Serena Williams Gallops To 10th Grand Slam Win

Serena Williams Of USA won her 10th grand slam by defeating Dinara Safina of Russia at the Australian Open today. The second seeded American thereby reclaimed the world No 1 ranking in the process. She defeated the Russian in straight sets 6-0,6-3 thereby making it a one sided affair. This is her 4th Australian Open title. She has won the titles in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009. Incidentally she also won the women's doubles finals along with her sister Venus Williams yesterday. She was not in the best of form coming into the tournament, but gained momentum as the tournament progressed and peaked at the right time. Although she was the firm favourite owing to her previous vast experience in playing grand slam finals, the match was expected to be a tight affair, but Safina was overwhelmed by the occasion and lost focus when it mattered the most. The whole match lasted less than an hour. Dinara Safina is the sister of Marat Safin.

The eagerly anticipated men's finals between world No1, Rafael Nadal and world No 2, Roger Federer will take place at Rod Laver Arena tomorrow. Rafa had won a marathon 5 set semi final against fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco on Friday. The match lasted 5 hours and 14 minutes, thereby making it the "longest match" in Australian Open history. Federer on the other hand had a comparatively easy semi final where he defeated Andy Roddick of USA in straight sets.