abierto de australia

The Serbian Novak Djokovic, current world number one and top seed, will debut in the Australia Open tennis, the first Grand Slam of the season against Italian Paolo Lorenzi, while Rafael Nadal will have to wait until the end of phase qualification to meet his first opponent

Switzerland´s Roger Federer, seeded third, will also have to wait for the qualification phase to meet the opponent with the launching in the tournament, while David Ferrer, fifth seed will face Portugal´s Rui Machado.

Britain´s Andy Murray, seeded fourth, will the other side of the track when you touch a debut to American Ryan Harrison and Frenchman Jo Wilfried Tsonga, sixth, they have to do with the Uzbek Denis Istomin.

Nicolas Almagro, tenth favorite, will face Polish Lukasz Kubot, while Fernando Verdasco (22), fight the Australian Bernard Tomic, Feliciano Lopez (18) they have to do with Argentina Leonardo Mayer, Marcel Granollers (26) with American Jesse Levine.

Other Spanish to enter the fray are Pablo Andujar, who will face Russian Igor Kunitsyn, Daniel Gimeno Traver also Russian to Alex Bogomolov Jr., Juan Carlos Ferrero to Serbian Viktor Troicki: Guillermo Garcia Lopez Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin, Albert fellow Montañéz Pere Riba, and Albert Ramos and Czech seventh seed Tomas Berdych.

In the women´s first-seeded Caroline Wozniacki Danish debut at the Australian Anastasia Rodionova, while the Czech Petra Kvitova, second seed, they will have with Russian Vera Dushevina.

Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spanish only included among the top seeds with the number 26, will debut in the tournament with the Czech Eva Biernerova, while Laura Pous Tio they have to do with the tenth favorite Italian Francesca Schiavone.

Silvia Soler Espinosa will debut at the American Sloane Stephens, Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Serbia Ana Ivanovic (21), and Carla Suarez Navarro Irina Romanian Camelia Begu.

Pairings of the main male heads series:

Novak Djokovic (SRB, 1) - Paolo Lorenzi Rafael Nadal (ESP, 2) - classified Roger Federer (SUI, 3) - classified Andy Murray (GBR, 4) - Ryan Harrison (USA) David Ferrer (ESP, 5) - Rui Machado (POR) Jo Wilfried Tsonga (FRA, 6) - Denis Istomin (UZB) Tomas Berdych (CZE, 7) - Albert Ramos (ESP) Mardy Fisch (USA, 8) - Gilles Muller (LUX) Tipsarevi Janko (SRB, 9) - Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) Nicolas Almagro (ESP, 10) - Lukasz Kubot (POL) - Matches of the main women´s seedings: Caroline Wozniacki (DEN, 1) - Radionov Anastasia (RUS) Petra Kvitova (CZE, 2) - Vera Dushevina (RUS) Victoria Azarenka (BLR, 3) - Heather Watson (GBR) Maria Sharapova (RUS, 4) - Gisela Dulko (ARG) Li Na (CHN, 5) - Ksenia Pervak ​​(KAZ) Samantha Stosur (AUS, 6) - Sorana Cirstea (ROU) Vera Zvonareva (RUS, 7) - Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL, 8) - Bethanie Mattek Sands (USA) Marion Bartoli (FRA, 9) - Virginie Razzano (FRA) Francesca Schiavone (ITA 10) - Laura Pous Tio (ESP).

Tonight (the difference is ten hours Melbourne) Australia Open starts, which could link Rafa Nadal titles in the four 'major' in a row. Federer, first debut, puts pressure on number one.

Bursts in the Australian Open in Melbourne, capital of the State of Victoria ... cities where some 200 km (including Rock Hampton, birthplace of Rod Laver) and receive an evacuation order by the threat of rain tsunami has Brisbane and Queensland ruined. And in the midst of this strange southern summer camping world tennis elite, who this morning in Spain will start.

In Melbourne, in the old Kooyong Club, Lleyton Hewitt beat Monfils (7-5, 6-2) in the final of the Kooyong Classic exhibition. Hewitt, winner in the semis Davydenko, try reborn under the rule that dictates Tony Roche, former coach of Roger Federer and Ivan Lendl, who here has passed ball with the little devil Hewitt. Roche, Hewitt and Lendl match, "Few appreciate what they're doing Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal." According Lendl, who knows something about this, "one could say that Lleyton is doing everything right to be a favorite of the Open if they were Roger and Rafa, who do everything right, constantly."

What do Rafa and Roger, in the order of the list of ATP? Nadal, set to debut in the early hours of Tuesday, Spanish (in open or covered) to Brazil's Marcos Daniel, appeared before the media yesterday: "After what I had in Doha, I feel a little better but not perfect: a little more tired than usual, when I train, and sweating more than ever. But it is true that I am better than it days, so do not expect to have problems in the first game of next week. " If all went well, should cross Nadal in the semifinals with Murray and Soderling.

Favorites.

Federer, defending champion in Australia, defends 2,000 points and starts with Slovakian Lukas Lacko, he did to Nadal in Doha the outrage of a 6-0 "I have no problems with not being the favorite, the favorite has to be Rafa is the one that has three Slams in 2010: I have one and is already . I played well on hard courts and I won the Masters Cup, but who is dominating in the Grand Slams is Rafa. Believe me, I follow very closely. " Word of Roger Federer. Will a hard rain fall on Melbourne?

"I remember many times I have not started the tournament playing well. Then I have been improving and I'm done playing well. It's hard to say if I'm ready or not"

The Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal hopes completely overcome the flu before its debut next week at the Australia Open, the first 'Grand Slam' of the year, and says she has worked hard to be "ready" to face his debut in Melbourne Park.

"I remember many times I have not started the tournament playing well. Then I've been improving and I'm done playing well. It's hard to say if I'm ready or not. All I can say is I did a good job at the end of the season and have done everything possible to be ready, "he said in a presentation of 'Kia' in the pouring rain.

The world number one would not go in to assess the possibility of emulating the exploits of Rod Laver in 1969 and winning four 'big' row. "My motivation is the Australia Open. There is nothing more large. My motivation is the tournament. For me the pressure is the same in all tournaments. I want to play well and do things right, "he said.

The Spaniard, who fell in the semifinals of Doha where he was about to leave for influenza, is now well recovered from the virus but not yet one hundred percent. "I'm better every day. I'll be fully fit for next Monday, there is still time and I have no fever," he said.

On the other hand, is convinced that the key to keep adding titles to refine successful track record is on his game. "I can improve everything: the volley, the track position, to be more inside the court. I've improved a lot since last year but never enough. I'm not perfect, everyone can improve," he said.

In addition, the Spaniard scored as "unbelievable" weather suffering in Melbourne where they usually spend a lot of heat. "Time has not helped much these days. No Nothing to do, wait and train in the indoor courts. The most important thing is to be ready for Monday or Tuesday, "he concluded.

CREE QUE LO MEJOR DEL tennis MANACOR S THAT GETS NO GOALS

Manolo Santana, winner of four Grand Slam during the sixties, said that Rafa Nadal "no limits" and that what is valued more than the number one world not put your goals and is playing tennis every day .

"I see a great tennis and is playing unbelievable," said Santana, who has highlighted the tournament won by Nadal in this year: Open Australia and the Masters of Indian Wells and Monte Carlo.

The past and the future of Spanish tennis had met at a promotional event of the Trofeo Conde Godo, which takes place these days in RCT Barcelona, where Santana has given the Foundation Rafa Nadal one of the rackets with which he won Wimbledon 1966. "With only 22 years and has become, for me, the best player in the world by far," he assured.

Santana, director of the Masters Madrid 1000, wanted to highlight the dedication of a number inside and outside the tennis world "and said his presence at the tournament to be held next May in the Spanish capital.