Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic of Serbia, the 2008 champion who holds a 4-3 edge in head-to-head matches, will meet on Sunday to decide the new Australian Open champion.
Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic of Serbia, the 2008 champion who holds a 4-3 edge in head-to-head matches, will meet on Sunday to decide the new Australian Open champion.
MELBOURNE, Australia — Top-seeded Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta rallied from a set and 4-1 down to beat Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 in the Australian Open women’s doubles Friday, winning their first major as a team.
Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic of Serbia, the 2008 champion who holds a 4-3 edge in head-to-head matches, will meet on Sunday to decide the new Australian Open champion.
MELBOURNE - With a first Australian Open crown now inches from her grasp, perennial crowd favourite Down Under Kim Clijsters could find herself cast in the unfamiliar role of villain on Saturday as she stands between trailblazing Chinese Li Na’s own designs on destiny.
MELBOURNE - The commercialisation of the Australian Open is shutting out the average punter from marquee matches and the extra dollars will do little to revitalise the game at home, a former director of the tournament has told Reuters.
Argentine Gisela Dulko and Italy’s Flavia Pennetta beat Eastern Europeans Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko 2-6 7-5 6-1 to win the Australian Open women’s doubles titles on Friday.
The top-ranked team of Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta rallied from a set and 4-1 down to beat Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 for the Australian Open women's doubles title on Friday.
BEIJING - Li Na’s charge to the Australian Open women’s singles final has struck a patriotic chord among Chinese citizens, her feats in Melbourne proving once again how interwoven sports and national pride are in China.
Kim Clijsters, who takes on Li Na in the final of the Australian Open this weekend, said on Friday that 2011 would probably be her last full year on the women’s tour.
Novak Djokovic said it was good for men’s tennis that the duopoly in grand slams had been broken after he thumped Swiss Roger Federer to reach the Australian Open final on Thursday.