TODAY’S WOMEN’S NEWS

Written by: on 29th January 2012
Tennis Australian Open 2012
TODAY'S WOMEN'S NEWS

Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States returns a shot in the first round women's singles match against Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland on the opening day of the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 16 January 2012. EPA/AHMAD YUSNI  |

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Australian Open

Mixed Doubles – Final: (8) Mattek-Sands/Tecau def. (5) Vesnina/Paes 6-3 5-7 10-3 (Match TB)

It must be an awful choice, trying to decide whether to team up with Elena Vesnina to play doubles at a Slam. On the one hand, few players are more likely to get you to a final. On the other, once you get there, you’re in big trouble.

Or maybe Vesnina and Leander Paes were blinded by Bethanie Mattek-Sands’s latest outfit, which featured among other things a bright green dress and purple in her hair.

In any case, this Open of Upsets ended with yet another, as Mattek-Sands and Horia Tecau each won a first Slam of any kind. For Mattek-Sands, the result puts her in our Mixed Top Ten:

1….Srebotnik……..2333

2….Vesnina……….2083

3….BlackC………..2050

4….HuberL………..1950

5….Benesova………1783

6….Mattek-Sands…..1683

7….Chan………….1550

8….Raymond……….1267

9….Dellacqua……..1150

10….Oudin…………1000

Tecau too is in, just barely:

1….Paes………….3450

2….Zimonjic………1900

3….Bhupathi………1617

4….Nestor………..1567

5….BryanB………..1483

6….Lipsky………..1300

7….Hanley………..1250

8….Melzer………..1150

8….Tecau…………1150

10….Knowles……….1083

Interesting that both losers rank well above the winners!

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