Winner Australian Open 2008 |
Novak Djokovic (Serbia) |
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| Novak Djokovic from Serbia, the 3rd ranked player in the world has toppled sentimental favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in 4 sets to win his first Grand Slam final at the Australian Open at the age of 20. |
Winner Australian Open 2008 |
Maria Sharapova (Russia) |
Women's Singles |
| Maria Sharapova has claimed her third Grand Slam singles title with victory over Ana Ivanovic in the Australian Open 2008 women's singles final at Melbourne Park on Saturday. |
Australian Open Winner 2007: Roger Federer
Roger Federer wins the 2007 Australian Open 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-4 against Fernando Gonzalez. This years Australian Open would bring Roger Federer onto the centre court against the 10th seed Chilean Fernando Gonzalez. In their previous encounters, Federer has a 9-0 match statistic against Gonzalez, however the critics expected this match up to be very different given Fernando Gonzalez’s form coming into the Australian Open 2007 grand slam final.
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2006 Australian Open Tennis Betting Preview - Australian Open Mens 2006
Roger Federer returned from injury in November with a five set loss in the 2005 Shanghai Masters Cup to Argentine David Nalbandian. |
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Playing for the first time in six weeks, Federer wilted through lack of match practice after holding a 2-0 lead.
The usual suspects will once again be the men to beat at the first Grand Slam event of the year. Federer, American young gun
Andy Roddick, Hewitt, the ageless Andre Agassi, with big serving Croat Ivan Ljubicic and the Argentine albandian who has stepped
up his game in the last six months to break into the World Top 10 at number 6 rounding off the wild cards.
2006 Winners
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Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a professional tennis player who in 2004 became the 23rd World No. 1 in tennis.
He is currently the No. 1 player in the world and is working on the second-longest consecutive
stay in the Men's World No. 1 ranking. |
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Amelie Mauresmo
She was the 14th World No. 1 in women's tennis. She is well-known for her powerful one-handed
backhand. The Wimbledon victory handed Mauresmo her second Grand Slam singles title and
first overall on grass.
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