ATP Brisbane is getting to the good part as the weaker players are generally falling out of the draw.
Andy Roddick, the defending champion at ATP Brisbane, has advanced to the third round as he completed a straight sets win over Alexander Dolgopolov of the Ukraine. Here's the scores from Wednesday's action down-under for the men's singles matches:
[2] Andy Roddick (USA) d Alexander Dolgopolov (UKR) 64 61
Radek Stepanek (CZE) d [4] Mardy Fish (USA) 63 61
[5] Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) d Lukas Kubot (POL) 62 62
Kevin Anderson (RSA) d [6] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 63 61
[7] Florian Mayer (GER) d [Q] Richard Berankis (LTU) 64 46 64
Santiago Giraldo (COL) d Benjamin Becker (GER) 63 64
And here's the Order of Play for Thursday January 6th, a day that will feature Robin Soderling back in action and Andy Roddick vs Marcos Baghdatis.
PAT RAFTER ARENA start 10:30 am
[4] Marion Bartoli (FRA) vs Barbara Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) - WTA
[Q] Matthew Ebden (AUS) vs [8] Denis Istomin (UZB) - ATP
[1] Robin Soderling (SWE) vs Michael Berrer (GER) - ATP
Not Before 7:00 PM
[5] Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs [2] Andy Roddick (USA) - ATP
Jarmila Groth (AUS) vs Andrea Petkovic (GER) - WTA
COURT 1 start 10:30 am
A Dulgheru (ROU) / O Savchuk (UKR) vs K Jans (POL) / A Rosolska (POL) - WTA
[5] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) vs Lucie Safarova (CZE) - WTA
Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs Santiago Giraldo (COL) - ATP
[1] Cara Black (ZIM) / A Rodionova (AUS) vs Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) - WTA
COURT 2 start 10:30 am
[3] L Dlouhy (CZE) / P Hanley (AUS) vs Arnaud Clement (FRA) / M Mertinak (SVK) - ATP
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) vs Petra Kvitova (CZE) - WTA
P Petzschner (GER) / A Peya (AUT) vs [WC] Carsten Ball (AUS) / C Guccione (AUS) - ATP
[WC] M Ebden (AUS) / P Luczak (AUS) vs [4] R Lindstedt (SWE) / H Tecau (ROU) - ATP
