Australian Open tennis results and tips
January 28th, 2007 at 12:24pm
Congratulations to Serena Williams who defeated Maria Sharapova in straight sets, 6-1 6-2, to become the 2007 Womens Champion. I haven’t paid a huge amount of attention to the Australian Open, mainly because tennis isn’t one of my more favoured sports, and as such I really wasn’t in a position to tip a winner.
I can say, however, that I have seen enough of the mens competition to make a tip. As I said to John Kerr this morning at about 5:25, Fernando Gonzalez will defeat Roger Federer in the fourth set. It won’t be a whitewash, but I think Gonzalez will come out of the blocks a bit too fast for Federer. That being said, if the game gets to the fifth set, then Gonzalez will run out of steam, will become frustrated, and Federer will win.
Update 10:36pm: Wrong on both counts! Roger Federer defeated Fernando Gonzalez in straight sets 7-6 6-4 6-4, to take out his third Australian Open Title. John Kerr was right, my predictions were bold…Sir Humphrey Appleby would probably have called them “courageous”. End Update
Also, while I’m here, congratulations must go to Boys champion Brydan Klein, who defeated Jonathan Eysseric of France 6-2 4-6 6-1. He is the first Australian to win the title in thirteen years, and the first junior player to ever win tournament on Rod Laver Arena.
Congratulations also to girls champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (not surprisingly from Russia), who defeated Madison Brengle of the U.S. in straight sets, with tiebreakers in each set, 7-6 (6) 7-6 (3).
Samuel
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2 Comments
1. John B1_B5 | January 28th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Congratulations to Serena.
She has now won the women’s Australian Open 3 times ! (2003, 2005, 2007).
And congratulations on the work you did with UNICEF last year
Serena.
In November 2006, Serena visited the village of Nungua-Zongo
(Ghana) , and assisted in a health awareness campaign being run by UNICEF.
This included vaccination of children, free vitamin A supplements, and the distribution of free bed nets (mosquito nets) to reduce the incidence of malaria , which is the number 1 killer of children under 5 in that part of Ghana.
2. Bearded Clam | January 28th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
I had no idea about her Unicef work, John. Its always good seeing ebony women helping out other ebony women, isnt it?