Thursday 22 January 2009

The Aussie Open Experience

Well, it's back and better than ever.

The first of 4 promising Grand Slams has started. Those tennis loving Aussies are filing through the stands at Rod Laver Arena and Vodafone.

This year, unlike the past 4 tournaments, Rafael Nadal entered as seed #1. Roger Federer, whose grip on hardcourt has been declining, is second ranked the world.

No big surprises on either side yet. Agniezka Radwanska (probably didn't spell that right) of Poland is the only top 10 seed knocked out.

Federer broke a sweat in his first round match. But Djokovic, Nadal, Roddick, Murray are all through without trouble. Lleyton Hewitt, whose performance has been on a steady downhill, was defeated by Fernando Gonzalez.

Djokovic is in his third round match, leading 5-2 in the first. Mario Cilic and David Ferrer are in a tight one at MCA. Roger Federer will face Marat Safin later today. Fabrice Santoro of France will take on Andy Roddick who hasn't won a major in a long time. Otherwise, mostly doubles matches for the rest of today.

-D

No comments:

Post a Comment