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Great shots from the PTT Pattaya Open player party, featuring Ana Ivanovic (above), Sabine Lisicki and Heather Watson.
The WTA announced it has narrowed down its choices in the bidding process to host the WTA Championships for 2014 and beyond to Monterrey, Mexico; Singapore; and Tianjin, China.
The Australian Open by the numbers.
Maria Sharapova talks style in [...]
Three-peat (four overall): [1] Novak Djokovic def. [3] Andy Murray 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-2. Watch the highlights and the final speeches. After the win, he celebrated with some champagne.
Novak Chokovic: When asked his philosophy on life, Novak said “It’s tough to find a rational answer for that question. But the only thing I can say [...]
Novak Djokovic celebrated his third-straight (fourth overall) Australian Open win with a bottle of champagne. But you think he’d just enjoy it himself? Of course not! Nole sprayed the thousands of fans outside the stadium. Celebration fit for an Australian Open king.
And with his fourth Australian Open trophy…
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Victoria Azarenka went for a walk in the park today with her new Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne. After giving her new trophy a big kiss, she sprayed a bottle of sparkling wine at photographers in celebration.
Actor Kevin Spacey is starting to become a usual suspect on the Slam tour, especially at Andy Murray matches! He’s been around this week in Melbourne and was there when Andy defeated Roger Federer, tweeting:
Congrats @andy_murray for his win! Roger played great! Can’t wait for Sunday night – Flew to Melbourne to watch. Awesome game!
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Women’s champion crowned: [1] Victoria Azarenka def. [6] Li Na 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 to defend her Australian Open title.
The Belarusian (even though her trophy was engraved as BEL – Belgium), said after the match “I feel really happy right now. It’s been a long match. It’s been a tough match. Li Na was absolutely playing [...]
Victoria Azarenka defeated Li Na 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 to win the 2013 Australian Open. Everything you need to know about the women’s final is comprehensively recapped here, from Li Na’s brave fight through injuries to Vika’s tearful reaction to winning. But after? That’s party rock time, apparently. And, like they promised, Vika and RedFoo brought out [...]
Right before the men’s semifinal match between Roger Federer and Andy Murray, one of Roger’s coaches (Severin Luthi) and Roger’s wife, Mirka, conspired together to take down the television camera affixed next to their box. The two craftily covered the camera with an article of clothing, most likely from Nike, so the camera couldn’t follow [...]
Match of the day: [3] Andy Murray def. [2] Roger Federer 6-4, 6-7, 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 to advance to the men’s final, where he’ll face Novak Djokovic.
Women’s Doubles champions crowned: [1] Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci def. Ashleigh Barty & Casey Dellacqua 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 to win their third Grand Slam title as a team.
Mixed [...]
Upset of the day: [6] Li Na def. [2] Maria Sharapova 6-2, 6-2.
Women’s Final set: Li Na vs. Victoria Azarenka.
Doubles upset of the day: Robin Haase & Igor Sijsling def. [3] Marcel Granollers & Marc Lopez 7-5, 6-4.
Men’s Doubles final set: The Bryan Brothers vs. Robin Haase & Igor Sijsling.
Mixed Doubles upsets: Lucie Hradecka & [...]
