Tennis Again (1)

We had tickets for the evening session but arrived early thinking we might pick up some action on the outside courts, maybe some fast, exciting men’s doubles. In the event, we were accosted by a couple who were leaving the Rod Laver Arena early and asked if we’d like their corporate tickets for the remainder of the afternoon. So we saw the last set of the Jankovic - Sugiyama match in comfortable seats, which the top seed from Serbia, won 6-4, 6-4.



On to the evening and first match up was between Ana Ivanovo (seeded 5) and Alisa Kleybanova, which the 29th seed won 7-5, 6-7, 6-2. She played the better tennis in the first set, but came unstuck in the second as all of the vociferous spectators in the crowd were shouting for the Serbian, and cheering the Russian errors. The umpire had to intervene to ask people not to disturb the players between first and second serve.


Kleybanova held her nerve in the third though, with her heavy first serve and searing ground strokes. The majority of the crowd applauded a worthy winner.

Jean