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/ 30 January 2009
Southeastern Australia faced chaos on Friday, as a heatwave fanned fires that destroyed homes, claimed lives and strained services.
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/ 30 January 2009
Roger Federer says he can never be called tennis’s best despite a return to form by moving within one match of equalling the the Grand Slam record.
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/ 29 January 2009
Dinara Safina overpowered her fellow Russian, Vera Zvonareva, 6-3 7-6 on Thursday to join Serena Williams in the final of the Australian Open.
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/ 29 January 2009
Serena Williams eased to an emphatic 6-3 6-4 victory over Elena Dementieva to advance to a fourth Australian Open final on Thursday.
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/ 28 January 2009
Rafael Nadal booked an all-Spanish Australian Open semifinal against Fernando Verdasco on Wednesday.
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/ 28 January 2009
Serena Williams survived the onset of a heatwave to oust Svetlana Kuznetsova and join a trio of Muscovites in the Australian Open semifinals.
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/ 27 January 2009
Novak Djokovic’s hopes for a second straight Australian Open title ended under a broiling sun on Tuesday.
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/ 27 January 2009
Australia’s brutal January weather claimed another victim on Tuesday when Novak Djokovic quit midway through his clash against Andy Roddick.
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/ 26 January 2009
Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams stayed on track at the Australian Open on Monday but Andy Murray’s campaign came shuddering to a halt.
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/ 26 January 2009
Gilles Simon suffered a bittersweet experience on Monday, advancing to the Australian Open quarterfinals after Gaels Monfils was forced to retire.
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/ 26 January 2009
Elena Dementieva downplayed any suggestions she was the favourite for the Australian Open title after she romped into the quarterfinals on Monday.
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/ 25 January 2009
Top-ranked Jelena Jankovic went down in the fourth round and number three Dinara Safina was twice just a point away from following her.
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/ 24 January 2009
Last year’s finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga led a trio of flying Frenchman into the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday.
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/ 24 January 2009
Serena Williams charged into the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday with a 6-1 6-4 win over China’s Peng Shuai.
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/ 23 January 2009
Swiss second seed Roger Federer demolished old rival Marat Safin in fearsome style at the Australian Open on Friday.
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/ 23 January 2009
Violence boiled over at the Australian Open on Friday when Serbian and Bosnian fans fought after the match between Novak Djokovic and Amer Delic.
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/ 22 January 2009
Grand Slam champion Venus Williams was dumped from the Australian Open on Thursday but it was a different story for Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray.
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/ 22 January 2009
Rafael Nadal hammered out his intentions with a thunderous display on Thursday while Serena Williams made her way to the third round.
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/ 21 January 2009
World number one Jelena Jankovic and men’s defending champion Novak Djokovic showed glimpses of their best form at the Australian Open on Wednesday.
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/ 20 January 2009
Andy Murray and the Williams sisters took the easy route at the Australian Open on Tuesday, breezing into the second round in furnace-like conditions.
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/ 19 January 2009
Roger Federer made heavy weather of little-known Andreas Seppi at the Australian Open Monday before joining Jelena Jankovic in the second round.
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/ 19 January 2009
Australia’s notorious summer sun made an unwelcome appearance on the opening day of the two-week tournament.
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/ 18 January 2009
Rafael Nadal swiped his top ranking and his Wimbledon crown, but Roger Federer is still the man to beat when the Australian Open kicks off on Monday.
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/ 17 January 2009
Serena Williams might have won nine Grand Slams, but she warned on Saturday she plans to be around for years to come with her best tennis still ahead.
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/ 15 January 2009
This year Roger Federer comes to the Australian Open with a few questions to answer — the one is can he regain number-one ranking?
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/ 14 December 2008
Tim Clark stormed home with nine birdies to become only the third South African to win the 93rd Australian Open in a sudden-death playoff.