Australian Open Update

Andy Murray kind of lives up to the great expectation, but the true test is going to be on the final.  Can he beat the seemingly rejuvenated Roger Federer (assuming R Fed is going to beat the talented but sometimes erratic Tsonga)?  I saw Federer play and he moves extremely well.  I mean what else is new?  I haven't seen Murray play in this Open so I don't know.

On the men's side, it's a pity to see Nadal retire during the match.  I am afraid this may be it for him.  It could be the end of the road for him.  The guy is renowned for his quickness and now with his perennial troubling knees I don't think if he would ever play the level he ever played a year ago.  It's just bad.  Andy Roddick and Fernando Gonzalez both can hit big and do hit big all the time.  But it just goes to show hitting big is just not enough.  When they play you really feel like, man, they really work to earn their money.  The grunts, the poundings are just unbearable to watch, sometimes.

On the women side, it's always good to see a comeback.  In this Open, the come back kid or woman is Justin Henin.  The woman just retired, prematurely.  And now she is back with a vengeance or whatever.  She seems to have a even better forehand now.  The woman can explode massive power from her 5 foot 6 frame both from her forehand and backhand.  Super diva, on and off court, Serena Williams needs no introduction.  If she is not too busy threatening a line judge by shoving down a tennis ball down her throat, she can actually play impressive tennis.  Did she ever regret that ugly episode in her career, in tennis?  Probably not at all.  Less than a year from her "passionate" outburst on the court, she was ranting and complaining about the amount of fine $82,000 or $92,000 or $175,000 being excessive.  I mean, c'mon.  She should have been suspended but I guess the tennis world needs her, her level of play to draw in the crowd, the TV ratings, and that's the reality.