You would think that viewership would be falling as people's favourites get knocked out of the competition - but as the tournament wears on, people just get more excited :-). What's happening on day 4 of the Australian Open?
Where the Ball will Fall: Match Win Predictions
Day 4
Kristina Barrois(GER) vs. Samantha Stosur(AUS)[13]: Barrois' odds of winning over Stosur are set at 4.00 to 1.25
Janko Tipsarevic(SRB) VS (18)Tommy Haas(GER): Though Tipsarevic has won 4 of his last 5 matches, and Haas has lost 5 of his last 6 matches, the general feeling is that this is a close match up.
Today's Matches, Back in Time
Day 4
Lleyton Hewiit (AUS) vs Donald Young (US) : Young lost to Hewitt at Legg Mason in 2009, when Young was ranked #162 in the world and Hewitt ranked #1.Hewitt was not long recovered from hip surgery at the time. Hewitt
Court Out: Random Aus Open News
Day 3
After a match that ran past 2am, Bernard Tomic vented his disappointment with Aus Open organisers. At 17, he believes that he would have had the strength to defeat Marin Cilic in the last set, had they played during the day.
Andy Murray isn't afraid to admit when things go wrong for him: "Yeah, how terrible ... I mean, this is the highest level of the sport. That's gonna happen. But I played two matches and got broken twice, you know, once in each match. (I) served better today than I did the first day. I'm sure I'll serve better in the next round than I did today." Andy Murray, with an optimistic quote about his ‘volatile' serve
Poor Venus William's dress and choice of underwear is getting more attention than her tennis, with Huffington Post running a poll asking whether it was too revealing or just right.
Twitter Sez…
--- BaseballGuyCAA James Blake's official role: to give an overrated up-and-comer an annual run for their money early in the Australian Open before bowing out.
--- clnar Who do we want to win the Australian Open? I'm pulling for DelPo myself....
--- AUSLEISURE Brumby slams "unacceptable" hooliganism at Australian Open http://www.ausleisure.com.au/default.asp?PageID=1&ReleaseID=1878&Display=True
--- amethystjackson I think I'm going to move to Melbourne and stalk the Australian Open every year.
--- mobileliving Is Maria Sharapova Still the Golden Girl after the Australian Open? http://isayusay.net/perl/iCU.pl?id=befxacxgaaddlnb