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From the monthly archives: January 2010
After giving us a scare in his first round, Roger Federer was kind to his fans on Thursday evening. He soared to a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 victory vs. Victor Hanescu on Rod Laver Arena, remaining unfazed when a touring Prince William stopped by during the third set. It was a vintage Federer performance, hitting 52 [...]
Continue Reading →By now, all of our favorite players have taken a turn or two on the Australian Open catwalk. And a few have already been “Auf’ed” – though not for their tennis fashion sense. We’ll take care of the rest. . . THE WOMEN Maria Sharapova wasn’t around for very long, but her dress certainly made [...]
Continue Reading →Really, you want to watch more tennis? You’re insatiable! Top Seeds in Action: Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Jo Wilfried Tsonga, Caroline Wozniacki, Victoria Azarenka, Nikolay Davydenko, Fernando Verdasco, Vera Zvonareva, Agnieszka Radwanska. Matches to satisfy your tennis tummy: Marcos Baghdatis vs. David Ferrer, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Taylor Dent, Janko Tipsarevic vs. [...]
Continue Reading →Quinn Rooney/Getty Images via Daylife INTENSE. That’s the only way to describe the evening hours in Melbourne park on Wednesday. And it’s how Justine Henin described it after beating Elena Dementieva, 7-5, 7-6, in 2 hours and 50 minutes on Rod Laver Arena. “My heart was there 200%” Justine said. We didn’t hear from Dementieva [...]
Continue Reading →Big Day Three news: Svetlana Kuznetsova is playing in Rod Laver arena! And it’s not even the second week. Amazing. But the real news on Wednesday Down Under involves Sveta’s countrywoman Elena Dementieva, who has the great misfortune of playing unseeded Justine Henin in the second round. It’s a drag to lose one of these [...]
Continue Reading →Fabrice Santoro came out of his month-long retirement to play the 2010 Australian Open and nab the record for playing majors over four different decades. He didn’t embarrass himself against the 14th seed and dark horse favorite, Marin Cilic, losing 5-7, 5-7, 3-6, and can return to retirement with a feather in his chapeau and [...]
Continue Reading →Another season, another WTA comeback rumor! This one’s recycled: Martina Hingis is hinting she wants to return to tour. . .or is she? “I cannot imagine a life without tennis,” Martina Hingis told the Berlin Kurier newspaper on Sunday before beating Lindsay Davenport, 6-4, 6-4, in an exhibition match outside Berlin. “It’s still so much [...]
Continue Reading →**UPDATE** the Order of Play has had a number of last minute changes due to Monday’s inclement weather. Woz vs. Woz. is off the schedule as is Azarenka’s first match and a number of others. Updates below. Day 2 already? There are loads of great matches to be played on Tuesday in Melbourne. Roger Federer [...]
Continue Reading →A strange start to the Australian Open: rain, cold and an upset. As in really upset. Maria Sharapova went out in three sets and over three hours to Maria Kirilenko: 6-7, 6-3, 4-6. She smacked a total of 76 unforced errors on her way out of the tournament. Sharapova hasn’t lost in the first round [...]
Continue Reading →Photo by Robert Prezioso/Getty Images via Daylife And we’re off! Are you ready? I’m trying to add the daily/nightly Australian Open Order of Play to my posting schedule so everyone can leave comments on the day’s action as it happens. We’ll see how it goes. Top seeds in action on Day 1: Maria Sharapova, Kim [...]
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