Looking back to the last two weeks of the Aussie Open tennis championships, we have learned a couple of things....here are the random things that we picked up while watching ESPN's daily coverage of the tennis tournament (in no particular order):Brad Gilbert is probably one of the best tennis announcers around..."Give 'em the cheese!", "Bring the wood!", and our favorite … [Read more...]
We were very wrong…!
Sorry folks, we were very wrong with our 2010 Australian Open Tennis Championships final predictions. We had our dollars (figuratively speaking) on Andy Murray and Justine Henin to win over the weekend. Obviously we didn't really see that the tennis veterans were going to clean up rather quickly, that had to have been the fastest grand slam final in history. Both finals were … [Read more...]
Australian Open Finals…Who's ready?
The finalist are all set to compete Saturday and Sunday at the Australian Open Tennis Championships. In the women's final, we have Serena Williams meeting Justine Henin, their history is pretty even, with Williams edging Henin by 1 win (total head to head 7-6, Williams). Both tennis players have had a bit of trouble in this particular tennis tournament, both struggling with … [Read more...]
Adios Nadal.
In the quarterfinals of the Aussie open where Rafael Nadal met Andy Murray, we were set to have a marathon match. In the opening set, each player was looking in good form until Murray broke Nadal twice in the set and eventually ran with it, 6-3. In the second set, Nadal seemed to come alive like he usually does, holding serve and ripping forehands cross court and blistering … [Read more...]
Andy Roddick is our tennis hero!
Ok, so he's not really our hero but he's sure as heck one of our favorite players. His fight against Feliciano Lopez was unreal. Lopez gave his very best tennis again Roddick, however; Roddick came the victor. In the first set of the match, Lopez got the early break and rode it onto a tie breaker, where he won that 7-4. The next couple of sets were really in Roddick's favor as … [Read more...]
Australian Open 2010 Round 2-3
As the AO tennis tournament goes on, let's take a look at some of the upsets that have come about.First off, in the men's first round, we see that Tommy Robredo (seeded 16) was bumped out in straight sets by Santiago Girlado of Colombia. Early on in this match, it looked like Robredo was never really in it. Robredo threw out 6 double faults and twice as many unforced … [Read more...]
Rules are rules, right?
Now that the Aussie has started, we're looking at some of the rulings. According to the rules, each player is allowed 25 seconds between points, to towel off, get a ball, take a breath, etc. Watching the Sharapova vs. Kirilenko match, these ladies have consistently been taking, on average, 33 seconds between points! Seriously??? Why isn't the chair umpire doing her job? Why … [Read more...]
2010 Australian Open Tennis Tournament Round 1
So now that the draws for the 2010 Australian Open have been released, we are excited to give you a quick prediction of what will play out in the first couple of rounds.We see that in the first section we have Federer with a fairly easy draw (that is up until he meets Davydenko) and should cruise nicely to the quarters. Davydenko will mostly likely not have any challenges … [Read more...]