Melbourne, Australian Open:Order of Play 20/01/2009

For this first round of the Australian Open, Nico will play vs Nicolas Almagro, a player from Spain born in 1985 and currently # 18 on the ATP ranking.

They have already played against each other in 2006 and 2008 on clay.
Almagro won 3 times : *Rome 2006 : 7-5 6-4
                               *Costa Do Sauipe 2008 : 6-3 6-2
                               *Acapulco 2008 : 4-6 6-3 6-3) 

Nico won 1 time : quarters of  Costa Do Sauipe 2006 : 7-6 (4) 6-3

They are scheduled on Court 8 at 11.00am   (Australian time)

Order of Play  Tuesday 20/01/2009

Nicolas Massu (CHI) vs Nicolas Almagro (SPA) [17]
Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) vs Severine Brémont (FRA)
Tatjana Malek (GER) vs Ayumi Morita (JPN)
Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs Julie Coin (FRA)