Did you watch the Women's Singles Finals between Serena Williams and Dinara Safina? Was that a walk in (Melbourne) Park or what? No contest whatsoever. 6-0, 6-3. The first opening set sweep since Steffi Graf dumped Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario in 1994 6-0, 6-2. And Williams did this in under an hour.She ran Safina all over the baseline then sent powerful volleys that found an open court. It didn't help that the Russian lass shot herself on the foot by committing all those unforced errors.
With Maria Sharapova ailing. Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic inconsistent. Daniela Hantuchova just another pretty face. Elena Dementieva winning tournaments that do not matter, the Williams sisters still have a lot of opportunities to dominate women's tennis.
And Serena Williams won the Australian Open for the fourth time and all in odd years -- 2003, 2005, 2007 & 2009.
In Men's Doubles, brothers Mark and Bob Bryan won their third Doubles title in Australia after winning the last two sets over Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles 2-6 7-5 6-0.
The way they were playing in the first set, I thought it was all over for the Bryans but they were steady in the second set before breaking the Indian-Bahamanian duo for their seventh career Grand Slam Doubles title.
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