Australian Open
Australian open is the first of four grand slams events of a calendar year in tennis. The tournament is held in the month of January every year. Tennis courts of Melbourne Park are the venue of the tournament. Large number of spectators comes to see the tournaments. Millions enjoy it on the television screens. In 2007 Australian open an attendance of 554,858. Every year more than 500,000 spectators from around the world go to Australia to see their favorite stars live in action. Australian open has been played on the hard court. Rebound Ace, a synthetic hardcourt had been used to upto 2007. For 2008 onwards the surface would be replaced by Plexicushion surface. In hard courts the maximum power of the ball is absorbed by the surface.
Some intense tennis competitions are seen in the Australia open tennis tournament. Who can forgot the Australian tennis open Lleyton Hewitt and Marat Safin match in the 2005 Australian open tournament where Russian Suffin beat the home boy to advance to the next round. Every year upsets are seen in Australian open results. Hope shatter, joys comes; the tournament is full of emotional moments.
The Australian tennis tournament was first played in the year 1905. At that time it was named as The Australasian Championships. The name changed in the year 1927 as the Australian Championships. In the year 1969 it was officially names as Australian Open. The Championships have been hosted by 5 major cities in Australia. The details of the venues of hosts of Australian open is as follows: Melbourne has hosted the tournament for the maximum 50 times, Sydney hosted the tournament on17 different occasions, Adelaide got the honor for 14 times, in Brisbane tournament was held 8 times, Perth hosted it 3 times, as well as in New Zealand hosted the tournament two times 2 times in 1906 Christchurch and 1912 Hastings.
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In Australian open both male and female participants take part. Maria sharapova Australian open record is really good. Serena Williams made a good return to the court after injury and won the crown. Serena Williams Australian open photos show that she is wearing stylish dresses like her previous appearances in the international tournaments. australian open final of men’s was played between Roger Federer and Fernando Gonzales. Federer once again proved his dominance in the court by beating his opponent in straight sets to clinch the title. The final score of the match was final score of 7-6, 6-4, and 6-4.
As a tennis fan you never want to miss the action of tennis tournaments especially the grand slam tournaments. Australian open tv broad cast brings you live action from the court. You can also watch the live coverage on internet. Only thing you require to do to catch the action is that you need to check your local listing for tournament broadcast. Recorded matches can also be seen if you have missed the live action. Australian open photos are another way to look at how the star performed in their matches. Australian open photos are also source of inspiration for the young players. Australian open tennis results are part of sports news on all news channels.
Some of the records of Australian open held by different players are; most gentlemen title record holder is Andre Aggasi who won it 4 times, Stephie Graph, Monica Sales, Margret Smith court and Evonne Goolagong-Cawley co-hold the record for most Australian open tennis titles. They won it four times. These are the records from 1968 onwards when the tournament was officially named as Australian open.
