Australian Open

[siddharth]

My predictions are,

Men: Federer (that's an obvious choice, the way he is playing)
Women: Hingis winning in her comeback grand slam tournament
Men's Doubles: The Bryan twins
Women's Doubles: Lisa Raymond/Samantha Stosur
Mixed doubles: Hingis/Bhupathi

Also, Marcos Baghdatis is on an amazing run! He first accounted for the vastly overrated Roddick and now Ljubicic as well!

Let's see how my powers of prediction turn out...

[marlon]

Men: Federer (that's an obvious choice, the way he is playing)

agreed

Women: Hingis winning in her comeback grand slam tournament


:surprised
yeah right, haven't you seen her last match against Justine Henin ? C'mon, the victory goes to either Kim Cleisters or Justine Henin...Belgium rules again

regards
marlon

[siddharth]

Clijsters beat Hingis 6-3 2-6 6-4. Her game was way too powerful for Hingis to cope. Oh well, let's see if Mauresmo can do any better.

[Mk]

Is the Australian Open Soccer or Tennis? Or Golf?

[siddharth]

In this context, it is the annual tennis tournament.

[Mk]

Yo mama was in a tennis tournament!

[marlon]

Oh well, let's see if Mauresmo can do any better.
Mauresmo will be beaten in two sets. That's a promise.
Federer had to play a five setter to beat Haas. That's been a long time he had to go this far. In the Master's final, he lost in five sets to Nalbandian, who will be his opponent in the final of this year's Australian Open. Federer will win in four sets.


marlon

[Mk]

Why do you have Hostel in your signature marlon?

[marlon]

Why do you have Hostel in your signature marlon?
because i am a great aficionado of horror flicks and i am really looking foreward to the release of this masterpiece. Also, the link provides you with a great trailer

marlon

[siddharth]

Amelie Mauresmo reached the Australian Open final for a second time when Kim Clijsters was forced to retire with the Frenchwoman leading 5-7 6-2 3-2.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/4649402.stm

Hard luck really. Atleast Marlon, there is still one Belgian in the final.

[siddharth]

Baghdatis just beat Nalbandian 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-4 to advance to his first grand slam final.

What a guy! Coming back from 2 sets down to win it. He was even down 4-2 in the final set!

Here is the action as it happened
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/4649178.stm

[siddharth]

The 2006 Aussie open has ended. The final results are

1) Men's Singles
Winner: Roger Federer
Runner-up: Marcos Baghdatis

2) Women's Singles
Winner: Amelie Mauresmo
Runner-up: Justine Henin-Hardenne

3) Men's Doubles
Victors: Mike Bryan/Bob Bryan
Runners-up: Martin Damm/Leander Paes

4) Women's Doubles
Victors: Zi Yan/Jie Zheng
Runners-up: Lisa Raymond/Samantha Stosur

5) Mixed Doubles
Victors: Mahesh Bhupathi/Martina Hingis
Runners-up: Daniel Nestor/Elena Likhovtseva

I got 3 on 5 right (almost 4), so that's not bad. Next up, the French Open.