Australian Open wild cards for Dokic, Luczak

Melbourne: Jelena Dokic and Peter Luczak have been awarded wild card entries into next month's Australian Open, though both lost their finals in last week's wild card playoff.

Dokic was beaten by Olivia Rogowska in a three-set, rain-interrupted final but said she was confident of repeating her 2009 effort when she reached the Open quarterfinals on a wild card.

She said the wild card playoff had been good practice and she was happy with her performance.

Luczak, who lost his playoff final to Marinko Matosevic, said he now planned to play the Brisbane and Sydney International tournaments next month.