But when he came out with guns blazing in the third set, you knew he had a chance.It took a monumental tiebreak in the fourth to keep him alive, and he had to pull out the final one 8-6. On court, you’ll try a range of tennis activities with different equipment. The most elastic man in sport briefly moved with all the certainty of a drunk on rollerskates, only to be sprinting like a spring lamb within a few minutes. This time would be exactly the same, with Williams winning her sixth title (an Open Era record), to go along with wins in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010.This was the first men's doubles title for the team of Bolelli and Fognini at the event and in their respective careers.This was the first women's doubles title for the team of Mattek-Sands and Šafářová at the event and in their respective careers.This was a match of past mixed doubles champions at the event, which Hingis won with Seedings are based on rankings as of 12 January 2015. You want to win every event, that’s for sure. Leander Paes (India) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) won the mixed doubles title in Australian Open 2015. The favorites were beginning to hit their strides as Day 7 of the 2015 No. It was the 103rd edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year.
Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray 7–6 (7–5), 6–7 (4–7), 6–3, 6–0 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2015 Australian Open.The defeat saw Murray lose the Australian Open final for the fourth time in his career, becoming the first man in the Open Era to … I couldn’t have done anything more to give myself a better chance to win. But a political protest at 4-3 - demonstrators were wearing "Australian Open for Refugees" T-shirts and two got onto court - actually helped Murray as he was able to get his head together.The Scot had his first set point at 5-4. The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2015 ATP World Tour and the 2015 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. But this was a match where the numbers were almost secondary to the narrative unfolding before us.Djokovic fell twice in the first set, hurting his right thumb and then hobbling on an ankle that looked ready at one point to totally collapse – although Murray did not look convinced, especially when the Serb recovered so well each time. Djokovic won his fifth title on the Rod Laver Arena on Sunday night, embarrassing Murray at the end of a match that was always enthralling, mostly terrific but occasionally awful over three hours and 39 minutes.The Serb owns Melbourne and, for now, he owns Murray, who moves from No6 to No4 in the rankings but would have slotted in at No3 had he won.Djokovic won 7-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-0, but, of the 24 matches and five grand slam deciders they have now played against each other over nearly nine years (Djokovic leads 16-8 overall, 3-2 in slam finals), few can have featured as much simultaneous gold and dross as this final, idiocy following excellence like a lost puppy.Murray blew more important points than Djokovic, especially in the third set, and at the end, he was beating himself up as much as the Serb was.The Scot was spent and disappointed that the sometimes brilliant tennis he had rediscovered over the past fortnight deserted him at precisely the wrong time. Accordingly, this was the 18th best result deducted instead. But the Scot has now lost a chastening six of his eight Grand Slam finals and returning to No 4 in the rankings tomorrow will be little consolation.The Serb has now joined Ivan Lendl, Andre Agassi, Jimmy Connors, Ken Rosewall and Fred Perry in winning eight Grand Slams.First blood went to Djokovic as he won eight straight points to set up to break points and took the second to lead 3-1. You prepare as best as you can. It is hardly disastrous losing a grand slam final in four sets against one of the best players of modern times.He is down to play Rotterdam, which starts next week, but his commitment sounded vague. Seppi jumped out two a commanding two-set lead to set up what looked like it would be another dominant win for him—the man who upset Federer looked to be cruising on. At the break at 4-3, he chuntered away to himself before losing his serve and this time smashed his racquet into the court. But no one in the history of this game has ever done that. But through both of those sets, Kyrgios seemed to have both momentum and the score on his side.The match was as even as can be statistically, as Seppi hit 71 winners to Kyrgios' 66 and both committed a whopping 74 unforced errors. Australian Open Australian Open 2015 Results: Winners, Scores, Stats from Day 7 Singles Bracket Steven Cook @. It is slightly different thinking for me now I have become a husband and a father. The qualifying competition took place in Melbourne Park on 14 – 17 January 2015.The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking: Yet, as is increasingly the case as he comes to terms with the vagaries of his sport, Murray found the right words to put it in context.“Success is being happy,” he said. Where Seppi really had an advantage was in net points won (12-of-17), but he couldn't get there often enough to make a difference late.Of course, the action for Kyrgios is just getting started and figures to only be getting better. Mehrfache Sieger in der Open Era "With the small tweak, Nadal was virtually unbeatable in the final two sets, using his speed, swift movement and a powerful forehand to put away Anderson rather easily. So I try to enjoy my tennis more right now than I probably did at the beginning of my career – and everything that goes into it.“Obviously I would have liked to have won today, but you can’t win all of them, unfortunately. 1 player in women’s singles tennis Serena Williams of United States has won Australian Open 2015 Women’s Singles title.