Australian Open Schedule of Play for January 18, 2008

The top half of the women’s draw is on the schedule for day five in Melbourne, with Justine Henin, Jelena Jankovic, Serena Williams, and Maria Sharapova aiming for spots in the round of sixteen.

2006 Australian Open champion Amelie Mauresmo and Australian hopeful Casey Dellacqua will headline the evening session.

Order of Play for January 18, 2008

Rod Laver Arena 11.00 AM
1. Women’s Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Justine Henin (BEL)[1] v. Francesca Schiavone (ITA)[25]
2. Women’s Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Jelena Jankovic (SRB)[3] v. Virginie Razzano (FRA)[30]
3. Men’s Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Gilles Simon (FRA)[28] v. Rafael Nadal (ESP)[2]

Rod Laver Arena 7.30 PM
1. Women’s Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA)[18] v. Casey Dellacqua (AUS)
2. Men’s Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Andy Roddick (USA)[6] v. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)[29]

Vodafone Arena 11.00 AM
1. Men’s Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Marc Gicquel (FRA) v. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)[4]
2. Women’s Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Victoria Azarenka (BLR)[26] v. Serena Williams (USA)[7]
3. Women’s Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Elena Vesnina (RUS) v. Maria Sharapova (RUS)[5]
4. Men’s Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Richard Gasquet (FRA)[8] v. Igor Andreev (RUS)[31]

Margaret Court Arena 11.00 AM
1. Women’s Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Nicole Vaidisova (CZE)[12] v. Ai Sugiyama (JPN)
2. Men’s Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) v. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
3. Women’s Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Elena Dementieva (RUS)[11] v. Shahar Peer (ISR)[17]
4. Mixed Doubles
Nathalie Dechy (FRA)[8] v. Sophie Ferguson (AUS)
Andy Ram (ISR)[8] Adam Feeney (AUS)

Not Before 7:30 PM
5. Men’s Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)[24] v. Mardy Fish (USA)

Show Court 2 11.00 AM
1. Women’s Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Cara Black (ZIM)[1] v. Tatiana Poutchek (BLR)
Liezel Huber (USA)[1] Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)
2. Men’s Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)[14] v. Ivo Karlovic (CRO)[20]
3. Men’s Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) v. Daniel Nestor (CAN)[2]
Alexander Peya (AUT) Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)[2]
4. Women’s Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Serena Williams (USA) v. Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)[2]
Venus Williams (USA) Ai Sugiyama (JPN)[2]

Show Court 3 11.00 AM
1. Men’s Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Bob Bryan (USA)[1] v. Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
Mike Bryan (USA)[1] Nicolas Massu (CHI)
2. Women’s Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) v. Aravane Rezai (FRA)
3. Men’s Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Stefan Koubek (AUT) v. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)[23]
4. Mixed Doubles
Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) v. Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)[6]
Samuel Groth (AUS) Jonathan Erlich (ISR)[6]
5. Women’s Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Sania Mirza (IND)[6] v. Nadia Petrova (RUS)
Alicia Molik (AUS)[6] Elena Vesnina (RUS)

Court 6 11.00 AM
1. Men’s Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Scott Lipsky (USA) v. Jonathan Erlich (ISR)[8]
David Martin (USA) Andy Ram (ISR)[8]
2. Mixed Doubles
Agnes Szavay (HUN) v. Renata Voracova (CZE)
Leander Paes (IND) David Skoch (CZE)
3. Women’s Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Zi Yan (CHN)[7] v. Klaudia Jans (POL)
Jie Zheng (CHN)[7] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
4. Men’s Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) v. Martin Damm (CZE)[4]
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) Pavel Vizner (CZE)[4]
5. Mixed Doubles
Zi Yan (CHN)[3] v. Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE)
Mark Knowles (BAH)[3] Jeff Coetzee (RSA)

Court 7 11.00 AM
1. Men’s Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Frantisek Cermak (CZE)[9] v. Marcel Granollers-Pujol (ESP)
Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)[9] Santiago Ventura (ESP)
2. Women’s Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Stephanie Foretz (FRA) v. Iveta Benesova (CZE)[16]
Selima Sfar (TUN) Galina Voskoboeva (RUS)[16]
3. Women’s Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)[10] v. Aiko Nakamura (JPN)
Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)[10] Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA)
4. Women’s Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) v. Nicole Vaidisova (CZE)
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)

Court 13 1.00 PM
1. Mixed Doubles
Janette Husarova (SVK) v. Tamira Paszek (AUT)
Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) Marcelo Melo (BRA)
2. Men’s Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Christopher Kas (GER)[15] v. Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR)
Rogier Wassen (NED)[15] Florent Serra (FRA)

Court 18 11.00 AM
1. Men’s Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Arnaud Clement (FRA)[7] v. Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Michael Llodra (FRA)[7] Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
2. Women’s Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Kveta Peschke (CZE)[4] v. Jelena Kostanic Tosic (CRO)
Rennae Stubbs (AUS)[4] Martina Muller (GER)
3. Women’s Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Maret Ani (EST) v. Tathiana Garbin (ITA)
Meilen Tu (USA) Roberta Vinci (ITA)
4. Men’s Doubles - 2nd Rnd.
Rik De Voest (RSA) v. Julien Benneteau (FRA)[14]
Chris Haggard (RSA) Nicolas Mahut (FRA)[14]
5. Mixed Doubles
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) v. Meilen Tu (USA)
Max Mirnyi (BLR) Marcin Matkowski (POL)

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