Australian Open 2004
Wednesday, January 21

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Taylor Dent of the USA beat Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina 3-6 6-4 4-6 7-6(4) 7-5

Lindsay Davenport of the USA beat Emilie Loit of France 6-3 3-6 6-0
The friendly and helpful Aussies have signs to everywhere - except to where Lindsay Davenport really needed to go in a hurry...!
Lindsay even had problems finding the exit from the court and an escape from the "Attack of the Big Yellow Fuzzy Things"
James ('baldie') Blake of the USA beat Nicolas Lapenti of Ecuador 6-4 7-6(4) 2-6 6-1 Rainer Schuttler and Nicolas Kiefer of Germany beat Raphael Durek and Alun Jones of Australia 6-7(6) 6-1 6-4
"Who's buying my programs...?" "Who's buying my line calls...?"
Todd Martin of the USA beat Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 7-6(4) 7-6(4) 7-6(7)
Nicole Pratt of Australia beat Akiko Morigami of Japan 1-6 6-3 6-3 Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia beat Antonella Serra Zanetti of Italy 7-6(0) 6-4
These guys certainly know what they want - Marat Safin's shirt These guys on the other hand, seem VERY confused about many things...
Petra Mandula of Hungary beat Magdalena Maleeva of Bulgaria  6-7(6) 6-2 6-3
Tim Henman of the United Kingdom enjoying (enjoying???) a little practice session.
Hicham Arazi of Morocco It's a hard life being a photographer....
When everyone is as well behaved as the Aussie fans, what else are the local constables to do...
Or is there a more subtle (and more sinister) reason for this extra-curricula 'target practice' with 100 mph projectiles...? Hmmm...
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