It’s been a tough and tumble 24 hours for the Williams sisters at the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Justine Henin said before her match against Maria Sharapova she needed to up her level, were she to stand a chance against the in-form Russian.

Has the whole world forgotten about Tomas Berdych? The hard-hitting 22-year-old, once considered a sure-shot elite player for years to come, is now on the highway to underachievementville.

We are down to just 16 players at the Australian Open, and since there’s no live Australian Open tennis on this morning for the second straight day, let’s break down the quarterfinal match-ups starting with the men.

Talk about starting off with a bang. The Australian Open is living up to its reputation of spitting out more than a few classic high-quality matches again, and we’ve only just finished opening week. The organisers have done a fine job of replacing Rebound Ace with a court surface that still suits all kinds of […]

Thanks to the magic of TiVo, I just got through watching a good chunk of the Andy Roddick-Phillipp Kolhschreiber match played Friday night at the Australian Open, which is the best match I’ve seen thus far in the event.

Rafael Nadal will have to beat a third straight Frenchman to reach the Australian Open fourth round…
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Justine Henin has now won her last 31 matches. In case you are wondering, the longest win streak on the WTA is 74 by Martina Navratilova in 1984. Henin will now face qualifier Su-Wei Hsieh of Chinese Taipei…
Mardy Fish […]

Roger Federer has lost just six games in two matches at the Australian Open. That’s the fewest the Swiss has ever lost through the second round at a Slam, and the fewest anyone’s ever lost en route to the third round at the Australian Open…
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Roger Federer has won 16 straight matches at the Australian Open…
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Justine Henin has won her last 30 tour matches since losing to Marion Bartoli at Wimbledon…
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Serena Williams has now won 25 of her last 26 matches at the Australian Open…
How the hell does the tallest doubles team pairing ever, 6-foot-10 Ivo Karlovic and 6-foot-9 John Isner, lose to two Argentines in doubles?…
Think Amelia Mauresmo doesn’t […]

have always been a fan of Rebound Ace. In my mind, the surface seemed to offer more classic, hard-fought battles than any other Grand Slam, year in, year out.