Australian Open Tennis 2012

[Euler]

I wonder who will win, will Azerenka or Sharapova have the loudest grunt today?

[sprinter]

maybe for the next iteration of tennis trader, you can add in some new sound equalizer settings that can mute some of those grunts...........

am kicking myself because i was having breakfast at the start of the match and missed azarenka trading at 2.5....

[Euler]

I worked some money into Azarenka but gave some back hoping for a Sharapova fight back. Not going to happen by the look of it.

[Euler]

Good day at work for Azarenka, world number one, first grand slam and blew Sharapova off the court. Not an ideal trading scenario, gave back half my Azarenka profit in the hope of a Sharapova comeback, didn't happen.

[LeTiss 4pm]

For a first Grand Slam Final, that was impressive

There's muted response from the crowd though, and not just because it was an anti-climax. There's something about Azarenka I struggle with. It's got nothing to do with her grunting, she has a cold demeanour that's difficult to warm to

[Equity]

Does anybody know where was Djoko odds before semi and where it was going before the match?

[Euler]

Lots of late money for Djokovic but Nadal is off to the better start.

[Euler]

Some stats courtesy of Scott Fergusons write up - http://www.theshark.com.au/news/2012/01 ... -s-preview

- All three previous Slam finals have lasted four sets.

- Overall, the record is 16-13 to Rafa.

- In finals, it's 6-5 to Novak, all in 2011 after previously being 0-5.

- On hardcourt, it's 8-3 to the Serbian, with Nadal's three wins being Indian Wells 07, Beijing Olympics 08 and the US Open final of 2010.

- In best-of-five set matches, Rafa leads 4-2.

- Rafa has dropped serve nine times at this year's tournament, saving 29 break pts in the process. He has converted 34 of 79 break opportunities.

- Novak has dropped serve 15 times here, saving 27 break pts. Has converted 48 of 89 opportunities to break.

[Euler]

Djokovic off to a flat start.

[LeTiss 4pm]

Djokovic off to a flat start.

Djokovic has incredible powers of recovery. I wouldn't read too much into that....yet