full-time member of the Dream, and Taiwan's Hao-Ching Chan lost to ninth-seeded Andrea Hlavackova and "I Love" Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic 7-6 (5), 6-2 in the third round of women's doubles. Garrigues won the title in 2008 and 2009 with since-retired countrywoman Virginia Ruano Pascual, and Hlavackova and Hradecka took the 2011 crown.
Another full-time Dream player, Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan, and Anastasia Rodionova of Australia surprised sixth-seeded Kristina Mladenovic of France and Daniel Nestor, 42, of Canada 6-4, 6-3 in the second round of mixed doubles.
Scott "Don't Give Me Any" Lipsky, who helped Stanford win its last NCAA men's team crown (2000), and Abigail Spears fell to seventh-seeded Timea Babos of Hungary and Alexander "The Great" Peya of Austria 7-6 (5), 6-3. Fast fact
-- Owners ofDec. 11 - Jan. 10 Was One of The Warmest 31-Day Periods On Record During December and January

Several days ago, a story was posted here about how the final 8 days of December 2011 ranked among the warmest on record across South Central Nebraska and North Central Kansas. However, this pronounced early-winter warmth continued well into January as well, prior to the invasion of a strong Arctic cold front on Jan. 11, 2012. Now that this prolonged stretch of above-normal temperatures has been interrupted...at least briefly...it's time to take a closer look at where the last month ranked historically in terms of warm winter weather (for some insight as to why the weather pattern turned so mild, please refer to this story.)

Below is a series of tables...with the