roger no obstante, siguió apretando y consiguió otro break, aunque esta vez no pudo consolidarlo y Tomic reaccionaba devolviendole uno de los break pero esto no gusto a Roger, y el suizo volvió a apretar y consiguió otro break.

Esto fue suficiente y Roger se llevó la segunda manga por 6-2.

En el tercer set, Roger empezó de la mejor forma posible y conseguía un break en el primer juego del set.

Roger fue aguantando su ventaja y más adelante con un nuevo break sentenciaba el partido para posteriormente cerrarlo con su saque y llevarse la victoria.

En cuartos de final se enfrentará al argentino Juan Martín Del Potro.

Estadísticas del partido:

Roger Federer ha logrado 13 aces y ha cometido 3 dobles faltas. Ha tenido un 58% de primeros servicios dentro. Ha ganado 84% de puntos con su primer servicio y 56% de puntos con su segundo servicio.

Ha conectado 45 winners y ha cometido 28 errores no forzados.

Ha convertido 6 de las 1o bolas de break a favor y ha salvado 4 de las 5 bolas de break en contra.

Ha ganado 19 de las 25 veces que ha subido a la red.

Previa del partido R.Federer - B.Tomic en Octavos de final del Open de Australia. Domingo 22 de Enero a las 19:00 pm hora local.

2012-01-21T11:11:00.003-03:00

PREVIA DEL PARTIDO ENTRE ROGER FEDERER Y BERNARD TOMIC EN OCTAVOS DE FINAL DEL OPEN DE AUSTRALIA.

DOMINGO 22 DE ENERO A LAS 19:00 PM HORA LOCAL (MELBOURNE), LAS 09:00 AM EN ESPAÑA, LAS 05:00 AM EN ARGENTINA (MADRUGADA DEL SÁBADO AL DOMINGO).

ROGER FEDERER (SUI) BERNARD TOMIC (AUS)

Nombre del torneo: Australian Open

Categoría: Grand Slam

Fecha del torneo: 16-1-2011 - 29-1-2011.

FECHA DEL PARTIDO: Domingo 22 de Enero de 2012.

HORA DEL PARTIDO: 19:00 pm hora local (Melbourne), 09:00 am en España, 05:00 am en Argentina (madrugada del sábado al domingo).

METEOROLOGÍA: Soleado, 26º de temperatura máxima, humedad de 44% y vientos de 22 km/h.

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BERNARD TOMIC (AUS)

Fecha de Nacimiento: 21 de Octubre de 1992

Nacionalidad: Australiana

Altura: 1,96 metros

Peso: 91 kgs

Ranking actual: 38º

Mejor ranking de su carrera: 37º (Enero de 2012)

Debut como profesional: 2008

Entrenador: John Tomic

Datos de interés del tenista australiano:

Bernard Tomic es un tenista australiano de 19 años, es diestro y juega con revés a dos manos. Lleva desde 2008 como tenista profesional.

Es aficionado al fútbol y al baloncesto.

Posee unos potentes golpes desde el fondo y considera la hierba como su superficie favorita.

Actualmente es el 38º del mundo. Llegó a ser el 37º del mundo hace unas semanas.

No tiene ningún título en su palmarés. Tiene 2 challengers.

Su mejor resultado en un Grand Slam es cuartos de final alcanzados en Wimbledon 2011.

Este año lleva un balance de 6 victorias y 1 derrota.

Se ha enfrentado 1 vez a Roger Federer, donde ganó el suizo.

Orden de juego del Domingo 22 de Enero en el Open de Australia. 7ª Jornada, (octavos de final).

2012-01-21T09:48:00.004-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo el orden de juego correspondiente al Domingo 22 de Enero de 2012, en el Open de Australia.

En la jornada del domingo se disputará el séptimo dia del torneo, donde se jugarán los partidos de octavos de final por la parte baja del cuadro.

Roger Federer se enfrentará al australiano Bernard Tomic, en el primer turno de la sesión noctura de la pista central Rod Laver, a las 19:00 pm hora local (Melbourne), 09:00 am en España, 05:00 am en Argentina (madrugada del sábado al domingo).

ORDEN DE JUEGO DEL DOMINGO 22 DE ENERO EN EL OPEN DE AUSTRALIA 2012. 7ª Jornada, (Octavos de final).

Rod Laver Arena

11:00 AM
Victoria Azarenka(BLR)[3] vs. Iveta Benesova(CZE)
Feliciano Lopez(ESP)[18] vs. Rafael Nadal(ESP)[2]
Kim Clijsters(BEL)[11] vs. Na Li(CHN)[5]

19:00 PM
Bernard Tomic(AUS) vs. Roger Federer(SUI)[3]
Caroline Wozniacki(DEN)[1] vs. Jelena Jankovic(SRB)[13]

Hisense Arena

11:00 AM
Bob Bryan(USA)[1] /Mike Bryan(USA)[1] vs. Colin Fleming(GBR)[15] /Ross Hutchins(GBR)[15]

Not Before 12:30 PM
Julia Goerges(GER)[22] vs. Agnieszka Radwanska(POL)[8]
Tomas Berdych(CZE)[7] vs. Nicolas Almagro(ESP)[10]
Wayne Arthurs(AUS) /Thomas Muster(AUT) vs. Jacco Eltingh(NED) /Paul Haarhuis(NED)

Margaret Court Arena

11:00 AM
Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS) /Vera Zvonareva(RUS) vs. Gisela Dulko(ARG)[4] /Flavia Pennetta(ITA)[4]

Not Before 13:30 PM
Martina Hingis(SUI) /Iva Majoli(CRO) vs. Nicole Bradtke(AUS) /Martina Navratilova(USA)
Kimiko Date-Krumm(JPN) /Kei Nishikori(JPN) vs. Gisela Dulko(ARG) /Eduardo Schwank(ARG)

Not Before 16:00 PM
Philipp Kohlschreiber(GER) vs. Juan Martin Del Potro(ARG)[11]
Olivia Rogowska(AUS) /Marinko Matosevic(AUS) vs. Casey Dellacqua(AUS) /Matthew Ebden(AUS)

Resultados 3ª Ronda del Open de Australia 2012, Sábado 21 de Enero (6ª Jornada).

2012-01-21T09:43:00.003-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo los resultados correspondientes al Sábado 21 de Enero, en el Open de Australia 2012.

En la jornada del viernes se ha disputado el sexto dia del torneo, donde se han jugado los partidos de 3ª Ronda por la parte alta del cuadro.

Las dos sorpresas del dia han sido las derrotas de Monfils y Raonic.

Resultados 3ª Ronda del Open de Australia 2012, Sábado 21 de Enero (6ª Jornada).

[1] N.Djokovic - N.Mahut: 6-0, 6-1, 6-1
[4] A.Murray - M.Llodra: 6-4, 6-2, 6-0
[5] D.Ferrer - [27] J.I.Chela: 7-5, 6-2, 6-1
[6] J.W.Tsonga - F.Gil: 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
[17] R.Gasquet - [9] J.Tipsarevic: 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
M.Kukushkin - [14] G.Monfils: 6-2, 7-5, 5-7, 1-6, 6-4
L.Hewitt - [23] M.Raonic: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3
[24] K.Nishikori - J.Benneteau: 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-3

Orden de juego del Sábado 21 de Enero en el Open de Australia. 6ª Jornada, (3ªRonda).

2012-01-20T12:29:00.003-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo el orden de juego correspondiente al Sábado 21 de Enero de 2012, en el Open de Australia.

En la jornada del sábado se disputará el sexto dia del torneo, donde se jugarán los partidos de 3ª Ronda por la parte alta del cuadro.

ORDEN DE JUEGO DEL SÁBADO 21 DE ENERO EN EL OPEN DE AUSTRALIA 2012. 6ª Jornada, (3ª Ronda).

Rod Laver Arena

11:00 AM
Maria Kirilenko(RUS)[27] vs. Petra Kvitova(CZE)[2]
Angelique Kerber(GER)[30] vs. Maria Sharapova(RUS)[4]
Novak Djokovic(SRB)[1] vs. Nicolas Mahut(FRA)

19:00 PM
Greta Arn(HUN) vs. Serena Williams(USA)[12]
Milos Raonic(CAN)[23] vs. Lleyton Hewitt(AUS)

Hisense Arena

11:00 AM
Frederico Gil(POR) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(FRA)[6]
Vania King(USA) vs. Ana Ivanovic(SRB)[21]
Sabine Lisicki(GER)[14] vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS)[18]

19:00 PM
Andy Murray(GBR)[4] vs. Michael Llodra(FRA)
Pat Cash(AUS) /Goran Ivanisevic(CRO) vs. Mansour Bahrami(IRI) /Cedric Pioline(FRA)

Margaret Court Arena

11:00 AM
Guy Forget(FRA) /Henri Leconte(FRA) vs. Darren Cahill(AUS) /Richard Fromberg(AUS)

Not Before 12:30 PM
Vera Zvonareva(RUS)[7] vs. Ekaterina Makarova(RUS)
Janko Tipsarevic(SRB)[9] vs. Richard Gasquet(FRA)[17]
Mikhail Kukushkin(KAZ) vs. Gael Monfils(FRA)[14]

Not Before 19:00 PM
Anastasia Rodionova(AUS) /Christopher Kas(GER) vs. Yaroslava Shvedova(KAZ) /Andy Ram(ISR)

Show Court 2

11:00 AM
Sorana Cirstea(ROU) vs. Sara Errani(ITA)

Not Before 12:30 PM
Juan Ignacio Chela(ARG)[27] vs. David Ferrer(ESP)[5]

Not Before 15:00 PM
Ashleigh Barty(AUS) /Benjamin Mitchell(AUS) vs. Jelena Jankovic(SRB) /Bernard Tomic(AUS)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(RUS) /Max Mirnyi(BLR) vs. Elena Vesnina(RUS)[5] /Leander Paes(IND)[5]

Show Court 3

11:00 AM
Dominika Cibulkova(SVK) /Jill Craybas(USA) vs. Jarmila Gajdosova(AUS)[12] /
Betthanie Mattek-Sands(USA)[12]

Not Before 12:30 PM
Jie Zheng(CHN) vs. Marion Bartoli(FRA)[9]
Julien Benneteau(FRA) vs. Kei Nishikori(JPN)[24]
Bethanie Mattek-Sands(USA)[8] /Horia Tecau(ROU)[8] vs. Lucie Hradecka(CZE) /Frantisek Cermak(CZE)

Court 6

11:00 AM
Sania Mirza(IND)[6] /Elena Vesnina(RUS)[6] vs. Eva Birnerova(CZE) /Alberta Brianti(ITA)
Iveta Benesova(CZE)[10] /Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(CZE)[10] vs. Rika Fujiwara(JPN) /Ayumi Morita(JPN)
Mahesh Bhupathi(IND)[4] /Rohan Bopanna(IND)[4] vs. Carsten Ball(AUS) /Treat Conrad Huey(PHI)
Vladimira Uhlirova(CZE) /Scott Lipsky(USA) vs. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(CZE) /Robert Lindstedt(SWE)

Court 7

11:00 AM
Victor Hanescu(ROU) /Olivier Rochus(BEL) vs. Ricardo Mello(BRA) /Joao Souza(BRA)
Frantisek Cermak(CZE)[11] /Filip Polasek(SVK)[11] vs. Mikhail Elgin(RUS) /Alexander Kudryavtsev(RUS)
Silvia Soler-Espinosa(ESP) /Carla Suarez Navarro(ESP) vs. Gisela Dulko(ARG)[4] /Flavia Pennetta(ITA)[4]
Kveta Peschke(CZE)[1] /Katarina Srebotnik(SLO)[1] vs. Alla Kudryavtseva(RUS) /Ekaterina Makarova(RUS)

Court 13

11:00 AM
Irina-Camelia Begu(ROU) /Monica Niculescu(ROU) vs. Natalie Grandin(RSA)[9] /Vladimira Uhlirova(CZE)[9]
Juan Sebastian Cabal(COL) /Robert Farah(COL) vs. Max Mirnyi(BLR)[2] /Daniel Nestor(CAN)[2]

Not Before 14:00 PM
Tamira Paszek(AUT) /Jasmin Woehr(GER) vs. Daniela Hantuchova(SVK)[8] /Agnieszka Radwanska(POL)[8]
Liezel Huber(USA) /Colin Fleming(GBR) vs. Maria Kirilenko(RUS)[3] /Daniel Nestor(CAN)[3]

Court 18

11:00 AM
Pablo Andujar(ESP) /Guillermo Garcia-Lopez(ESP) vs. Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL)[6] /Marcin Matkowski(POL)[6]
Petra Cetkovska(CZE) /Stephanie Foretz Gacon(FRA) vs. Andrea Hlavackova(CZE)[7] /Lucie Hradecka(CZE)[7]
Petra Martic(CRO) /Kristina Mladenovic(FRA) vs. Su-Wei Hsieh(TPE)[14] /Galina Voskoboeva(KAZ)[14]
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi(PAK)[8] /Jean-Julien Rojer(CUW)[8] vs. Philipp Marx(GER) /Adil Shamasdin(CAN)

Resultados 3ª Ronda del Open de Australia 2012, Viernes 20 de Enero (5ª Jornada).

2012-01-20T12:14:00.003-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo los resultados correspondientes al Viernes 20 de Enero, en el Open de Australia 2012.

En la jornada del viernes se ha disputado el quinto dia del torneo, donde se han jugado los partidos de 3ª Ronda por la parte baja del cuadro.

No ha habido ninguna sorpresa a destacar.

Resultados 3ª Ronda del Open de Australia 2012, Viernes 20 de Enero (5ª Jornada).

[2] R.Nadal - L.Lacko: 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
[3] R.Federer - I.Karlovic: 7-6, 7-5, 6-3
[7] T.Berdych - [30] K.Anderson: 7-6, 7-6, 6-1
[10] N.Almagro - [21] S.Wawrinka: 7-6, 6-2, 6-4
[11] J.M.Del Potro - Y.Lu: 6-2, 6-3, 6-0
B.Tomic - A.Dolgopolov: 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 2-6, 6-3
18] F.López - [16] J.Isner: 6-3, 6-7, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1
P.Kohlschreiber - A.Falla: 6-3, 6-2, 7-6

Conferencia de prensa de Roger Federer tras su victoria ante Karlovic en 3ª Ronda del Open de Australia 2012.

2012-01-20T11:58:00.004-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo la rueda de prensa de Roger Federer, tras su victoria en 3ª Ronda del Open de Australia 2012, ante el croata Ivo Karlovic por 7-6, 7-5 y 6-3.

El suizo se ha mostrado contento de ganar a un rival tan peligroso y de haber jugado muy bien en los momentos claves del partido.

La rueda de prensa esta en inglés, pero pueden traducirla con la herramienta que tenemos para traducir a la derecha del blog, justo debajo del reloj y el tiempo meteorológico.

Q. How important do you think your acrobatics on that set point in the first set might have been? It was an amazing get really in the circumstances.

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I mean, it was a tough breaker for me, just the way it all turned out to be, and him then having the chance to serve it out at 6‑5 definitely made it difficult.

Thank God, you know, he gave me a second serve and gave me a slight chance. Might have had a little bit of a lucky volley, but quick reflexes at the net so that can happen.

Then running up there, I didn't know what to do anymore. Probably left and right, going to go too slow and he's going to slam it home. Let me try the lob, even though that's not what you're supposed to do against him. I got sort of the angle right and was able maybe to surprise him, we're that close to each other, so it's hard to kind of react quick maybe up. I don't know. It kind of worked, and then I had a great return after that. I was almost home. So it was a good turn of events for me then.

Then after that, I maybe relaxed a bit. I got a bit of a better read on his serve potentially and just, you know, also knew what I wanted to do also on my own service games.

It was a big first set, clearly.

Q. How important was it have a tough workout after the walkover last round?

ROGER FEDERER: I think it was important to face throughout the whole three sets just the pressure of facing a guy like Ivo who can serve his way out of trouble, keeps you on your heels the whole time. You're not quite sure what's going to happen.

If you miss one or two minutes of the game, down break point, he plays one good point or whatever happens, and the next thing you know, you're stuck in a fifth set maybe against him where you're down with more pressure.

So I think that was a good thing. Now obviously it was not much baseline tennis out there. That's why it's hard to judge where my game is at, but I was in control, I was making many errors. But that's kind of to be expected from him from the baseline just because I have the athletic upper hand.

But overall I feel good, you know. It's been a good match for me and a good last week or so. No back issues at all today. I didn't even think about it, to be honest. So it was a good day at the office.

Q. Do you enjoy watching other players play Karlovic just to see what they do?

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I do. Yeah, I mean, I watched Lleyton and Andy last night. Just, yeah, I like seeing them sort of battle it out and see how well they're playing.

Q. I mean see other players play against Karlovic, the approach they take.

ROGER FEDERER: No, I mean, he doesn't always play on center court. If the TVs are no good, you know, you're not going to watch court 15.

I remember the match he played with Rafa at Indian Wells and it was really close. I watched a bit of that.

Yeah, I mean, I do like to see how they play him or how he plays them. He's an interesting type of player.

Q. There is a difference to play Isner or Karlovic?

ROGER FEDERER: A little bit.

Q. Which one?

ROGER FEDERER: I don't know how distinctive. Obviously the way the trajectory comes in, it's obviously similar. But then again, it's just a way ‑‑ I guess Ivo plays with his one hand, slice. He maneuvers the ball differently than John does. He steps in and takes it with a two‑hander so the point starts differently on your serve.

Maybe Ivo has the upper hand just in terms of how he serves. Overall he's very accurate with his serving, and he's got all corners covered easily. I think John has also improved, so that's why he's ahead of him in the rankings, I guess.

Q. Do you think it would be better for tennis to have more one‑handed backhands and less two‑handed?

ROGER FEDERER: I think it would be nice to have a bit of both, because double handed can be really nice as some of the greats showed us, Borg, Wilander, and Agassi and so forth.

It's still a nice shot. I prefer the one hand just because it's how the game has all started. But I think it's good to mix even though the double handers are taking the upper hand throughout the years. That's clear now.

Q. I don't know if you saw the Nalbandian/Isner match the other night and the contentious way it came to a close. Would you like to see there be a more uniform way of deciding if a player has taken enough time to challenge? It seems to be a gray area. I know you've got controversial views on Hawk‑Eye, anyway.

ROGER FEDERER: Isn't is great, Hawk‑Eye, what happened, right? That's why we have it, right, to talk about it because we don't use it?

Q. Do you think there should be a time limit?

ROGER FEDERER: I guess the circumstances, it was just crazy and there was misunderstandings and the crowd was loud. You can't shout across the court and talk to the umpire.

You have to go up to him and the umpire could maybe understand that as stalling, right, and not to give it to him anymore? I have had issues in the past where I think my opponents take crazy amount of time and then they decide to challenge.

I think it's both ways. Umpires need to be super flexible and firm, but also the players need to be the same and help the cause that something like this doesn't happen.

You wish that you talk about how great they were serving and returning and playing instead of talking about this one stupid call. Unfortunately it might have changed the outcome of the match potentially.

We all knew that this is exactly the type of point that needs to be challenged either from John or from David or from the umpire. We need to see the call. It can't be that there is no call.

So it was just so unfortunate. I felt bad for David, but it was still a great match. I guess the players and the umpires need to get it right in terms of helping each other.

Q. Do you tend to be one who if you challenge they know instantly you're going to because you just go and challenge?

ROGER FEDERER: Exactly. I don't think we're on clay where you walk up to the mark and you're like, Hmm, that's an interesting mark. Let's wait it out and challenge and then put the umpire in a bad spot. The umpire can go, Three, two, one, no more.

He won't do that. It's part of process I guess. They need to figure it out.

Q. Talking about one‑handed backhand, did you realize in the first set in 5‑2 you hit a two‑handed backhand?

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I did. I lost the point. That's why I play one handed. And I won't play double handed for a long, long time, I can tell you that.

Q. Thank you.

ROGER FEDERER: No problem.

Q. Any thoughts on Hewitt and Raonic tomorrow night?

ROGER FEDERER: Hmm, are they playing night session tomorrow?

Q. I think so.

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I mean, doesn't matter really. It's going to be a good match. Obviously Raonic is on the rise, and Lleyton such an established player and playing with home crowd advantage, definitely you want to hope to see.

I haven't seen Raonic play in a while now because of injury or whatever happened. I practiced once with him in Wimbledon, so I got a chance to hit some with him there.

Yeah, I think it's going to be an open match, because Lleyton doesn't give away anything, you know. I've seen that happen so many times that I'll just pick Lleyton because he's playing well and he's playing at home.

Q. You have attended probably 2000 press conferences in your life. Have you never been worried about facing any of them in certain specific situations?

ROGER FEDERER: I would be sad if I weren't facing you guys. Is that the question? (Laughter.)

Q. I was just asking if you always come here relaxed, even after defeat, or sometimes you worry about questions that can be asked?

ROGER FEDERER: No, no. I mean, no. It's just part of the job, I guess, is to face questions, tough questions, sometimes. I think the worst thing you can do is go hide somewhere and hope you're not going to be asked any questions.

I think you guys have the right to ask tough questions sometimes. Then also I guess sometimes you need to accept if I don't want to answer any questions on a particular subject. I think it's only fair. But I don't think I've ever tried to escape any press conference. I remember getting fined not showing up. I did try to get out of the press conference in my last match because I didn't play. They still said I have to come to press because it's a scheduled match. I was like, A scheduled match? If the guy would have pulled out yesterday, the day before, I wouldn't have had to come. There was better stories than me telling you about a nonmatch, so...

But anyway, look, as long as you guys are happy, that's all that counts, right? (Laughter.)

Q. Can you tell us what you think about your potential opponents in the fourth round?

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I mean, I'll follow it as much as I can, because both are quite particular. I've only played Bernard and Alexandr once each, I think, so I don't know them that well.

Tomic obviously being young makes him still somewhat of a mystery maybe just because he's changing his game as he's progressing along the way.

Also Dolgopolov is making his move up the rankings. He's already in the top 15 and playing very solid already since some time now. Still he's discovering his best game and his weakest game.

It's going to be a good match to watch. Either player is gonna be a challenge for me. I've just played Tomic on a tough grass court in Sydney a few months ago, and Dolgopolov was the first in Basel some time ago.

Q. What did you think of Tomic in the Davis Cup?

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I mean, look, like I said, conditions were tough. It was windy. There was a lot of bad bounces. We were slicing a lot. I was extremely tired from playing my game Lleyton the first day, then the doubles and coming from New York, so I don't remember that much.

It was all just a blur for me, the whole Australia sort of Davis Cup tie. It was a good tie for us which we ended up winning with the great win from Stan over Lleyton. But I do remember it was tough and tricky.

Q. Did you see Marcos Baghdatis smash four racquets the other night? What's your view on that? Do you do it?

ROGER FEDERER: If I do it?

Q. Yeah.

ROGER FEDERER: Have you seen me do it?

Q. I don't think so.

ROGER FEDERER: It's been a while. (Laughter.) I did see the highlights. I was watching some of the match, but I missed that part, unfortunately. I thought it was funny. You know, he strings with the same guys I string with, you know, so I felt bad for them for stringing three, four racquets that weren't used afterwards, you know.

But, look, he was frustrated and it was a great match they were playing. He could have been in the lead but was down. It's just normal to get frustrated at times. Some show it differently.

Q. Do you get that agitated now or are you just better at hiding it? Are there moments you want to do something like that, like McEnroe hitting some flowers out of...

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I don't know as extreme as Marcos now or maybe John in the past, but definitely you feel like you would like to do something crazy. Then again, what? Everybody is going to go, Oh, my God, did he just do that?

Especially now people with what don't think of me. People don't remember me from ten, twelve years ago. They only remember me from sort of seven, eight years ago where I never threw a racquet.

So that's also why I just know how to keep my act together, and, I don't know, guess be a good role model and just keep it calm.

Works well.

Q. Back on Ivo, you and he have played many, many tiebreakers. Is it something you expect every time you play him and it's going to be a matter of just getting a handful of points off his serve to win?

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I guess so. I mean, yeah. I thought it was going to be at least one tiebreak, if not two. So one is good. It's okay.

He's a tough man to play against really. He creates a lot of pressure by the way he serves and the way he plays from the baseline. He always runs around your second serves. He always tries to chip and come in. You know, no point is ever the same.

He fights with what he has, and makes it really complicated, to be honest. You can never really play relaxed points. You can sometimes just serve and get into a decent rally, and then you kind of react. Here you can't do that against Ivo.

I'm happy I found a way today. First set was crucial, like I said. Happy to be through in straight sets.

Q. You are very close to 1000 matches on tour? Does it feel like that? How does it feel?

ROGER FEDERER: I don't know how it feels to play 1000 matches. I'm only at 999, right? I played a lot of doubles and juniors and qualifying which all don't count. Obviously these are all the tour matches I probably would think so.

Yeah, it's a lot matches. How do I feel? I feel good. I feel healthy. I don't know if I can play another 1000, but I feel like it's a lot of tennis. I would like to play a lot more, but it's quite a number. I'm aware of that.

Q. Does one stand out in the 1000?

ROGER FEDERER: No. Many, thank God, good and bad. I've had my share of tough losses and also my great wins, so a bit of both.

Roger Federer ha ganado a Karlovic por 7-6, 7-5 y 6-3 en 2 hora y 17 minutos, en 3ª Ronda del Open de Australia 2012.

2012-01-20T07:24:00.004-03:00

Roger Federer ya está en octavos de final del Open de Australia tras ganar en 3ª ronda al croata Ivo Karlovic en tres mangas por 7-6 (8-6), 7-5 y 6-3 en 2 horas y 17 minutos de partido.

El suizo jugó un buen partido ante un rival muy incomodo que no da apenas ritmo debido a su gran servicio, aunque Roger manejó bien la situación en los momentos importantes.

El primer set transcurrió totalmente igualado con ambos tenistas ganando sus saques sin problemas hasta llegar al tie break, donde Roger tuvo que salvar una bola de set con tres puntos consecutivos que le dieron el primer set.

El segundo set siguió con la misma tónica del primero, y ambos tenistas ganaban sus saques sin dar opciones al resto hasta llegar al 5-5, cuando Roger pudo romper el saque del gigante croata y posteriormente con su saque llevarse el segundo set por 7-5.

En el tercer set, los primeros juegos fueron de tanteo, pero Roger apretó el acelerador y consiguió un break en cuarto juego del set, que posteriormente consolidaba con su saque y tomaba ventaja por 4-1.

A partir de aquí, Roger se limitó a aguantar el break y se llevó el tercer set por 6-3 y con esto la victoria.

En octavos de final se enfrentará al tenista local Bernard Tomic.

Estadísticas del partido:

Roger Federer ha logrado 9 aces y noha cometido ninguna doble falta. Ha tenido un 62% de primeros servicios dentro. Ha ganado 80% de puntos con su primer servicio y 74% con su segundo servicio.

Ha conectado 55 winners y ha cometido 13 errores no forzados.

Ha convertido 2 de las 6 bolas de break a favor y ha salvado las 2 bolas de break que ha tenido en contra.

Ha ganado 20 de las 29 veces que ha subido a la red.

Previa del partido R.Federer - I.Karlovic en 3ª Ronda del Open de Australia. Viernes 20 de Enero a las 12:30 pm hora local.

2012-01-19T11:58:00.003-03:00

PREVIA DEL PARTIDO ENTRE ROGER FEDERER Y IVO KARLOVIC EN 3ª RONDA DEL OPEN DE AUSTRALIA.

VIERNES 20 DE ENERO A LAS 12:30 PM HORA LOCAL (MELBOURNE), LAS 02:30 AM EN ESPAÑA (MADRUGADA DEL JUEVES AL VIERNES), LAS 22:30 PM EN ARGENTINA (NOCHE DEL JUEVES).

ROGER FEDERER (SUI) IVO KARLOVIC (CRO)

Nombre del torneo: Australian Open

Categoría: Grand Slam

Fecha del torneo: 16-1-2011 - 29-1-2011.

FECHA DEL PARTIDO: Viernes 20 de Enero de 2012.

HORA DEL PARTIDO: 12:30 pm hora local (Melbourne), 02:30 am en España (madrugada del jueves al viernes), 22:30 pm en Argentina (noche del jueves).

METEOROLOGÍA: Soleado, 21º de temperatura máxima, humedad de 58% y vientos de 17 km/h.

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PISTA: Pista central "Rod Laver Arena" del complejo tenístico "Melbourne Park" (Melbourne -Australia), 14.820 espectadores. Exterior sobre pista rápida, techo retráctil.

IVO KARLOVIC (CRO)

Fecha de Nacimiento: 28 de Febrero de 1979

Nacionalidad: Croata

Altura: 2,08 metros

Peso: 104 kgs

Ranking actual: 57º

Mejor ranking de su carrera: 14º (Agosto de 2008)

Debut como profesional: 2000

Entrenador:

Datos de interés del tenista croata:

Ivo Karlovic es un tenista croata de 32 años, es diestro y juega con revés a una mano. Lleva desde 2000 como tenista profesional.

Destaca por su altura y su potente servicio.

Actualmente es el 57º del mundo. Llegó a ser el 14º del mundo en Ag0sto de 2008.

Tiene 4 títulos en su palmarés: Houston 2007, Nottingham 2007 y 2008 y Estocolmo 2007. Ha ganado también un 1 torneo de dobles y 5 challengers.

Su mejor resultado en un Grand Slam es cuartos de final alcanzados en Wimbledon 2008.

Este año lleva un balance de 3 victorias y 1 derrota.

Se ha enfrentado 10 veces a Roger Federer, con un balance favorable al suizo por 9-1.

Orden de juego del Viernes 20 de Enero en el Open de Australia. 5ª Jornada, (3ªRonda).

2012-01-19T11:47:00.003-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo el orden de juego correspondiente al Viernes 20 de Enero de 2012, en el Open de Australia.

En la jornada del viernes se disputará el quinto dia del torneo, donde se jugarán los partidos de 3ª Ronda por la parte baja del cuadro.

Roger Federer se enfrentará al croata Ivo Karlovic en el segundo turno de la pista central Rod Laver, en torno a las 12:30 pm hora local (Melbourne), 02:30 am en España (madrugada del jueves al viernes), 22:30 pm en Argentina (noche del jueves).

ORDEN DE JUEGO DEL VIERNES 20 DE ENERO EN EL OPEN DE AUSTRALIA 2012. 5ª Jornada, (3ª Ronda).

Rod Laver Arena

11:00 AM
Lukas Lacko(SVK) vs. Rafael Nadal(ESP)[2]
Ivo Karlovic(CRO) vs. Roger Federer(SUI)[3]

19:00 PM
Alexandr Dolgopolov(UKR)[13] vs. Bernard Tomic(AUS)
Anabel Medina Garrigues(ESP)[26] vs. Na Li(CHN)[5]

Hisense Arena

11:00 AM
Victoria Azarenka(BLR)[3] vs. Mona Barthel(GER)
Caroline Wozniacki(DEN)[1] vs. Monica Niculescu(ROU)[31]
John Isner(USA)[16] vs. Feliciano Lopez(ESP)[18]

19:00 PM
Kim Clijsters(BEL)[11] vs. Daniela Hantuchova(SVK)[20]
Yen-Hsun Lu(TPE) vs. Juan Martin Del Potro(ARG)[11]

Margaret Court Arena

11:00 AM
Simone Bolelli(ITA)[14] /Fabio Fognini(ITA)[14] vs. Leander Paes(IND) /Radek Stepanek(CZE)
Galina Voskoboeva(KAZ) vs. Agnieszka Radwanska(POL)[8]
Tomas Berdych(CZE)[7] vs. Kevin Anderson(RSA)[30]

POSSIBLE MOVE TO ROD LAVER ARENA
Not Before 15:00 PM
Christina McHale(USA) vs. Jelena Jankovic(SRB)[13]

Not Before:19:00 PM
Colin Ebelthite(AUS) /Marinko Matosevic(AUS) vs. Robert Lindstedt(SWE)[7] /Horia Tecau(ROU)[7]

Show Court 2

11:00 AM
Nina Bratchikova(RUS) vs. Iveta Benesova(CZE)
Sara Errani(ITA)[11] /Roberta Vinci(ITA)[11] vs. Anastasia Rodionova(AUS) /Arina Rodionova(AUS)

Not Before 14:30 PM
Stanislas Wawrinka(SUI)[21] vs. Nicolas Almagro(ESP)[10]

Not Before 16:30 PM
Bob Bryan(USA)[1] /Mike Bryan(USA)[1] vs. Lleyton Hewitt(AUS) /Peter Luczak(AUS)

Show Court 3

11:00 AM
Alex Bogomolov Jr.(RUS) /Igor Kunitsyn(RUS) vs. Colin Fleming(GBR)[15] /Ross Hutchins(GBR)[15]
Romina Oprandi(ITA) vs. Julia Goerges(GER)[22]
Alejandro Falla(COL) vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber(GER)
Lisa Raymond(USA)[4] /Rohan Bopanna(IND)[4] vs. Galina Voskoboeva(KAZ) /Alexander Peya(AUT)

Court 6

11:00 AM
Michal Mertinak(SVK) /Andre Sa(BRA) vs. Scott Lipsky(USA)[13] /Rajeev Ram(USA)[13]
Alexandra Dulgheru(ROU) /Virginie Razzano(FRA) vs. Liezel Huber(USA)[2] /Lisa Raymond(USA)[2]

Not Before 14:30 PM
Flavio Cipolla(ITA) /Denis Istomin(UZB) vs. Eric Butorac(USA)[10] /Bruno Soares(BRA)[10]

Not Before 15:30 PM
Vania King(USA)[3] /Yaroslava Shvedova(KAZ)[3] vs. Bojana Bobusic(AUS) /Sacha Jones(AUS)

Court 8

11:00 AM
Carlos Berlocq(ARG) /Leonardo Mayer(ARG) vs. Santiago Gonzalez(MEX)[12] /Christopher Kas(GER)[12]
Abigail Spears(USA) /Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL) vs. Shuai Peng(CHN) /Jamie Murray(GBR)
Polona Hercog(SLO) /Jie Zheng(CHN) vs. Vera Dushevina(RUS)[16] /Shahar Peer(ISR)[16]
Jelena Dokic(AUS) /Paul Hanley(AUS) vs. Andrea Hlavackova(CZE)[7] /Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi(PAK)[7]

Court 13

11:00 AM
Sania Mirza(IND)[6] /Mahesh Bhupathi(IND)[6] vs. Natalie Grandin(RSA) /Jean-Julien Rojer(CUW)
Nuria Llagostera Vives(ESP)[13] /Arantxa Parra Santonja(ESP)[13] vs. Andreja Klepac(SLO) /Alicja Rosolska(POL)

Not Before 14:30 PM
Jurgen Melzer(AUT)[5] /Philipp Petzschner(GER)[5] vs. Juan Ignacio Chela(ARG) /Eduardo Schwank(ARG)

Court 18

11:00 AM
Julian Knowle(AUT) /Michael Kohlmann(GER) vs. Daniele Bracciali(ITA) /Potito Starace(ITA)

Not Before:1:00 PM
Maria Kirilenko(RUS)[5] /Nadia Petrova(RUS)[5] vs. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik(POL) /Urszula Radwanska(POL)

Not Before 14:30 PM
Marc Lopez(ESP) /David Marrero(ESP) vs. Michael Llodra(FRA)[3] /Nenad Zimonjic(SRB)[3]
Julia Goerges(GER) /Kaia Kanepi(EST) vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS) /Vera Zvonareva(RUS)

Resultados 2ª Ronda del Open de Australia 2012, Jueves 19 de Enero (4ª Jornada).

2012-01-19T11:31:00.002-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo los resultados correspondientes al Jueves 19 de Enero, en el Open de Australia 2012.

En la jornada del jueves se ha disputado el cuarto dia del torneo, donde se han jugado los partidos de 2ª Ronda por la parte alta del cuadro.

Ha habido grandes sorpresas como las derrotas de Roddick, Simon, Troicki y Granollers.

Resultados 2ª Ronda del Open de Australia 2012, Jueves 19 de Enero (4ª Jornada).

[1] N.Djokovic - S.Giraldo: 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
[4] A.Murray - E.Roger-Vasselin: 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
[5] D.Ferrer - R.Sweeting: 6-7, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
[6] J.W.Tsonga - R.Mello: 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
[9] J.Tipsarevic - J.Duckworth: 3-6, 6-2, 7-6, 6-4
J.Benneteau - [12] G.Simon: 7-5, 7-6, 1-6, 3-6, 6-2
[14] G.Monfils - T.Bellucci: 2-6, 6-0, 6-4, 6-2
L.Hewitt - [15] A.Roddick: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 (ret.Roddick)
[17] R.Gasquet - A.Golubev: 6-4, 6-2, 3-0 (ret.Golubev)
M.Kukushkin - [19] V.Troicki: 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
[23] M.Raonic - P.Petzschnner: 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 7-5
[24] K.Nishikori - M.Ebden: 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
F.Gil - [26] M.Granollers: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
[27] J.I.Chela - P.Andujar: 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
M.Llodra - [32] A.Bogomolov Jr: 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 5-7, 6-4
N.Mahut - T.Ito: 1-6, 7-6, 6-2, 6-2

Orden de juego del Jueves 19 de Enero en el Open de Australia. 4ª Jornada, (2ªRonda).

2012-01-18T13:05:00.003-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo el orden de juego correspondiente al Jueves 19 de Enero de 2012, en el Open de Australia.

En la jornada del jueves se disputará el cuarto dia del torneo, donde se jugarán los partidos de 2ª Ronda por la parte alta del cuadro.

ORDEN DE JUEGO DEL JUEVES 19 DE ENERO EN EL OPEN DE AUSTRALIA 2012. 4ª Jornada, (2ª Ronda).

Rod Laver Arena

11:00 AM
Jamie Hampton(USA) vs. Maria Sharapova(RUS)[4]

Not Before:12:30 PM
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(CZE) vs. Serena Williams(USA)[12]
Novak Djokovic(SRB)[1] vs. Santiago Giraldo(COL)

19:00 PM
Jelena Dokic(AUS) vs. Marion Bartoli(FRA)[9]
Lleyton Hewitt(AUS) vs. Andy Roddick(USA)[15]

Hisense Arena

11:00 AM
Michaella Krajicek(NED) vs. Ana Ivanovic(SRB)[21]
Ricardo Mello(BRA) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(FRA)[6]
Carla Suarez Navarro(ESP) vs. Petra Kvitova(CZE)[2]
Andy Murray(GBR)[4] vs. Edouard Roger-Vasselin(FRA)

Margaret Court Arena

11:00 AM
Vera Zvonareva(RUS)[7] vs. Lucie Hradecka(CZE)
Janko Tipsarevic(SRB)[9] vs. James Duckworth(AUS)
Matthew Ebden(AUS) vs. Kei Nishikori(JPN)[24]

19:00 PM
Thomaz Bellucci(BRA) vs. Gael Monfils(FRA)[14]

Show Court 2

11:00 AM
Sara Errani(ITA) vs. Nadia Petrova(RUS)[29]
Ryan Sweeting(USA) vs. David Ferrer(ESP)[5]
Sabine Lisicki(GER)[14] vs. Shahar Peer(ISR)
Viktor Troicki(SRB)[19] vs. Mikhail Kukushkin(KAZ)

Show Court 3

11:00 AM
Milos Raonic(CAN)[23] vs. Philipp Petzschner(GER)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(RUS)[15] vs. Vania King(USA)
Andrey Golubev(KAZ) vs. Richard Gasquet(FRA)[17]
Sloane Stephens(USA) vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS)[18]

Court 5

1:00 PM
Shuai Peng(CHN) /Francesca Schiavone(ITA) vs. Tamira Paszek(AUT) /Jasmin Woehr(GER)
Anna Tatishvili(GEO) /Anastasiya Yakimova(BLR) vs. Daniela Hantuchova(SVK)[8] /Agnieszka Radwanska(POL)[8]
Frederico Gil(POR) /Daniel Gimeno-Traver(ESP) vs. Eric Butorac(USA)[10] /Bruno Soares(BRA)[10]

Court 6

11:00 AM
Juan Ignacio Chela(ARG)[27] vs. Pablo Andujar(ESP)
Roberta Vinci(ITA)[23] vs. Jie Zheng(CHN)
Dominika Cibulkova(SVK)[17] vs. Greta Arn (HUN)
Gilles Simon(FRA)[12] vs. Julien Benneteau(FRA)

Court 7

11:00 AM
Nina Bratchikova(RUS) /Darija Jurak(CRO) vs. Jarmila Gajdosova(AUS)[12] /Bethanie Mattek-Sands(USA)[12]
Marcel Granollers(ESP)[26] vs. Frederico Gil(POR)
Petra Cetkovska(CZE) /Stephanie Foretz Gacon(FRA) vs. Monique Adamczak(AUS) /Olivia Rogowska(AUS)
Kveta Peschke(CZE)[1] /Katarina Srebotnik(SLO)[1] vs. Angelique Kerber(GER) /Christina McHale(USA)

Court 8

11:00 AM
Angelique Kerber(GER)[30] vs. Stephanie Dubois(CAN)
Tatsuma Ito(JPN) vs. Nicolas Mahut(FRA)
Kimiko Date-Krumm(JPN) /Shuai Zhang(CHN) vs. Su-Wei Hsieh(TPE)[14] /Galina Voskoboeva(KAZ)[14]
Bob Bryan(USA)[1] /Mike Bryan(USA)[1] vs. Jonathan Erlich(ISR) /Andy Ram(ISR)

Court 10

11:00 AM
Xavier Malisse(BEL) /Ken Skupski(GBR) vs. Daniele Bracciali(ITA) /Potito Starace(ITA)
Mikhail Elgin(RUS) /Alexander Kudryavtsev(RUS) vs. Robin Haase(NED) /Jarkko Nieminen(FIN)
Michal Mertinak(SVK) /Andre Sa(BRA) vs. Alexandr Dolgopolov(UKR) /Denys Molchanov(UKR)
Polona Hercog(SLO) /Jie Zheng(CHN) vs. Mathilde Johansson(FRA) /Pauline Parmentier(FRA)

Court 11

11:00 AM
Andreas Siljestrom(SWE) /Igor Zelenay(SVK) vs. Robert Lindstedt(SWE)[7] /Horia Tecau(ROU)[7]
Oliver Marach(AUT)[9] /Alexander Peya(AUT)[9] vs. Victor Hanescu(ROU) /Olivier Rochus(BEL)
Sania Mirza(IND)[6] /Elena Vesnina(RUS)[6] vs. Eleni Daniilidou(GRE) /Alexandra Panova(RUS)
Jordan Kerr(AUS) /Donald Young(USA) vs. Michael Llodra(FRA)[3] /Nenad Zimonjic(SRB)[3]

Court 13

11:00 AM
Ekaterina Makarova(RUS) vs. Kaia Kanepi(EST)[25]
Colin Ebelthite(AUS) /Marinko Matosevic(AUS) vs. Luke Saville(AUS) /Andrew Whittington(AUS)
Raquel Kops-Jones(USA)[15] /Abigail Spears(USA)[15] vs. Julia Goerges(GER) /Kaia Kanepi(EST)
Nuria Llagostera Vives(ESP)[13] /Arantxa Parra Santonja(ESP)[13] vs. Casey Dellacqua(AUS) /
Chanelle Scheepers(RSA)

Court 15

11:00 AM
Paul Hanley(AUS)[16] /Jamie Murray(GBR)[16] vs. Julian Knowle(AUT) /Michael Kohlmann(GER
Eva Birnerova(CZE) /Alberta Brianti(ITA) vs. Stephanie Bengson(AUS) /Tyra Calderwood(AUS)
Simona Halep(ROU) /Arantxa Rus(NED) vs. Irina-Camelia Begu(ROU) /Monica Niculescu(ROU)
Jurgen Melzer(AUT)[5] /Philipp Petzschner(GER)[5] vs. Nicolas Almagro(ESP) /Pere Riba(ESP)

Court 18

11:00 AM
Michael Llodra(FRA) vs. Alex Bogomolov Jr.(RUS)[32]
Sorana Cirstea(ROU) vs. Urszula Radwanska(POL)
Maria Kirilenko(RUS)[27] vs. Aleksandra Wozniak(CAN)
James Duckworth(AUS) /Adam Feeney(AUS) vs. Flavio Cipolla(ITA) /Denis Istomin(UZB)

Court 19

11:00 AM
Benjamin Mitchell(AUS) /Matt Reid(AUS) vs. Max Mirnyi(BLR)[2] /Daniel Nestor(CAN)[2]
Liga Dekmeijere(LAT) /Maria Kondratieva(RUS) vs. Bojana Bobusic(AUS) /Sacha Jones(AUS
Ivo Karlovic(CRO) /Frank Moser(GER) vs. Carsten Ball(AUS) /Treat Conrad Huey(PHI)
Mona Barthel(GER) /Anne Keothavong(GBR) vs. Petra Martic(CRO) /Kristina Mladenovic(FRA)

Court 21

11:00 AM
Irina Falconi(USA) /Rebecca Marino(CAN) vs. Gisela Dulko(ARG)[4] /Flavia Pennetta(ITA)[4]
Sergiy Stakhovsky(UKR) /Mikhail Youzhny(RUS) vs. Juan Sebastian Cabal(COL) /Robert Farah(COL)
James Cerretani(USA) /Dick Norman(BEL) vs. Carlos Berlocq(ARG) /Leonardo Mayer(ARG)
Pablo Andujar(ESP) / Guillermo Garcia-Lopez(ESP) vs. Tobias Kamke(GER) /Frederik Nielsen(DEN)

Resultados 2ª Ronda del Open de Australia 2012, Miércoles 18 de Enero (3ª Jornada).

2012-01-18T12:52:00.003-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo los resultados correspondientes al Miércoles 18 de Enero, en el Open de Australia 2012.

En la jornada del miércoles se ha disputado el tercer dia del torneo, donde se han jugado los partidos de 2ª Ronda por la parte baja del cuadro.

La gran sorpresa del dia ha sido la derrota de Mardy Fish.

Resultados 2ª Ronda del Open de Australia 2012, Miércoles 18 de Enero (3ª Jornada).

[2] R.Nadal - T.Haas: 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
[3] R.Federer - A.Beck: (Victoria de Federer tras retirada de Beck por lesión)
[7] T.Berdych - O.Rochus: 6-1, 6-0, 7-6
A.Falla - [8] M.Fish: 7-6, 6-3, 7-6
[10] N.Almagro - G.Dimitrov: 4-6, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4, 6-0
[11] J.M.Del Potro - B.Kavcic: 6-4, 7-5, 6-3
[13] A.Dolgopolov - T.Kamke: 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 3-6, 8-6
[16] J.Isner - D.Nalbandian: 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6, 10-8
[18] F.López - F.Cipolla: 7-5, 7-6, 6-2
[21] S.Wawrinka - M.Baghdatis: 7-6, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
[30] K.Anderson - S.Stakhovsky: 3-6, 6-1, 7-6, 6-3
L.Lacko - D.Young: 6-3, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
B.Tomic - S.Querrey: 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3
Y.Lu - F.Serra: 7-5, 6-2, 6-2
P.Kohlschreiber - P.Riba: 6-0, 4-0 (ret.Riba)
I.Karlovic - C.Berlocq: 7-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

Roger Federer se clasifica para 3ª ronda del Open de Australia 2012, tras la retirada de Andreas Beck.

2012-01-18T10:13:00.003-03:00

Roger Federer ya está en 3ª ronda del Open de Australia 2012, tras retirarse del torneo su rival en segunda ronda, el alemán Andreas Beck, a causa de una lesión lumbar.

Esto de clasificarse sin jugar, aunque crean que es algo positivo, tiene más cosas negativas, ya que Roger no puede ir cogiendo ritmo suficiente, pero esperemos que con entrenamientos el suizo no pierda la forma y pueda afrontar con garantías el siguiente partido de tercera ronda, donde tendrá un duro rival, el croata Ivo Karlovic, jugador que por cierto no da mucho ritmo debido a su gran saque, por lo que será una dura prueba para Roger.

Aquí os pongo la rueda de prensa del suizo tras su clasificación para 3ª ronda.

P. ¿Cuáles son sus pensamientos?

ROGER FEDERER: Sorprendente. Yo no sabía nada al respecto. Lo vi en el vestuario, y él se acercó a mí. Yo estaba como, Oye, ¿qué tal estás? Me alegro de verte de nuevo, porque es un buen amigo. He practicado con él en el pasado en Suiza.

Él dijo: No estoy bien en realidad. Tengo una lesión en la espalda. Llegó como una sorpresa. Dijo que había tomado un montón analgésicos y tenía mucho dolor en el último partido. Creo que lleva así cuatro o cinco días. Él no quiere correr el riesgo a principios de la temporada y jugar cinco sets contra mí. Nada podía hacer, a pesar de que le encantaría jugar contra mí. Supongo que es la única decisión inteligente que puede tomar.

P. ¿Qué es lo que hace para coger ritmo durante la semana?

ROGER FEDERER: Mira, me hubiera encantado jugar. Lo siento por los fans, ya sabes, que estaban contentos de verme en la Hisense hoy. Yo estaba listo para ir.

Yo estaba saliendo del calentamiento, así que estaba completamente centrado en el partido, diciendo: Bueno, probablemente voy a tener dos, tres horas para ir. Así que desde ese punto de vista, la energía estaba allí.

Ahora sólo voy a tomar con calma esta tarde y saldré mañana a golpear intensamente y voy a estar listo para el próximo partido.

P. ¿Fue muy irónico, porque mucho se ha hecho del hecho de que usted jugó sus últimos 52 partidos aquí en la Rod Laver, y creo que fue puesto fuera de ella, por así decirlo. Ahora el partido no va a tener lugar en todos. ¿Sabía usted que tenía un registro de tiempo de servicio en la cancha principal aquí?

RGER FEDERER: Bueno, yo sabía que ha pasado mucho tiempo desde aquel entonces.

Así que, sí, pero quiero decir, en Wimbledon y en Roland Garros que siempre voy a la primera pista. Es sólo aquí y en el Abierto de EE.UU, donde con las sesiones de noche tienen más sesiones de noche y menos espacio para los partidos de los hombres en la pista central.

Pero cuando los sorteos son tales que yo y Rafa estamos en la misma sección, es difícil. Sobre todo cuando vi que Rafa jugó un Hisense el primer día, yo esperaba que mi partido de segunda ronda iba a estar allí también.

Sí, quiero decir, me ha emocionado. No me decepcionó saber que me iba a jugar allí, para ser sincero.

P. ¿Se han jugado partidos de los hombres aquí por primera vez en la noche las primeras tres noches. Eso es algo que los jugadores querían tener, como si se sintieran como si debe jugar en primer lugar, ¿o es que sólo parece haber sucedido lo que va del año?

ROGER FEDERER: Si, yo no lo sé.

P. No sé si fue algo que tal vez he dicho, nos parece que siempre la segunda jugada. ¿Podría tal vez jugar por primera vez?

ROGER FEDERER: Creo que es bueno que los chicos se ponen a jugar primero de vez en cuando o el 50% del tiempo. Sí, quiero decir, por supuesto, entonces es difícil.

Si el partido de los hombres se aplicará durante cuatro horas, luego se hace tarde para las mujeres. Ya sabes, que coincida con el de las mujeres no es por lo general va a durar potencialmente seis horas, mientras que coincidan con un hombre podía.

Por lo que tiene - Quiero decir, yo creo que es justo. No creo que es bueno que siempre lo habían hecho coincidir con la de las mujeres en primer lugar. Creo que es bueno para mezclar. Me gusta lo que hacen lo que ellos piensan que está bien.

Si sucede que coincide con tres mujeres por primera vez en la noche, no hay problema. Creo que es importante que el torneo tiene la flexibilidad.

P. ¿Jugar de noche, Serena se quejó acerca de los errores y dijo que no quería estar allí en la noche de nuevo en en este torneo. ¿Te diste cuenta de que en la primera noche?

ROGER FEDERER: No mucho, en realidad. He visto como tal. (Risas.) A lo mejor salen a las 1:00. No se.

P. Usted tuvo una victoria fácil. ¿Puede usted recordar si había alguna victoria así antes?

ROGER FEDERER: Tuve una con Tommy Haas en Wimbledon y con Andrei Pavel en algún lugar, quizá Abierto de EE.UU.. No estoy seguro.

P: ¿Que va hacer ahora? Relajarse un poco?

ROGER FEDERER: Si. Relajarme por la tarde y mañana entrenar y golpear de forma intensa.

Previa del partido R.Federer - A.Beck en 2ª Ronda del Open de Australia. Miércoles 18 de Enero a las 16:00 pm hora local.

2012-01-17T12:57:00.002-03:00

PREVIA DEL PARTIDO ENTRE ROGER FEDERER Y ANDREAS BECKK EN 2ª RONDA DEL OPEN DE AUSTRALIA.

MIÉRCOLES 18 DE ENERO A LAS 16:00 HORA LOCAL (MELBOURNE), LAS 06:00 AM EN ESPAÑA (MADRUGADA DEL MARTES AL MIÉRCOLES), LAS 02:00 AM EN ARGENTINA (MADRUGADA DEL MARTES AL MIÉRCOLES).

ROGER FEDERER (SUI) ANDREAS BECK (GER)

Nombre del torneo: Australian Open

Categoría: Grand Slam

Fecha del torneo: 16-1-2011 - 29-1-2011.

FECHA DEL PARTIDO: Miércoles 18 de Enero de 2012.

HORA DEL PARTIDO: 16:00 pm hora local (Melbourne), 06:00 am en España (madrugada del martes al miércoles), 02:00 am en Argentina (madrugada del martes al miércoles.

METEOROLOGÍA: Soleado, 23º de temperatura máxima, humedad de 63º% y vientos de 23 km/h.

TV: Tennis Channel; Eurosport, Digital Plus y algunos otros...

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PISTA: Pista "Hisense Arena" del complejo tenístico "Melbourne Park" (Melbourne -Australia), 10.500 espectadores. Exterior sobre pista rápida, techo retráctil.

ANDREAS BECK (GER)

Fecha de Nacimiento: 5 de Febrero de 1988

Nacionalidad: Alemana

Altura: 1,90 metros

Peso: 90 kgs

Ranking actual: 93º

Mejor ranking de su carrera: 33º (Noviembre de 2009)

Debut como profesional: 2003

Entrenador: Gnnther Metzger

Datos de interés del tenista alemán:

Andreas Beck es un tenista alemán de 25 años, es zurdo y juega con revés a dos manos. Lleva desde 2003 como tenista profesional.

Es aficionado al hockey al cine.

Actualmente es el 93º del mundo. Llegó a ser el 33º del mundo en Noviembre de 2009.

No tiene ningún título en su palmarés. Solo ha ganado 5 torneos de nivel challenger.

Su mejor resultado en un Grand Slam es 2ª Ronda alcanzada en el Open de Australia (2009 y 2012), Roland Garros (2009 y 2010), Wimbledon (2010) y Us Open (2008, 2009 y 2010).

Este año lleva un balance de 2 victorias y 1 derrota.

Se ha enfrentado 1 vez a Roger Federer, donde ganó el suizo.

Orden de juego del Miércoles 18 de Enero en el Open de Australia. 3ª Jornada, (2ªRonda).

2012-01-17T12:09:00.003-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo el orden de juego correspondiente al Miércoles 18 de Enero de 2012, en el Open de Australia.

En la jornada del miércoles se disputará el tercer dia del torneo, donde se jugarán los partidos de 2ª Ronda por la parte baja del cuadro.

Roger Federer se enfrentará al alemán Andreas Beck, en el último turno de la pista Hisense Arena, en torno a las 16:00 pm hora local (Melbourne), 06:00 am en España (madrugada del martes al miércoles), 02:00 am en Argentina (madrugada del martes al miércoles).

ORDEN DE JUEGO DEL MIÉRCOLES 18 DE ENERO EN EL OPEN DE AUSTRALIA 2012. 3ª Jornada, (2ª Ronda).

Rod Laver Arena

11:00 AM
Olivia Rogowska(AUS) vs. Na Li(CHN)[5]
Kim Clijsters(BEL)[11] vs. Stephanie Foretz Gacon(FRA)
Tommy Haas(GER) vs. Rafael Nadal(ESP)[2]

19:00 PM
Sam Querrey(USA) vs. Bernard Tomic(AUS)
Victoria Azarenka(BLR)[3] vs. Casey Dellacqua(AUS)

Hisense Arena

11:00 AM
Tomas Berdych(CZE)[7] vs. Olivier Rochus(BEL)
Kai-Chen Chang(TPE) vs. Jelena Jankovic(SRB)[13]
Caroline Wozniacki(DEN)[1] vs. Anna Tatishvili(GEO)
Andreas Beck(GER) vs. Roger Federer(SUI)[3]

Margaret Court Arena

11:00 AM
Lesia Tsurenko(UKR) vs. Daniela Hantuchova(SVK)[20]
Francesca Schiavone(ITA)[10] vs. Romina Oprandi(ITA)
John Isner(USA)[16] vs. David Nalbandian(ARG)
Paula Ormaechea(ARG) vs. Agnieszka Radwanska(POL)[8]

19:00 PM
Stanislas Wawrinka(SUI)[21] vs. Marcos Baghdatis(CYP)

Show Court 2

11:00 AM
Anabel Medina Garrigues(ESP)[26] vs. Olga Govortsova(BLR)
Blaz Kavcic(SLO) vs. Juan Martin Del Potro(ARG)[11]
Pauline Parmentier(FRA) vs. Monica Niculescu(ROU)[31]
Alexandr Dolgopolov(UKR)[13] vs. Tobias Kamke(GER)

Show Court 3

11:00 AM
Mardy Fish(USA)[8] vs. Alejandro Falla(COL)
Eleni Daniilidou(GRE) vs. Julia Goerges(GER)[22]
Mahesh Bhupathi(IND)[4] /Rohan Bopanna(IND)[4] vs. Matthew Ebden(AUS) /Chris Guccione(AUS)
Lleyton Hewitt(AUS) /Peter Luczak(AUS) vs. Matthias Bachinger(GER) /Philipp Kohlschreiber(GER)
Anastasia Rodionova(AUS) /Arina Rodionova(AUS) vs. Isabella Holland(AUS) /Sally Peers(AUS)

Court 5

1:00 PM
Alexandra Dulgheru(ROU) /Virginie Razzano(FRA) vs. Greta Arn(HUN) /Olga Savchuk(UKR)
Thomaz Bellucci(BRA) /Marcelo Melo(BRA) vs. Philipp Marx(GER) /Adil Shamasdin(CAN)
Maria Kirilenko(RUS)[5] /Nadia Petrova(RUS)[5] vs. Lourdes Dominguez Lino(ESP) /Tamarine Tanasugarn(THA)

Court 6

11:00 AM
Iveta Benesova(CZE) vs. Shuai Peng(CHN)[16]
Christina McHale(USA) vs. Marina Erakovic(NZL)
Lukas Lacko(SVK) vs. Donald Young(USA)
Grigor Dimitrov(BUL) vs. Nicolas Almagro(ESP)[10]

Court 7

11:00 AM
Yen-Hsun Lu(TPE) vs. Florent Serra(FRA)
Nina Bratchikova(RUS) vs. Alberta Brianti(ITA)
Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS) /Vera Zvonareva(RUS) vs. Alize Cornet(FRA) /Olga Govortsova(BLR)
Leander Paes(IND) /Radek Stepanek(CZE) vs. Greg Jones(AUS) /John-Patrick Smith(AUS)

Court 8

11:00 AM
Pere Riba(ESP) vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber(GER)
Flavio Cipolla(ITA) vs. Feliciano Lopez(ESP)[18]
Ksenia Pervak(KAZ) /Sloane Stephens(USA) vs. Rika Fujiwara(JPN) /Ayumi Morita(JPN)
Mona Barthel(GER) vs. Petra Cetkovska(CZE)[32]

Court 10

1:00 PM
Vania King(USA)[3] /Yaroslava Shvedova(KAZ)[3] vs. Kristina Barrois(GER) /Anna-Lena Groenefeld(GER)
Ryan Harrison(USA) /Ryan Sweeting(USA) vs. Colin Fleming(GBR)[15] /Ross Hutchins(GBR)[15]
Silvia Soler-Espinosa(ESP) /Carla Suarez Navarro(ESP) vs. Chia-Jung Chuang(TPE) /Marina Erakovic(NZL)

Court 11

11:00 AM
Marc Lopez(ESP) /David Marrero(ESP) vs. Andreas Seppi(ITA) /Simone Vagnozzi(ITA)
Bojana Jovanovski(SRB) /Michaella Krajicek(NED) vs. Alla Kudryavtseva(RUS) /Ekaterina Makarova(RUS)
Alex Bogomolov Jr.(RUS) /Igor Kunitsyn(RUS) vs. Mikhail Kukushkin(KAZ) /Dmitry Tursunov(RUS)
Pablo Andujar(ESP) /Guillermo Garcia-Lopez(ESP) vs. Yen-Hsun Lu(TPE) /Janko Tipsarevic(SRB)

Court 13

11:00 AM
Sergiy Stakhovsky(UKR) vs. Kevin Anderson(RSA)[30]
Ashleigh Barty(AUS) /Laura Robson(GBR) vs. Dominika Cibulkova(SVK) /Jill Craybas(USA)
Iveta Benesova(CZE)[10] /Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(CZE)[10] vs. Akgul Amanmuradova(UZB) /Mariya Koryttseva(UKR)
Alejandro Falla(COL) /Santiago Giraldo(COL) vs. Kevin Anderson(RSA) /Rik De Voest(RSA)

Court 15

11:00 AM
Jamie Delgado(GBR) /Jonathan Marray(GBR) vs. Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL)[6] /Marcin Matkowski(POL)[6]
Magdalena Rybarikova(SVK) /Klara Zakopalova(CZE) vs. Andrea Hlavackova(CZE)[7] /Lucie Hradecka(CZE)[7]
Frantisek Cermak(CZE)[11] /Filip Polasek(SVK)[11] vs. Julien Benneteau(FRA) /Nicolas Mahut(FRA)
Anabel Medina Garrigues(ESP) /Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(RUS) vs. Liezel Huber(USA)[2] /Lisa Raymond(USA)[2]

Court 18

11:00 AM
Sorana Cirstea(ROU) /Lucie Safarova(CZE) vs. Natalie Grandin(RSA)[9] /Vladimira Uhlirova(CZE)[9]
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik(POL) /Urszula Radwanska(POL) vs. Daniella Jeflea(AUS) /Viktorija Rajicic(AUS)
Andreja Klepac(SLO) /Alicja Rosolska(POL) vs. Kateryna Bondarenko(UKR) /Jelena Dokic(AUS)
Ivo Karlovic(CRO) vs. Carlos Berlocq(ARG)

Court 19

11:00 AM
Simone Bolelli(ITA)[14] /Fabio Fognini(ITA)[14] vs. Rui Machado(POR) /Lukas Rosol(CZE)
Sofia Arvidsson(SWE) /Johanna Larsson(SWE) vs. Vera Dushevina(RUS)[16] /Shahar Peer(ISR)[16]
Galina Voskoboeva(KAZ) vs. Tsvetana Pironkova(BUL)
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi(PAK)[8] /Jean-Julien Rojer(CUW)[8] vs. Ivan Ljubicic(CRO) /Cedrik-Marcel Stebe(GER)

Court 21

11:00 AM
Albert Montanes(ESP) /Albert Ramos(ESP) vs. Scott Lipsky(USA)[13] /Rajeev Ram(USA)[13]
Marcel Granollers(ESP) /Lukasz Kubot(POL) vs. Santiago Gonzalez(MEX)[12] /Christopher Kas(GER)[12]
Dustin Brown(GER) /Ivan Dodig(CRO) vs. Juan Ignacio Chela(ARG) /Eduardo Schwank(ARG)
Sara Errani(ITA)[11] /Roberta Vinci(ITA)[11] vs. Tammi Patterson(AUS) /Storm Sanders(AUS)

Resultados 1ª Ronda del Open de Australia 2012, Martes 17 de Enero (2ª Jornada).

2012-01-17T11:40:00.003-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo los resultados correspondientes al Martes 17 de Enero, en el Open de Australia 2012.

En la jornada del martes se ha disputado el segundo dia del torneo, donde se han jugado los partidos de 1ª Ronda por la parte alta del cuadro.

Ha habido varias sorpresas como las derrotas de Youznhy y Stepanek.

Resultados 1ª Ronda del Open de Australia 2012, Martes 17 de Enero (1ª Jornada).

[1] N.Djokovic - P.Lorenzi: 6-2, 6-0, 6-0
[4] A.Murray - R.Harrison: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
[5] D.Ferrer - R.Machado: 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
[6] J.W.Tsonga - D.Istomin: 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
[9] J.Tipsarevic - D.Tursunov: 5-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-4
[12] G.Simon - D.Udomchoke: 6-1, 3-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-2
[14] G.Monfils - M.Matosevic: 7-6, 6-3, 6-3
[15] A.Roddick - R.Haase: 6-3, 6-4, 6-1
[17] R.Gasquet - A.Seppi: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
[19] V.Troicki - J.C.Ferrero: 4-6, 6-7, 6-2, 7-6, 6-2
[23] M.Raonic - F.Volandri: 6-4, 6-0, 6-2
[24] K.Nishikori - S.Robert: 6-1, 7-6, 6-0
[26] M.Granollers - J.Levine: 6-0, 7-6, 5-7, 5-7, 6-3
[27] J.I.Chela - M.Russell: 7-6, 6-3, 6-4
N.Mahut - [29] R.Stepanek: 7-5, 7-5, 6-3
[32] A.Bogomolov Jr - D.Gimeno-Traver: 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
M.Ebden - J.Souza: 6-3, 7-6, 6-2
J.Duckworth - J.Zopp: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
S.Giraldo - M.Viola: 6-4, 6-2, 6-1
T.Bellucci - D.Sela: 7-6, 6-4, 6-3
T.Ito - P.Starace: 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
J.Benneteau - K.Beck: 6-4, 6-2, 7-5
L.Hewitt - C.M.Stebe: 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
R.Sweeting - M.Bachinger: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
M.Llodra - E.Gulbis: 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
M.Kukushkin - G.García-López: 6-4, 6-3, 6-0
R.Mello - R.Bautista-Agut: 6-4, 6-4, 7-5
A.Golubev - M.Youznhy: 7-5, 6-7, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
F.Gil - I.Dodig: 2-6, 6-1, 6-1, 4-1 (ret.Dodig)
P.Andujar - I.Kunitsyn: 6-1, 7-6, 6-0
P.Petzschnner - L.Rosol: 6-0, 6-0, 6-2
E.Roger-Vasselin - X.Malisse: 7-6 (ret.Malisse)

Orden de juego del Martes 17 de Enero en el Open de Australia. 2ª Jornada, (1ªRonda).

2012-01-16T12:22:00.003-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo el orden de juego correspondiente al Martes 17 de Enero de 2012, en el Open de Australia.

En la jornada del martes se disputará el segundo dia del torneo, donde se jugarán los partidos de 1ª Ronda por la parte alta del cuadro.

Debutarán Djokovic, Ferrer, Murray, Tsonga, Monfils, entre otros...

ORDEN DE JUEGO DEL MARTES 17 DE ENERO EN EL OPEN DE AUSTRALIA 2012. 1ª Jornada, (1ª Ronda).

Rod Laver Arena

11:00 AM
Vera Dushevina(RUS) vs. Petra Kvitova(CZE)[2]
Novak Djokovic(SRB)[1] vs. Paolo Lorenzi(ITA)
Samantha Stosur(AUS)[6] vs. Sorana Cirstea(ROU)

19:00 PM
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe(GER) vs. Lleyton Hewitt(AUS)
Tamira Paszek(AUT) vs. Serena Williams(USA)[12]

Hisense Arena

11:00 AM
Maria Kirilenko(RUS)[27] vs. Jarmila Gajdosova(AUS)
Gisela Dulko(ARG) vs. Maria Sharapova(RUS)[4]
Andy Murray(GBR)[4] vs. Ryan Harrison(USA)
Robin Haase(NED) vs. Andy Roddick(USA)[15]

Margaret Court Arena

11:00 AM
Rui Machado(POR) vs. David Ferrer(ESP)[5]
Jelena Dokic(AUS) vs. Anna Chakvetadze(RUS)
Marinko Matosevic(AUS) vs. Gael Monfils(FRA)[14]
Chanelle Scheepers(RSA) vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS)[18]

19:00 PM
Denis Istomin(UZB) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(FRA)[6]

Court 2

11:00 AM
Andreas Seppi(ITA) vs. Richard Gasquet(FRA)[17]
Vera Zvonareva(RUS)[7] vs. Alexandra Dulgheru(ROU)
Joao Souza(BRA) vs. Matthew Ebden(AUS
Lourdes Dominguez Lino(ESP) vs. Ana Ivanovic(SRB)[21]

Court 3

11:00 AM
Sabine Lisicki(GER)[14] vs. Stefanie Voegele(SUI)
Jurgen Zopp(EST) vs. James Duckworth(AUS)
Virginie Razzano(FRA) vs. Marion Bartoli(FRA)[9]
Gilles Simon(FRA)[12] vs. Danai Udomchoke(THA)

Court 5

11:00 AM
Santiago Giraldo(COL) vs. Matteo Viola(ITA)
Mandy Minella(LUX) vs. Jamie Hampton(USA)
Sloane Stephens(USA) vs. Silvia Soler-Espinosa(ESP)
Thomaz Bellucci(BRA) vs. Dudi Sela(ISR)

Court 6

11:00 AM
Stephane Robert(FRA) vs. Kei Nishikori(JPN)[24]
Tatsuma Ito(JPN) vs. Potito Starace(ITA)
Ekaterina Makarova(RUS) vs. Tamarine Tanasugarn(THA)
Angelique Kerber(GER)[30] vs. Bojana Bobusic(AUS)

Court 7

11:00 AM
Shahar Peer(ISR) vs. Isabella Holland(AUS
Dominika Cibulkova(SVK)[17] vs. Magdalena Rybarikova(SVK)
Marcel Granollers(ESP)[26] vs. Jesse Levine(USA)
Julien Benneteau(FRA) vs. Karol Beck(SVK)

Court 8

11:00 AM
Shuai Zhang(CHN) vs. Aleksandra Wozniak(CAN)
Juan Ignacio Chela(ARG)[27] vs. Michael Russell(USA)
Nicolas Mahut(FRA) vs. Radek Stepanek(CZE)[29]
Madison Keys(USA) vs. Jie Zheng(CHN)

Court 10

11:00 AM
Evgeniya Rodina(RUS) vs. Lucie Hradecka(CZE)
Rebecca Marino(CAN) vs. Greta Arn(HUN)
Matthias Bachinger(GER) vs. Ryan Sweeting(USA)
Stephanie Dubois(CAN) vs. Elena Vesnina(RUS)

Court 11

11:00 AM
Irina-Camelia Begu(ROU) vs. Carla Suarez Navarro(ESP)
Michael Llodra(FRA) vs. Ernests Gulbis(LAT)
Kristina Barrois(GER) vs. Michaella Krajicek(NED)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez(ESP) vs. Mikhail Kukushkin(KAZ)

Court 13

11:00 AM
Daniel Gimeno-Traver(ESP) vs. Alex Bogomolov Jr.(RUS)[32]
Johanna Larsson(SWE) vs. Kaia Kanepi(EST)[25]
Roberta Vinci(ITA)[23] vs. Alexandra Cadantu(ROU
Roberto Bautista-Agut(ESP) vs. Ricardo Mello(BRA)

Court 15

11:00 AM
Mikhail Youzhny(RUS) vs. Andrey Golubev(KAZ)
Alison Riske(USA) vs. Urszula Radwanska(POL)
Frederico Gil(POR) vs. Ivan Dodig(CRO)
Iryna Bremond(FRA) vs. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(CZE)

Court 18

11:00 AM
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(RUS)[15] vs. Klara Zakopalova(CZE)
Janko Tipsarevic(SRB)[9] vs. Dmitry Tursunov(RUS)
Andrea Hlavackova(CZE) vs. Nadia Petrova(RUS)[29]
Viktor Troicki(SRB)[19] vs. Juan Carlos Ferrero(ESP)

Court 19

11:00 AM
Kateryna Bondarenko(UKR) vs. Vania King(USA)
Milos Raonic(CAN)[23] vs. Filippo Volandri(ITA)
Igor Kunitsyn(RUS) vs. Pablo Andujar(ESP)

Court 21

11:00 AM
Lukas Rosol(CZE) vs. Philipp Petzschner(GER)
Xavier Malisse(BEL) vs. Edouard Roger-Vasselin(FRA)
Valeria Savinykh(RUS) vs. Sara Errani(ITA)

Resultados 1ª Ronda del Open de Australia 2012, Lunes 16 de Enero (1ª Jornada).

2012-01-16T11:55:00.003-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo los resultados correspondientes al Lunes 16 de Enero, en el Open de Australia 2012.

En la jornada del lunes se ha disputado el primer dia del torneo, donde se han jugado los partidos de 1ª Ronda por la parte baja del cuadro.

Ha habido varias sorpresas como las derrotas de Melzer, Davydenko y Ljubicic.

Resultados 1ª Ronda del Open de Australia 2012, Lunes 16 de Enero (1ª Jornada).

[2] R.Nadal - A.Kuznetsov: 6-4, 6-1, 6-1
[3] R.Federer - A.Kudryavtsev: 7-5, 6-2 y 6-2
[7] T.Berdych - A.Ramos: 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
[8] M.Fish - G.Muller: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
[10] N.Almagro - L.Kubot: 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-5
[11] J.M.Del Potro - A.Mannarino: 2-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-4
[13] A.Dolgopolov - G.Jones: 1-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
[16] J.Isner - B.Mitchell: 6-4, 6-4, 7-6
[18] F.López - L.Mayer: 7-6, 6-3, 7-6
[21] S.Wawrinka - B.Paire: 6-1, 6-1, 7-5
B.Tomic - [22] F.Verdasco: 4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2, 7-5
P.Kohlschreiber - [25] J.Mónaco: 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, 6-7, 6-0
L.Lacko - [28] I.Ljubicic: 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
[30] K.Anderson - F.Nielsen: 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
I.Karlovic - [31] J.Melzer: 7-6, 7-5, 6-3
D.Nalbandian - J.Nieminen: 6-4, 4-2 (ret.Nieminen)
M.Baghdatis - B.Becker: 6-1, 7-6, 6-2
P.Riba - A.Montañes: 7-6, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6
O.Rochus - B.Phau: 6-1, 6-4, 6-0
A.Beck - E.Prodon: 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
T.Haas - D.Kudla: 7-6, 3-6, 6-0, 7-5
G.Dimitrov - J.Chardy: 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
S.Stakhovsky - I.Marchenko: 6-3, 6-7, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
B.Kavcic - J.Ward: 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
C.Berlocq - J.Huta-Galung: 2-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3
Y.Lu - R.de Voest: 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
D.Young - P.Gojowczyk: 6-1, 6-2, 4-6, 1-6, 6-2
A.Falla - F.Fognini: 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
S.Querrey - K.de Scheeper: 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
F.Cipolla - N.Davydenko: 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
F.Serra - S.Darcis: 6-7, 3-6, 5-4 (ret.Darcis)
T.Kamke - V.Hanescu: 6-2, 6-1, 6-2

Conferencia de prensa de Roger Federer tras su victoria ante Kudryavtsev en 1ª Ronda del Open de Australia 2012.

2012-01-16T11:42:00.004-03:00

Saludos amigos/as.

Aquí os pongo la rueda de prensa completa de Roger Federer tras su debut en el Open de Australia 2012, donde ha ganado en 1ª Ronda al ruso Alexander Kudryavtsev por 7-5, 6-2 y 6-2.

El suizo dice que el principal objetivo del partido era probarse y ver que su espalda responde de forma correcta y asi ha sido, con lo que Roger se muestra muy contento y satisfecho.

La rueda de prensa está en inglés, pero pueden traducirla con la herramienta "TRADUCTOR" que tenemos a la derecha del blog, justo debajo del reloj y el tiempo meteorológico.

Esto ha dicho Roger:

"Q. Everything fine, moving okay, twingefree?

ROGER FEDERER: Twinge means pain?

Q. Yes. Everything good?

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah. I mean, I expected otherwise honestly I would've been worried and I would have mentioned something. I'm not keeping secrets about that stuff.

But I've been feeling fine for three, four days now. Been able to practice full out. Today was fine. It was just tough against a guy who hits big and flat from both sides and takes a lot of chances.

In some ways, for the first match, it was a bit more how do you say intense, where I felt a lot of pressure. Because in Abu Dhabi they were exhibitions, and then in Doha, the first match with Davydenko was somewhat straightforward.

Then after that I got injured. So everything was a bit on a relaxeder [sic] mode maybe, or then trying to come through with injury or the matches were too easy, you know.

Here I really tried to put in an effort to every point play as hard as I could first to see how the back felt, try to get into it, hopefully win, and then see how I feel tomorrow.

I'll get a lot more information tomorrow, but I'm sure I'll be fine.

Q. Good day to play at night probably because of the heat.

ROGER FEDERER: No, I mean, I don't mind the heat. Actually, I would have liked to play in the heat. It's been a tricky week in terms of practice because there's been a lot of rain. I practiced twice indoors.

This has definitely been the hottest since we've been here. When I was warming up, the ball was definitely flying much more than, again, tonight, because conditions get significantly slower in these types of conditions.

Look, I'm just happy to be on Rod Laver Arena. Sure, nights is always quite something. It's electric and it's nice to be out there.

Q. I'm sure you would have been made aware of some of the things that Rafael Nadal said in here yesterday. You could call it criticism of you, perhaps. Certainly the comments were quite outspoken. In those circumstances, do you have any response to what I'm sure you've been told he said?

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I mean, I kind of heard it, you know. I saw him after he said the comments Sunday was it, I guess? I saw him Sunday afternoon. I asked him how the press went. I didn't know he spoke to the press.

He said, Yeah, it was fine. Mentioned a few things here and there. I was, Okay, whatever. Then I read the comments. So things are fine between us, you know. I have no hard feelings towards him.

It's been a difficult last few months in terms of politics within the ATP, I guess, trying to find a new CEO and chairman. That can get frustrating sometimes.

He's mentioned many times how he gets a bit tired and frustrated through the whole process, and I shared that with him. It's normal. But for me, obviously nothing changes in terms of our relationship. I'm completely cool and relaxed about it. He seemed the same way or at least I hope so.

Q. It's fair to say you have differing views in terms of what should happen.

ROGER FEDERER: You want to know the issues or?

Q. He said you've got one view and the others have got something else.

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I think that's normal. We can't always agree on everything. So far it's always been no problem really. Back in the day he used to say, Whatever Roger decides, I'm fine with.

Today he's much more grown up. He has a strong opinion himself, which I think is great. It's what we need, especially on the council. It's been nice working with him.

That he has a strong opinion also creates sometimes good arguments about where you want to move the sport forward to.

You know, we talked about that in London after we played at midnight before, I don't know, my semifinal match. We called each other after Davis Cup, and then we met again here.

So we're always constantly trying to get on the same page, or at least talking about it, so we can do the best for the sport. That's at the end of the day both our goals.

Q. Specifically are you willing to talk about the point that possibly you sometimes stand outside the process, maybe not getting behind some of the top 100 players, or does that come back to the differences in points of view, for example, pushing for changes to prize money, things like that?

ROGER FEDERER: I was in the meeting, you know. I completely understand and support the players' opinions. I just have a different way of going at it. I'm not discussing it with you guys in the press room. It creates unfortunately sometimes negative stories.

I think we've done really well over the years now since me and Rafa in particular have joined the council, and also Novak in the past. And when Adam led the ATP, I think we had a really calm relationship about politics and about, you know, dealing with you guys.

So I choose not to talk about those issues with you guys. That doesn't mean I don't support the players. I think of the players first. Usually when I take decisions, I think of the lowerranked players first. I hope they know that.

Otherwise I wouldn't be sitting on the council, just trying to do what's best for the top guys. I mean, I've been around for too long to just say, Okay, we need more stuff for the top guys. I'm very happy if the lowerranked players are doing better, too.

Q. Do you disagree with the concept of a strike in principle, or do you just think it wouldn't work?

ROGER FEDERER: You know, it's such a dangerous word to use. That's why I always say, Let's try to avoid it as much as we can, right? I think that would be the best for all of us: you guys, fans, tournaments, players. It's not good for anyone really. We've seen it in other sports happening in the States. That's why I'm always very careful about it.

If there's no avoiding it, I'll support the rest of the players. But I just think we have to think it through how we do it, if we do it, can we do it, whatever it is, instead of just going out and screaming about it. That's not how I think you're going to get results.

There's been too many tries and too many things done in the past that haven't worked. That's where I just think we're on the right track and things are under control, I think. I'm confident we'll get to a good solution in the near future.

Q. There seemed to be so many mentions of so many different issues, bits of this issue here, that issue there, prize money, Davis Cup, whatever. How important is it that there is one argument from the players' point of view?

ROGER FEDERER: One argument?

Q. Just one, a consistent view. Is that important, in your opinion?

ROGER FEDERER: I don't quite understand. I just want to make sure I understand you.

Q. You ask 10 players, you might get 10 different issues raised.

ROGER FEDERER: Well, it's not normally that bad, but...

It's usually two or three. Well, there are more, many more, but they're smaller problems.

Sometimes do you want to play white balls or yellow balls. Is that going to be a big issue? Sometimes yes; sometimes no. It depends on how big the issue is and how it impacts every layer of the tour. That's sometimes how you go at it.

Obviously within the system, you can't ask every single opinion, but you try to represent every opinion that you have and you try to work on all those issues.

I thought we're going in a good direction. I thought the game was healthy. We're in a golden era right now. Everybody is happy, talking positive. We've been able to sign sponsors. We've been playing well. Al those things.

But I understand we can always try to do better. It shouldn't be just saying like, Things are great. Let's not change anything. I think as a perfectionist, professional, whatever you do in the business or as a tennis player, I think you should always try to become as good as you can be or try to just, you know, change things to as good as they can be for everyone.

Q. Is it perhaps taking it too far to say this could be potentially a defining year in the relationship between the players, the tournaments, the Grand Slams?

ROGER FEDERER: Potentially. I don't know. I really don't have the crystal ball with me. I wish I knew. But, like I said before, I'm confident that we'll manage the year in a good way and we'll come to good terms with whatever it is.

Right now I don't know what it is, but I'm sure it's going to be okay.

Q. Do you feel extra pressure coming to this tournament since it's been a while since you won a Grand Slam, almost two years?

ROGER FEDERER: Not really. I mean, I feel pressure coming out and seeing my girls on the other side of the court, seeing me walk on court. Maybe that makes me nervous, which was the case today.

But otherwise I feel not particularly more pressure. I'm always excited. I felt it, you know, actually walking down that Walk of Champions, getting out on court and feeling like, you know what, I have good intensity and I am really excited to see the Aussie crowd. Just go after another victory here hopefully in the first round, and then take it from there.

So I was anxious to find out how I was going to play, how my opponent was going to play me. So, yeah, I was really excited and a little nervous actually going into it, which was a good feeling to have. I'm looking forward to the other matches.

Roger Federer ha ganado a Kudryavtsev por 7-5, 6-2 y 6-2 en 1 hora y 38 minutos, en 1ª Ronda del Open de Australia 2012.

2012-01-16T07:26:00.004-03:00

Roger Federer ha debutado con victoria en el Open de Australia 2012, tras ganar en 1ª Ronda al ruso Alexander Kudryavtsev en tres mangas por 7-5, 6-2 y 6-2 en 1 hora y 38 minutos de partido.

El suizo ha jugado un partido muy práctico y con poco ritmo, donde ha ido de menos a más y al final ha acabado ganando comodamente.

El primer set transcurrió igualado y con ambos tenistas sin dar opciones con su saque hasta que Roger al final del set consiguió un break que le daba la primera manga por 7-5.

En el segundo set, Roger subió el listón y empezo a jugar mejor. Esto se vió reflejado pronto en el marcador, tras conseguir break en el cuarto juego del set y con su saque posteriormente consolidarlo y ponerse 4-1.

Se llegó al 5-2, cuando Roger con otro break cerraba el set por 6-2.

En el tercer set, Roger seguía jugando muy bien ante un rival que ya no planteó mucha batalla.

Roger pronto conseguía un break y con su saque colocaba el marcador en 3-0. A partir de ahí, el set transcurrió con normalidad hasta el 5-2, cuando Roger con otra rotura cerraba el set y se llevaba la victoria.

En segunda ronda se enfrentará a Andreas Beck.

Estadísticas del partido:

Roger Federer ha logrado 14 aces y ha cometido 2 dobles faltas. Ha tenido un 63% de primeros servicios dentro. Ha ganado 80% de puntos con su primer servicio y 56% con su segundo servicio.

Ha conectado 43 winners y ha cometido 33 errores no forzados.

Ha convertido 6 de las 13 bolas de break a favor y ha salvado 3 de las 4 bolas de break en contra.

Ha ganado 7 de las 16 veces que ha subido a la red.

Previa del partido R.Federer - A.Kudryavtsev en 1ª Ronda del Open de Australia. Lunes 16 de Enero a las 19:00 pm hora local.

2012-01-15T13:16:00.004-03:00

PREVIA DEL PARTIDO ENTRE ROGER FEDERER Y ALEXANDER KUDRYAVTSEV EN 1ª RONDA DEL OPEN DE AUSTRALIA.

LUNES 16 DE ENERO A LAS 19:00 HORA LOCAL (MELBOURNE), LAS 09:00 AM EN ESPAÑA, LAS 04:00 AM EN ARGENTINA (MADRUGADA DEL DOMINGO AL LUNES).

ROGER FEDERER (SUI) ALEXANDER KUDRYAVTSEV (RUS)

Nombre del torneo: Australian Open

Categoría: Grand Slam

Fecha del torneo: 16-1-2011 - 29-1-2011.

FECHA DEL PARTIDO: Lunes 16 de Enero de 2012.

HORA DEL PARTIDO: 19:00 pm hora local (Melbourne), 09:00 am en España, 04:00 am en Argentina (madrugada del domingo al lunes).

METEOROLOGÍA: Soleado, 27º de temperatura máxima, humedad de 41º% y vientos de 14 km/h.

TV: Tennis Channel; Eurosport, Digital Plus y algunos otros...

WEB: Channel Sur f ing, Live Sc ore Hun ter, From Spor t, MyP2 P, Atdhe

PISTA: Pista central "Rod Laver Arena" del complejo tenístico "Melbourne Park" (Melbourne -Australia), 14.820 espectadores. Exterior sobre pista rápida, techo retráctil.

ALEXANDER KUDRYAVTSEV (RUS)

Fecha de Nacimiento: 26 de Octubre de 1985

Nacionalidad: Rusa

Altura: 1,83 metros

Peso: 75 kgs

Ranking actual: 172º

Mejor ranking de su carrera: 123º (Septiembre de 2011)

Debut como profesional: 2003

Entrenador:

Datos de interés del tenista ruso:

Alexander Kudryavtsev es un tenista ruso de 26 años, es diestro y juega con revés a dos manos. Lleva desde 2003 como tenista profesional.

Actualmente es el 172º del mundo. Llegó a ser el 123º del mundo en Septiembre del año pasado.

No tiene ningún título en su palmarés. Solo ha ganado 5 torneos de nivel challenger.

Su mejor resultado en un Grand Slam es 1ª Ronda alcanzada en el Open de Australia de este año.

Nunca se ha enfrentado a Roger Federer.