Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 at 11:18 am , filed under Tennis News by Davis Robinson
This year’s opening Grand Slam is going to be a precious one for any Man and Women, because the winner will be lifting the 100th Australian Open Title.
Who’s going to lift the Crown of Grand Slam tennis tournament in Rod Laver Arena and Hisense Arena at Melbourne Park? Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Defending Champion Novak Djokovic?
Djokovic has finished an incredible year by grabbing the ATP Number One Rankings in Men’s and followed by ten tournaments out of which are three Grand Slams in 2011 Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open. On the other end Federer’s year-end win in London sees him eyeing off a fifth Australian Open title. And Rafael had a struggling season in 2011; though he reached twice in the Grand Slam finals in 2011 he lost both of them to current champion Novak.
On the other brink Australia’s own US Open champion Sam Stosur is confident along with other top stars in Women’s Singles like Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, and French Open winner Li Na will be joined by defending champion Kim Clijsters and five-time AO winner Serena Williams, both returning from injury.
Meanwhile the World Number.1 Caroline Wozniacki is still in streak for her first Grand Slam and the Russian champion Maria Sharapova is showing all the signs of returning to winning form.
The men’s draw will be completed with 16 qualifiers and eight wildcards, while the women’s field has 12 qualifiers and eight wildcards.
Tags: Australian Open, Caroline Wozniacki, French Open, Kim Clijsters, Li Na, Maria Sharapova, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Sam Stosur, Serena Williams, U.S. Open, Wimbledon