Wednesday, January 17, 2007

A comment Australian Open!

Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Amelie Mauresmo and Serena Williams all posted straight-set victories on Wednesday to advance to the third round of the Australian Open, serving notice they're rounding into form after some opening-match nerves and glitches.

But luck was not on his side for Crowd-favourite Marcos Baghdatis, finalist here last yea. He was defeated by Frenchman Gael Monfils, who won 7-6 (5), 6-2, 2-6, 6-0.

Earlier, top-ranked Roger Federer defeated Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.

Sixth-seeded Roddick beat Marc Gicquel of France, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-4 he'l face 2005 Australian Open champion Marat Safin.
Safin benefited from a rain break to rally from a set down to oust Dudi Sela of Israel 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-0 in a match with 20 service breaks.

So both Roger and Safin have had very entertaining clashes.
I am not gonna forget today's matches. I enjoyed them so much!

I was actually doing some other stuff and then my brother came to my room and screamed: "You wanna miss it?, it's a great battle going on over there." He's a great Safin fan (and even I like him) Thanks bro!

Serena Williams celebrated a 7-6 (4), 6-2 win over Luxembourg's Anne Kremer.

Other Results: courtesy: NDTV

Thailand's Danai Udomchoke upset No. 24 Juan Carlos Ferrero to oust the former world No 1. A former Australian Open champion also tumbled, with 2002 winner Thomas Johansson losing to No. 16 David Ferrer.Veteran Australian Wayne Arthurs beat American qualifier Zach Fleishman, who had his hair dyed in red, white and blue stripes. Other men's winners included No 7 Tommy Robredo, No 9 Mario Ancic, No 18 Richard Gasquet, No 20 Radek Stepanek and No 22 Dominik Hrbaty.Among those advancing on the women's side were former US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, the No 3 seed, along with Petrova, No 7 Elena Dementieva, No 8 Patty Schnyder, No 9 Dinara Safina, No 10 Nicole Vaidisova, No 11 Jelena Jankovic, No 15 Daniela Hantuchova.Three seeded women lost: Lucie Safarova beat No 14 Francesca Schiavone, Victoria Azarenko downed No 18 Marion Bartoli and Anastasiya Yakimova ousted No 23 Ai Sugiyama.

An NDTV Story: Tsunami kidney racket busted in Chennai

Tsunami kidney racket busted in Chennai

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Another Day another place another Cheating and Curruption...

Well, what's happening to this country?