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 | Nadal starts against Brazilian in Australia14-01-2011 |
No. 1 men's tennis Rafael Nadal of Spain will play against Brazilian Marcos Daniel in the first round of the Australian Open tennis. Nadal, champion in 2009, is unlikely to have problems until the quarterfinals, where he most likely will face seventh-seeded David Ferrer of Spain also. Go in the second quarter of the scheme are Robin Soderling (Sweden) and Andy Murray (Britain), one of them can play Nadal in the semifinals. Number 4 Soderling never passed the second round in Malbarn Park, but has ambitions to perform well once in the last three Grand Slam tournaments at least reached the semifinals. The Swede, who last year fell in the first round this season launched against Italian Starace Poti. Finalist in 2010 and No. 5-seeded Murray did start against Karol Beck of Slovakia. In the second quarter and was finalist in 2008 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, who will face Germany's Philipp Pechner. Defending champion Roger Federer of Switzerland is a leader in the lower part of the scheme. Second-seeded Federer, the tournament champion in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2010, will meet in the first round of Slovak Lukas Latsko. The most serious rival to the quarterfinals of the Swiss seems to be eighth-seeded Andy Roddick (USA), which has four semi-final in Australia. Favorite in the third quarter of the scheme is Serb Novak Djokovic, which fell more Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) and Fernando Verdasco (Spain). No. 3 Djokovic, champion in 2008, launched against Marcel Granoyers from Spain. Djokovic could play against Federer in the polufinalite.