I’m watching the replay of the Marcos Baghdatis/Marat Safin match. How nerdy is that? I already know who wins - Baghdatis in a 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2 battle - but here I sit, glued to the television as though it were live.
I love tennis; what can I say?
With the victory, Baghdatis will face Lleyton […]
Effortless.
That is the only way to describe Roger Federer’s 6-1, 6-2, 6-0 win over Fabrice Santoro. Santoro had his charm, especially on the last two points of the match, but Federer - wow. The man is just liquid motion on the end of a racket.
Someone who was in motion but not very great motion was Venus […]
In the middle of the third day at the Australian Open and Serena Williams has just advanced to the third round over Meng Yuan 6-3, 6-1.
“I’m just having fun,” said Williams. “I was here a couple weeks earlier to get used to the conditions, and I’m really just enjoying myself each match.”
No. 11 Tommy Robredo bowed out […]
Fans just aren’t what they used to be, are they?
Yesterday a match was halted between Fernando Gonzalez and Konstantinos Economidis while police ejected several spectators. It wasn’t clear what exactly they were thrown out for, but Victoria Police Superintendent John Cooke said some of them could be charged with assault, failure to obey police or offensive […]
The second day of the Australian Open had its exciting moments even though it didn’t have the exit of the No. 9 men’s player Andy Murray (who now has time to focus on British team play, ironically enough).
For those who were worried (or hoping) Roger Federer might not be in top form for the Australian Open, well, he […]
There’s nothing better than coming home from a day of work (a Monday day of work no less) and kicking back on the couch with a couple of pillows and flipping on coverage of the Australian Open.
WOW! I just saw an amazing point won by Marcos Baghdatis over Thomas Johansson. I can’t even describe it other […]
And this is why I don’t like predicting things…because more often than not, I’m wrong!
Andy Murray, at No. 9 in the world, became the highest-ranked player to exit the Australian Open the first day. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France showed Murray how to play tennis in 7-5, 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 victory. And here I had said I would […]
Jamila Gajdosova’s dreams of winning at the Australian Open have been dashed. Jamila Gajdo-who?
Exactly. But her opponent, not so much curiosity about who she is: Serena Williams.
Williams beat Gajdosova 6-3, 6-3 in the opening round of the Australian Open to start the push to repeating the title for a second consecutive year.
Other quick notes from the […]
With the Australian Open set to kick off tomorrow, I need to get my preview of the men’s side of the tournament in before the first serve is hit.
Roger Federer is obviously one of any sane person’s pick to win the Australian Open, but I think this tournament may be one of the best opportunities […]
With play for the Australian Open title set to kick off next week, every tennis fan worth his or her weight in garbanzo beans has looked over the draws for the tournament and drawn conclusions. Here’s mine for the women.
To get to the quarters, Justine Henin has to get through No. 5 Maria Sharapova. Also […]
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Written by Erica Beck [email] for b5media.
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