Day One of the Australian Open saw the lower half of the Men’s Draw get underway. With three Australian Men taking on tough challengers, the local fans clamored their support. Upset wins by Bryden Klein and Bernard Tomic and a tough four set loss by local favorite Samuel Groth signaled a good day for the [...]
Czech tennis star and model-waiting-to happen, Lucie Safarova looks fit and ready to challenge in Australian Open 2009. The 5’11”, 137 pound left-hander had her A game working as she powered past veteran and 24th seeded Austrian, Sybille Bammer, in straight sets 6-0, 7-6. The 21 year old Safarova, who seemed ready to burst onto the scene [...]
Rafael Nadal opens his 2009 Australian Open campaign under the lights on Tuesday night in Rod Laver Arena. He will be going up against a player he has never previously faced in Christophe Rochus. At 30 years old, however, Rochus has been around for a while, so he won’t have any surprises in store for [...]
Roger Federer began his 2009 Australian Open campaign in winning fashion on Monday night in Rod Laver Arena. Federer defeated Andreas Seppi 6-1, 7-6(4), 7-5 in two hours and 21 minutes. When it comes to first-round customers, it usually doesn’t get much more difficult than Seppi, who narrowly missed out on being seeded at No. [...]
Roger Federer will play the feature match on Day 1 of the 2009 Australian Open; at night under the lights on Rod Laver Arena. His opponent will be Andreas Seppi, whom Federer has already defeated once this season in Doha. Overall they have met three times and Federer owns the head-to-head series 3-0, including 1-0 [...]
With Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal no longer completely dominating men’s tennis, it looks like the Australian Open (men’s singles) is more wide open that it has ever been this decade. Novak Djokovic is the defending champion and Andy Murray, who finished runner-up to Federer at the U.S. Open, has been the hottest player on [...]
Like a frisky filly, 5’5’ American Melanie Oudin, pronounced oo-Dan, galloped through her first round preliminary at the 2009 Australian Open. The hardworking 17 year old is one of the most heralded ITF Junior Players and has had a distinguished career. AS the number 2 ranked Junior Player and the number 1 ranked 18 year [...]
The chronic shoulder injury that has kept Maria Sharapova on the sidelines since August has come back to haunt her again. Last year’s Australian Open champion has been forced to withdraw from this year’s event. Tournament Director Craig Tiley expressed disappointment but assured her fans and tournament supporters that Maria has worked hard and long [...]
I have to ask the question of all athletes, whether they’re tennis players or golfers, soccer players or wrestlers. How much is enough? The reason this has come to the forefront of my mind today is because I just read about Venus Williams reaching the semi final in Zürich where she is expected to win [...]
Today is opening day of the Madrid Masters, and Nadal wants to win so bad he can almost taste this one. To win the Masters trophy on his home turf, in front of thousands of screaming Spaniards, could be as big a thrill for him as winning the Gold medal in Beijing. He is seeded [...]
