CALOUNDRA
Surface: Outdoor Hard
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Yen-Hsun Lu is the top seed in the last swing in Australia and this is a tournament he has owned with a 10-0 mark. However, those two title runs came in 2006 and 2004 and have no bearing on this week. The Aussies of course get a lot of the seeded slots here with Matosevic, Duckworth, Greg Jones and Benjamin Mitchell rounding out the top five seeds. The top half of the draw shapes up for Lu to meet Mitchell. Even though Lu was upset by Udomchoke last week earlier then expected, there really isn't much to get in his way early here. It will be interesting to see how Mitchell bounces back from a good run last week, but getting whipped by Jimmy Wang in the quarters. Expect Lu to be in the quarters

In the other quarter of the top half, Greg Jones and Raven Klaasen are the seeded players. I think a player to watch out for in this part of the draw is young Aussie, John Millman. Millman made the quarters in Burnie last week and beat Greg Jones easily in doing so. Don't expect Klaasen to do much here. He's 1-9 in his last ten matches dating back to 2011 and looked disinterested in getting pounded by Adam Feeney in the 1st round at Burnie. Millman looks like a shot to make the quarters out of this draw.

In the bottom half of the draw in the first quarter, Duckworth is the highest seed at #3 with Kamil Capkovic as the six seed. Jimmy Wang is a dangerous floater here off a good week in Burnie. Duckworth flopped early in Burnie after he looked to be a potential breakout player after getting a win in Melbourne at the Australian Open and taking a set off Janko Tipsarevic. He's got a draw to bounce back here if he comes prepared. Capkovic doesn't look particularly great this year, so Wang will have a chance to make another deep run.

In the other quarter, Matosevic is the #2 seed and Sebastian Rieschick is the #8. The floater here is last week's Burnie finalist, Samuel Groth. Matosevic struggled, losing in round one in Burnie. However, he made the quarters here last year and faces an easy road to getting at least that far again. Lemke who hasn't won since May 2011 is up first for him and then a pair of beatable opponents wait. Rieschick probably faces Groth in the 2nd round. Can Groth step up two tournaments in a row? It all depends how he handles the schedule of back-to-back weeks. I think it's Groth or Matosevic to come out of this quarter.

Semifinalists: Lu, Millman, Wang, Matosevic
Final: Lu over Matosevic

Player to Watch: John Millman

Upset Watch: Laaksonen Over Klaasen in Round 1