Serena is always a factor at the AO.
WOMEN, TOP HALF, 1RST QUARTER
The injured Caroline Wozniacki has a decent draw until the Round 16, but if her sore left wrist doesn
Archives for January 2012
Clijsters shows no fear in return to AO
January 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Aussie Open Draw Breakdown
January 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Novak could face Roddick in the round of 16
MEN, TOP HALF, 1RST QUARTER
Milos Raonic appears to be biggest threat in No. 1 Novak Djokovic’s quarter provided the Canadian, who just won Chennai, gets thru Andy Roddick, who may have to get through old rival Lleyton Hewitt, who is sure to have the Aussie crown on Laver Arena roaring for him. And let
Aussie Open blog: The injury count goes up, even early in year
January 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Kim says her injured hip is fine but can it survive 7 matches?
MELBOURNE – After Caroline Wozniacki began to weep in pain in the third set of her 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 loss to her good friend Agnieszka Radwanska in the Sydney quarters, it became pretty clear that despite the WTA’s admirable lengthening of the off season, that the injury bug has grown to killer bees type proportions. Consider this: we are now just 12 days into the 2012 season with the always delightful and super important Aussie Open just two days off and four popular players with Slam winning potential have been hurt: Wozniacki, Maria Sharapova, Kim Clijsters and Serena Williams. Throw in two other top 25 players, Sabine Lisicki and Julia Goerges (who has been sick, not injured) and keep in mind that No. 10 Andrea Petkovic and seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams have already pulled out of AO. We may as well be speaking in mid summer, when it seems like almost every WTA player has been struck with one injury or another.
As this trend continues, it
The Wrap: Highlights from week 1 of Aussie summer
January 8, 2012 by
The Maple Leaf Missile has taken off again.
The light mental sparring game has begun between Caroline Wozniacki and Petra Kvitova for the top spot, or perhaps more appropriately between Wozniacki and the rest of the world if the Czech happens to win Sydney and grabs No. 1. Wozniacki said that she wasn