Australian Open Round 1 Round-Up (Plus top 10 AO Merchandise)

Please be patient with me I live in the UK so updates on the Australian Open may be a bit slower! 

Players going into the second round:

Djokovic

Giraldo

Ito

Mahut

Raonic

Petzschner

Hewitt

Roddick

Tipsarevic

Duckworth

Golubev

Gasquet

Chela

Andujar

Sweeting

Ferrer

Murray

Roger-Vasselin

Llodra

Bogomolov Jr.

Troicki

Kukushkin

Bellucci

Monfils

Simon

Benneteau

Ebden

Nishikori

Granollers

Gil

Mello

Tsonga

Fish

Falla

Riba

Kohlschreiber

Lu

Serra

Kavicic

Del Potro

Dolgopolov

Kamke

Querrey

Tomic

Karlovic

Berlocq

Beck

Federer

Berdych

Rochus

Stakhovsky

Anderson

Wawrinka

Baghdatis

Dimitrov

Almagro

Isner

Nalbandian

Cipolla

Lopez

Lacko

Young

Haas

Nadal

Now an interesting article from the Australian Open website, the top 10 Australian Open merchandise, 

By Suzi Petkovski

Always a buzz to see the vivid new line of AO merchandise, like a burst of exotic butterflies. Give the debit card a workout with these top 10 merch items.

1. The AO towel. Even the champions have been known to, ahem, liberate these for friends. Full-size player towel, men’s and women’s designs ($55) or the smaller gym towel ($35), for the tennis bag. 

2. Love the ‘Love’ T-shirt for girls ($30). Tennis wear, beach wear, everywhere-wear. 

3. Collectible coins to mark the 100^th men’s Australian championship. The $1 coins are $15; the $5 coin is $25 and the gold-plated $2 coin (keep it away from your coffee money) is $95. 

4. Australian Open program ($20). For fans of Super Novak, worth the cover price just for the great locker-room shot of Novak celebrating with his team last year. For this 100^th championship, the program is packed with player profiles of the top 100 men and women. (Disclosure: this writer’s byline is on the men’s profiles.) 

5. Cheap and cheerful alternative to the special-issue coins: men’s and women’s trophy pins for $5. 

6. Paprika-red women’s event T-shirt, with electric-blue logo ($40). Worthy of Carrie Bradshaw. Manolos optional. 

7. Umbrella ($20). This is Melbourne, after all. Four seasons in one day. And it’s bright blue, so less chance of leaving it on the tram. 

8. Well, at least look like a champion. Pour yourself into Queen Serena’s royal-blue Nike dress ($120). 

9. Big-ticket item: Roger Federer’s new Wilson weapon. Yours for $290. 

10. Tennis is your bag, so pack it all into an AO tote for $3, or $5 for just the bag.

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