Aussie Open women's final spoiler.........

[marmar]

Azarenka blitzes Sharapova is the grand slam women's final with the highest-ever decibel level of players' shrieks.



Congrats to Vika!

[MaineDem]

1. And she's now World Number 1

Sharapova was very gracious in defeat but I'm thrilled to see Vika take this.

[tishaLA]

2. And in the men's doubles final....

The obnoxious Bryan brothers lost to Stepanek and Paes. Weirdly, I was somehow rooting for the Bryan brothers.

FWIW, I was happy to see Hingis there for the trophy presentation of the women's singles. I still miss her.

[marmar]

3. Hingis? Really?

The same Hingis that called Amelie Mauresmo,"half a man"? ..... I can't stand her.

[joeybee12]

4. I'm with you about Hingis...she's a jerk...nt

[MaineDem]

5. I agree, too. And I heard she's trying to qualify to play dubs at the Olympics with Fed

Not sure THAT's gonna work.

[joeybee12]

6. He's too smart to get involved with her...nt

[tishaLA]

7. No, she decided not to play with Federer

in part because she's training younger players now, in part because she would have had to have jumped through tons of hoops to qualify (playing for the Swiss Fed Cup team), and in part because she told Federer that it'd be crazy for him to play singles, doubles, and mixed in the olympics because it's in such a compressed time frame.

[MaineDem]

9. Thanks, I hadn't heard the latest on that. n/t

[joeybee12]

10. The real story...Fed didn't want to play with her...he let

her make it sound like it was her decision.

[MaineDem]

11. That would make sense too. n/t

[tishaLA]

8. That's cool. I love her

I think she's just a genius with a racquet. She's said things I find objectionable, sure, but most of them happened when she was very, very young.