I'm cryin in my cheetos...Oh well that will only make her work harder next time. Clijsters is my choice for winner of this tourney...
It was a fun match to watch. I started watching when Hingis was down 2 games in the second set and then she won six sets in a row. Hingis did an incredible job against the #2 player in the world after a 3 year hiatus.
I like Sharapova...
their clothing designs suck, they're ugly, are they even that successful at tennis?
Damn that sucks for Clijsters, she won the first set 7-5 lost the 2nd 2-6 and then in the 3rd set it was 2-2 and Mauresmo had the ad since it was just deuce and Clijsters rolled her ankle pretty good. She got it taped and tried to go out there and try to finish off the set but she couldn't. So Mauresmo won the match to go into the Finals by default.
Holy . Marcos Baghdatis is in the Finals.
He defeated 4 David Nalbandian of Argentina 3-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
I hate Mauresmo, she looks like a man too.
Baghdatis is having a lucky streak I think(like Nadal did).
as tlong would say....i'd hit it
I expect Federer to win tomorrow so it should be.
Federer vs Baghdatis in the Finals.
Yup, Federer won pretty easily.
So Federer vs Baghdatis in the Finals on Sunday. Should be an interesting match.
hingis mixed doubles finals~! go whack em!
I just want Baghdatis to beat Federer.. because he's just so damn good!
But if Federer wins, it's well deserved
And I want Hardenne to win the woman's... I don't like Mauresmo
Mauresmo chopping up Hardenne.
This match is a far cry from Hantuchova vs Sharapova
Hardenne looks like Tayshaun Prince.
Damn, I called this right.
Mauresmo wins Australian Open for first major le
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Amelie Mauresmo bought a special bottle of wine a few years ago in anticipation of her first Grand Slam le.
She finally can pop it open after winning the Australian Open on Saturday when Justine Henin-Hardenne retired because of stomach pain.
In an anticlimactic finish that stunned the packed Rod Laver Arena crowd, Henin-Hardenne quit in the second set because of the stomach pain caused by anti-inflammatory medicine that she took for her sore right shoulder. Mauresmo led 6-1, 2-0 when Henin-Hardenne walked to the net and told the umpire she couldn't continue.
"Everything really came together here," Mauresmo said. "I was focusing on really what I had to do and taking control of the points the way I did for the whole match and really not paying really much of an attention to how she felt."
The 26-year-old French star also benefited when semifinal opponent Kim Clijsters tore a ligament in her ankle in the third set Thursday, and Michaela Krajicek wilted in their third-round match with heat exhaustion.
Mauresmo also suffered through her own ailments -- and occasional jitters -- while seeking her first major victory.
"Things turn around at some point," said Mauresmo, who played her first Grand Slam event in 1995 at age 15 and lost to Martina Hingis in the 1999 Australian final. "In France we say, 'The sadness of some makes the happiness of others."'
On the men's side, top-ranked Roger Federer, seeking his seventh Grand Slam le and third in a row, will face 54th-ranked Marcos Baghdatis on Sunday night. In the doubles final, Bob and Mike Bryan beat Leander Paes and Martin Damm 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Known for getting tight at crucial times, Mauresmo really had nothing to get nervous about this time. She won 19 of the first 24 points en route to a 5-0 lead.
Henin-Hardenne called the trainer after falling behind 2-0 in the second set and played only two more points.
"Last night, I was feeling so bad I thought I would have to go to see a doctor at 3 in the morning because I was such in pain," said Henin-Hardenne, who went into the match on a 13-match Melbourne Park winning streak.
"I knew at the beginning of the match I couldn't win it. You always want to try because you know it's a Grand Slam final. If I would have kept playing, maybe I would injure something else. I have no regrets."
Mauresmo had the second-longest wait for her first major le in the Open era, 32 Grand Slam events. Jana Novotna won Wimbledon in 1998, her 45th major.
"I worked so hard, came close many times," Mauresmo said. "Finally this is it. Finally!"
She said she doesn't get to drink much of her beloved wine but bought a 1937 bottle of Chateau d'Yquem sauterne three or four years ago, planning to open it when she finally broke through.
"It's there, it's at home in the dark lying there quietly," she said. "Now I have to open it."
Henin-Hardenne has four Grand Slam singles les, including the 2004 Australian Open crown that she couldn't defend last year due to injury. She burst into tears when she reached a courtside chair after quitting.
"I don't know what is harder, to lose even when you're playing well or when you have to retire like that," Henin-Hardenne said.
Despite a recent rash of injuries, she said she doesn't feel jinxed and hopes she'll be able to play again in a few days.
Storms outside produced the only thunder of the match. The stadium roof was closed, trapping several birds inside, and they chirped loudly throughout.
There were only nine combined winners in the nine games and 31 unforced errors, 20 by Henin-Hardenne. She repeatedly slumped her shoulders after missing shots that she normally would have been smacking for winners.
She won a 33-stroke point on Mauresmo's error in the second game of the second set, but lost the next two points to surrender the game.
"I was dead," Henin-Hardenne said.
Mauresmo spoke to her at the net and embraced her after she quit.
Mauresmo then sat and hung her head, seemingly stunned and overwhelmed. She finally got up and lifted her arms in triumph, choking back her own tears as French flags fluttered in the stands, still looking less than triumphant as Henin-Hardenne cried.
But as the victory started to sink in, Mauresmo's smile got wider and wider.
"There were tough moments," Mauresmo said. "A lot of people in the press were saying, `She's not going to get there."'
Now she has vindication.
"The joy is here," she said. "I'm probably the proudest woman for now."
Federer blows away Bagdatis after being down 7-5 0-2 with Baggy serving.
Amazing player.
Well won by Federer...
Can't wait for the next Grand Slam
Federer is just plain sick.
as tlong would say....i'd hit it
Ewwww Josh, come on now. You can do tons better than her. She even grunts like a man...you sure you wanna hear that kinda grunting during....umm...nevermind...
:vomit :vomit
I was just messin with you
Federer will end up being the best tennis player ever. He is ing bad ass. Won 82 games and only lost 4 or something like that in a year, that is amazing.
Nadal wasn't lucky last year. I actually predicted he would win the French Open before he did. He just fits that surface perfectly.
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