The draw for the men's qualifying singles is out

Men's qualifying singles draw

Just 2 Brits in there - Bogdanovic and Baker. Baker faces the 9th seed, Russian Schukin in the first round. Boggo faces the 18th seed Robby Ginepri (who I assume has been out injured or would not be playing in the qualies as 18th seed?) Tough draws really.....

Other recognisable names include: (seeding in brackets)

Robin Haase (1)
Lukas Dlouhy (29)
Nicolas Devilder (3)
Christophe Rochus
Gilles Muller (4)
Wesley Moodie (32)
Kevin Kim
Amer Delic (20)
Rik De Voest (6)
Alexander Waske
Bjorn Phau
Scoville Jenkins
Noam Okun
Alberto Martin (21)
Tiemuraz Gabashvili (12)
Victor Troicki
Kristian Pless
Danai Udomchoke (28)

good news - both the Brits boys got through the first round :yahoo: Boggo beat Ginepri in straight sets (anyone know what the deal is with Ginepri? has he been out injured?) and Baker beat Schukin in straight sets as well :D

Baker goes on to play Alexander Peya, and Boggo is playing Simon Stadler :shrug:

Baker is through to the third round with a straight sets victory over Peya :yahoo:

Boggo is back in action tomorrow :)

Boggo out in 3 sets :(

Just Baker left.....

Poor Boggo, the real pain is actually the long flying back to London with Brad sitting next to him!
:(

Baker made it through, but is drawn to play Karlovic in the first round :huh:

but well done to him - our sole brit through qualifying :clap:

Baker wins through in Melbourne

Jamie Baker reached the main draw of the Australian Open after defeating Daniel Koellerer 6-4 6-4 in his final qualifying match.

The British number three kept cool despite some gamesmanship from the Austrian to book his Melbourne berth.

"I'm delighted - it is a huge step in my career to do that as I have beaten three really good players to qualify," said the 21-year-old Scot.

Baker faces big-serving Croatian 20th seed Ivo Karlovic in the first round.

He showed his maturity as Koellerer tried to put him off his stride in their match.

Koellerer hit an under-arm serve in the fifth game of the first set, and took an injury time-out when Baker was one point away from a crucial break in the second.

But Baker knew what to expect having spoken to several players in the locker room about the Austrian's tactics.

"It was difficult, but I was expecting it as the players told me in the locker room how he tries to bend the rules," he said.

"The best way for me to go about it was not to give him any energy and focus on my game."

Baker, who will be part of Great Britain's Davis Cup team in Argentina next month, felt his attempts to qualify for the Heineken Open in New Zealand last week had helped him to progress in Melbourne.

"I had the three matches in Auckland and I felt I learned a lot from them," he said.

"I managed to switch on immediately and kept going. I served well today and that made a big difference for me."

A well deserved result for Baker who, as Andy Murray has previously stated, has a great work ethic. This is a massive confidence boost for him, just a shame that it's Karolovic in round 1.