2008 Australian Open Update
Posted by Leosash on January 17th, 2008
The first grand slam of the year has just started to get into the business end of the event. Here is a quick update of all the action so far:
Best match of the first two rounds:
2006 runner up Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis beat 2005 champion Marat Safin in a fabulous five setter- 6-4 6-4 2-6 3-6 6-2 in a tough five setter that could have gone either way. Baghdatis now finds himself in a very promising third round match against Lleyton Hewitt.
Biggest Upset:
We haven’t witnessed too many upsets so far but the biggest one definitely has to be Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s defeat of Andy Murray. Murray has come off a very difficult 2007 and the new year hasn’t started on a very promising note.
Other upsets: 11th seed Tommy Robredo lost to American Mardy Fish and Australia’s Casey Dellacqua defeated Patty Schnyder in three tough sets. (8-6 in the third!)
Some good links:
Why Todd Woodbridge believes Roger Federer is the greatest of all time! (GOAT): Here
The Australian police use pepper spray on fans after racism allegations: Here
What is an anti-grand slam? Really interesting read and a lot of research! Here
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