i missed updating my blog last Friday as we lost our net connection for the past 2days. This has been happening sporadically since the year started and mah brother is already contemplating with changing our net provider... hope it will be soon...
going back, since i cant do anything, it gave me time to enjoy watching the last few days of the Australian Open. I would say that this year first tennis grand slam event showcased the best and the worst of the game... though am very happy with the result as my two top players went home with the championship trophy, Novak Djokovic of Serbia for the men’s single and Kim Clijsters of Belgium for women’s single. 
moreover, this past two weeks of the tournament produced much heartbreak and triumphs which made watching the Open a fruitful one... here are some of my favorite moments of the tournament:
sad ana ivonovic, doing an early exit in 1R, first heart break of the Open....
a tearful former world #1 and grand slam champion Dinara Safina after being crushed by Kim Clijster in the first round, a lousy 6-0, 6-0 match...
bagging the Open this year was just a dream when the Aussie hopes got punished with the loss of their ace players, Sam Stosur and Lleyton Hewitt
Bernard Tomic and Gilles Simon almost create an early heartbreak for the two top seed of men’s draw... Nadal and Federer struggled to win their match against them respectively...
Venus almost joined her sister in an injury vacation; Thank God she decided to call it quits in the 3rd round...
Masha screamed her way out of the Open
This is what happens after you play four hours and forty four minutes,
Francesca Shiavone winning the longest match in the women’s open era...
The Ukranian boy wonder, Alexander Dolgopolov, who downed the 4th seed Soderling in the 4R.
Andy Roddick double faulted his chance in winning the Aussie’s slam this year after his defeat in 4R.
Until the next grand slam event for current world #1 Caroline Wozniacki.
Rafa ends his rafa slam dream after bowing out in the QF...
Roge express got derailed in the SF
The new Aussie fave, Na Li.... making Asian’s proud as the first Asian to secure a spot in the women’s finals.
Defeat is sweeter the second time around. Andy Murray missed his chance in bagging the Open for two years in a row.
sadly i dreamed that one day Philippines would have an entry to this prestige event... My hopes are high with the wonderful performance of our junior players and i see a bright future in Philippine Tennis... I just pray that our government would start supporting it....
therefore after fourteen days of nonstop excitement, the tournament comes to a wrap and i look forward for next year much better Australian Open and another barrage of tennis play this coming May in Paris for the Roland Garros (French Open)...
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