Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Blockbuster Semifinals at the Aussie Open!

Defending champion Novak Djokovic seemed a little out of sorts today, but held it together to defeat David Ferrer of Spain -- 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-1 -- to set up a dream semifinal lineup at the Australian Open. He'll now play against No. 4 Andy Murray, who won his quarterfinal match earlier Wednesday -- 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 over Kei Nishikori of Japan -- while Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will do battle in the other half of the draw.

The women's draw is equally "dreamy" -- assuming more than two of the players don't lie down and lose 6-1, 6-1 -- with Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova (2) taking on Maria Sharapova (4) and Victoria Azarenka (3) versus defending champion Kim Clijsters (11).


Who do we like?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Aaaargh, stop trying to encourage the myth that Djokovic has an ass, because he doesn't, most of his pics to show he does are with him bending over, anyone can look like that.

On the semifinals, heart goes for Nadal and Djokovic, head says it's Federer and Djokovic.

For the women, heart goes for Kvitova and Clijsters, head says it might be Sharapova and Clijsters.

Larry said...

I'd imagine it will be Novak and Roger in the finals, and I actually think Roger is going to win this title, because he seems the strongest going into the semis. That being said, I'd love to see Rafa pull himself together, but don't expect that to happen.

On the women's side, I think it will be Kvitova and Clijsters in the finals. No clue who'd win that one...

Anonymous said...

Sometimes I wonder if there is a gay gay directing things in the ESPN production truck. Last night there were some great close-up shots of Djoker's stems. As a leg man, I appreciate the special attention given to that fine specimen.