Sharapova Sparks Men From Grand

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Nadal outdueled his great rival in five sets in the 2009 Aussie Open finale.

 

The second-seeded Nadal and No. 3 seed Federer are in the same half of the draw at a major for the first time since 2005. The two superstars have met in a men's record eight major finals, with Nadal going 6-2.

 

Federer, who hasn't won a Grand Slam event since titling here in Melbourne two years ago, has yet to drop a set at this latest Aussie fortnight and will appear in his ninth straight Aussie semi on Thursday.

 

The 22-year-old became the first Belarusian woman to reach a Grand Slam final since Natasha Zvereva did so at Roland Garros in 1988 when she was representing U.S.S.R.

 

If this was, in fact, the Belgian's final visit to the season's first major, she went down fighting. Azarenka broke Clijsters' second serve of the match, then fought off four break chances in the proceeding game.

 

Clijsters, the 11th seed, quickly evened the match before falling behind 4-1 in the third. She held serve and trailed 40-0 in the next game before breaking to get back on serve.

 

In the quarterfinals, Clijsters fought off four match points against last year's Aussie runner-up Li Na before pulling out the three-set victory.

 

Azarenka will face the winner of the Petra Kvitova-Maria Sharapova match. The champion will become the new World No. 1, supplanting Clijsters' quarterfinal victim, Caroline Wozniacki.

 

Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka will square off in the Australian Open final after they each survived tense three-set semifinal matches on Thursday. Azarenka, seeded third, ended Kim Clijsters' run at consecutive Australian Open titles by besting the four-time Grand Slam champion, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, at Rod Laver Arena.

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•    Happy Aussie Day to all my Boyz down under!!! XXXO

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•    Maria sharapova is just amazing.. hope to see her in person..she's an icon..=)

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•    Wah Final Australia Open tunggal putri Victoria Azarenka vs Maria Sharapova baru besok ya, mau nonton nih *-*

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•    Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible. (Russell)

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•    Well choreographed for most of the match, VinciRrani's teamwork breaks down in the last game & KuzNareva break to take the 2nd set, 6-4.

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•    Muchos conocedores (?) concluyen que Federer se bloquea contra Nadal, que el español le tiene comida la moral al Suizo...Como el Barca al RM

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•    We're out about to set this place on Fire without a match or lighter #tinieearlydoors

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•    Terminando de ver un Partidazo! Elena Dementieva vs Kim Clijsters Filderstadt 2005... Nostalgia

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•    Currently listening to aussie fight lol nosebleed ako ditey lol

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•    Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi! Hope everyone enjoyed Australia Day.

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