Australian Open: Federer, Wozniacki Cruise In First-Round, Querrey First Ranked Player To Fall
Australian Open 2011 Live Results: Federer Moves On, Querrey First Ranked Player To Lose
Roger Federer began his Australian Open title defense with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 victory over Lukas Lacko in typical, Federer style. He now awaits the winner of the Gilles Simon/Yen-Hsun Lu match.
No. 18 American Sam Querrey was the first of the men’s seeded players to be eliminated, losing 5-7, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 8-6 to Lukasz Kubot.
Read Article >Australian Open 2011 Live Results: Wozniacki, Sharapova Among Early Winners In Womens Play
The 2011 Australian Open is underway and the first-day action in the Women’s Singles draw is complete.
Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki dusted off the rust in her 6-3, 6-4 victory over Argentina’s Gisela Dulko at Rod Laver Arena.
Read Article >Australian Open Odds: Federer, Nadal Listed As Co-Favorites
Australian Open: Rafael Nadal, Caroline Wozniacki Take No. 1 Seeds
Rafael Nadal won every grand slam last year except the Australian Open. Now, the world No. 1 and nine-time Grand Slam champion is seeded No. 1 down under. Nadal withdrew from Melbourne last year in the quarterfinals due to a knee injury. If the Spaniard were to win, he’d become the first person to sweep every championship title since left-hander and Australian-native Rod Laver did it in 1969.
However, Laver contests the fact that Nadal is going for a ‘Grand Slam’:
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