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Old 01-16-2009, 03:58 PM
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Default 2009 Australian Open Tennis

2009 Aust Women Final Winner 31/01
NSW Fixed Odds updated at 12:05:20
14:00 Sat 31 Jan 2009

Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
29293 WILLIAMS Serena 4.50 $
29294 WILLIAMS Venus 4.50 $
29224 DEMENTIEVA Elena 7.00 $
29239 IVANOVIC Ana 8.00 $
29240 JANKOVIC Jelena 8.00 $
29280 SAFINA Dinara 8.00 $
29295 WOZNIACKI Caroline 21.00 $
29204 AZARENKA Victoria 26.00 $
29301 ZVONAREVA Vera 26.00 $
29249 KUZNETSOVA Svetlana 34.00 $
29215 CIBULKOVA Dominika 41.00 $
29273 RADWANSKA Agnieszka 51.00 $
29217 CORNET Alize 81.00 $
29213 CHAKVETADZE Anna 101.00 $
29257 MAURESMO Amelie 101.00 $
29207 BARTOLI Marion 126.00 $
29285 STOSUR Samantha 151.00 $
29236 HANTUCHOVA Daniela 201.00 $
29268 PENNETTA Flavia 201.00 $
29209 BONDARENKO Alona 251.00 $
29235 GROENEFELD Anna-Lena 251.00 $
29242 KANEPI Kaia 251.00 $
29244 KIRILENKO Maria 251.00 $
29245 KLEYBANOVA Alisa 251.00 $
29250 KVITOVA Petra 251.00 $
29252 LISICKI Sabine 251.00 $
29258 MEDINA GARRIGUES Anabel 251.00 $
29265 PAVLYUCHENKOVA Anastasia 251.00 $
29266 PEER Shahar 251.00 $
29270 PETROVA Nadia 251.00 $
29279 SAFAROVA Lucie 251.00 $
29281 SCHIAVONE Francesca 251.00 $
29282 SCHNYDER Patty 251.00 $
29290 VAIDISOVA Nicole 251.00 $
29300 ZHENG Jie 251.00 $
29203 ARVIDSSON Sofia 501.00 $
29206 BAMMER Sybille 501.00 $
29210 BONDARENKO Kateryna 501.00 $
29216 CIRSTEA Sorana 501.00 $
29223 DELLACQUA Casey 501.00 $
29302 DOKIC Jelena 501.00 $
29225 DOMACHOWSKA Marta 501.00 $
29227 DULKO Gisela 501.00 $
29230 ERRANI Sara 501.00 $
29304 GAJDOSOVA Jarmila 501.00 $
29234 GOVORTSOVA Olga 501.00 $
29243 KEOTHAVONG Anne 501.00 $
29248 KUDRYAVTSEVA Alla 501.00 $
29260 MIRZA Sania 501.00 $
29264 PASZEK Tamira 501.00 $
29267 PENG Shuai 501.00 $
29272 PIRONKOVA Tsvetana 501.00 $
29274 RAZZANO Virginie 501.00 $
29287 SUGIYAMA Ai 501.00 $
29288 SZAVAY Agnes 501.00 $
29291 VESNINA Elena 501.00 $
29208 BENESOVA Iveta 1001.00 $
29212 CETKOVSKA Petra 1001.00 $
29222 DECHY Nathalie 1001.00 $
29228 DUSHEVINA Vera 1001.00 $
29229 ERAKOVIC Marina 1001.00 $
29231 GALLOVITS Edina 1001.00 $
29232 GARBIN Tathiana 1001.00 $
29254 MAKAROVA Ekaterina 1001.00 $
29255 MARTINEZ SANCHEZ Maria Jose 1001.00 $
29262 NICULESCU Monica 1001.00 $
29275 REZAI Aravane 1001.00 $
29278 RYBARIKOVA Magdalena 1001.00 $
29286 SUAREZ NAVARRO Carla 1001.00 $
29289 TANASUGARN Tamarine 1001.00 $
29292 WICKMAYER Yanina 1001.00 $
29296 WOZNIAK Aleksandra 1001.00 $
29299 ZAKOPALOVA Klara 1001.00 $
29201 AMANMURADOVA Akgul 2001.00 $
29211 BREMOND Severine 2001.00 $
29214 CHAN Yung-Jan 2001.00 $
29218 CRAYBAS Jill 2001.00 $
29221 DE LOS RIOS Rosanna 2001.00 $
29226 DOMINGUEZ LINO Lourdes 2001.00 $
29307 HOLLAND Isabella 2001.00 $
29238 HSIEH Su-Wei 2001.00 $
29241 JOHANSSON Mathilde 2001.00 $
29246 KNAPP Karin 2001.00 $
29247 KORYTTSEVA Mariya 2001.00 $
29253 LLAGOSTERA VIVES Nuria 2001.00 $
29303 McHALE Christina 2001.00 $
29259 MEUSBURGER Yvonne 2001.00 $
29305 MLADENOVIC Kristina 2001.00 $
29261 MOORE Jessica 2001.00 $
29271 PIN Camille 2001.00 $
29276 RODIONOVA Anastasia 2001.00 $
29309 ROGOWSKA Olivia 2001.00 $
29277 RUANO PASCUAL Virginia 2001.00 $
29308 WEJNERT Monika 2001.00 $
29297 YUAN Meng 2001.00 $
29298 ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA Barbora 2001.00 $
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Old 01-16-2009, 03:59 PM
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2009 Aust Men Final Winner 01/02
NSW Fixed Odds updated at 15:11:50
19:00 Sun 01 Feb 2009

Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
29023 FEDERER Roger 3.25 $
29067 MURRAY Andy 3.50 $
29068 NADAL Rafael 5.00 $
29022 DJOKOVIC Novak 7.00 $
29096 TSONGA Jo-Wilfried 21.00 $
29020 DEL POTRO Juan Martin 26.00 $
29069 NALBANDIAN David 26.00 $
29078 RODDICK Andy 34.00 $
29086 SIMON Gilles 34.00 $
29039 GULBIS Ernests 41.00 $
29063 MONFILS Gael 41.00 $
29030 GASQUET Richard 67.00 $
29079 SAFIN Marat 101.00 $
29034 GONZALEZ Fernando 126.00 $
29044 HEWITT Lleyton 126.00 $
29098 VERDASCO Fernando 126.00 $
29009 BERDYCH Tomas 151.00 $
29010 BLAKE James 151.00 $
29015 CILIC Marin 151.00 $
29024 FERRER David 151.00 $
29003 ANCIC Mario 201.00 $
29006 BAGHDATIS Marcos 201.00 $
29059 MATHIEU Paul-Henri 201.00 $
29075 ROBREDO Tommy 201.00 $
29089 SODERLING Robin 201.00 $
29101 WAWRINKA Stanislas 201.00 $
29102 YOUZHNY Mikhail 201.00 $
29004 ANDREEV Igor 251.00 $
29046 KARLOVIC Ivo 251.00 $
29048 KOHLSCHREIBER Philipp 251.00 $
29072 NISHIKORI Kei 251.00 $
29093 STEPANEK Radek 251.00 $
29002 ALMAGRO Nicolas 501.00 $
29011 BOLELLI Simone 501.00 $
29025 FERRERO Juan Carlos 501.00 $
29026 FISH Mardy 501.00 $
29033 GINEPRI Robby 501.00 $
29040 HAAS Tommy 501.00 $
29047 KIEFER Nicolas 501.00 $
29053 LJUBICIC Ivan 501.00 $
29055 LOPEZ Feliciano 501.00 $
29065 MOYA Carlos 501.00 $
29071 NIEMINEN Jarkko 501.00 $
29073 QUERREY Sam 501.00 $
29084 SEPPI Andreas 501.00 $
29094 TIPSAREVIC Janko 501.00 $
29095 TROICKI Viktor 501.00 $
29097 TURSUNOV Dmitry 501.00 $
29007 BELLUCCI Thomaz 1001.00 $
29008 BENNETEAU Julien 1001.00 $
29012 CALLERI Agustin 1001.00 $
29013 CANAS Guillermo 1001.00 $
29014 CHARDY Jeremy 1001.00 $
29016 CLEMENT Arnaud 1001.00 $
29018 DARCIS Steve 1001.00 $
29027 FOGNINI Fabio 1001.00 $
29028 GABASHVILI Teimuraz 1001.00 $
29031 GICQUEL Marc 1001.00 $
29035 GRANOLLERS Marcel 1001.00 $
29036 GREMELMAYR Denis 1001.00 $
29038 GUCCIONE Chris 1001.00 $
29042 HANESCU Victor 1001.00 $
29106 ISNER John 1001.00 $
29050 KUNITSYN Igor 1001.00 $
29054 LLODRA Michael 1001.00 $
29056 LU Yen-Hsun 1001.00 $
29060 MELZER Jurgen 1001.00 $
29061 MINAR Ivo 1001.00 $
29062 MONACO Juan 1001.00 $
29066 MULLER Gilles 1001.00 $
29080 SANTORO Fabrice 1001.00 $
29081 SCHUETTLER Rainer 1001.00 $
29082 SCHWANK Eduardo 1001.00 $
29085 SERRA Florent 1001.00 $
29091 STAKHOVSKY Sergiy 1001.00 $
29092 STARACE Potito 1001.00 $
29105 TOMIC Bernard 1001.00 $
29099 VLIEGEN Kristof 1001.00 $
29103 ZVEREV Mischa 1001.00 $
29005 ANDUJAR Pablo 2001.00 $
29109 BALL Carsten 2001.00 $
29017 DANIEL Marcos 2001.00 $
29021 DEVILDER Nicolas 2001.00 $
29104 EBELTHITE Colin 2001.00 $
29029 GARCIA-LOPEZ Guillermo 2001.00 $
29032 GIMENO-TRAVER Daniel 2001.00 $
29111 GROTH Samuel 2001.00 $
29043 HERNANDEZ Oscar 2001.00 $
29107 ISTOMIN Denis 2001.00 $
29110 KLEIN Brydan 2001.00 $
29051 LAPENTTI Nicolas 2001.00 $
29108 MANNARINO Adrian 2001.00 $
29064 MONTANES Albert 2001.00 $
29070 NAVARRO Ivan 2001.00 $
29074 REYNOLDS Bobby 2001.00 $
29076 ROCHUS Christophe 2001.00 $
29090 SPADEA Vincent 2001.00 $
29100 VOLANDRI Filippo 2001.00 $
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Old 01-20-2009, 11:49 PM
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2009 Aust Women Final Winner 31/01
Odds updated at 22:50:13 14:00 Sat 31 Jan 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
29293 WILLIAMS Serena 3.75 $
29294 WILLIAMS Venus 4.50 $
29224 DEMENTIEVA Elena 7.00 $
29240 JANKOVIC Jelena 7.00 $
29280 SAFINA Dinara 8.00 $
29239 IVANOVIC Ana 10.00 $
29204 AZARENKA Victoria 17.00 $
29295 WOZNIACKI Caroline 17.00 $
29249 KUZNETSOVA Svetlana 34.00 $
29301 ZVONAREVA Vera 34.00 $
29215 CIBULKOVA Dominika 51.00 $
29257 MAURESMO Amelie 81.00 $
29217 CORNET Alize 101.00 $
29213 CHAKVETADZE Anna 126.00 $
29300 ZHENG Jie 151.00 $
29207 BARTOLI Marion 201.00 $
29236 HANTUCHOVA Daniela 201.00 $
29252 LISICKI Sabine 201.00 $
29285 STOSUR Samantha 201.00 $
29209 BONDARENKO Alona 251.00 $
29302 DOKIC Jelena 251.00 $
29242 KANEPI Kaia 251.00 $
29245 KLEYBANOVA Alisa 251.00 $
29260 MIRZA Sania 251.00 $
29268 PENNETTA Flavia 251.00 $
29270 PETROVA Nadia 251.00 $
29279 SAFAROVA Lucie 251.00 $
29210 BONDARENKO Kateryna 501.00 $
29227 DULKO Gisela 501.00 $
29230 ERRANI Sara 501.00 $
29258 MEDINA GARRIGUES Anabel 501.00 $
29267 PENG Shuai 501.00 $
29272 PIRONKOVA Tsvetana 501.00 $
29274 RAZZANO Virginie 501.00 $
29282 SCHNYDER Patty 501.00 $
29287 SUGIYAMA Ai 501.00 $
29208 BENESOVA Iveta 1001.00 $
29314 COIN Julie 1001.00 $
29315 CZINK Melinda 1001.00 $
29222 DECHY Nathalie 1001.00 $
29226 DOMINGUEZ LINO Lourdes 1001.00 $
29229 ERAKOVIC Marina 1001.00 $
29231 GALLOVITS Edina 1001.00 $
29232 GARBIN Tathiana 1001.00 $
29334 KARATANTCHEVA Sesil 1001.00 $
29262 NICULESCU Monica 1001.00 $
29286 SUAREZ NAVARRO Carla 1001.00 $
29328 VOSKOBOEVA Galina 1001.00 $
29201 AMANMURADOVA Akgul 2001.00 $
29330 BALTACHA Elena 2001.00 $
29211 BREMOND Severine 2001.00 $
29331 BRIANTI Alberta 2001.00 $
29214 CHAN Yung-Jan 2001.00 $
29313 COHEN-ALORO Stephanie 2001.00 $
29317 FLIPKENS Kirsten 2001.00 $
29241 JOHANSSON Mathilde 2001.00 $
29246 KNAPP Karin 2001.00 $
29254 MAKAROVA Ekaterina 2001.00 $
29320 MALEK Tatjana 2001.00 $
29255 MARTINEZ SANCHEZ Maria Jose 2001.00 $
29321 MAYR Patricia 2001.00 $
29261 MOORE Jessica 2001.00 $
29323 PETKOVIC Andrea 2001.00 $
29277 RUANO PASCUAL Virginia 2001.00 $


2009 Aust Men Final Winner 01/02
Odds updated at 23:36:21 19:00 Sun 01 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
29023 FEDERER Roger 2.75 $
29067 MURRAY Andy 3.50 $
29068 NADAL Rafael 4.50 $
29022 DJOKOVIC Novak 8.00 $
29069 NALBANDIAN David 21.00 $
29020 DEL POTRO Juan Martin 26.00 $
29096 TSONGA Jo-Wilfried 26.00 $
29078 RODDICK Andy 34.00 $
29063 MONFILS Gael 41.00 $
29086 SIMON Gilles 41.00 $
29034 GONZALEZ Fernando 81.00 $
29039 GULBIS Ernests 81.00 $
29079 SAFIN Marat 81.00 $
29030 GASQUET Richard 101.00 $
29098 VERDASCO Fernando 101.00 $
29006 BAGHDATIS Marcos 151.00 $
29010 BLAKE James 151.00 $
29015 CILIC Marin 151.00 $
29009 BERDYCH Tomas 201.00 $
29089 SODERLING Robin 201.00 $
29101 WAWRINKA Stanislas 201.00 $
29003 ANCIC Mario 251.00 $
29004 ANDREEV Igor 251.00 $
29024 FERRER David 251.00 $
29040 HAAS Tommy 251.00 $
29046 KARLOVIC Ivo 251.00 $
29059 MATHIEU Paul-Henri 251.00 $
29075 ROBREDO Tommy 251.00 $
29093 STEPANEK Radek 251.00 $
29002 ALMAGRO Nicolas 501.00 $
29011 BOLELLI Simone 501.00 $
29026 FISH Mardy 501.00 $
29048 KOHLSCHREIBER Philipp 501.00 $
29053 LJUBICIC Ivan 501.00 $
29094 TIPSAREVIC Janko 501.00 $
29095 TROICKI Viktor 501.00 $
29126 BECK Andreas 1001.00 $
29013 CANAS Guillermo 1001.00 $
29014 CHARDY Jeremy 1001.00 $
29131 DELIC Amer 1001.00 $
29035 GRANOLLERS Marcel 1001.00 $
29038 GUCCIONE Chris 1001.00 $
29042 HANESCU Victor 1001.00 $
29132 HRBATY Dominik 1001.00 $
29134 MALISSE Xavier 1001.00 $
29060 MELZER Jurgen 1001.00 $
29066 MULLER Gilles 1001.00 $
29105 TOMIC Bernard 1001.00 $
29127 BERRER Michael 2001.00 $
29128 CIPOLLA Flavia 2001.00 $
29016 CLEMENT Arnaud 2001.00 $
29113 DABUL Brian 2001.00 $
29130 DE CHAUNAC Sebastien 2001.00 $
29027 FOGNINI Fabio 2001.00 $
29029 GARCIA-LOPEZ Guillermo 2001.00 $
29107 ISTOMIN Denis 2001.00 $
29118 KARANUSIC Roko 2001.00 $
29110 KLEIN Brydan 2001.00 $
29049 KOROLEV Evgeny 2001.00 $
29120 KOUBEK Stefan 2001.00 $
29056 LU Yen-Hsun 2001.00 $
29135 MAYER Florian 2001.00 $
29080 SANTORO Fabrice 2001.00 $
29083 SELA Dudi 2001.00 $
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2009 Aust Women Final Winner 31/01
Odds updated at 11:17:45 14:00 Sat 31 Jan 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
29293 WILLIAMS Serena 2.75 $
29280 SAFINA Dinara 4.50 $
29224 DEMENTIEVA Elena 5.50 $
29301 ZVONAREVA Vera 8.00 $
29302 DOKIC Jelena 10.00 $
29204 AZARENKA Victoria 15.00 $
29207 BARTOLI Marion 17.00 $
29286 SUAREZ NAVARRO Carla Suspended $
29249 KUZNETSOVA Svetlana 26.00 $
29215 CIBULKOVA Dominika 34.00 $
29300 ZHENG Jie 126.00 $
29258 MEDINA GARRIGUES Anabel Suspended $


2009 Aust Men Final Winner 01/02
Odds updated at 11:17:08 19:00 Sun 01 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
29023 FEDERER Roger 2.75 $
29067 MURRAY Andy 3.75 $
29068 NADAL Rafael 3.75 $
29022 DJOKOVIC Novak 8.00 $
29096 TSONGA Jo-Wilfried 21.00 $
29020 DEL POTRO Juan Martin 26.00 $
29078 RODDICK Andy 26.00 $
29063 MONFILS Gael Suspended $
29086 SIMON Gilles Suspended $
29098 VERDASCO Fernando 51.00 $
29034 GONZALEZ Fernando 101.00 $
29010 BLAKE James 126.00 $
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2009 Aust Women Final Winner 31/01
Odds updated at 16:00:35 14:00 Sat 31 Jan 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
29293 WILLIAMS Serena 2.50 $
29224 DEMENTIEVA Elena 3.25 $
29301 ZVONAREVA Vera 4.25 $
29280 SAFINA Dinara 6.50 $


2009 Aust Men Final Winner 01/02
Odds updated at 16:10:36 19:00 Sun 01 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
29023 FEDERER Roger 2.00 $
29068 NADAL Rafael 2.50 $
29096 TSONGA Jo-Wilfried Suspended $
29078 RODDICK Andy 17.00 $
29098 VERDASCO Fernando Suspended $
29086 SIMON Gilles 34.00 $
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2009 Aust Women Final Winner 31/01
Odds updated at 07:04:46 14:00 Sat 31 Jan 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
29224 DEMENTIEVA Elena 2.85 $
29293 WILLIAMS Serena 2.85 $
29301 ZVONAREVA Vera 4.25 $
29280 SAFINA Dinara 6.50 $


2009 Aust Men Final Winner 01/02
Odds updated at 07:04:43 19:00 Sun 01 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
29023 FEDERER Roger 2.00 $
29068 NADAL Rafael 2.20 $
29098 VERDASCO Fernando 15.00 $
29078 RODDICK Andy 17.00 $

29280 SAFINA Dinara 6.50 $ has to be still a chance. I got $8 at the start of the tournament and i think even if she struggled against Dokic her last match that she can still win the tournament i hope. cheers Dougie

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Head to Head
NADAL Rafael v FEDERER Roger
Odds updated at 01:14:34
Match must be completed for bet to stand 19:40 Sun 01 Feb 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
27180 NADAL Rafael 2.25 $
27181 FEDERER Roger 1.60 $


Head to Head
AUS Wom Fnl Safina-Williams S
Odds updated at 11:23:17
Match must be completed for bet to stand 19:40 Sat 31 Jan 2009
Sportsbet No. Selection (default) Price Amount Total
27139 SAFINA Dinara 3.10 $
27140 WILLIAMS Serena 1.35 $
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Dinara Safina to win !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Serena Williams destroyed Dinara Safina in the Australian Open final
January 31, 2009

SERENA Williams set her sights on a second career grand slam after climbing another rung on the ladder of tennis greatness with a devastating victory over Dinara Safina in the Australian Open final.

Williams overwhelmed Safina 6-0 6-3 in 59 minutes to regain the world No.1 ranking and become just the seventh woman in history to accrue 10 majors.

In edging past Monica Seles, Williams now trails only legendary Australian Margaret Smith Court (24), Steffi Graf (22), Helen Wills Moody (19), Martina Navratilova (18), Chris Evert (18) and her American idol Billie Jean King (12) on the all-time grand slam leaderboard.

While the 27-year-old concedes Court's benchmark tally is probably out of reach, holding all four of the sport's major trophies simultaneously, as she did in 2002-03, is not.

With the US and Australian championships now tucked away, the American needs to win a second French Open this year and then Wimbledon for a third time to achieve the rare feat.

"The Serena Slam is something I'd like to do again," Williams said after her fourth Open triumph.

"With Dinara playing, and some of the girls, it's going to be tough. But I'm in for the challenge."

Williams's dream victory over Safina proved the Russian's worst nightmare.

The 22-year-old had high hopes of atoning for her French Open final loss last year to Ana Ivanovic and joining her brother Marat, the 2005 men's champion, in winning the Open.

Had she done so, they would have been the first brother-sister combination to reach world No.1 and also the first brother-sister act to each snare a major.

But she was never in the hunt.

"I was just a ball boy on the court today," Safina said, conceding she suffered stage fright yet again, this time because the top ranking was on the line.

"It was first time for me to play not only for the grand slam, but also for No.1 spot. I never been through this situation, and she was already," Safina said.

"She was much more times in this situation. She was much more experienced than I was."

The first set was a total wipeout, over after 22 minutes with the awesome Williams not conceding one single point on serve.

Safina, on the other hand, coughed up three double-faults, including one on break point, to drop her very first serve.

The third seed was broken twice more in the fourth and sixth games and managed to win a meagre eight points for the set.

With Williams a perfect 44-0 in grand slam matches - and 34-0 at Melbourne Park - after taking the opening set, the writing was on the wall for Safina.

Despite breaking Williams in the first game of the second set with a screaming backhand return winner, Safina handed the break straight back.

Worse was to come when the overawed Russian double-faulted to drop serve yet again to fall behind 3-1 and, when Williams held for 4-1, it was all but over.

Safina eventually surrendered with a missed drop shot, effectively handing Williams her 33rd career title.

Already women's sport's highest-ever prize money winner, with $33.73 million in earnings, Williams collected another $2 million for her latest triumph.

Safina walked away with a cool $1 million for her fortnight's work.
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Bob and Mike Bryan claim third Australian Open doubles title

January 31, 2009

Americans Bob and Mike Bryan claimed their third Australian Open men's doubles title closing in further on two longstanding records held by great Australian pairing Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde.

The 2-6 7-5 6-0 victory over India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles from the Bahamas was the twins' seventh major title together, moving them to equal second behind only the Woodies with 11 from 1992-2000.

The Bryans have played in 14 grand slam deciders, only one less than Woodbridge and Woodforde.

Melbourne Park has long been a happy hunting ground for the Bryans, who have played in five of the last six finals at Melbourne Park.

But they started slowly dropping the first set in 27 minutes after Bob Bryan was broken twice.

The second set was a much tighter affair, with the only break coming in the 12th game when Knowles faltered, allowing the American pair to send the match into a decider.

The Americans dominated the third set, winning the match in one hour and 38 minutes.

The Bryans are one of seven men's doubles teams to have won each of the four majors at least once.

Six of the other pairings are all-Australian including the Woodies, Lew Hoad/Ken Rosewall and John Newcombe/Tony Roche.

Bhupathi will get one more chance to take home some silverware from the 2009 Australian Open when he pairs with compatriot Sania Mirza in Sunday's mixed doubles final against Frenchwoman Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram from Israel.
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