Australian Open 2010

The Australian Open is a one of the four grand slams of tennis and is the first held of the season. It is held every January at Melbourne Park, Australia, which has a retractable roof. [2009]] champions: Men’s single—Rafael Nadal. Women’s single—Serena Williams. Men’s doubles—Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan. Women’s doubles—Serena Williams and Venus Williams. Mixed doubles—Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Open

In 1905, the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia (LTAA) created a tournament named ‘The Australasian men’s champions’ which was held at the Albert Reserve in Melbourne. In 1927, it changed its name as the ‘Australian Championship.’ Finally, in 1969 it became known as The Australian Open. In 1972 it moved to its current home in Melbourne and hasn't left. In 1987, the tournament switched from being played on grass to hardcourt. http://2009.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history.html

The 2010 edition of the Australian Open men's competition focussed on the ongoing struggle between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for the World's #1 position, held by Federer pre-tournament. Challengers were Novak Djokovic, Juan Martin Del Potro and Andy Murray.

The womens' competition marked the return of two Belgian players, Kim Clijsters Justine Henin, who both returned to professional tennis in 2009 after retiring well over a year earlier. Both have proven to be in good form, by facing off in the Brisbane Finals earlier in January. Clijsters is seeded 15th, while Henin is unseeded, and had to face Dementieva in her second round play.

The first round started with a big surprise, as Maria Sharapova lost her first round match against unseeded Maria Kirilenko. Except for Sharapova all female top 16 seeded players moved to the second round.http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/players/index.html#women
Day six of the Australian Open proved to have some surprising results. The day saw two matches between Belgium and Russia. While unseeded Justine Henin continued to win with a difficult match against Alisa Kleibanova, her fellow countrywoman Kim Clijsters didn't stand a chance against her russian opponent Nadia Petrova. Clijsters only scored one game, losing 0-6, 1-6.
Earlier on the day, Jelena Jankovic was surprisingly eliminated by currently world ranked 30, Alona Bondarenko with clear numbers: 6-2 6-3
After a tough match in round two, Juan Martin del Potro had again a troublesome match in round three. After a 2,5 hour match, he managed to beat Florian Mayer 6-3 0-6 6-4 7-5.
Philipp Kohlschreiber gave Rafael Nadal quite some trouble. Nadal thought he had the match 'in the bag' after winning the first two sets, but Kohlschreiber won the third, and managed to keep up in the fourth. In the end, Nadal won the fourth set 5-7, leading to a four-set win: 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 5-7.

1. Roger Federer WINNER

2. Rafael Nadal Out Q-F

3. Novak Djokovic Out Q-F

4. Juan Martin Del Potro Out RND 4

5. Andy Murray Out FINAL

6. Nikolay Davydenko Out Q-F

7. Andy Roddick Out Q-F

8. Robin Soderling Out RND 1

9. Fernando Verdasco Out ROND 4

10. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Out S-F

11. Fernando Gonzalez Out RND 4

12. Gael Monfils Out RND 3

13. Radek Stepanek Out RND 1

14. Marin Cilic Out S-F

15. Tommy Robredo Out RND 1

16. David Ferrer Out RND 2

17. Tommy Haas Out RND 3

18. Stanislas Wawrinka Out RND 3

19. Mikhail Youzhny Out RND 3

20. Tomas Berdych Out RND 2

21. Lleyton Hewitt Out RND 4

22. Juan Carlos Ferrero Out RND 1

23. Ivan Ljubicic Out RND 3

24. Sam Querrey Out RND 1

25. Nicolas Almagro Out RND 4

26. Philipp Kohlschreiber Out RND 3

27. Jurgen Melzer Out RND 1

28. Viktor Troicki Out RND 2

29. Juan Monaco Out RND 3

30. Albert Montanes Out RND 3

31. Jeremy Chardy Out RND 1http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/players/index.html

1. Serena Williams WINNER

2. Dinara Safina Out RND 4

3. Svetlana Kuznetsova Out RND 4

4. Caroline Wozniacki Out RND 4

5. Elena Dementieva Out RND 2

6. Venus Williams Out Q-F

7. Victoria Azarenka Out Q-F

8. Jelena Jankovic Out RND 3

9. Vera Zvonareva Out RND 4

10. Agnieszka Radwanska Out RND 3

11. Marion Bartoli Out RND 3

12. Flavia Pennetta Out RND 2

13. Samantha Stosur Out RND 4

14. Maria Sharapova Out RND 1

15. Kim Clijsters Out RND 3

16. Na Li Out S-F

17. Francesca Schiavone Out RND 4

18. Virginie Razzano Out RND 1

19. Nadia Petrova Out Q-F

20. Ana Ivanovic Out RND 2

21. Sabine Lisicki Out RND2

22. Daniela Hantuchova Out RND3

23. Dominika Cibulkova Out RND 1

24. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez Out RND 2

25. Anabel Medina Garrigues Out RND 1

26. Aravane Rezai Out RND 2

27. Alisa Kleybanova Out RND 3

28. Elena Vesnina Out RND 1

29. Shahar Peer Out RND 3

30. Kateryna Bondarenko Out RND 2

31. Alona Bondarenko Out RND 2

32. Carla Suarez Navarro Out RND 3http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/players/index.html#women