Australian Open 2010

by **kushi** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:00 am

Justine Henin has beaten Jie Zheng 6-1 6-0 in 51 minutes. The shortest Womens singles match at this year's open.

Current world #1 Serena Williams (USA) will take on former world #1 Justine Henin (BEL) in the women's final on Saturday night.

What does Serena think of Justine? :lol:

by **RaFanatic** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:17 am

She's crazy!!

by **kushi** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:28 am

This one is another one of my favourites, from Maria Shutupova.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNPYU4TZBb4

by **RaFanatic** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:31 am

I miss her

by **kushi** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:15 pm

Andy Murray is through to the Men's Final at the Australian Open. 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-2 over Marin Cilic.

by **RaFanatic** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:29 pm

So,it means that Rafa will be at number 4 :cry:

by **maryanne** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:30 pm

Im really happy Murray is through to the Final, Hopefully he can win it.

by **cidermaster** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:59 pm

I think Murray will play his best ever tennis in Sunday's final!!

Yes Murray's time has come,i predict he will hit 26 aces in the final which means when his serve is full on......

Cheers Cidermaster

PA Well done Henin she will win the final and once again the best ladies player on the planet.

by **kushi** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:19 pm

cidermaster wrote:PA Well done Henin she will win the final and once again the best ladies player on the planet.

It's Serena's game to lose.

by **shirley** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:15 pm

Congrats to Andy

by **abemr89655** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:22 pm

kushi wrote:
cidermaster wrote:PA Well done Henin she will win the final and once again the best ladies player on the planet.
It's Serena's game to lose.

totally agree. but i think she'll have more pressure from henin than ne one else, especially seeing as the last time she lost a slam, was to another belgian in her first grandslam back

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As for the final, i think it's up to murray unless federer truly steps up but i think it'll be down to whether murray is aggresive enough. If he is, i think federer will crack. If he isn't, watch out. lol

by **SeeForever** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:27 pm

abemr89655 wrote:
kushi wrote:
cidermaster wrote:PA Well done Henin she will win the final and once again the best ladies player on the planet.
It's Serena's game to lose.
totally agree. but i think she'll have more pressure from henin than ne one else, especially seeing as the last time she lost a slam, was to another belgian in her first grandslam back .

As for the final, i think it's up to murray unless federer truly steps up but i think it'll be down to whether murray is aggresive enough. If he is, i think federer will crack. If he isn't, watch out. lol

I so hope Justine wins as I she was always one of my favourite female players, would be another fairytale comeback like Clijsters at the US Open!!

Surely it will be a Federer - Murray final - Murray won't get a better chance to win a Grand final this year but if Federer is at his best I don't think he can be stopped, he's just too good

by **aaliyahman** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:33 am

Hope Serena wins, one of the best tennisd players to exist imo.

by **Star** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:10 am

Venus is out

Should be an interesting final.

by **abemr89655** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:20 am

Star wrote:Venus is out
Should be an interesting final.

venus blew a huge lead. she looked to be in such good form. i hope she gets serious and puts in the time to be a true slam contender again.

by **aaliyahman** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:10 am

Star wrote:Venus is out
Should be an interesting final.

nooooo

by **kushi** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:47 am

^ Not all bad, Serena & Venus won the Womens Doubles Final today against Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-4 6-3.

by **kushi** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:57 am

Womens WTA Rankings that come out on Monday:

1. Serena Williams
2. Dinara Safina
3. Caroline Wozniacki (4)
4. Svetlana Kuznetsova (3)
5. Venus Williams (6)
6. Viktoria Azarenka (7)
7. Elena Dementieva (5)
8. Jelena Jankovic
9. Agnieszka Radwanska (10)
10. Na Li (17)
11. Samantha Stosur (13)
12. Flavia Penetta
13. Marion Bartoli (11)
14. Vera Zvonereva (9)
15. Yanina Wickmayer (16)
16. Maria Sharapova (14)
17. Kim Clijsters (15)
18. Fancesca Schiavone
19. Nadia Petrova
20. Jie Zheng (35)
21. Aravane Rezai (23)
22. Shahar Pe'er (28)
23. Ana Ivanovic (21)

Previous rankings are in brackets.

Marion Bartoli, Vera Zvonvera and Elena Dementieva will take falls, whilst Caroline Wozniacki, Viktoria Azarenka, Radwanska, Sam Stosur and Yanina Wickmayer will creep up.

Na Li will smash into the top 10, and Jie Zheng moves up 15 places to #20. Aravane Rezai and Shahar Pe'er also move up.

Ana Ivanovic keeps sliding, and she NEEDS to do well at Indian Wells this year, and defend the points she got by reaching the finals last year. If she loses 1R of Indian Wells, then she will drop to around #43.

Kim Clijsters and Maria Sharapova both fall slightly, despite having no ranking points to defend from last year. Justine Henin won't recieve a ranking until her 3rd tournament back. Since she didn't play in Syndey, her ranking will come after whatever she plays next. Paris or Dubai.

by **Formusic** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:13 am

game set and match for Federer 8-)

by **RaFanatic** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:35 am

Murray-Federer in the final :-?

by **JimJim** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:44 am

Damn, I wanted Tsonga v Murray!

by **kushi** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:58 am

Federer def Tsonga 6-2 6-3 6-2.

Federer won his first slam in his 17th grand slam appearance. AO 2010 is Andy Murray's 17th grand slam appearance. Fate? I think so.

by **cidermaster** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:22 pm

Federer is at his best when he dominates an opponent,Murray is at his best when he fights hard,it has the makings of a great final.

If Murray serves really well i think he will win as he has a great return of serve aswell.

Remember last years final when Nadal showed us how well he can fight and Safin back in 05.

The key to beating Federer is to fight and serve well.

Cheers Cidermaster

by **shirley** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 4:23 pm

Looking forward to the men's final as for the woman's it has potential to be a classic or very one-sided. Serena to win in 3

by **t_dot** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:32 pm

kushi wrote:Ana Ivanovic keeps sliding, and she NEEDS to do well at Indian Wells this year, and defend the points she got by reaching the finals last year. If she loses 1R of Indian Wells, then she will drop to around #43.

I really hope she has a good year.

YAY for Venus & Serena, Can't wait for tonights Final.