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Brisbane International Tennis Brisbane International ORDER OF PLAY Monday, 2 January 2012 PAT RAFTER ARENA COURT 1 COURT 2 COURT 10 COURT 14 Starting At: 10:30 am Starting At: 10:30 am Starting At: 10:30 am Starting At: 10:30 am Starting At: 10:30 am WTA ATP WTA ATP WTA Tamira PASZEK (AUT) Florian MAYER (GER) Olivia ROGOWSKA (AUS) Igor ANDREEV (RUS) Galina VOSKOBOEVA (KAZ) 1 vs vs vs vs vs Ana IVANOVIC (SRB) Denis ISTOMIN (UZB) Barbora ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA (CZE) Jurgen ZOPP (EST) Vera DUSHEVINA (RUS) followed by followed by followed by followed by followed by WTA WTA WTA ATP ATP Serena WILLIAMS (USA) Vania KING (USA) Shahar PEER (ISR) Tobias KAMKE (GER) Tatsuma ITO (JPN) 2 vs vs vs vs vs Chanelle SCHEEPERS (RSA) Melinda CZINK (HUN) Andrea PETKOVIC (GER) Jesse LEVINE (USA) Michael LOOK (AUS) followed by followed by followed by followed by followed by ATP WTA ATP WTA ATP Tommy HAAS (GER) Julien BENNETEAU (FRA) Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS) Radek STEPANEK (CZE) Alexandra PANOVA (RUS) Chris GUCCIONE (AUS) 3 vs vs vs vs vs Bernard TOMIC (AUS) Polona HERCOG (SLO) Lukas DLOUHY (CZE) Kaia KANEPI (EST) John MILLMAN (AUS) Marcelo MELO (BRA) followed by followed by followed by followed by ATP ATP ATP WTA Eric BUTORAC (USA) Vania KING (USA) Ricardo MELLO (BRA) Ryan SWEETING (USA) Bruno SOARES (BRA) Michaella KRAJICEK (NED) 4 vs vs vs vs Gilles MULLER (LUX) Gilles SIMON (FRA) Jurgen MELZER (AUT) Iveta BENESOVA (CZE) Philipp PETZSCHNER (GER) Barbora ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA (CZE) Not Before 7:00 PM followed by followed by followed by followed by WTA WTA WTA WTA WTA Daniela HANTUCHOVA (SVK) Anastasia RODIONOVA (AUS) Samantha STOSUR (AUS) Francesca SCHIAVONE (ITA) Jelena JANKOVIC (SRB) Klara ZAKOPALOVA (CZE) Arina RODIONOVA (RUS) 5 vs vs vs vs vs Anastasiya YAKIMOVA (BLR) Nuria LLAGOSTERA VIVES (ESP) Carla SUAREZ NAVARRO (ESP) Nina BRATCHIKOVA (RUS) Klaudia JANS-IGNACIK (POL) Arantxa PARRA SANTONJA (ESP) Mervana JUGIC-SALKIC (BIH) followed by ATP Ryan HARRISON (USA) 6 vs Marcos BAGHDATIS (CYP) Cameron Pearson Donna Kelso 1 January 2012 at 18:47 Thomas Schrader Thomas Karlberg Tournament Director(s) WTA Supervisor(s) Order of Play released ATP - Tour Manager ATP Supervisor(s) Jimmy Moore ATP / WTA - Referee ANY MATCH ON ANY COURT MAY BE MOVED ATP - Doubles Alternate Sign-in Deadline : 1:00 PM WTA - Singles Lucky-Loser Sign-in Deadline : 10:00 AM MATCHES WILL BE OFFICIALLY CALLED FROM WTA - Doubles Alternate Sign-in Deadline : 1:00 PM THE PLAYERS' LOUNGE & LOCKER-ROOM.
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