Sean Randall makes his selection for the Serena Williams, Justine Henin Australian Open final.

Lacoste announced they signed No. 164-ranked Gaston Gaudio. Nice signing! As long as you don’t mind your player ever being on TV.

The pair have some history, most notably the “talk to the hand” incident at the 2003 French Open, where the Belgian held up her hand during one of Serena’s first serves, but the chair umpire did not let the American replay the point, and Henin denied any wrongdoing. Henin subsequently won in a three-set grinder, and Serena was left a crying mess in her post-match conference, accusing the Belgian of “cheating, lying and fabricating.”

Who will win the Roger Federer v. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga match at the Australian Open today? Sean Randall makes his pick.

World No. 1 Serena Williams and Justine Henin will meet in the Australian Open women’s final on Saturday.

Sean Randall gives his picks on semifinal Thursday at the Australian Open.

“In tennis you have to close it out,” Venus said. “It’s not like there’s a clock ticking and then suddenly it’s over. You just have to close it out. I didn’t do that today.”

Sean Randall makes his picks for the last two men’s quarterfinal matches.

The Williams sisters were also forced to battle through the women’s doubles quarterfinals, defeating No. 8 seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the U.S. and China’s Zi Yan 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

Roger Federer needed just under two hours to sink the hopes of locals for their man Lleyton Hewitt to pull the upset.