The 2011 Australian Open was a tennis tournament held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia from 17 January to 30 January 2011. It was the 99th edition [1] of the Australian Open and the first Grand Slam event of 2011. The tournament was played on hard courts and was organised by the International Tennis Federation and Tennis Australia.
The women's singles competition was won by Kim Clijsters, and the men's singles by Novak Djokovic.
The second day saw both Nadal and Murray win when their opponents retired. [4] There was also a win for wildcard Bernard Tomic [5] whilst Baghdatis had to go to five sets before sealing victory, [6] while Del Potro came through his first Grand Slam match since injury in straight sets. [7] Both Tsonga and Verdasco came from two sets down to move into the next round. On the women's side both Molik and Radwańska won marathon final sets to advance into the second round. [8] [9] There was also a win for home hope Sam Stosur and world number two Vera Zvonerva. [10] While the 2008 finalist Ana Ivanovic crashed out 10–8 in the final set. [11]
In the evening matches on Rod Laver could not have been more different. The first match was a battle between two former number ones, Kim Clijsters and Dinara Safina. Clijsters did not lose a game in the forty five minutes they spent on court. [12] The men's evening match on Laver was a repeat of the 2002 Wimbledon final between home hope Lleyton Hewitt and Argentine David Nalbandian. The pair traded breaks and shared the first four sets. Nalbandian got an early break in the deciding set. At 5–4 the Argentine served for the match, and Hewitt just as he did in the fourth set broke Nalbandian as he served for the set. At 5–6 Hewitt had two match points which Nalbandian saved, only for the Argentine to force Hewitt to save break points in the next game. At seven all the Argentine broke to love and held on to serve the match out for a 3–6 6–4 3–6 7–6(1) 9–7, [13] win at seven minutes past one in the morning after close to a five hours battle. [14]
History was created in the match between Kuznetsova and Schiavone. The match became the longest match, in terms of time for women in a Grand Slam as it lasted for 4 hours, and 44 minutes. At 8–7 in the final set Kutznetsova had three match points, but the Italian saved all three. In the next game Schiavone broke her opponents serve but touched the net after hitting the winner, meaning the point went to Kutznetsova, when holding three break points. Kutznetsova had another three match points in the next game before a run of four games in a row where the serve was broken. Finally after breaking in the previous game and missing three match points Schiavone closed the match out to win 16–14 in the final set. [17]
Australia Day witnessed the last four quarterfinals in the men's and women's singles and the start of the wheelchair tennis competitions. In the first of the men's quarterfinals Murray over came Dolgopolov after a four set battle. [18]
Matches on main courts | |||
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Matches on Rod Laver Arena | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Men's Doubles Semifinals | Bob Bryan [1] Mike Bryan [1] | Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer | 6–3, 6–2 |
Women's Singles Semifinals | Li Na [9] | Caroline Wozniacki [1] | 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
Women's Singles Semifinals | Kim Clijsters [3] | Vera Zvonareva [2] | 6–3, 6–3 |
Men's Singles Semifinals | Novak Djokovic [3] | Roger Federer [2] | 7–6(7–3), 7–5, 6–4 |
Exhibition Doubles – 2nd Round | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | Henri Leconte Patrick Rafter | 6–4, 6–3 |
Matches on Margaret Court Arena | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Wheelchair Women's Singles Semifinals | Daniela di Toro [2] | Marjolein Buis | 6–3, 6–2 |
Men's Doubles Semifinals | Mahesh Bhupathi [3] Leander Paes [3] | Max Mirnyi [2] Daniel Nestor [2] | 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–3 |
Boys' Singles Quarterfinals | Luke Saville | Lucas Pouille | 7–5, 7–5 |
Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals | Katarina Srebotnik [2] Daniel Nestor [2] | Anastasia Rodionova Mahesh Bhupathi | Walkover |
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Matches on main courts | |||
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Matches on Rod Laver Arena | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Women's Doubles Final | Gisela Dulko [1] Flavia Pennetta [1] | Victoria Azarenka [12] Maria Kirilenko [12] | 2–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
Mixed Doubles Semifinals | Chan Yung-jan Paul Hanley | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Horia Tecău | 2–6, 6–3, [11–9] |
Men's Singles Semifinals | Andy Murray [5] | David Ferrer [7] | 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–1, 7–6(7–2) |
Matches on Margaret Court Arena | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Boys' Singles Semifinals | Luke Saville | Roberto Carballes | 6–2, 6–1 |
Legends' Doubles | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | Henri Leconte Patrick Rafter | 6–4, 6–4 |
Mixed Doubles Semifinals | Katarina Srebotnik [2] Daniel Nestor [2] | Maria Kirilenko [3] Nenad Zimonjić [3] | 6–4, 7–5 |
Coloured background indicates a night match. |
Matches on main courts | |||
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Matches on Rod Laver Arena | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Boys' Singles Final | Jiří Veselý [1] | Luke Saville | 6–0, 6–3 |
Girls' Singles Final | An-Sophie Mestach [2] | Monica Puig [5] | 6–4, 6–2 |
Women's Singles Final | Kim Clijsters [3] | Li Na [9] | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Men's Doubles Final | Bob Bryan [1] Mike Bryan [1] | Mahesh Bhupathi [3] Leander Paes [3] | 6–3, 6–4 |
Matches on Margaret Court Arena | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Wheelchair Quad Singles Final | David Wagner [1] | Peter Norfolk [2] | 6–2, 6–3 |
Wheelchair Men's Singles Final | Shingo Kunieda [1] | Stéphane Houdet [2] | 6–0, 6–3 |
Wheelchair Women's Singles Final | Esther Vergeer [1] | Daniela Di Toro [2] | 6–0, 6–0 |
Coloured background indicates a night match. |
Matches on main courts | |||
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Matches on Rod Laver Arena | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Mixed Doubles Final | Katarina Srebotnik [2] Daniel Nestor [2] | Chan Yung-jan Paul Hanley | 6–3, 3–6, [10–7] |
Men's Singles Final | Novak Djokovic [3] | Andy Murray [5] | 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 |
Coloured background indicates a night match. |
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