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Could it be possible, is it feasible? No – not whether Maria Sharapova could snap that fast-becoming-Berdych-esque losing streak against Serena Williams, but could she get that to that 22nd Slam title to put her level with Steffi Graf?
Serena Williams plays thru a cold and other issues to hoist the winners trophy again! Sharapova was a very gracious runner up.
It should have been an epic. It really should have been. This Global Chick has said it before – sometimes you see the best fights in the semi-finals. The Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka show was not. It was, instead, a moody exchange of nerves jangling, racquets flinging, and more by luck than anything else...
Click here to see some great EPA photos from the 2015 Australian Open in Melbourne.
The singles semifinals, of course, stole all the headlines (well, except this one!) on Thursday at the Australian Open. That was always going to be the case with a lineup featuring Serena Williams vs. Madison Keys, Andy Murray vs. Tomas Berdych, and Maria Sharapova also in action.
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What makes a star in the making shine? Is it the marketability? The constant hype around “the next best thing” or is it just the opposite and a quiet determination to do the right things and get the job done that marks out Madison Keys as the one to watch this year.
This Global chick won’t lie, we really thought it was time for the Martina Navratilova-powered Agnieszka Radwanska to shine. Her time to make another assault on a Slam final had been and gone, and come back again.
Click here to see the ladies' singles & doubles results from the Australian Open.
What happened? Well ok maybe we’re being a teeny bit sensationalist, of course by now we know what happened. The rock solid favourite for the title exited stage left from the first Slam of the year.
Well thank heavens for that chink in the clouds, a return to the norm … we don’t mind admitting we were properly exhausted after all the drama of Day Three at the Australian Open, and Day Four was a little happier. OK well maybe not for eighth seed Caroline Wozniacki.
Click here for the ladies tennis results from the 2015 Australian Open.
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It is always a tricky obstacle course – for those of us who toil over the draw brackets and write the previews working out who meets which seed where, there is always that small moment of doubt – who will fall by the wayside, and thus ruin our painstaking planning!
Click here to see the latest women's update from the 2015 Australian Open.
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