Monthly Archives: January 2011

Andy Murray AO post match

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Peter

So the grandslam record for Andy Murray now reads; 3 slam finals, 3 losses 0 sets for and 9 sets against. Its disappointing for us fans who in hope rather than expectation got up in the middle of the night … Continue reading →

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Australian Open Montage

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Peter

  The women’s final of the 2011 Australian Open is over:  Kim Clijsters defeated Li Na in 3 intriguing sets. Now our time in Melbourne is  over we thought we’d take a look back over the past two weeks. In … Continue reading →

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Australian Open Final

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Peter

For a fan on the other side of the world it has been a long and hard two weeks. Firstly I have had to cope with guesstimating when my match of choice would be on and then getting up in the … Continue reading →

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Ladies Final Preview

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Peter

It always was gonna be a difficult tournament to pick a winner, so many possibles and not that many probables. We even had Venus and Masha in the mixup until they slumped out in disappointing fashion. We now have the … Continue reading →

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Australian Open Poll 2011

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Peter

Will Andy win the Australian Open?online surveys

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It’s Andy’s Time

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Peter

Well us Murray fans know the drill by now, the second week of a slam the semi final. Andy has been here before, we have been with him here before. I know that it will be a tough game but I … Continue reading →

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Svetlana Kuznetsova

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Peter

Svetlana Kuznetsova made history at this year’s Australian Open by taking part in the longest women’s Grand Slam match in the Open Era. The epic battle, against Francesca Schiavone, lasted 4 hours 44 minutes, with Svetlana narrowly losing 14-16 in … Continue reading →

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Semi final Preview

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Peter

So despite Rafa’s shock injury and departure and Justine Henins retirement, there is still a Grandslam to be won. Today we look forward to both the ladies semi finals and the first semi in the Mens draw. First up on … Continue reading →

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Hamstrung

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Peter

The pain was etched on his face from the first game, he had chased down a Cilic forehand in the previous round and clearly strained his hamstring and had tugged it again in the opening exchanges against Ferrer. It was … Continue reading →

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Andy & Rafa to walk it…

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Peter

Its a funny old game. Heres me sneaking downstairs at 2am to watch the match of the round Federer vs Wawrinka and its as one sided as a first round game. Not only that but Tomas Berdych also suffered a … Continue reading →

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