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Serena Williams won her second straight Australian Open championship

Serena Williams won her second straight Australian Open championship , ending Justine Henin's hopes of a Grand Slam title in her return from retirement with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 victory Saturday. Williams withstood a determined challenge from Henin before securing her fifth Australian Open title overall and 12th Grand Slam singles championship overall, tying Billie Jean King. King was at the stadium on Saturday night to take part in a pre-match ceremony to honor the 40-year anniversary of Margaret Court's four Grand Slam tournament wins in 1970. "Billie, we are tied," Williams said. "So I've reached my goal." Williams' five Australian titles is the most by any woman in the Open Era, since 1968, surpassing the four held by Margaret Court, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Steffi Graf and Monica Seles. Court holds 11 Australian Open titles overall, most ...

Serena Williams vs Justine Henin Live Streaming

Serena Williams vs Justine Henin Live Streaming - Defending champion Serena Williams advanced to her fifth Australian Open final and will put her 100 percent record here on the line against Justine Henin, who is only two tournaments into her comeback from retirement. Both advanced over Chinese players on Thursday to set up a championship match involving two former Australian champions. Top-ranked Williams wasted four match points before finishing off a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1) semifinal win with an ace against Li Na on Thursday, a day after her sister Venus lost to the Chinese player in the quarterfinals. Henin overwhelmed 2008 Wimbledon semifinalist Zheng Jie 6-1, 6-0 in 51 minutes, the shortest match of this tournament and the most lopsided semifinal at the Australian Open since Chris Evert beat Andrea Jaeger by the same score in 1982. Williams leads Henin 7-6 in career head-to-heads, although they’ve never met in a Grand Slam final. Williams won their last match, at Miami in 2008, just bef...

Andy Roddick vs Peter Luczak Tennis Live

Andy Roddick vs Peter Luczak Live Streaming Tennis (ATP Brisbane) Watch Andy Roddick vs Peter Luczak live online at the ATP Brisbane 2010, in Brisbane, Australia. High quality tennis stream for Andy Roddick Watch Andy Roddick vs Peter Luczak live online at the ATP Brisbane 2010, in Brisbane, Australia. High quality tennis stream for Andy Roddick vs Peter Luczak. Date: 4 January 2010. The Brisbane International is an ATP/WTA tournament held each year in Australia, just before the start of the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open. The new ATP tennis season kicks off in Brisbane, where Andy Roddick is the No. 1 seed. Match odds for Andy Roddick v Peter Luczak have Roddick as the 1/7 favourite with Luczak at 9/2. Watch the ATP Brisbane International live online completely free. Direct link to the match: Andy Roddick vs Peter Luczak. Operation Sport brings you all the best Tennis Live all season. watch live streaming of todays Andy Roddick v Peter Luczak,Andy ...