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Rafanadalevitaadjokovic 28 POLIDEPORTIVO MUNDO DEPORTIVO Sábado 16 de enero de 2016 con el tenis RafaOPEN DE AUSTRALIANadaln Debuta anteVerdascoevitaen una parte del cuaDadrocon WajokovicwrinkayMurrayperosin el nº 1 Ángel Rigueira n Rafa Nadal, quinto jugador mundial, corría el peligro de un hipotético cruce con el nº 1, vigen- te campeón yprincipal favorito de la edición del Open de Australia Bautista, victoria sobre Tsonga FOTO: GETTY 2016, Novak Djokovic. Sin embar- go, el sorteo apartó del camino del manacorí al rival que nadie quie- Bautista, auna re ni ver, un ‘Nole’ en modo into- cable en el último año yque aspira final de Auckland auna sexta corona en Melbourne apartir del lunes. sin Ferrer Nadal circulará por la parte ba- ja del cuadro, no exenta de peli- David Ferrer, cuatro veces campeón gros pero sin el principal obstácu- del ATPsobre pista duradeAuckland lo en su ruta. Comenzará con su (Nueva Zelanda),noincrementarásu ahora habitual compañero de do- palmarés en uno de sustorneos bles, Fernando Verdasco, reme- fetiches.Fue víctima en semifinales morando su extraordinaria semi- del explosivo estadounidenseJack final de 2009, cuando Rafa se Sock, que remontóparaimponerse 3- impuso en cinco sets tras 5h.14’ de 6, 6-1y6-2. juego. El balear se recuperó de la Sí accedió alafinal Roberto maratón para conseguir la corona Bautista,cuyavictoriasobre el francés en la final frente aRoger Federer. Jo-Wifried Tsongasupusocerraruna Entonces Nadal era un aspiran- rachanegativa anterivales del top-10. te más que fiable, así como Ver- Serena Williams y Novak Djokovic, los vigentes campeones del Open de Australia. Los número uno del mundo defienden corona FOTO: GETTY Superó a‘Ali’, décimo del mundo, por dasco viviendo su mejor momento 3-6, 7-6(3) y6-4,ensuprimer triunfo de top-10 mundial. Se reencuen- superando aVerdasco, Chardy, Para David Ferrer, con Murray sobre un ‘top ten’ en los últimos tran con un balance favorable pa- LASCLAVES Anderson, Wawrinka oRaonic y en el horizonte de cuartos, quizás dieciocho duelos yfrentealgalo en ra Rafa de 14-2, 1-1 la temporada Murray en un torneo en el que no un choque emotivo en segunda tresconfrontaciones. pasada, con éxito de ‘Fer’ en la pis- 1 HIPOTÉTICOS OCTAVOS pocas veces ha sufrido contra- ronda frente aLleyton Hewitt, que En el ATPdeSydney,semifinales, ta dura de Miami yrevancha de Djokovic-Simon, tiempos importantes en forma de colgará la raqueta. Grigor Dimitrovbatió aGilles Muller Rafa en la tierra de Hamburgo.l Tsonga-Nishikori, extrañas lesiones, como la de es- En féminas, Serena Williams, por6-2 y7-6 (4), ydirimiráeltítulo El manacorí ha dejado atrás la palda antes de la final contra defensora del título, ya sabe que conViktorTroicki,que eliminó a crisis vivida la campaña anterior, Federer-Goffin, Wawrinka en 2014. Maria Sharapova podría ser su Teymuraz Gabashvili 3-6, 6-4y6-4. la “lesión mental” que le hizo vul- Cilic vs Berdych, Djokovic abrirá frente al joven oponente en cuartos. También por En la exhibición de Kooyong,en nerable. En línea ascendente, se NadalvsAnderson, surcoreano Chung, con el ánimo arriba en el cuadro viaja Carla Melbourne, Feliciano López sucumbió ha mostrado en condiciones de pe- de una posible penúltima ronda Suárez. Por abajo, Garbiñe Mugu- anteelbelgaDavid Goffin por6-4 y6- lear contra todos menos frente a Raonic vs Wawrinka, con el veterano Roger Federer, ruza, sin apenas rodaje por la fas- 2. En otro duelo de la jornada, Pablo uno, lógicamente Djokovic, su FerrervsIsnery cuatro veces dominador de la citis plantar yque ve aVictoria Carreño se impusoalfrancés Gilles verdugo reciente en Doha (6-1 y Tomic vs Murray competición, aunque inédito en el Azarenak como rival complicada Simon por6-4,3-6 y10-3enel 6-2). No le vería hasta la final, si va palmarés desde 2010. en octavos H supertiebreak H LOS CUADROS DEL OPEN DE AUSTRALIA MASCULINO ALBERTRAMOS (ESP)-BornaCoric (Cro) Aljaz Bedene (GBR)-Steve Johnson (USA/31) Magd. Rybarikova (Svk)-Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) Priscilla Hon (Aus/wc)-Annika Beck (Ale) PRIMERCUARTO Dusan Lajovic (SRB)-Sam Querrey (USA) FELI LÓPEZ (ESP/18)-Qualy AliaksandraSasnovich(Blr)-EvgeniyaRodina (Rus) KaterinaSiniakova (Ch)-Timea Bacsinszky (Sui/11) Novak Djokovic (Srb/1)-Hyeon Chung(CdS) Martin Klizan (Svk)-ROBERTO BAUTISTA (ESP/24) SteveDarcis (Bel)-Guido Pella (Arg) Nao Hibino (Jap)-Maria Sharapova (RUS/5) Victoria Azarenka (Blr/14)-A.Van Uytvanck (Bel) Quentin Halys(Fra/wc))-IvanDodig (Cro) NickKyrgios(Aus/29)-PABLO CARREÑO(ESP) Matthew Ebden (Aus/wc))-MARCEL GRANOLLERS SEGUNDOCUARTO Samantha Crawford (US/wc)-DankaKovinic (Mne) Filip Krajinovic (Srb)-Denis Kudla (USA) YoshihitoNishioka(Jap/wc)-Pablo Cuevas (Uru) JerzyJanowicz(Pol)-JohnIsner (USA/10) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol/4)-Chr. McHale (USA) Qualy-Donna Vekic (Cro) Teymuraz Gabashvili (Rus)-Andreas Seppi (Ita/28) Robin Haase(Hol)-Qualy Bernard Tomich (Aus/16)-Denis Istomin (Uzb) Eugenie Bouchard (Can)-Aleksandra Krunic (Srb) Victoria Duval (USA)-Elina Svitolina(Ucr/18) Ivo Karlovic (Cro/22)-Federico Delbonis (Arg) Yuki Bhambri (Ind)-Thomas Berdych (Che/6) SimoneBolelli (Ita)-Brian Baker (USA) Magda Linette (Pol)-Mónica Puig (PUR) Caroline Garcia (Fra/32)-Barbora Strycova(Che) Jiri Vesely (Che)-Qualy TERCERCUARTO John Millman (Aus)-DiegoSchwartzman(Arg) Qualy-Samantha Stosur(Aus/25) Mona Barthel (Ale)-Vania King (USA) Evgneny Donskoy (Rus)-ÍÑIGO CERVANTES (ESP) RAFA NADAL (ESP/5)-FERNANDO VERDASCO(ESP) Gilles Muller (Lux)-Fabio Fognini (Ita/20) Sloane Stephens(USA/24)-Qualy Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)-Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Cro) Vasek Pospisil (Can)-Gilles Simon (Fra/14) Benjamin Becker (Ale)-Dudi Sela (Isr) Joao Sousa (Por/32)-MikhailKukushkin (Kaz) LOURDES DOMÍNGUEZ(E)-Anna-L. Friedsam (Ale) AnettKontaveit (Est)-GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP/3) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra/9)-Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) Qualy-Andrey Kuznetson (Rus) Santiago Giraldo (Col)-Donald Young (USA) Anna Tatishvili (USA)-Irina Falconi (USA) CUARTO CUARTO Omar Jasika(Aus/wc)-Ilya Marchenko (Ucr) Ernests Gulbis (Let)-Jeremy Chardy (Fra/30) Adrian Mannarino (Fra)-Sam Groth(Aus) Qualy-Roberta Vinci(Ita/13) Venus Williams(USA/8)-Johanna Konta (GBR) PABLO ANDÚJAR (ESP)-Qualy Gael Monfils(Fra/23)-Qualy Alexander Zverev(Ale)-Andy Murray (GBR/2) CARLA SUÁREZ(ESP/10)-Qualy CarinaWitthoeft (Ale)-Saisai Zheng (Chn) NoahRubin (USA/wc))-Benoit Paire(Fra/17) Marco Cecchinato (Ita)-NicolasMahut (Fra) FEMENINO Qualy-Qualy Bethanie Mattek (USA)-DenisaAllertova (Che) G. GARCÍA-LÓPEZ (ESP/26)-Paul Henri MATHIEU (Fra) Qualy-Qualy PRIMERCUARTO Monica Niculescu(Rum)-Teliana Pereira (Bra) PetraCetkovska(Che)-Sabine Lisicki (Ale/30) VíctorEstrella (Dom)-Qualy Rajeev Ram (USA)-KevinAnderson (Saf/11) Serena Williams (USA/1)-CamilaGiorgi(Ita) AustinKrajicek(USA)-Qualy Milos Raonic (Can/13)-Lucas Pouille(Fra) Su-Wei Hsieh(Tpe)-Jelena Ostapenko (Let) Elizaveta Kulichkova(Rus)-Andrea Petkovic (Al/22) Ek. Makarova (Rus/21)-Maddison Inglis (Aus/wc) Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ale)-Kei Nishikori(Jap/7) MalekJaziri(Tun)-TOMMY ROBREDO(ESP) Urszula Radwanska(Pol)-Ana Konjuh (Cro) Kristina Mladenovic (Fr/28)-Dom.Cibulkova (Svk) Tatjana Maria (Ale)-Olga Govortsova (Blr) SEGUNDOCUARTO DANI GIMENO-TRAVER-Qualy Daria Kasatkina (Rus)-Anna Schmiedlova (Svk/27) Qualy-KlaraKoukalova (Che) Andreea Mitu (Rum)-Julia Goerges (Ale) RogerFederer (Sui/3)-Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) D. MUÑOZDELANAVA (ESP)-Viktor Troicki (Srb/21) SaraErrani(Ita/17)-Margarita Gasparyan(Rus) Daria Gavrilova (Aus)-Lucie Hradecka(Che) Kimberly Birrell (Aus/wc)-Karolina Pliskova (Che/9) Ricardas Berankis (Lit)-Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ucr) Jack Sock (USA/25)-Qualy Kurumi Nara (Jap)-OceaneDodin (Fra/wc) Qualy-PetraKvitova (Che/6) Madison Keys(USA/15)-ZarinaDiyas (Kaz) Qualy-Qualy Taro Daniel (Jap)-Lukas Rosol (Che) Mariana Duque (Col)-Xinyun Han (Chn/wc) TERCER CUARTO Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul)-Yaros.Shvedova (Kaz) Paolo Lorenzi(Ita)-Grigor Dimitrov(Bul/27) Qualy-Qualy Yulia Putintseva (Kaz)-CarolineWozniacki(Din/16) Angelique Kerber (Ale/7)-Misaki Doi (Jap) Qualy-Jarmila Wolfe (Aus) Dominic Thiem(Aut/19)-Leonardo Mayer (Arg) Dimitry Tursunov (Rus)-Stan Wawrinka (Sui/4) BelindaBencic (Sui/12)-Alison Riske (USA) Storm Sanders(Aus/wc)-Alex. Dulgheru (Rum) Tammi Patterson (Aus/wc)-AnaIvanovic (Srb/20) Julien Benenteau (Fra)-NICO ALMAGRO (ESP) CUARTO CUARTO Heather Watson (GBR)-Timea Babos (Hun) Madison Brengle(USA)-CocoVandeweghe (USA) Lesia Tsurenko(Ucr/31)-Varvara Lepchenko (USA) Kyle Edmund (GBR)-Damir Dzumhur (BIH) DAVID FERRER (ESP/8)-Qualy Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus)-Kateryna Bondarenko(Ucr) Johanna Larsson (Sue)-Irina-C.Begu (Rum/29) LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP)-Qualy Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ucr)-David Goffin (Bel/15) James Duckworth(Au/wc)-LleytonHewitt(Au/wc) D. Hantuchova (Svk)-Sveta Kuznetsova (Rus/23) JelenaJankovic (Srb/19)-Polona Hercog(Slo) Bojana Jovanovski (Srb)-Alize Cornet(Fra) MarinCilic (Cro/12)-ThiemodeBakker (Hol) Thomaz Bellucci (Bra)-Jordan Thompson (Aus) Pavlyuchenkova (Rus/26)-Lauren Davis (USA) Laura Siegemund(Ale)-Kiki Bertens(Hol) Qualy-Simona Halep(Rum/2).
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