Australian Open 2011: Qualies draw & order of play 12/01/2011

Nico is back on the courts.He begins 2011, playing the Qualies at the Australian Open .His first opponent , Philip Bester, is a canadian player , born in 1988 and currently # 280 at the ATP Ranking.

 They have never played each other at an ATP World Tour, Grand Slam , Davis Cup main draw event , or in Qualifying,  at a Challenger or Futures event.

Nicolas ya tiene rivale para la primera ronda de las clasificaciones del Abierto de Australia, el primer Grand Slam del año.Enfrentará al canadiense Philip Bester (280°)y jugaría la segunda ronda de las clasificaciones con el vencedor del match entre el australiano Brydan Klein (215º) y el ruso Konstantin Kravchuk (144º).

Location : Melbourne, Australia

Date :12-15 January 2011

Surface : Plexicushion

Nico's part of the draw :

(1) Blaz Kavcic (SLO) vs. Benjamin Mitchell (AUS)
Rik De Voest (RSA) vs. Laurent Recouderc (FRA)
Greg Jones (AUS) vs. Olivier Patience (FRA)
Guillermo Alcaide (ESP) vs. (25) Ilija Bozoljac (SRB)

(2)Simone Bolelli (ITA) vs. Ivo Minar (CZE)
Timo Nieminen (FIN) vs. Marco Crugnola (ITA)
Philip Bester (CAN) vs. NICO MASSU (CHI)
Brydan Klein (AUS) vs. (22) Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS)

Official site : www.AustralianOpen.com

Order of Play 12/01/2011

Court 12

Matches start at 10h (Melbourne time)

Go Soeda (JAP) vs Robert Farah (COL)

Followed by

Ryler DeHeart (AUS) vs Nikola Mektic (CRO)

Followed by

Fritz Wolmarans (AUS) vs Augustin Gensse (FRA)

Followed by

NICO MASSU ( CHI) vs Philip Bester (CAN)

Followed by

Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP) vs Yuichi Sugita (JAP)