2012 Australian Open - Women

[BB73]

Who wins the first Grand Slam from Down Under?

Draw of seeded players:

01 Caroline Wozniacki
31 Monica Niculescu

24 Lucie Safarova
13 Jelena Jankovic

11 Kim Clijsters
20 Daniela Hantuchova

26 Anabel Garrigues
05 Li Na

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03 Victoria Azarenka
32 Petra Cetkovska

19 Flavia Pennetta
16 Shuai Peng

10 Francesca Schiavone
22 Julia Goerges

28 Yanina Wickmayer
08 Agnieszka Radwanska

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07 Vera Zvonareva
25 Kaia Kanepi

17 Dominika Cibulkova
12 Serena Williams

14 Sabine Lisicki
18 Svetlana Kuznetsova

30 Angelique Kerber
04 Maria Sharapova

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06 Samantha Stosur
29 Nadia Petrova

23 Roberta Vinci
09 Marion Bartoli

15 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
21 Ana Ivanovic

27 Maria Kirilenko
02 Petra Kvitova

 

[Bucknut24]

anyone stay up and watch the Clijsters/ Li Na or Na Li whatever the fuck it is match?

pretty awesome match from Kim who rolled her ankle at 3-3 in the first set, took an injury timeout but kept playing. She lost the 1st and was down 4-2 i believe in the 2nd, she came back, got it to a tiebreak, and was down 6-2 in the tiebreaker, won 6 straight breaks to win the 2nd, and ended up winning the 3rd 6-4. You could tell throughout the whole match she wasn't as quick and couldn't run down as many balls as she normally does.

Women's tennis will take another big hit when she retires at the end of the year. She's one of the few left that plays like all the 90s women.

 

[Bucknut24]

bye bye Serena, she played turrible

 

[CHU]

bye bye Serena, she played turrible

Don't know if her mind is 100 percent into tennis right now due to injuries and off-court (although Martina argues her mind never was).

Can't believe the Tsonga lost the 2nd and 3rd. I was flipping thru channels, flipped back and he was down 2-1 (now 2-2).

 

[LitlBuck]

starBUCKS must have bet with his eyes but she still has to win the tournament.

 

[starBUCKS]

starBUCKS must have bet with his eyes but she still has to win the tournament.

And you know this maaannn!

 

[Bucknut24]

2 of the loudest grunters in the game playing in the final, gotta break out the ear plugs

 

[BB73]

Azarenka was down early 0-2, love-30. She then steamrolled to a 6-3, 6-0 win, and is now the new #1.