Federer vs Nadal Australian Open Final Live

Federer vs Nadal Australian Open Final Live:

World No.1 Rafael Nadal stormed into his maiden hardcourt grandslam final at the Australian Open after surviving a record 5 set battle with spanish compatriot-The dark horse Fernando Verdasco in 5 hrs & 14 min, the longest in the Australian Open history to set up another classic Australian Open Final with arch-rival Roger Federer.It will be their first meeting since the epic Wimbledon Final in 2008 which witnessed Nadal snatching the crown from the 5-time defending Champion Federer.Nadal will be bidding for his first harcourt Grandslam title & his 6th grandslam overall.

Thirteen time grandslam Champion & World No.2 Roger Federer will be chasing for a record equalling 14 grandslam titles, held by legendary Pete Sampras.Federer who lost both the French Open & Wimbledon Final to Nadal last year is desperately trying to avenge his defeat.He lost in the Australian Open semifinal last year to eventual champion Novak Djokovic while he is suffering from mononucleosis but bounced back by winning the US Open(def.Andy Murray) the final grandslam of the season.Federer who has previously won the Australian Open in 2004, 2006 & 2007 is aiming for a fourth title at Melbourne from his 18th grandslam final.

Nadal & Federer have met each other 18 times with Nadal leading 12-6.Nadal also holds a 4-2 edge over Federer in grandslam finals & 10-4 in finals.

Rafael Nadal | Roger Federer
Sets Won: 37 | 25
Tiebreak Sets Won: 6 | 9

Match Wins By Surface:
Clay: 9 | 1
Hard: 2 | 3
Carpet: 0 | 0
Grass: 1 | 2
Synthetic Turf: 0 | 0

Match Over
Nadal Won.

Nadal vs Verdasco Australian Open Semifinal Live

Nadal vs Verdasco Australian Open Semifinal Live:

World No.1 Rafael Nadal defeated Frenchman Gilles Simon in straight sets to set up an all Spanish semifinal with Fernando Verdasco.Nadal is attempting to reach his eighth career grandslam final, his first on hardcourt.Nadal has not dropped a set enroute to semifinal is appearing in the Australian Open semifinal for the 2nd straight year, last year he surprisingly lost to Tsonga in straight sets.5 grandslam titles to his name(4 Roland Gaross & 1 Wimbledon), Nadal is desperately chasing for his maiden hardcourt grandslam title.

World No.15 Fernando Verdasco is making his first grandslam semifinal appearance after defeating two higher seeds, World No.4 Andy Murray in 5 sets in the fourth round & 2008 AO runner Tsonga in 4 sets in the QF.Verdasco made a name for himself by playing a major role in Spain's Davis Cup victory over Argentina in the finals, where he won both his rubber matches & in one of which he made a comeback victory after being 2 sets down.By making it to the semifinals of Australian Open, he will jump to No.9 spot & will jump to No.6 if he wins the title.

Both the lefties are meeting each other for the seventh time with Nadal leading 6-0.

Rafael Nadal | Fernando Verdasco
Sets Won: 13 | 1
Tiebreak Sets Won: 2 | 0

Match Wins By Surface:
Clay: 2 0
Hard: 3 0
Grass: 1 0

Match Over
Nadal won.

Federer vs Roddick Australian Open Semifinal Live

Federer vs Roddick Australian Open Semifinal Live:

13 time grandslam champion & World No.2 Roger Federer stormed into his 19th consecutive grandslam semifinal with a crushing 6-3, 6-0, 6-0 victory over ATP No.6 Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina to set up a clash with old rival & Former World No.1 Andy Roddick of USA.Federer is chasing for his 14th Grandslam title & equal Pete Sampras's all time record, he was a winner of Australian Open in 2004, 2006, 2007.Federer who struggled to win the fourth round against Tomas Berdych after being two sets down, regained his top form in the quarterfinal winning 83 points to Del Potro’s 36 and fired 38 winners to just nine unforced errors.

ATP No.9 Andy Roddick advanced to the semifinal of Australian Open for the fourth time after the defending Champion Novak Djokovic retired due to heat exhaution, while Roddick was leading 6-7(3),6-4,6-2,2-1.Roddick who has worked hard on his fitness & diet with his new coach Larry Stefanki, has had good results from the beginning of 2009 ATP season.Nearly six years since his sole grandslam title at the US Open in 2003, Roddick still believes he has time on his side.Since then he has reached two Wimbledon Finals & one US Open Final but only to be beaten by Federer each time.

In 2009 Australian Open Semifinal, both the former World No.1s clash each other for the 18th time.Federer leads 15-2 but Roddick has won the last meeting at ATP Miami Masters in 2008.

Match Over.
Federer won 6-2, 7-5, 7-5.

Federer vs Del Potro Australian Open Quarterfinal Live

Federer vs Del Potro Australian Open Quarterfinal Live:

World No.2 & 13 time grandslam champion Roger Federer set up a clash with rising Argentine star ATP No.9 Juan Martin Del Potro in the quarterfinal of Australian Open 2009.Federer narrowly escaped defeat against ATP No.21 Tomas Berdych, making a comeback victory after being 2 sets down in 3 hrs & 28 min.Del Potro stormed into his second career quarter-final, he also made it to the quarter-final of US Open 2008(lt.to Murray), after a 4 set win over Croatian Marin Cilic.

The pair's last meeting was at the quarter-finals of ATP Madrid Masters which Federer won 6-3,6-3.Head to Head they have met 3 times with Federer leading 3-0.

Match Over
Federer won 6-3, 6-0, 6-0.

Djokovic vs Roddick Australian Open Quarterfinal Live

Djokovic vs Roddick Australian Open Quarterfinal Live:

World No.3 & Defending Australian Open Novak Djokovic moved into the quarter-final with a tough 6-1,7-6(1),6-7(7),6-2 win over 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis, to set up a mouth watering clash with 3 time semifinalist Andy Roddick who eased into the quarter-final with an easy straight sets win over Tommy Robredo, he has lost only one set enroute to the quarter-final.

They both last met in the US Open 2008 quarterfinal which Djokovic won in 4 sets.Roddick being two sets down won the third set 6-3 & was serving for the 4th set at 5-4 but Djokovic broke back immediately and forced into a tiebreak which he won 7-5.They have met each other 3 times with Djokovic winning two of them.

Match Over.
Roddick won 6-7(3),6-4,6-2,2-1 after Djokovic retired.

Federer vs Berdych Australian Open Fourth Round Live

Federer vs Berdych Australian Open Fourth Round Live:

Three time Australian Open Champion Roger Federer plays ATP No.21 Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic in the fourth round of Australian Open 2009 after a straight sets win over Former World No.1 Marat Safin.Berdych, a winner 4 ATP titles reached the fourth of Australian Open with a over ATP No.13 Stanislas Wawrinka in 4 sets.He also reached 4th round of Australian Open last year, losing to Federer in straight sets,their last meeting was at fourth round of Beijing Olympics which Federer won 6-3, 7-6(4).

They have played against each other 8 times with Federer winning 7 of them,Berdych only win was in 2004 Athens Olympics in R32.Federer leads 7-1 all time & 2-1 on hard courts.

Match Over.
Federer won 4-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

Federer vs Safin Australian Open Third Round Live

Federer vs Safin Australian Open Third Round Live:

3 time Australian Open Roger Federer & 2005 Australian Open Champion Marat Safin clash in third round of Australian Open 2009.Federer who is chasing for his 14th grandslam title and equal Pete Sampras's all time record beat Korolev of Russia 6-2,6-3,6-1 in the second round to set up a clash with the Former World No.1 Safin.

Safin's last win against Federer was in the 2005 Australian Open semifinal in a thrilling five setter 5-7 6-4 5-7 7-6(6) 9-7, he eventually went on to win the championship beating Hewitt in 4 sets in the final.But since that victory at the Rod Laver Arena, Safin has never won a single title.However he reached the semifinals of Wimbledon 2008 thereby losing to Federer in tight 3 sets.This was their last meeting.Safin was out for most of the season(i.e after Wimbledon 2008) due to injuries & is not in real form coming into AO 2009.

Federer has beat Safin in 2004 AO final in 3 sets & also holds a 9-2 winning record against him.

Match Over.
Federer won in straight sets

Murray vs Granollers Australian Open Second Round Live

Murray vs Granollers Australian Open Second Round Live:

World No.4 Andy Murray faces No.50 ranked Marcel Granollers of Spain in the second round of Australian Open 2009.Murray eased into the second round after his opponent retired, while Murray was leading 6-2,3-1.Murray who made his maiden grandslam final at the US Open last year(lost to Federer), has been in very good form since then, winning ATP Madrid Masters, ATP St.Petersburg last year including an Exbition Tournament at Dubai & ATP Doha this year beating Federer in SF & Nadal in the final and is definitely a joint favourtie coming to Australian Open 2009.

Match Over.
Murray Won.

Federer vs Korolev Australian Open Second Round Live

Federer vs Korolev Australian Open Second Round Live:

After 6-1, 7-6(4), 7-5 win over No.35 ranked Andreas Seppi, Federer meets Evgeny Korolev of Russia in the second round of the Australian Open 2009.Korolev had an easy outing defeating World No.1 Carlos Moya in straight sets in the first round.This the pairs first meeting.

Match Over.
Federer won.

Federer vs Seppi Australian Open First Round Live

Federer vs Seppi Australian Open First Round Live:

World No.2 Roger Federer begins his title campaign against World No.35 Andreas Seppi of Italy.Federer is chasing for his 4th Australian Open title & equal Pete Sampras' all time record of 14 grandslam titles.They have met each other 3 times with Federer winning all the three, their recent encounter being at 2009 ATP Doha in R16 which he won 6-3,6-3.

Match Over.
Federer won.

Australian Open 2009 Preview

After an year of twists & turns last season,where people witnessed Rafael Nadal snatching the Wimbledon Crown from Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic capturing his maiden grandslam at AO & Federer fighting back after being diagnosed with mononucleosis by winning his 13th Grandslam & 5th consecutive US Open title defeating Andy Murray in his maiden grandslam final---The 2009 Australian Open begins in Melbourne,Australia from Jan 19-Feb 1.

World No.1 Rafael Nadal who became the first left-hander to finish No. 1 since John McEnroe in 1984 leads the draw followed by Roger Federer,Djokovic & Andy Murray of Britain.Nadal who won his 4th consecutive Roland Gaross & his maiden Wimbledon title, an Olympic gold medal last season stands favourite, but only second to No.1 favourite Novak Djokovic, as he isn't so dominant on hard courts as he had made only semifinal appearance at Australian Open(2008) in 4 tries & US Open(2008) in 6 tries, & has only won 7 hard court titles in his career so far.

Though World No.2 Roger Federer bounced back from a bout of mononucleosis by winning US Open, he hadn't performed up to his level since then, he lost in the semifinals of ATP Madrid Masters to Murray, in the RR of Tennis Masters Cup to Simon & Murray where he was 4 time champ,in ATP Doha again to Murray in the semifinals & therefore the 13 time grandslam champion stands 3rd favourite behind Nadal.If Roger Federer wins AO he will equal the all time record of Pete Sampras's 14 grandslam titles.

World No.3 Novak Djokovic the defending champion stands the favourite, he made to semifinals of French Open,US Open last year & has also won 3 titles - 2 Masters Series & the most prestigious year ending circuit finale Tennis Masters Cup and is just 10 points shy of displacing Federer from the No.2 spot.

Behind the Big Three, is World No.4 Andy Murray of Britain who stormed in to his first grandslam final at the US Open 2008 defeating Nadal in the semifinals in 4 sets.He also won 2 ATP Masters series, an exhibition event this year defeating Federer & Nadal in SFs, Final resp. & again won at ATP Doha defeating Andy Roddick.His recent success on hard courts poses a real threat to the top three & is definitely a joint favourite.

This year's Australian Open also includes a few young players, last year's AO runner up Jo-Wilfired Tsonga who surprisingly defeated Nadal in straight sets in the SFs also won the ATP Paris Masters defeating Nalbandian & ATP Bangkok defeating Djokovic, Gilles Simon, Juan Martin Del Potro, who made to the top 10 last year are capable of creating a few upsets.

Live telecast & previews of all the matches of Australian Open 2009 will follow.
Have a look at AO 09 draw .

Federer vs Wawrinka Kooyong Final Live

AAMI Classic Kooyong Final Live:

World No.2 Roger Federer & his Olympic doubles compatriot Wawrinka will clash in the AAMI classic final at Kooyong,Australia.World No.16 Stanislas Wawrinka fought his way into the finals by defeating Fernando Gonzalez in tight 3 sets 7-6(7-3),6-7(1-7),6-4.

He meets Federer for the third time in his career with Federer leading 2-0.By the way, the also have chance to meet in the Australain Open Round of 16 if they win their the first 3 matches.

Match Over.
Federer won

Federer vs Verdasco Kooyong Classic Live

Kooyong Classic Live:

World No.2 & 3 time Australian Open Champion Roger Federer began his warm for Australian Open with a 6-2,6-3 win over Carlos Moya at the Kooyong Classic,Australia.Federer took less than an hour to beat the former World No.1 in eight man invitational event.

Federer who started the season with an exhibition tournament at Abu Dhabi & an ATP event at Dubai, where lost in the semifinal against Murray, will be chasing for his 14th grandslam title & equal Pete Sampras's record at the Australian Open which starts on Jan 19.

He next plays Fernando Verdasco of Spain who defeated Marin Cilic 6-2,7-5.The field is also includes Marcos Baghdatis, Marin Cilic, Stanislas Wawrinka,Fernando Gonzalez, Fernando Verdasco.

Match Over.
Federer Won in 3 sets.