Day 2 of the Australian Open

Day 2 had both the mens and womens #1 seeds in action.  Roger Federer was given a brief scare by Russian, Igor Andreev in Rod Laver Arena.  Andreev came out blasting a booming forehand that gave Federer fits, and gave the Russian the first set.  Federer took the 2nd set and Andreev had a great chance to win the 3rd and go up 2 sets to 1, but nerves got the best of him and Federer won the 3rd in a tiebreak.  The 4th set Andreev mailed in and Roger took the final set and match easily.....Serena Williams top seeded woman had no trouble destroying Urszula Radwanska.

The mens first round was completed on Day 2, some of the highlights were:  Marin Cilic put Fabrice Santoro back into retirement with a straight set victory..... Fernando Verdasco had a little trouble in disposing Aussie, Carsten Ball... Tsonga, Davydenko, Djokovic, Monfils, Hewitt, Haas, Berdych, Wawrinka, Montanes, Troicki, Almagro, Kohlschreiber, and Isner were all seeds that won....  David Ferrer beat Frederico Gil into submission, when the Spaniard,  Ferrer took the first 2 sets 6-0, 6-0, and went up 2-0 in the 3rd Gil decided to end his suffering and retired.  He had no injury of any kind other than probably a bruised ego.  He was nice enough to stop and sign some oversized tennis balls for fans after being demolished and quitting....Mikhail Youzhny defeated Richard Gasquet in a long 5 setter that went deep into the night... It was a big shocker when Robin Soderling lost to Marcel Granollers in a 5 set first round matchup....Sam Querrey, Jeremy Chardy, Tommy Robredo, and Juan Carlos Ferrero were also bit by the injury bug on a busy day 2.

All of the womens matches that were suspended or postponed by rain on the first day were completed.  The whole first round is not finised, with a few 1st round matches to be played on day 3....High seeds Jelena Jankovic, and Venus Williams won easy first round matchups... Sam Stosur, Ana Ivanovic, Aravane Rezai, Agnieszka Radwanska, Marion Bartoli, Francesca Schiavone, Carla Suarez Navarro, Nadia Petrova, Sabine Lisicki, and Alona Bondarenko were seeded players that also advanced to the 2nd round.... The #25 seed Anabel Medina Garrigues and #23 seed Dominika Cibulkova were upset victims.  Cibulkova had a 5-1 lead in the 3rd set against American, Vania King, but proceeded to lose the next 6 games and the match 7-5 in the 3rd....Day 2 also saw the end of Melanie Oudin's Australian Open.  The American made a bunch of noise at the U.S. Open, but has not done dogshit since.  I thought I heard someone say America had their Justine Henin? Yeah, right.

Day 3 will provide a finish to the womens 1st round and a few of the womens 2nd round matches.  It will also be the start of the 2nd round for half the men as well, and also feature the start of the doubles.... The days premier match will have to be the night match between Elena Dementieva and Justine Henin.  A match where I see Dementieva outlasting Henin in a 3 set battle...Rafa Nadal, Andy Roddick, Kim Clijsters, Caroline Wozniacki will also be in action.... The big mens match has to be a 2nd round matchup between Juan Martin Del Potro and James Blake.  According to a few of the turds at ESPN, Blake has a great shot at beating the U.S. Open champion.  Yes, the same James Blake that won all of 3 matches in the last 6-8 months.  Hopefully Del Potro makes them eat their words and destroys Blake easily... And finally my upset of the day will be Czech, Barbora Zahlavova Strycova ending #2 seed Dinara Safina's Australian Open.