Australian Open: One Week Down

Great tennis Down Under!

Craig Hickman has a nice post that sums up the spirit of battle bewteen Lleyton Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis, which ended a 4:30 AM with Lleyton winning 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-7, 6-3.

Marathon men. That's what they are. More than four-and-a-half hours. Two titanic chokes. An ankle injury. Five match points. Unruly fans. Weary ball kids. Blind linespeople. Delirious commentators.

Read the rest: Day 6 Epilog.

Hey, toldja Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France is for real!



Justine Henin, Jelena Jankovic, Maria Sharapova, and Serena Williams advanced to the quarterfinals.

In the men's doubles, Bob and Mike Bryan have reached the quarterfinals, along with Jonathan Erlich - Andy Ram, Martin Damm - Pavel Vizner, Arnaud Clement - Michael Llodra, and Daniel Nestor - Nenad Zimonjic.

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