Oz Open 2010 ~ Part 2

4th Round - 25 Jan - Rod Laver Arena ~ Night session

concession: $99.90 / adult: $109.90

(accesible to all other courts except Hisense Arena)

Main entrance. The board on the top is 2009 men (Rafael Nadal) and women (Serena Williams) single champions

Interior View

BLOCKBUSTER MATCH : ROGER FEDERER vs LLEYTON HEWITT

FEDERER

Preparing to serve

Serving

Backhand

Federer was in fine form that night. Hewitt needed to bring his A game....

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HEWITT

He tried

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He simply had no answers for Federer 's stunning display @~@

p/s: remember to check out the post below ~ Oz Open 2010, part 1. I wrote 2 post within half day which is an extremely rare case for me.

OZ Open 2010 ~ Part 1

EVENT: AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2010

VENUE : MELBOURNE PARK

DATE: 18 - 31 JAN 2010

TENNIS FEVER @_@!!!!!!!

It's the 1st grand slam of the year & FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME...i was there to experience the whole live atmosphere...Of course i didnt go to watch everyday....tat would be too costly...I went for the 3rd round matches on hisense arena (2nd main court) and 4th round matches onRod Laver Arena (centre court).

3rd Round - Fri 22 Jan -Hisense Arena ~Day session

Consession (student included): $44.90 / Adult: $49.90

* ticket holders are accessible to all other courts except Rod Laver Arena

HISENSE ARENA

Jelena Jankovic vs Alona Bondarenko

Went to other court 1st as we couldnt careless bout how jankovic @ drama queen match went....by the time we got there....well....she was upset by bondarenko..HOORAY...only got to see her bck as she walks into the tunnle...LOL....AND as expected she pulled out another page from her drama book - blaming this n that .basically wat she said was she lost the match more than bondarenko won it.

p/s: at least she was not saying she almost faint like she did in Wimbledon 2009 and breathless in US open 2008. Owh yeah..and feels like killing herself after losing in French Open 2008.

Justine Henin vs Alisa Kleybanova

The comebck queen!!!!! she was down a set and a break in the 2nd set...but somehow she managed to pull off a victory!!MIND MY WORDS, Jankovic, tats wat a true champion usually does -find a way to win even on their bad day.

Andy Murray vs Florent Serra

Last match of the day session on hisense. Ntg dramatic. Easy win for him. Couldnt find any photo of him from my camera..only videos...but i m too lazy to upload 1 now..but i m sure all tennis fans know how he looked like....isnt he looked like a vampire or smtg...dude,u really need to fix ur teeth!!

Anyway, here are some of the photos from other courts:

Reigning French Open Champ- Svetlana Kuznetsova

(also arguably the most underrated player in WTA..lol)

Nadia Petrova (practising b4 she demolished clijsters!!6-0 ,6-1)


Carrying the australian hope is Lleyton Hewitt


Gael Monfils and his coach


Daniela Hantuchova

Marin Cilic ~Darkhorse of the tournament

(wat is he looking at?????)

Madrid's upsets

Unbelievable!!!!Fedex and Nadal r both ousted on the same day...in the semis of madrid masters...hard to believe though i noe that fedex doesnt have a great season..but even the on-form king of clay(or i should add the new king of grass too) aso ousted..wow...

the 1st semi-Fedex vs Murray
their head to head record is 2-2 with federer won the recent match in the final of us open...i certainly didnt expect this to happen after fedex straight set victory over murray last month...thought he has finally figured out how to play him...but murray isnt giving him any free points....he serves well (exclude the first set)..and in the end his effort paid off....so,he has a 3-2 head to head record against fedex now..he should be proud of it cos only him and nadal have won fedex more than fedex won over them....such a proud achievement

the 2nd semi-Simon vs Nadal
this 1 i definitely didnt expect this to happen....it was totally outrageous...haha..may b a bit exaggerate but how on earth can simon beat nadal who is so dominant this yr..how amazing...i mean i noe he is not a piece of cake...but against an opponent like nadal who won 80 matches out of 90 he played, with two grandslams titles this yr....paperly he didnt stand a chance at all...may b he benefits from nadal's injuries...anyway...good luck to him in the future...
p/s: dont get me wrong,i am not a nadal's fan....juz try to be real...hah

NOOO...no more nadal-fedex final this time round....SAD:~(

Tennis FEVER

Well...i spent my 1 week break playing tennis....(online)haha..i m not that pro yet....after bout 12 hrs of hard work..i finally won..........haha...then the winning streak continue.(by using different players)....Woohoo!!!!!!!

Here r some of the pics(my 9 victories...hoorey!!!):::::::