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Insects, Not Ankle, Bug Serena In Aussie Comeback
thestate.com 4 weeks agoIf anything, it was the insects buzzing around Rod Laver Arena that bugged Serena Williams the most. The injured left ankle held up fine in her opening match Tuesday at the Australian Open, and even the near-midnight start time was OK. But the bugs? "I hate bugs more than you can imagine," Williams said after reaching the second round by beating Tamira Paszek 6-3, 6-2. "Like, they kept jumping on me. Yuck!" The match started at 11:32 p.m., and Williams hit a service winner 79 minutes later to finish it off.
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Djokovic Rebounds From Early Break At Aussie Open
thestate.com 3 weeks, 5 days agoIt was early in Novak Djokovic's second-round match at the Australian Open and the world's top-ranked player was looking more like a journeyman. Playing against Santiago Giraldo, ranked 55 places behind him, Djokovic made four straight unforced errors in the fifth game to hand the Colombian the first service break of the match. But Djokovic quickly broke Giraldo to love in the next game and went on to win the next seven on his way to a 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 victory at Melbourne Park, playing much more like the man
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