Andy Murray posting a marginally worse result than a Scottish bank it was left to Laura Robson to fly a rather tattered Union flag....

Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Morning crap After wiping the floor with Dinara Safina 6-0, 6-3 Saturday to win the Australian Open for her 10th Grand Slam title, Serena took time to pose with her trophy in the most modest way...

Rafael Nadal ESP (1) vs. Roger Federer SUI (2). For the seventh time in a Grand Slam final, Federer and Nadal will face each other as the two top players in the world. Nadal has won 4 of those matches, including the instant classic from Wimbledon 2008, which some commentators are calling the greates...

It’s very hard to find a live streaming of Roger Federer vs Rafael Nadal battle it out over at Australian Open 2009 final. And for free. Anyone has a clue? I try googling using keyword “live streaming roger federer rafael nadal australian open 2009″, and guess what? All first 20 li...

Serena Williams claimed her 10th grand slam singles title after routing Dinara Safina 6-0, 6-3 in the Australian Open final. The victory moves the 27-year-old back to No1 position in the WTA rankings, replacing Jelena Jankovic. The American's fourth Melbourne victory, following her triumphs in 2003,...

The Australian Open is a funny event. Held in January where folks in the US and Europe are in the middle of winter, the Australian Open is held in Melbourne in the blazing sun. More than any of the other Grand Slam events of tennis (the French, Wimbledon, the US Open), the Australian Open (AO, for s...

It will be the finish to the Australian Open that many wanted though Fernando Verdasco, the conqueror of Andy Murray in the fourth round, played the match of his life as he fought to be the Spanish left-hander who would face Roger Federer on Sunday evening here. Verdasco, who had never gone beyond t...

When Andy Roddick beat Roger Federer for only the second time in his life in Miami last year, he suggested that the law of statistics had finally worked in his favour: "Roger hadn't missed a ball against me for about six years." He missed very few again in the Rod Laver Arena against the American, w...

QF: Roddick def Djokovic6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2, 2-1 ret. SARS, bird flu, anthrax, now we can add heat exhaustion to Novak's long list of ailments. "Djokovic is one retirement away from the Retirement Slam." — Patrick McEnroe, pointing out that Novak has now retired in all slams except for one, the US O...

For Andy Murray there was disappointment, but no excuses. "Sometimes at this level it comes down to a few points," he said. "He [Fernando Verdasco] served huge on the big points and I couldn't do anything about it. Sometimes you have to suck it up and admit he was too good." Murray had won all five ...