Rafa Nadal has always seemed much older and wiser than he really is. He could out-run and out-think most men when he was still just a boy starting out on the professional circuit.
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus eyes the ball during her match against Switzerland's Stefanie Voegele at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne January 21, 2010.
Elena Dementieva said Belgian star Justine Henin had returned to tennis as good as ever after losing an epic second round Australian Open match to the former world No 1 on yesterday.
Andy Roddick admitted he was wrong in his clash with the chair umpire over his ruling on a match point after he marched into the third round at the Australian Open yesterday.
Back on the court where he won his only Grand Slam title, Novak Djokovic overcame an early struggle against a journeyman Swiss player before advancing to the third round of the Australian Open.
Chinese stars Li Na and Zheng Jie were left to shoulder Asian hopes at the Australian Open yesterday after veterans Tamarine Tanasugarn and Kimiko Date-Krumm were bundled out.
US Open champion Kim Clijsters survived a test from Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn to reach the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-3 6-3 victory on Wednesday.
Second-seeded Dinara Safina is through to the third round of the Australian Open.
Defending champion Rafa Nadal secured a place in the third round of the Australian Open by thrashing Slovakia's Lukas Lacko 6-2 6-2 6-2 on Wednesday.
China's elite women's tennis players rose steadily on the international stage in 2009, their first year outside the state-support system, thanks to the ground-breaking move initiated by the Chinese Tennis Association (CTA).
A lesson for Melbourne locals: the little balding bloke sitting in the corner having dinner may be Nikolay Davydenko. Or it may not be.
Roger Federer survived a scare against big-serving Igor Andreev in the first round of the Australian Open on Tuesday, coming back from a set down to beat the Russian 4-6 6-2 7-6 6-0.
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