No time to dwell, it is straight down to discussing the mens draw for the 2013 Australian Open… FIRST PROJECTED QUARTER – N.Djokovic (1) v T.Berdych (5) Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic has drawn a pretty perfect draw and should feel confident of making a third consecutive Australian Open final. The world number one will take…
Let’s get straight into dissecting the womens draw for the 2013 Australian Open… PROJECTED FIRST QUARTER – V.Azarenka (1) v S.Errani (7) Victoria Azarenka The defending champion and world number one, Victoria Azarenka headlines the Australian Open draw and faces Monica Niculescu in her opening match. The Romanian trickster loves an upset and is many…
The tennis season always goes a little quiet after the Australian Open finishes so if you are still feeling the AO blues, then this video will hopefully cheer you up 🙂 It includes pretty much everything that made this year’s Grand Slam so memorable! The Fed Cup has been the headline act on this week’s…
Victoria Azarenka Two weeks ago, I published my predictions for the first Grand Slam of the year in Australia – so, how did I do? I had a pretty good week in predicting the womens tournament as I successfully tipped Victoria Azarenka to win from the start (see original predictions here). I was also correct…
Novak Djokovic The Australian Open finished off with a truly extraordinary mens final as Novak Djokovic outlasted Rafael Nadal in 5 sets, 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-7 7-5. The final, which lasted a staggering five hours and 53 minutes broke several records; not only was it the longest ever match at the Australian Open, but it…
Rafael Nadal The final match of the Australian Open will see Novak Djokovic take on Rafael Nadal in Sunday’s mens final. Both players have had terrific tournaments so far; Djokovic strolled through the opening rounds before being tested by Lleyton Hewitt and David Ferrer in the 4th round and quarter-finals respectively, and then surviving a…
Victoria Azarenka Victoria Azarenka was crowned as the winner of the Australian Open and the new world number one as she produced a terrific performance in the final to defeat Maria Sharapova, 6-3 6-0. This is the fourth time in a row that a new female Grand Slam champion has been crowned as Azarenka finally…
Victoria Azarenka The Australian Open final will be contested between the number three seed, Victoria Azarenka and the number four seed, Maria Sharapova. Azarenka has had a fantastic tournament so far losing just two sets along the way. The two lost sets came in her last two matches against Agnieszka Radwanska in the quarter-finals and…
Novak Djokovic I didn’t think it was possible that the first semi-final in which Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer in 4 sets could be topped; however Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray served up a quite astonishing match on Friday night with Djokovic pulling off the tightest of victories with a 6-3 3-6 6-7 6-1 7-5…
Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal recovered from the loss of the first set to defeat Roger Federer in a fantastic semi-final match, 6-7 6-2 7-6 6-4. At the beginning of the match, you would have been hard pressed to predict the actual outcome of this match as Federer came out on fire displaying incredible variety with…
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