Day 4: Australian Open Match of the Day

Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Bojana Jovanovski(SRB)	vs.	Vera Zvonareva(RUS)[2]



A nice 2nd round match between one of the upstarts on the women's tour and a player who has worked her way up to #2 in the world.

This should be a classic battle and a close one.  Jovanovski has started off the year with a semi-final showing at the warm up event in Sydney.

Zvonareva appears confident and in a good frame of mind.  She feels she can win the tournament. 

Look for Vera to eek out a close 3-setter.

*Upset alert - This match could also qualify for the match of the day.  John Isner is taking on Radek Stepanek  Isner will have to serve huge to win, but would it be a huge upset of Stepanek were to win?  Not sure, but Isner is seeded and Stepanek isn't.  Stepanek could win in 4 sets.

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More Snow Coming to Atlanta?

A late-week low-pressure system will pump Gulf moisture into the Atlanta area Thursday night into Friday, and rain could change to a wintry mix of precipitation before ending early Friday.

The National Weather Service said the rain from the fast-moving system will likely change to all snow in the mountains, while a rain/snow mix is forecast for metro Atlanta.

But don't expect another major winter storm like we has last week, forecasters said.

"It being a rapidly moving system, the thought is that any snow accumulation will be light," the Weather Service said.

So a mix of precip and some flurries.  We can handle that after what we experienced last week.



Robert Plant Hits the Road for a Spring Tour

The ageless Robert Plant will return to the road in April to continue to support his fine September album, “Band of Joy.”

The road band is the same collection of musicians who appeared on the album: Patty Griffin, vocals; Darrell Scott, multi-instrumentalist/vocals; Byron House, bass/vocals; Marco Giovino, drums and percussion/vocals, and co-producer Buddy Miller, guitar/vocals.

The tour will begin in April and when more dates are added, it will stretch into the Summer.

The former Led Zeppelin frontman, who lives in England is up for the title of Best British Male Solo Artist 2011.

In 2009 Plant’s collaboration with Alison Krauss won Grammy Awards for Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Pop Collaboration with Vocals, Country Collaboration with Vocals and Contemporary Folk/Americana Album.

Here are the announced tour dates:

April 8 - Louisville, KY - The Palace
April 9: - Chicago, IL - The Auditorium Theatre
April 11 - Milwaukee, WI - The Riverside Ballroom
[Tickets TBA]
April 12 – Minneapolis - The State Theatre
April 15 - Hollywood, FL - Hard Rock Live Arena
[Tickets TBA]
April 17 - Vancouver, BC – The Queen Elizabeth Theater
April 19 - Portland, OR - The Schnitzer
April 20: - Seattle, WA - The Paramount
[Tickets TBA]
April 22 - Berkeley, CA - The Greek
April 23 - Los Angeles, CA - The Greek
[Tickets TBA]
April 25 - Santa Barbara, CA - The Santa Barbara Bowl
[Tickets TBA]
April 27 - Denver, CO - The Fillmore
[Tickets TBA]

Seeing Plant in person is highly recommended.

Day 3: Australian Open Match of the Day

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Janko Tipsarevic(SRB)	vs.	Fernando Verdasco(ESP)[9]

This is a great 2nd round match between two guys who have played three previous times.

Tipsarevic owns a 2-1 lead in head-to-head action.  All three matches were played on hard courts and Verdasco won the last meeting back in 2009 in Valencia.

Both players should have rooting sections from their respective countries in Serbia an Spain.

Tipsarevic likes playing in Australia, almost beating Roger Federer here in 2008.  Verdasco has played well in the Australian Open, reaching the semis in 2009.

It will be a minimum 4 set war, possibly 5 sets, but Tipsarevic will come out on top this time.

*Upset alert - In a second round women's match Rebecca will take Francesca Schiavone to the limit and win.