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Nadal beats Federer in Australian Open final
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Rafael Nadal has just won the Australian Open in an epic 5 sets final, defeating Roger Federer 7-5 3-6 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 6-2 to secure his first hard-court grand slam title and prevent the Swiss equaling the all-time Majors record.
It's unbelievable how the world No,1 recovered from his five-hour semi-final against Fernando Verdasco (less than 48 hours) to claim his fifth successive victory against the No.2 seed.
Federer remains on 13 grand slams, one behind Pete Sampras, and with an enduring mental block against the Spaniard, who has now beaten him in their past three grand slam finals.
It's unbelievable how the world No,1 recovered from his five-hour semi-final against Fernando Verdasco (less than 48 hours) to claim his fifth successive victory against the No.2 seed.
Federer remains on 13 grand slams, one behind Pete Sampras, and with an enduring mental block against the Spaniard, who has now beaten him in their past three grand slam finals.
Signs You Won't Be Winning the Australian Open
Sunday, January 20, 2008
World No.1 Roger Federer averted a grand slam disaster in dramatic fashion at Melbourne Park to keep alive his Australian Open title defence.
Federer rallied from two-sets-to-one down to squeeze out a 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-1) 5-7 6-1 10-8 victory over unseeded Serb Janko Tipsarevic in an epic encounter stretching 4hrs 27 mins!! The great Swiss admitted defeat crossed his mind as Tipsarevic played the match of his life.
Despite his troubles, Federer survived – escaping his earliest exit at a grand slam since faltering in the third round of the 2004 French Open...
having said that, here are signs You Won't Be Winning the Australian Open:
Doing a single sit-up makes you grunt louder than Maria Sharapova
Somehow, most of your opponent's serves hit you in the back of the head
After your last match, it took twelve firemen to untangle you from the net
You keep missing serves because you're trying to light your crack pipe
You spend hours at a time trying to taste your racket's "sweet spot"
Halfway through match, ballboy says, "S$%^& you -- get your own!"
The only thing you've ever served is an Arch Deluxe at the local McDonald's
You're often mistaken for a doubles team
Federer rallied from two-sets-to-one down to squeeze out a 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-1) 5-7 6-1 10-8 victory over unseeded Serb Janko Tipsarevic in an epic encounter stretching 4hrs 27 mins!! The great Swiss admitted defeat crossed his mind as Tipsarevic played the match of his life.
Despite his troubles, Federer survived – escaping his earliest exit at a grand slam since faltering in the third round of the 2004 French Open...
having said that, here are signs You Won't Be Winning the Australian Open:
Doing a single sit-up makes you grunt louder than Maria Sharapova
Somehow, most of your opponent's serves hit you in the back of the head
After your last match, it took twelve firemen to untangle you from the net
You keep missing serves because you're trying to light your crack pipe
You spend hours at a time trying to taste your racket's "sweet spot"
Halfway through match, ballboy says, "S$%^& you -- get your own!"
The only thing you've ever served is an Arch Deluxe at the local McDonald's
You're often mistaken for a doubles team
Australian Open 08 Select: Sania Mirza-Alicia Molik v Eleni Daniilidou-Jasmin Woehr
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
ahhh.. another beautiful day for tennis today. The second round of the Australian Open starts today with most of the big names, Henin, Serena, Nadal and Roddick powered into the third round.
The doubles competition starts today and I managed to catch the Sania Mirza-Alicia Molik v Eleni Daniilidou-Jasmin Woehr match in the evening.
Mirza-Molik seeded 6th had a tough one against their lesser known opponents but won after 2 hours of entertaining tennis.
Was on the way out of the court when, at the same time, Australia's Alicia Molik was on her way to the dressing room. Got a pretty good photo of her signing autographs for her fans... it was quite funny 'cos I was right in front of her by accident and got shoved by kids and old ladies who were trying to get her autograph or a pic!!~!!
We then adjourned to the next court to catch Richard Gasquet v Feliciano Lopez. Nothing interesting with this match...
Lopez got pwn by eighth seed Gasquet in straight sets...
What a disappointing night... hoping for interesting matches tomorrow. :D
The doubles competition starts today and I managed to catch the Sania Mirza-Alicia Molik v Eleni Daniilidou-Jasmin Woehr match in the evening.
Mirza-Molik seeded 6th had a tough one against their lesser known opponents but won after 2 hours of entertaining tennis.
Was on the way out of the court when, at the same time, Australia's Alicia Molik was on her way to the dressing room. Got a pretty good photo of her signing autographs for her fans... it was quite funny 'cos I was right in front of her by accident and got shoved by kids and old ladies who were trying to get her autograph or a pic!!~!!
We then adjourned to the next court to catch Richard Gasquet v Feliciano Lopez. Nothing interesting with this match...
Lopez got pwn by eighth seed Gasquet in straight sets...
What a disappointing night... hoping for interesting matches tomorrow. :D
Australian Open 08 Select: Carlos Moya v Stefan Koubek
Monday, January 14, 2008
Woohoo! I am currently in Melbourne for work and at the same time, the first round of the Australian Open got underway. I'll put selected evening matches that I attend after work up on my blog with... exclusive photos taken with my trusty Nikon D40.
Beautiful weather in Melbourne today... sunny with cool southerly breeze. Temperature lingered around 26 degrees celcius. Beautiful weather for tennis! Melbourne Park was a hive of activity with visitors flocking the ground to get a glimpse of the tennis stars in action. According to the news, attendance for the first day was a record, 55,000 visitors.
I managed to catch the 7:30pm match between popular Spanish Carlos Moya and unseeded Stefan Koubek of Austria.
The match ended 7-6 6-7 7-5 6-4 in favour of Stefan who upset Carlos with his powerful forehand shots in a 3 1/2 hours battle..! Good stuff!
Hopefully more tomorrow.
Beautiful weather in Melbourne today... sunny with cool southerly breeze. Temperature lingered around 26 degrees celcius. Beautiful weather for tennis! Melbourne Park was a hive of activity with visitors flocking the ground to get a glimpse of the tennis stars in action. According to the news, attendance for the first day was a record, 55,000 visitors.
I managed to catch the 7:30pm match between popular Spanish Carlos Moya and unseeded Stefan Koubek of Austria.
The match ended 7-6 6-7 7-5 6-4 in favour of Stefan who upset Carlos with his powerful forehand shots in a 3 1/2 hours battle..! Good stuff!
Hopefully more tomorrow.