Australian Open 2007 Finals
Australian Open Women’s Final Match
Maria Sharapova, the 2006 US Open champion, will be making her first appearance in an Australian Open final after two losses in the semi-finals, one of them to Willams in 2005.
Serena Williams, unseeded and ranked No81 in the world, made it back to a Grand Slam final for the first time in two years with a 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 win over Nicole Vaidisova at the Australian Open today.
Williams, who has seven Grand Slam titles to her name, weathered Vaidisova’s powerful forehands and gave back plenty of her own, sometimes surprising the 17-year-old Czech with her speed around the court and the pace of her ball.
The 2005 champion will face the No1 seed, Maria Sharapova ,in the final, after the 19-year-old Russian brushed Kim Clijsters aside 6-4, 6-2 in the second semi-final.
Tomorrow’s women’s final will be a repeat of the 2005 semi-final when Maria Sharapova served for the match twice and Williams staved off three match points. The American went on to win the seventh and last of her grand slam titles, and so badly did she struggle in the early rounds this time that it seemed impossible she would be in a position to add an eighth. But the Williams are a fighting family, with Venus overturning all logic and form to win her third Wimbledon title in 2005. The more the odds are stacked against them, the more determined is the response of the sisters.
Sharapova said she was looking forward to a rematch with Williams. “I’m excited for that. She came into this tournament without any expectations, and she is playing great tennis,” she said. “To be in the final of a Grand Slam, that takes a lot of hard work. She’s won many of these titles - I have a lot to catch up.”
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Australian Open Men’s Final Match
Defending champion Roger Federer advanced to the final of the Australian Open on Thursday after easily defeating Andy Roddick in a blockbuster semifinal. Federer will take on Chile’s Fernando Gonzalez in the Australian Open final tomorrow as the favorite to collect his 10th Grand Slam title.
Federer, who appeared in an Open Era-record 11th straight Grand Slam semi, has now won the last eight encounters over Roddick, including six finals, and is a perfect 5-0 versus the American in Grand Slam play. Federer holds a 13-1 advantage overall. The 25-year-old Federer has now won his last 13 matches at the Aussie Open and has captured his last 35 matches overall, dating back to last season, tying his personal record. The victory propelled Federer into his seventh straight Grand Slam final.
Fernando Gonzalez, seeking his first Grand Slam title, beat Tommy Haas in straight sets to set up an Australian Open final against top-ranked Roger Federer.
Having seen off Lleyton Hewitt, James Blake and Raphael Nadal on his way to his maiden grand slam semi-final, Gonzalez, the tournament tenth seed showed no nerves against the experienced German who was attempting to progress past the semi final stage in Melbourne for the first time in his third attempt.
Gonzalez, the No. 10 seed, overpowered his 12th-seeded German opponent 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 in 93 minutes to become only the second Chilean to reach the final of a major tennis championship after Marcelo Rios. The men’s final is scheduled Jan. 28.
Roger Federer owns a 9-0 record over the South American, winning their last meeting in the final at Basel in October, 2006.
It is not hard at all to pick who is going to be the new Australian Champion. But, would you gamble to guess what the score will be?
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Ciprian13 says:
NO CHANCE FOR THE OTHERS
Federer powned everybody a this Australian open imagine not loosing a single set all the competiton,that means you are way one class over the others.
January 30th, 2007 at 5:46 pm