Federer and Williams crowned champs in Australia!

January 27, 2010 | By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
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Roger Federer and Serena Williams, the number one seeds of their respective draws, were able to once again overcome obstacles and play at an elite level to win another title in the year’s first Grand Slam in Australia. Serena defeated unseeded, and the recently unretired, Justine Henin, for her fifth Australian Open Title, making her the most decorated women’s Aussie Open champ in history. Roger Federer claimed his record 16th Grand Slam Title by defeating Andy Murray in the men’s final in straight sets.

In doubles, the Americans made us proud as the Bryan brothers (Mike and Bob) and the Williams sisters (Serena and Venus) were crowned Grand Slam Champions. Americans Bob and Mike Bryan won their fourth Australian Open doubles title Saturday, beating Daniel Nestor of Canada and Serbian Nenad Zimonjic 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3. The U.S. pair have won the title four of the past five years. They now have eight Grand Slam Men’s Doubles Titles. The Williams Sisters dominated the women’s draw and won their fourth Australian Open Women’s Doubles Title, beating Cara Black and Liezel Huber in straight sets 6-4, 6-3 in the finals.
The event attracted a record crowd of 653,860 people through the gates, smashing the previous record set in 2008 by 50,000 fans. The tournament twice posted the world’s highest-ever Grand Slam combined day/night attendance (on the first Wednesday and middle Saturday) with Saturday’s matches attended by 77,043 fans, 11,000 more than the previous record.
 
Results: 2010 champions
Women’s singles          Serena Williams (United States)
Men’s singles                Roger Federer (Switzerland)
Women’s doubles        Serena and Venus Williams (United States)
Men’s doubles               Bob and Mike Bryan (United States)
Mixed doubles               Cara Black (Zimbabwe)/Leander Paes (India)
 
2010 Australian Open highlights
Roddick vs. Gonzalez: Roddick comes back from two sets to one down in a tremendous baseline battle.
 
Dementieva vs. Henin: A hard-fought, top-level early round match that was setup by Henin coming in to the tournament unseeded. A tough break for Dementieva as Henin took the match in straight sets.
 
Del Potro vs. Cilic: Cilic playing his best tennis to date and Del Potro having injury problems served as the recipe for the Cilic upset win.
 
Tsonga vs. Djokovic: A match featuring incredible baseline play as Djokovic, who was sick during the match, still fought exceptionally hard in the latter part of the fourth set and early in the fifth, before Tsonga took control late in the fifth set.
 

Li vs. Serena: Li was in top form against Serena and pushed her to the brink of elimination, only she couldn’t close out Serena and eventually fell in three sets. Serena always seems to be at her best in the biggest spots in a match.

 

Serena vs. Henin: The women’s final brought out the best in both competitors. Despite her loss, it looks like Justine is back and will be a force in 2010.


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