Category — Australian Open

For the 7th consecutive time, Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal. This time Djokovic prevailed in a 5-set classic (5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5) to capture the Australian Open earlier today in Melbourne. The match took five hours and 53 minutes and was the longest Grand Slam final since the Open Era started in 1968 and the longest Australian Open match in history.
SI.com

Victoria Azarenka captures her 1st Major, schooling Maria Sharapova, 6-3, 6-0 for the championship of the Australian Open this morning.

We’re sorry to see the Australian Open coming to a close because there has been some excellent tennis played, but you can’t beat another final between these 2. They’re starting to get some real history with each other too, but Novak Djokovic had had the better hand lately.
N.Y. Times

Enjoying our final late night doses of the Australian Open.
Kim Clijsters is in the semis again of our favorite tennis tournament. Clijsters defeated top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki, who is still looking to reel in a major title, in straight sets tonight to advance.
AP

It took Serena Williams only 59 minutes to crush Greta Arn, 6-1, 6-1, in the 3rd round of the Australian Open on Saturday.
N.Y. Times

No American men advanced to the Sweet 16 of this year’s Australian Open. John Isner was the last U.S. player to be eliminated, losing a 5-set match to No. 18 seed Feliciano Lopez on Friday.
Did you know that no American has won a Slam since Andy Roddick captured the U.S. Open in 2003? What’s up with that?
Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and John McEnroe shed some light on the dark period.
GQ

Novak Djokovic dismissed Andy Murray in a dominating straight-sets victory for the Australian Open title.
SI.com

An emotional Kim Clijsters captures her 1st Australian Open title, defeating Li Na, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, earlier this morning.
N.Y. Times

This outstanding performance kept me up past 4 a.m. I just couldn’t stop watching the dominance of Novak Djokovic.
For the 2nd time in a Major semifinal, Djokovic beat Roger Federer. He beat him up, too. Djokovic recorded a straight-sets victory over Federer earlier this morning at the Australian Open. He will play the Andy Murray-David Ferrer winner for the title Sunday.
N.Y. Times

Yeah, yeah. We know she’s about 5-9, but…
The Aussie Open’s women’s final pits a pair of aces.
AP