Australian Open: WTA Backspin in Disguise

Hey Y'all. Galileo here.

Welcome to a very poor imitation of Backspin. There are no fancy lists or impressive stats. There is no big post for the women's final, but hey. Oh, also, everyone I hope you enjoy the Super Bowl. LETS GO PATS!



Let's open with this:



And I love the comment, though Serena could match her record this year. I mean who is gonna stop her? Right now, I have Halep, Azarenka on clay and Venus on the grass. And that's Serena having a bad day and those players having a career day. At slam level who can take her on? Stosur, Kuznetsova, Henin, Clijsters, Davenport, Capriati, Mauresmo and Li Na are all gone in one way or another. Sharapova can't handle her. Perhaps the young guard can stop her -- Muguruza certainly can. Perhaps Bouchard can hit her off the court. We've seen Kerber and Lisicki handle her.
Sharapova played a good match, breaking her serve once and hitting more winners than errors. But Serena blasted eighteen aces and won three of Maria's service games. Serena may have vomited, but that still didn't stop her claiming number 19 in just under two hours. So, well played Maria, but you never really had a chance.

To be honest, if you want the final done properly there is no point reading about it here. Basically my neighbor [I'm renting, he owns both properties] is hosting a fabulous party. Why would I throw a party, too? Besides which I can have a kind of break from hosting parties. Why not head over there. I'll join you, I just have to finish writing about the boys doubles. No, really. But hey, save me some pizza. I want in on that. There's a gate that goes next door. In fact here it is: http://wtabackspin.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/33-is-new-19.html

Well, anyway, we have only the mixed and the men's final to go tomorrow. But today Polmans and Delaney, who beat the top seeds in the first round, finally triumphed in the final. The Austalians beat the eighth seeds Hurkacz and Molcan 0-6, 6-2, [10-8] in a gripping final. Roman Safiullin was the top seed in the boys singles and he won through 7-5, 7-6 [2] against the Korean seventh seed Seong-Chan Hong. For the boys singles, the event went relatively to plan with six seeds in the quarterfinals.

In the men's wheelchair quad tennis, stalwart David Wagner has been replaced by Dylan Alcott. The young Australian has won gold for men's basketball in the Paralympics. He also knows a grand slam winner fairly well. See if you can spot her in this introductory video:



That was Dylan Alcott. He didn't lose a set. In the doubles [which is just one match] he and partner Sithole lost to Wagner/Lapthorne 6-0, 3-6, 6-2.

And, finally, back to the more mainstream. In the men's doubles, Fognini/Bolelli broke thrice to win the men's doubles over Mahut/Herbert. Perhaps when he has a partner he is more calm. With 29 errors and just 14 errors, the Italians were far too consistent in the 6-4, 6-4 triumph. Yet they were imaginative and they event went with the 'I' formation on set point in the first set on a second serve. It worked.



So after fairly similar 41-minute 6-4 sets, we have our doubles champions. And I will see you soonish for the wrap, but remember tomorrow is Super Bowl day so it could easily turn into Monday or Tuesday...

=Suicide Pick=
Round 1: Venus Williams [D. Torro Flor]; Jerzy Janowicz [d. Moriya]
Round 2: Ka Plíšková [D. Dodin]; Lleyton Hewitt [d. Becker]
Round 3: Agnieszka Radwanska [D. Lepchenko]
Round 4: Eugenie Bouchard [D. Begu]
QF: Simona Halep [D. Makaraova]
Mixed Round 1: Hingis/Paes [D Jovanovic/Thompson]
Mixed Round 2: Dellacqua/Peers [D.Klepac/Guccione]
Mixed QF: Mirza/Soares [D. Dellacqua/Peers]
Mixed SF: Hsieh/Cuevas [D. Hingis/Paes]
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Thanks, Galileo.

We're almost done now. We've almost finished one more slam.

Casey Dellacqua has fallen to 35 sadly.

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