January 29, 2006

After spending many late nights watching the live coverage of the Australian Open, I completely missed the final.

I knew it was on saturday, but for some reason it didn't occur to me to check the schedule. I'm not sure what I thought, but I woke up saturday morning and one of my first thoughts were "I think I missed the game". And I did since it was on really early saturday morning. I tried to see if it would be repeated which it was, but I only caught the end of the game and the trophy ceremony. Mauresmo won.

Such an odd way to win a grad slam, isn't it? First Clijster injures her ankle and can't continue playing. Then Henin-Hardenne quits because of stomach issues probably related to the illness that kept her out of the game a while back. Even so, you can't take anything away from Mauresmo. She had been playing great all though out the tournament and was well on her way to win.

The men's final...I didn't even attempt to watch that. This time I knew when it was going to be on, but since it was at 4:30am my time, I chose sleep over tennis. :) Federer won as expected. He's like the new Sampras, expected to win everything and he pretty much does, so it sort of gets boring to watch...in my humble opinion.