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...]
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...]
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...]