A Preview of Day Three of the 2013 Australian Open
The third day of the 2013 Australian Open will bring some more great tennis, as the second round gets underway. Two American men will try to take down the big boys today, as Tim Smyczek will face fourth-seeded David Ferrer, and in the featured match of the day, Ryan Harrison will take on top-seeded Novak Djokovic.
On the women’s side, hometown favorite and ninth-seeded Samantha Stosur will be back in action as will be second-seeded Maria Sharapova. In the featured women’s match of the day, Venus Williams will take on Alize Cornet of France.
Main Courts
Rod Laver Arena
â–ºIrina-Camelia Begu (Romania) v. 4-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland)
â–ºGuillaume Rufin (France) v. 5-Tomas Berdych (Czech)
â–ºZheng Jie (China) v. 9-Sam Stosur (Australia)
Night Session
â–º25-Venus Williams (U.S.) v Alize Cornet (France)
â–º1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) v Ryan Harrison (U.S.)
Hisense Arena
â–º10-Nicolas Almagro (Spain) v Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spain)
â–º6-Li Na (China) v Olga Govortsova (Belarus)
â–ºIto Tatsuma (Japan) v 28-Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus)
â–ºMisaki Doi (Japan) v 2-Maria Sharapova (Russia)
Margaret Court Arena
â–º5-Angelique Kerber (Germany) v Lucie Hradecka (Czech)
â–º18-Julia Goerges (Germany) v Romina Oprandi (Switzerland)
â–º4-David Ferrer (Spain) v Tim Smyczek (U.S.)
â–º13-Ana Ivanovic v Chan Yung-jan (Taiwan)
Night Session
â–ºXavier Malisse (Belgium) v 22-Fernando Verdasco (Spain)
