Your Call, 1.6

By Peter BodoPublished January 06, 2009

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 06: Ernests Gulbis of Latvia waves to the crowd after beating Novak Djokovic of Serbia during day three of the Brisbane International 2009 at the State Tennis Centre on January 6, 2009 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) — © 2009 Getty Images

The early season tournaments continue today, with action from three of the big 4 due at Doha (as I write this Murray is cruising past Montanes), and wins in the book for Davydenko in Chennai plus Tsonga and Gasquet in Brisbane. On the WTA side, Lucie Safarova has recorded a win in Brisbane.

BTW, catching up with the overnight action I see that the fourth member of the ATP Big 4, Novak Djokovic, was eased out of the Brisbane tournament by a Tribe favorite Ernests Gulbis, 6-4 6-4. Djokovic thereby misses a potential opportunity to overtake Federer for the no 2 spot before the start of the Australian Open, although this may be part of a cunning plan to avoid Andy Murray. For those less inclined to conspiracy theories, congratulations to Gulbis fans are in order, so he's pic of the day. Commiserations, of course, to Djokovic fans.

As always, enjoy today's tennis. We're in live tennis mode now, so please hold your off-topic conversations until after the day's matches are over.

-- Andrew Burton