Post by Michael the coolperson on Jan 13, 2005 10:56:11 GMT 10
I've had a couple of very enjoyable days at the Sydney International tennis.
On Monday night, we saw an epic 3-set battle between Enili Denilodou and Conchita Martinez that went for well over 2 hours of superb tennis. In the end Denilodou won through 3-6 6-4 6-4. We also saw an upset in the mens' doubles with the highly-fancied American Bryan brothers going down in straight sets.
On Wednesday we saw a few big name Aussies in action. Lleyton Hewitt was far too good for Arnaud Clement while Alicia Molik cruised through the first set against Jelena Jankovic, and while she was broken in the first game of the second set she quickly broke back and went on to win easily. We also saw some power serving in a match between Wayne Arthurs and Thomas Johansson, in a match in which neither player broke the other's serve but Johansson won both tiebreaks to win the match 7-6 7-6. And it was d**n hot out there on Wednesday.
Anyway, I had the camera out there on Wednesday, and here's a few piccies I took.
Lleyton serves:
Clement serves as Lleyton prepares to receive:
A sit-down in the heat:
Wayne Arthurs returns serve, but it's out:
Thomas Johansson prepares to serve another big hit:
Johansson in action:
Time for a sit-down, and a change of ends:
Alicia Molik serves:
Coming back into position after winning a point at the net:
It's all over, and Molik acknowledges the crowd:
Thanks to KasHusbabe and haydoslangerbabe for coming along.
On Monday night, we saw an epic 3-set battle between Enili Denilodou and Conchita Martinez that went for well over 2 hours of superb tennis. In the end Denilodou won through 3-6 6-4 6-4. We also saw an upset in the mens' doubles with the highly-fancied American Bryan brothers going down in straight sets.
On Wednesday we saw a few big name Aussies in action. Lleyton Hewitt was far too good for Arnaud Clement while Alicia Molik cruised through the first set against Jelena Jankovic, and while she was broken in the first game of the second set she quickly broke back and went on to win easily. We also saw some power serving in a match between Wayne Arthurs and Thomas Johansson, in a match in which neither player broke the other's serve but Johansson won both tiebreaks to win the match 7-6 7-6. And it was d**n hot out there on Wednesday.
Anyway, I had the camera out there on Wednesday, and here's a few piccies I took.
Lleyton serves:
Clement serves as Lleyton prepares to receive:
A sit-down in the heat:
Wayne Arthurs returns serve, but it's out:
Thomas Johansson prepares to serve another big hit:
Johansson in action:
Time for a sit-down, and a change of ends:
Alicia Molik serves:
Coming back into position after winning a point at the net:
It's all over, and Molik acknowledges the crowd:
Thanks to KasHusbabe and haydoslangerbabe for coming along.
