Serena Williams Li Na Battle at Australian Open

In a very entertaining match, Serena Williams prevailed in the Australian Open womens singles semi final match today with Li Na. Na who was bungee jumping before the tournament played extremely well despite making a good number of unforced errors. Serena counted on her big serve to save her in this match though. Williams won [...]

Roger Federer Ousts Nikolay Davydenko

Nikolay Davydenko came out flying against Roger Federer Wednesday in the Australian Open Tennis Championships. It was the quarter finals and Federer was leary of the match with the hard hitting and feisty speedster from Russia. When the dust settled, Federer won 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 7-5. After losing the first set, Federer took a bathroom [...]

Tsonga Ousts Djokovic

It was another years of bad luck ofr Novak Djokovic 7-6(8), 6-7(5), 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 as he looked tired and washed out from illness and lost despite making a valiant effort. He was sick before the match and during a medical timeout. “Just a terrible feeling. It’s been a great tournament for me, so it’s [...]

Week 2 begins at the Australian Open

Week 2 at the 2010 Australian Open sees Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Nikolay Davydenko, Andy Roddick, and Andy Murray through to the Mens final 8. Roger Federer is about to play Aussie home favority Leyton Hewitt today. On the womens side, Li Na, Venus Williams, Justine Henin, Maria Kirilenko, Nadia Petrova, have made [...]

Rafa takes out Lacko

Lukas Lacko had the misfortune of meeting top ranked Rafael Nadal today and found himself on the bad end of 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 score. The quick win is good news for Nadal who conserves some energy on his way to a match with either Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany and American Wayne Odesnik. Things are shaping [...]

Henin Beats Dementieva to Move on

With Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin both having great success coming out of retirement, we might see more players coming back for a second shot. Clearly, these two women are having fun this time and playing surprising well. Alena Dementieva suffered the misfortune of being in the same part of the draw as Justine Henin [...]

Andy Roddick through to 3rd round at Australian Open

Andy Roddick has advanced to the third round at the Australian Open with a win over Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

Rod Laver Arena – Home of the Australian Open

The Rod Laver Arena is the main stadium at the National Tennis Centre complex and is used during the Australian Open due to its 15,000 seating capacity. Learn more about tennis favorites Rafael Nadal and Kim Clijsters who both use Babolat Rackets.

Kim Clijsters – Player Spotlight

Kim Clijsters of Belgium became a professional tennis player in 1997. She has won the US Open twice (2005 and 2009) and has won 36 WTA singles titles and 11 WTA doubles titles. She was runner-up at the French Ope and the Australian Open, and reached two Wimbledon singles semi-final matches. Clijsters was engaged to [...]

Federer Advances after tough 4 sets

A relieved Roger Federer advances to the second round after a scare from Igor Andreev 4-6 6-2 7-6 (7-2) 6-0. Federer played well but Andreev was pressing yet it was unforce errors at bad times that cost Andreev his shot a beating the world’ number one singles player. “It was not gonna be an easy [...]