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The 2009 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 97th edition of the Australian Open , and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne , Australia, from 19 January through 1 February 2009.
At the 2009 Australian Open Verdasco defeated Andy Murray in the fourth round to reach his first Grand Slam quarterfinal, [13] where he defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Verdasco then lost to World No. 1 Rafael Nadal in what was at the time the longest match in Australian Open history, lasting 5 hours, 14 minutes. [14]
The 2009 men's singles edition is considered to be one of the best Grand Slam tournaments in the Open Era. [3] It is remembered for containing many of the best matches of the 2009 season, [4] including the Nadal–Fernando Verdasco semifinal (lasting 5 hours and 14 minutes [5]) and the final. [4] It was also the first hard court major in which ...
Azarenka dominated the early rivalry, winning the first six meetings between the pair, including in the second round of the 2007 Australian Open, the final of the 2009 Brisbane International [144] and all four matches that eventuated in 2010. The win in Brisbane marked Azarenka's first success in a WTA Tour final, having previously lost three ...
Ram partnered with Max Mirnyi, but lost to Feliciano López and Fernando Verdasco in the second round. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won in the final, 2–6, 7–5, 6–0, against Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles .
May 2009: French Open, France Grand Slam Clay Elena Vesnina Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual: 1–6, 1–6 Win 4–8: Aug 2010: Cincinnati Open, U.S. Premier 5 Hard Maria Kirilenko: Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs: 7–6 (7–4), 7–6 (10–8) Loss 4–9: Jan 2011: Australian Open, Australia Grand Slam Hard Maria Kirilenko Gisela ...
Serena Williams already was struggling to keep up in a fast-paced U.S. Open semifinal when she stopped behind the baseline after a third-set point and leaned over. ... it was Azarenka who finished ...
By reaching the semi-finals of (and eventually winning) the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open, Azarenka became just the second Belarusian, after Natasha Zvereva, to be ranked in the top ten of the WTA rankings. [6] In 2012, Azarenka won her first 26 matches of the season, before losing to Marion Bartoli in the quarter-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open in ...