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Brazilian Player Investigated for Alleged Dispute

Brazilian Player Investigated for Alleged Dispute

14 Thursday 21st January, 2010 Brazilian player of the United States returns the ball to Brazil’s Thomaz investigated for Bellucci during their Men’s singles match. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) alleged dispute

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Brazilian Marcos Daniel is being investigated by organizers for an alleged alterca- tion with a spectator following his first-round loss to Colombia’s Alejandro Falla. The Age newspaper reported Wednesday that Daniel had a dis- pute with Colombian spectators, and that a woman was caught in a A fan smiles, with his face disagreement between her brother painted with the colours of French and the 31-year-old player. No fur- national flag. ther details were available. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) “The referee’s office is looking into it,” a Tennis Australia spokesman confirmed Wednesday. The No. 87-ranked Daniel, a cousin of Brazilian football referee Carlos Eugenio Simon, has only been past the first round once at 14 events. International Tennis Federation rules bar competitors from “the unauthorized touching of an official, opponent, spectator or other person.” Violations can result in fines of up to $10,000.

September in only her third tournament back from two years off the tour in which Penneta of Italy. she got married and had a baby. Kuznetsova was first into the third No. 15-ranked Clijsters improved to 20 round when she beat Anastasia wins and three losses since her comeback, Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-2. a run in which she became the first moth- She broke Pavlyuchenkova’s er to win a major since Evonne Goolagong twice to start and got on top of most ral- MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Cawley at Wimbledon in 1980. lies with a strong and had 27 U.S. Open champion She beat former No. 1-ranked Justine winners against only seven for her fellow remained on course for her second Henin for the title at the Brisbane Russian. straight Grand Slam singles title with a 6- International on Jan. 9 in what was Kuznetsova, who has two Grand Slam 3, 6-3 win over on Henin’s comeback tournament after 20 singles championships - adding the Wednesday to reach the third round of the months off the tour. French last year to her win at the 2004 U.S. Australian Open. The Belgian pair will stay on Open - has a chance to reach the No. 1 Clijsters won the last six games after track to meet in the quarterfinals ranking for the first time if she clinches dropping serve to open the second set here if unranked and unseeded the Australian Open title. against the 32-year-old Thai veteran who Henin can get past Olympic gold In eight previous trips to Melbourne was playing her 51st major. Clijsters will next play No. 19 , one of the Russian women already into the third round after champion and advanced earlier Wednesday. On the men’s side, No. 7 Andy Roddick had a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 win over Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci and No. 11 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile, the 2007 runner-up, beat Turkey’s Marsel Ilhan 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. Fernando The 26-year-old Clijsters Gonzalez of won at Flushing Meadows in Chile returns to Turkish Marsel Ilhan during their men’s singles match. (AP Photo)

Park, Kuznetsova has advanced to the quarterfinals twice, including last year when she lost to eventual champion after being up a set and a break. This year, the 24-year-old Russian is feeling more confident of winning. “Yes, definitely, I know all the way how to go - I’ve done it twice,” Kuznetsova said. “It’s exciting. You always have dif- ferent motivation at the Grand Slams - I love to play here.” No. 11 advanced and Britain’s equalled her medalist later best run at the season’s first major by Wednesday.Clijsters, who has reached the reaching the third round with a 6-2, 7-5 semifinals or better in her last four trips win over No. 30 of to and lost the 2004 final Ukraine. She could next meet 2009 finalist Kim Clijsters of to Henin, next plays No. 19 Nadia Petrova. , who was playing later returns the ball to No. 16-ranked , a Wednesday. ’s Tamarine Belgian who didn’t get a seeding here ’s Jie had an upset 2-6, 6- Tanasugarn during their because her suspension for a World Anti- 2, 6-3 win over No. 24 Maria Jose Martinez Women’s singles match. Doping Agency “whereabouts rule” viola- of Spain. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) tion hadn’t been overturned before No. 4 of entries closed, reached the third-round Denmark, who lost the U.S. Open final to with a 7-6 (2), 6-1 win over No. 12 Flavia Clijsters, had a 6-4, 6-2 first-round win over Canada’s . In other first-round matches carried Wednesday’s Results over to Wednesday from the rain-inter- rupted opening days, No. 7 Victoria MELBOURNE, (9), , def. Kristina Shahar Peer (29), Israel, def. Lucie Azarenka of Belarus beat French wild Australia (AP) - Results Kucova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-0. Hradecka, , 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-1. card Stephanie Cohen-Aloro 6-2, 6-0, No. 9 Wednesday from the Na (16), China, def. Marina Erakovic, Agnes Szavay, Hungary, def. Stephanie Vera Zvonareva beat Kristina Kucova of $22.14 million Australian New Zealand, 6-2, 6-0. Dubois, Canada, 6-3, 6-2. Slovakia 6-2, 6-0 and No. 16 of Open at Melbourne Park , , def. , Sweden, def. Jarmila China, a quarterfinalist at the U.S. Open, (seedings in parentheses): Krumm, Japan, 6-4, 6-2. Groth, Australia, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. beat New Zealander Marina Erakovic 6-2, Singles , Bulgaria, def. Galina Second Round 6-0. Svetlana Women’s First Round Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-4. Svetlana Kuznetsova (3), Russia, def. No. 22 Daniela Hantuchova of Kuznetsova of Caroline Wozniacki (4), , Italy, def. , Russia, 6-2, 6-2. Slovakia and No. 29 Shahar Peer of Israel Russia reacts after Denmark, def. Aleksandra Wozniak, (28), Russia, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Doubles also advanced. beating Anastasia Canada, 6-4, 6-2. Julia Goerges, , def. Tamira Men’s First Round Rafal Nadal, the defending champion, Pavlyuchenkova (7), Belarus, Paszek, Austria, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3. Philipp Marx, Germany, and , played Lukas Lacko at Arena also of Russia. def. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro, France, Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, def. Slovakia, def. Nick Lindahl and Matt Reid, on Wednesday, and U.S. Open champion (AP Photo) 6-2, 6-0. Chang Kai-chen, , 7-5, 6-2. Australia, 6-3, 6-4. Juan Martin del Potro faced James Blake.

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