Australian Open (+Hit for Haiti)

[Bertuzzied]

Great to see Feds coming back like that. I watched the first set and turned it off when he was down 3-1 in the 2nd set! hahahaha. then he wins like 11 straight games?

Great to see Roddick choke again. I like Roddick choking, or when he is throwing his hissy fits.

[Regorium]

Originally Posted by HOOT

This is the same Wickenheiser that played for a Men's team in Finland? The same one that turned down an offer in the ECHL from Phil Esposito? Don't get me wrong I don't think she would stand a chance in the NHL but to say she wouldn't make a junior team is nothing but a joke.

I think Serena would hold her own against unseeded Men's players however would not stand a chance against a guy like Murray, Fererer, Nadal, Del Potro, etc.

Probably a bad example, but you know what I mean.

For a pure tennis comparison, I think she'd be equal to something like rank 700-1000. However, a player like Justine Henin might do a bit better, because Serena is all about power, which is easily neutralized by men, while Justine is more of a thinker/shotmaker. Justine's serve would probably get destroyed though.

I'm rooting for the Chinese! I don't see how anyone can beat Serena though. Henin losing is slightly more likely since Zheng won't just get blown off the court. I actually remember Zheng completely outplayed Serena off the ground in the Wimbledon semi's, but Serena's serve bailed her out over and over.

I only watched the first set of Tsonga/Djoko and it was really high quality. Sucks that Djoko got sick again, but at least he didn't retire.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by Regorium

I'm rooting for the Chinese! I don't see how anyone can beat Serena though. Henin losing is slightly more likely since Zheng won't just get blown off the court. I actually remember Zheng completely outplayed Serena off the ground in the Wimbledon semi's, but Serena's serve bailed her out over and over.
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Just call a foot fault on her and she'll lose it! hehe

[Regorium]

Both Chinese women lose =( Expected though.

Murray through to the final. Seems like another up-and-comer that has to play Federer (if he wins tonight!) for their first slam. If Murray wins, it'll make all the Federer haters say something ridiculous about how everyone else is better than him.

[HOOT]

Besides the first set Clic was never in the match against Murray. Murray was sending him all over the court and just wore the guy out. As the commentator said last night it almost seemed like Murray was taking risky shots in the first set in the hopes just to keep Clic moving and wear him down, well it worked. Those three 5 setters caught up to him against an opponent like Murray.

I'd be happy with Murray/Federer or Murray/Tsonga at this point but hopefully this Federer/Tsonga match is a good one tonight!

[HOOT]

Anyone else watching live tonight (this morning)?

[Regorium]

Haha, I just did.

Early night tonight. Lookin forward to sunday morning for sure.

[HOOT]

Wasn't even a match, only 88 minutes.

Tsonga was outplayed badly but he looked tired from the very start the 2 straight five setters caught up to him finally.

Murray/Federer should be an excellent match. Both have had kind of an easy road to the finals so both should be rested and ready. Hopefully that one goes 5 sets!

[Machiavelli]

Yeah I woke up this morning to watch it and it was already over. Oh well.

Anyone know when the ladies final will be? I assume tomorrow....

[bigtmac19]

Really looking forward to the men's final now, hopefully it's a really close match.

[Regorium]

Originally Posted by Machiavelli

Yeah I woke up this morning to watch it and it was already over. Oh well.

Anyone know when the ladies final will be? I assume tomorrow....

Yeah, 1:30am tonight (or saturday morning).

[HOOT]

I'm glad there are only two more days of this tournament, this whole 4-6am in the morning thing is catching up to me...

[albertGQ]

Originally Posted by HOOT

I'm glad there are only two more days of this tournament, this whole 4-6am in the morning thing is catching up to me...

How do you guys do it? Dont you have to work in the morning? I love watching tennis but I can't get myself to watch it at those times

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by albertGQ

How do you guys do it? Dont you have to work in the morning? I love watching tennis but I can't get myself to watch it at those times

I'm not working right now but I have a hard time sleeping in a lot of the time. But I have a feeling one of these days I'm going to wake up at around 2pm.

[Machiavelli]

Serena has to be one of the most dominant female athletes ever.

[albertGQ]

Originally Posted by Machiavelli

Serena has to be one of the most dominant female athletes ever.

She may be female, but she's got a lot of testosterone.

[HOOT]

Pretty good match I was happy to see Henin at least yet a set to make it a 3 set match. I thought Henin was going to get her because Serena was starting to look pretty tired but she pulled it out.

[Regorium]

It's unbelievable that Serena hasn't won more slams. Being the only woman on the WTA that has any semblance of a serve must be a huge advantage. Like Na Li said, "If she want to win point, just ace."

Still, I'm glad Henin pushed her to 3. Thought if she could hold just one more time she'd actually come back, but the DF's and errors just piled up. Oh well.

Go Roger!

[OILFAN #81]

Federer leads Murray 6-3, 6-4 in the championship match. Federer is on fire. 1 set away from a record 16th major title for Federer Express!

[Regorium]

Federer closes it!!! #16!!!

Murray will win slams. He's a monster at shotmaking, but just isn't consistent enough against a big player like Fed.

What a high quality match for a 3 setter. Took almost 3 hours for it! (In comparison, Federer/Tsonga was 88 minutes)