People are starting to care a lot more about the Australian Open matches being played now. There will be some guaranteed disappointments today as Lleyton Hewitt plays Roger Federer and Sam Stosur plays Serena Williams - no matter which way the matches go, there'll be few dry eyes! We have a look over the action for today and highlights of yesterday.
Where the Ball will Fall: Match Win Predictions
Day 7
Serena Williams(USA)[1] vs. Samantha Stosur(AUS)[13]: Tennis pundits are actually predicting that Sam Stosur will win in three sets, but betting odds are 1.15 to 5.60.
Roger Federer(SUI)[1] vs. Lleyton Hewitt(AUS)[22]: Federer is predicted to win in five sets ... Lleyton should put up a good fight though, according to commentators. Betting odds are 1.10 to 7.25 in favour of Federer.
Court Out: Random Aus Open News
Day 7
British players Laura Robson and Heather Watson have devised a coded language, backslang, to counter the fact that foreign born players can understand what they are saying in English, but few English-speaking players can understand the Russian, Serbian and Swiss spoken in the dressing rooms.
Quotes of the Day
Heng Jie talks about the absence of Chinese men on the tour: Maybe men need more hard working. I don't know. (Laughter.) I hope have the men because we can play the mixed doubles"
Samantha Stosur gives us some insight into what it is like to find yourself rising to be a star so rapidly: "You drive to the courts and you see your face at tram stops, it's a little bit different to what I've ever seen before going to Melbourne Park,", she says. "Now, I'm not the underdog most matches that I go out there and play. I'm not in that position anymore. I'm the player that I've always played against", she followed up.
Twitter Sez…
--- mueeeler just voted "Roger Federer" on "Who will be the champion of the Australian Open 2010" vote too ➔ http://bit.ly/576fQx
--- narellekeating OMG OMG OMG 2hours til I'm going to the Australian Open :D :D :D :D
--- heuristical Clearly all the men at Australian Open tennis are mere sissies. Average of 10 of top 11 seeds just 6'2" & 186.4 lbs? Yes my own calculations
--- kdchatonline Australian Open Tennis would like to see Hewitt beat Federer... Cmon Leyton and GL! -D