Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
A logo he will never forget
It really is becoming a dream run for Louk this last few weeks as his hard tennis training is starting to pay off. Louk beat Yen-Hsun Lu in the first round just moments ago in four sets 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-1 . Unfortunately the match wasn’t televised but from looking at the stats, it looked like Louk certainly was playing some good tennis.
I would call this the win of his career so far in terms of player ranking (101) and the scale of the victory. Not only will he gain ranking points, he will also pocket at least 31000 Australian dollars for the victory, a sum of money that will certainly go a long way.
Louk next faces John Isner of the USA. He is seeded 33rd and has a huge serve but can be a bit patchy on both wings at times. Hopefully Louk can do well against him.
Well done Louk!
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
Kirilenko
Big Winners
- Andy Murray beat Kevin Anderson
- Rafael Nadal beat Peter Luczak
- Andy Roddick beat Theimo de Bakker
- Juan Martin del Potro beat Michael Russel (4 sets)
Big Losers
- Maria Sharapova lost to Russian Maria Kirilenko
- Radek Stepanek lost to Karlovic in 5 silly sets.
- Mardy Fish also lost, although it’s hardley an upset.
Matches to look forward to later on
- Federer v Andreev
- Sorensen v Yen-Hsun Lu (this match was supposed to be on yesterday but was postponed to first match on court 14 today, live scoring is at the top right of this page and via this link)
- Safarova v Venus
- Youzhny v Gasquet
Live scores at the top right of this page 
Tags: Australian Open, Del potro, djokovic, haiti, ireland, irish, louk sorensen, murray, nadal, sharapova, Tennis
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
Louk
An Irish player has qualified for the Australian Open main draw!!! Louk Sorensen qualified for the main draw by beating New Zealand player Daniel King in straight sets.
He is the first Irish player in over two decades to get into a Grand Slam main draw. He plays Yen-Hsun Lu from Chinese Taipei in the first round whom is currently ranked 101.
Good look to Louk in the first round and I’d love to see him do well and maybe inspire many people.
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Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Louk
First of all I’d like to congratulate him on achieving this for the first time in his career. Irish tennis leaves much to be desired at the moment and by looking at the amount of tournaments Louk travels to during the year, he clearly puts in the effort and deserves the opportunity to maybe get a good win and some decent prize money to go with it.
He qualified for the Chennai main draw when he beat a home favorite Bharambi in a tough three sets. He really has a realistic opportunity to get to the second round as he will be luckily drawn against a low ranked player in the French man Stephane Robert. Others in the draw are world class players such as French Open finalist Robin Soderling and young talent Marin Cilic.
Tags: chennai, india, irish, louk sorensen, Tennis
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