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From the monthly archives: January 2011
Novak Djokovic of Serbia jubilates his three set win over Andy Murray of Great Britain in the mens singles final match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 30 January 2011. EPA/BARBARA WALTON fotoglif958925 There were no tears, no roars, not even a chest thump after Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray [...]
Continue Reading →Kim Clijsters of Belgium poses with her Australian open tennis tournament trophy at Brighton beach in Melbourne January 30, 2011. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas (AUSTRALIA – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) Wow Kim, winning looks great on you. The dress ain’t bad either. I actually just finished up the women’s final before Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic took to [...]
Continue Reading →Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates a point against Roger Federer of Switzerland during their men semi final match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 27 January 2011. Djokovic beats Federer in three sets heading to final. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT fotoglif948388 Sorry, folks, I went to bed after the first tiebreak of [...]
Continue Reading →(FILE) A file photograph of Justine Henin of Belgium reacting after losing her match to Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia in their women’s third round match at the Australian Open Tennis Tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 21 January 2011. Henin retired from tennis for a second time on Wednesday, 26 January 2011, saying a recurring problem with [...]
Continue Reading →Yikes. The tennis gods must be angry. Rafa goes down to Ferrer with a left hamstring injury and now this. Justine Henin annouced today that she is retiring from tennis for a second time due to the elbow injury she sustained last season after slipping on the Wimbledon grass. Huge huge thanks to GTT reader [...]
Continue Reading →YIKES! During the first set against David Ferrer at 1-2, Rafael Nadal walked off the court to get treatment for an injury. Apparently a left hamstring injury according to several tennis media twitter feeds. (@AustralianOpen, @TennisReporters, @NeilHarmanTimes As of this post, the score is 4-5 in the first set. Nadal was down one break and [...]
Continue Reading →AUSTRALIAN OPEN ORDER OF PLAY DAY 11: THURSDAY 26 JANUARY It’s Roger Federer vs Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. Will this be semifinals revenge for Roger? Or a repeat of the USO semifinals? Caroline Wozniacki will be taking on Na Li from China. Kim Clijsters will take on Vera Zvonareva. Will this also be a [...]
Continue Reading →Italy’s Francesca Schiavone celebrates a point against Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki during their quarter final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on 25 January 2011. EPA/DAVID CROSLING AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT fotoglif937930 Francesca Schiavone. 2010 French Open Champion. Fed Cup warrior. One-hander. Sometime serve and volley-er. Scrambler. Fighter. Thinker. True original. [...]
Continue Reading →Andy Roddick of the U.S. reacts during his match against Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne in this January 23, 2011 file photo. American tennis has less depth than in any previous era and while strides are being made to address the situation, finding new champions is dependent on [...]
Continue Reading →AUSTRALIAN OPEN ORDER OF PLAY DAY 10: WEDNESDAY 25 JANUARY Rod Laver Arena 11:00 AM Start Women’s Singles – Quarterfinals Petra Kvitova(CZE)[25] vs. Vera Zvonareva(RUS)[2] Not Before:12:30 PM Women’s Singles – Quarterfinals Agnieszka Radwanska(POL)[12] vs. Kim Clijsters(BEL)[3] Men’s Singles – Quarterfinals Alexandr Dolgopolov(UKR) vs. Andy Murray(GBR)[5] Rod Laver Arena 7:30 PM Start Men’s Singles – [...]
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