Posts Tagged ‘Australia’

Monfils y Del Potro perdieron en Australia, ganó Roddick

El francés Gael Monfils y el argentino Juan Martín del Potro fueron eliminados en un torneo de exhibición y en el Abierto de Sidney, respectivamente, torneos preparatorios para el Abierto de Australia. El estadounidense Andy Roddick logró su primera victoria de la temporada. teleSUR multimedia.telesurtv.net

DEPORTES, Abierto de Australia: Na Li vs Kim Clijsters será la final femenina en Melbourne.

DEPORTES, Abierto de Australia: Na Li vs Kim Clijsters será la final femenina en Melbourne.

Roger Federer & Rafael Nadal Fund Raiser 2011 in Melbourne, Australia

Roger Federer & Rafael Nadal play to raise money for Queensland Flood Victims 2011 in Melbourne, Australia

New IBM Global R&D Lab to Open In Australia

New IBM Global R&D Lab to Open In Australia
IBM and the Australian and Victorian Governments today announced an agreement to establish a new research and development laboratory in Australia. Â

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Murray will win a grand Slam in 2010? Australia, French Open, Wimbledon or US??

Wheat Sales From Australia to Get `Very Strong Start’ on Russia, AWB Says

Wheat Sales From Australia to Get `Very Strong Start’ on Russia, AWB Says
Wheat shipments from Australia’s next harvest will probably begin at a rapid pace as dry weather cuts Russian production, said AWB Ltd. , the nation’s largest exporter of the food grain.

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Murray admits being ‘in a rut’ since Australia

Murray admits being ‘in a rut’ since Australia
Andy Murray hopes the recruitment of a new coach will help him “to become a better player all around”. Speaking publicly for the first time about his decision to part company with Miles Maclagan, the world No 4 said that he did not see any need to make major changes to his game.

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Team International Vs Team Australia Live Streaming, Team International Vs Team Australia Live Streaming Online

Watch Team International vs Team Australia Live Streaming

A deliciously unpredictable start to the tennis year has been summed up by the current unseasonal weather here in Sydney – all cloud and thundercracks – mixed with record temperatures down the coast in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open.

And on the courts of the east, in the first two weeks of the season, we’ve had a 15-year old Brit beating the world number 26, a Henin/Clijsters classic final to roll back the years, a title for a player facing suspension only days previously, and mutterings of a new tennis “World Cup” to keep the off-court motors chugging. Delicious indeed.

So where to start?

The omnipresent Nikolay Davydenko seems to be the man of the moment on the ATP Tour. This man, I have to hold my hands up and admit, is quite amazing.

His relentless pursuit of points, pounds and prizes is now backed up by a livelier brand of flat and furious hitting which, in Doha, claimed back-to-back wins over Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to win the Qatar Open, the perfect follow up to his 2009 season-ending success at the ATP World Tour Finals in London.

Perhaps these recent scalps will give him the belief to take the next step and win a major (his win over Federer was his second in three months, after seven years of trying in vain against the Swiss) but he remains a long shot for the title due to the talent ahead of him.

Nadal, the defending Aussie Open champion, is ready to prove that his troubles at the end of 2009 are behind him. Some extra depth on his groundstrokes – particularly his return of serve – has been noticeable in the early weeks of 2010.

Federer will be looking to reclaim the title he last won in 2007, Juan Martin Del Potro is going for back-to-back majors (not out of the question by any means), and Andy Murray will put some extra bite behind his crosscourt forehand, if recent evidence is anything to go by, in his search for a debut Slam.

Add the likes of Djokovic, Roddick, Tsonga, Verdasco and Soderling, and this could be a classic tournament.

The women’s event has an extra pinch of turmeric thanks to the return of Justine Henin on a wild-card. Just like compatriot Kim Clijsters at last year’s US Open, Henin is perfectly capable of going all the way and winning the title.

She may have pulled out of the Sydney event with a leg injury, but she was on the practice courts as soon as she arrived in Melbourne, looking fit and determined.

And the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour will struggle to host a better match this year than the final the Belgian pair contested in Brisbane, at the close of Henin’s comeback week.

Over two hours and 23 minutes, they played out a greatest-hits-collection of a match, complete with Henin comebacks from dead positions, before Clijsters edged it 8-6 in the deciding tie-break. Stunning stuff.

After a few mediocre years, with stuttering attempts from Safina, Ivanovic and Jankovic to rule the world, we have the two Williams sisters and the two Belgians set to contest the heavyweight matches. Just like old days.

That’s not to write off the next generation. Far from it. I’m excited about seeing further progress in 2010 from the likes of Wozniacki, Azarenka, Lisicki, Oudin and the other 15 or 16-year-old we haven’t even heard of yet.

Nadal vs Federer Final Trophy Presentation Australia Open 2009

Nadal vs Federer Final Trophy Presentation Australia Open 2009