30 Jan 07Federer wins Australian Open
Roger Federer claimed his 10th Grand Slam title with a straight sets win over Fernando Gonzalez in Sunday's 2007 Australian Open final.
Federer beat Gonzalez 7-6, 6-4, 6-4 to become the first player since Bjorn Borg to win a Grand Slam title without dropping a set. Borg achieved the feat 27 years ago in claiming the French Open Crown.
Federer improved to 10-0 against Gonzales who had two set points in the opening set before being swept aside by the World Number 1.
The Fed Express is already a $1.55 favourite with IASbet.com in Outright 2007 Wimbledon Betting.
Gonzales the No. 10 seed at the Australian Open is a $29.00 chance behind reigning French Open champion Rafael Nadal $8.00 and Andy Roddick $9.00 who was obliterated by Federer in their semi final clash.
Federer’s Switzerland is a $21.00 chance in 2007 Davis Cup betting behind defending champions Argentina $3.25 and Russia $5.50
The USA $7.00 and Chile $7.00 share the third line of betting ahead of Spain $9.00 and Croatia $9.00 who round out the teams under double figures.
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30 Jan 07Williams wins Aussie Open
Serena Williams completed a remarkable comeback to Tennis with a comprehensive victory over Maria Sharapova in the Women’s Final at the Australian Open
A former two-time winner of the Australian Open, Williams claimed her eighth Grand Slam title with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over a stunned Sharapova.
Williams became only the second unseeded Australian Open champion and first since Chris O’Neil won the title in 1978.
Ironically, yesterday saw Williams claim her first WTA Tour title since winning her second Australian Open title at the 2005 tournament.
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27 Jan 07Australian Open - Womens Final Betting
Head to Head Tennis betting on the Australian Open Women’s final has Maria Sharapova a $1.39 favourite with IASbet against Serena Williams $2.95.
The Russian glamour girl has been the favourite in betting to claim her first Australian Open Womens title since the tournament got underway at Flinders Park.
While Sharapova came into the event as one of the leading chances, Williams came in ranked 81st in the world with little expectation of success.
The Russian world No.2 and reigning US Open champion has an undefeated record from her two appearances in Grand Slam finals at Flushing Meadows and Wimbledon where she defeated Williams in the 2004 final.
Sharapova will regain the world No.1 spot on the WTA Tour Singles Rankings on Monday.
Williams, a two-time former winner at Melbourne Park is playing in her 10th Grand Slam final. She boasts a 7-2 record all-time. The pair has met four times previously with both players winning twice.
Williams won their last encounter, ironically it was at the Australian Open two years ago when Sharapova served for the match in both the second and third sets before falling 2-6, 7-5, 8-6.
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26 Jan 07Federer Masterclass
World Number 1 Roger Federer demolished American Andy Roddick in straight sets 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 to reach the final of the Australian Open in Melbourne.
Federer was at his awesome best after falling behind 4-3 in the opening set. He then went on to win 15 of the next 17 games to book his second straight final appearance at on Rod Laver Arena.
Federer told Jim Courier afterwards, "I was really worried going into this match, he had been playing so well. I played incredibly well,"
"I had one of those days where everything worked. It's just unreal, I'm shocked myself, I don't know what to say."
It was the ninth consecutive win over the sixth seeded Roddick with Federer now poised to claim his 10t Grand Slam title in Sunday’s final against either 10th seeded Fernando Gonzalez of Chile or the No. 12 seed Tommy Haas from Germany.
Federer won all seven break points against Roddick on the way to extending his win streak to 35 matches, his last loss in August 2006.
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26 Jan 07Williams and Sharapova to meet in Final
Serena Willams and Maria Sharapova will meet in the final of the Australian Open after both posted straight set semi final victories.
Williams ousted Czech 17 year old Nicole Vaidisova7-6 (7-5), 6-4 while Sharapova ended the dreams of Belgium Kim Clijsters 6-4, 6-2 at Melbourne Park.
The meeting between Williams and Sharapova is the first in a Grand Slam final since Sharapova stunned Williams in the 2004 Wimbledon Final.
Sharapova said of her pending clash against Williams, “I'm going to be playing against a player that didn't really expect too much coming into this tournament. She's playing some really good tennis. I think she has nothing to lose going into the match. Those are always dangerous opponents.”
Williams came into the Australian opened ranked 81st on the World WTA rankings, she will attempt to become only the second unseeded player to win the Ladies singles title.
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04 Dec 06Argentina Draw Level
Argentine Number 1 David Nalbandian threw his country a lifeline in the Davis Cup Final when he defeated Nikolay Davydenko in four sets 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 to level the tie.
In the first of today’s reverse singles to decide the Davis Cup final winner, Nalbandian ensured the fifth rubber would be a live one at Moscow's Olympic arena.
Marat Safin will play Jose Acasuso, who replaced Juan Ignacio Chela in the Argentine line-up. Chela lost on the opening day in four sets to the world number three Davydenko.
Nalbandian demolished Safin in straight sets on Friday and was continued his rich vein of form breaking Davydenko twice in the opening set. He repeated the dose in the second to take a stranglehold on the match.
Davydenko hit back in the third when Nalbandian was broken in the ninth game.
Cheered on by Argentine World Cup-winning captain Diego Maradona, Nalbandian reasserted his dominance in the fourth breaking in the 10th game.
"I played very well today, both tactically and mentally," said Nalbandian.
"Maybe in the third set I didn't play as good as in the first two and also he started to play a little better too,"
"But I felt like I was always in control of the match and I lost the third set only by mistakes."
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30 Nov 06Russia Favourite for Davis Cup
HOST Russia rolls out the carpet indoors for Argentina on Friday as host of the World Group Final of the Davis Cup.
Russia, captained by Shamil Tarpischev, is $1.33 favourite at IASbet to win the prestigious men’s team event for the second time. Russia’s maiden win came in 2002 and last year the Russians lost in the semi-final to eventual champion Croatia.
Both countries have named unchanged line-ups from their semi-final successes, when Russia defeated arch-rivals USA 3-2 and Argentina produced a hostile arena when outclassing 28-time champion Australia in a 5-0 whitewash.
In the red corner for Russia is Nikolay Davydenko, Dmitry Tursunov, Mikhail Youzhny and Marat Safin, while in the blue corner for Argentina is David Nalbandian, Jose Acasuso, Agustin Calleri and Juan Ignacio Chela.
Argentina is the $3.25 outsider on IASbet as the country seeks its first Davis Cup triumph.
The South American country had reached the semi-finals in three of the past four years before taking the next step in 2006.
It equals Argentina’s previous best performance of 1981, when led by Guillermo Vilas, the dogged Argentineans pushed the mighty McEnroe-led USA all the way.
The two countries have met three times in Davis Cup history, with the ledger 2-1 in favor of Russia.
In the 1985 World Cup relegation play-off first round in Argentina on clay and the 2002 World Group semi-final in Russia on carpet, Russia defeated Argentina 3-2.
However, in the 2003 World Group quarter-final in Argentina on clay, the host demolished Russia 5-0.
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