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Who are the Australian Open wildcards

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Former world No. 1 Justine Henin was the first big wildcard announcement made by Australian Open organisers, but more will be known soon. See http://www.federerroger.co.uk/index.php/australian-open-wildcards/

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  1. Ali Abdullah
    Hi, Klein, 20, from Perth and Rogowska, 18, from Melbourne must now win today's last round-robin match, then hope other results fall their way if they are to reach the quarter-finals. Klein was suspended for six months and fined by the ITF for racial abuse of a South African player at Eastbourne last June. He apologised immediately but had to complete a racial sensitivity course before being allowed back to tennis late last month. It was not Klein's first brush with officialdom. He was forced to undergo anger management after repeated outbursts on court. The West Australian had some good results in the lead-up ITF tournaments around Australia and headed into Melbourne this week as the No 1 men's seed. Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar. End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar. All that has come to a grinding halt after losing to Kaden Hensel (Qld) yesterday 6-4 6-4 and another Queenslander, James Duckworth, in three sets on Monday. The news was no better for Rogowska, who shot to prominence with her second-round appearance at the French Open this year and taking then world No 1 Dinara Safina to three sets at the US Open. But she lost a close battle with 16-year-old Ashling Sumner (Qld) 7-6 (9-7) 7-5 in the biggest upset of the day. Sumner now faces former world top 40 player Casey Dellacqua (WA), who along with fellow Fed Cup star Alicia Molik (SA), is through to the knockout stage after wins yesterday. Molik was pushed to three sets by Victorian teenager Sally Peers and was none too happy she lost concentration in the second set. "She's a tough competitor Sally; she's annoying because she never goes away. She chases every ball down and then she surprises you with some big hitting and winners," Molik said. "I should have had it in the second set but I distinctly remember at 5-3 thinking about my match tomorrow, thinking about preparing for tomorrow, thinking about what time I'd be playing tomorrow and obviously you can't afford to do that in the middle of a match." Dellacqua's match lasted less than 80 minutes as she wrapped up No 7 seed Isabella Holland (Qld) in straight sets 6-2 6-3. The 24-year-old only played three tournaments this year before a shoulder reconstruction stopped her in late February.

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