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What a great Australian Open!

The first Grand Slam of the year certainly didn't disappoint! There were some great matches as well as great shocks! The 4 finalist's in the single matches all had a combined 60 Grand Slams between them heading into the final. Serena Williams ( 23 slams) saw off older sister Venus Williams ( 7 slams ) in an emotional final winning by 2 sets to 0. It was a final for the ages, Roger Federer ( 18 slams) beat old rival Rafael Nadal ( 14 slams ) in a epic 5 set battle. Federer, who last won a Grand Slam back in Wimbledon in 2012 has lost 23 times to Nadal over his career so this was particularly sweet for Federer. Nadal was a worthy finalist, as he pushed Federer all the way and we have a feeling it won't be the last time the Spaniard in a Grand Slam final. Serena made her own history, she overtook the great Steffie Graf with 23 Grand Slams. Serena was stuck on 22 after losing last years Australian Open and the US Open, however did win Wimbledon.

It was a tournament to forget for current world number 2 Novak Djokovic, who lost out to Istomin who was ranked 117 in the round of 64. The Serbian, who last his world number 1 rank to Andy Murray last year will be looking to the French Open in May to bounce back. Andy Murray will also see this tournament as a missed opportunity; he was the victim of a shock loss against German Zverev. Zverev put in a fine display against the world number 1 winning 3 sets to 1 in the round of 16.

Another great story was that of Mirjana Lucic-Baron from Crotia. She was ranked 79 going in the Australian Open. Lucic-Baron found herself in the semi-final for the first time since Wimbledon 1999! She lost out to Serena 2 sets to 0, however it was a inspiration comeback and a great Australian Open story.

It was a great effort from Britain's Dan Evans, who made it to the round of 16. He eventually lost out to Tsonga 3 sets to 1, but it will certainly give him confidence going into the year!



So that is from this years Australian Open. For those who have post Australian Open, don't worry it is only 5 months until the French Open!!

Australian Open Final - Nadal and Federer in numbers

It feels like we have gone back in time, Serena defeats Venus and now we wait for Federer and Nadal to battle it out in the Australian open final! These 2 haven't played in a Grand slam final since 2012, which was again at the Australian Open. Here is the great rivalry in numbers!

34 - The number of times these two have battled on the Tennis court. The games include Wimbledon finals, Australian Open finals, ATP World Masters finals and the Roland Garros final. Nadal has won 23 and Federer has won 11.

176,000,000 - The amount in dollars of combined career prize money

157 - The number of career titles between the players, 88 for Federer and 69 for Nadal

12 - the amount the years ago when they first played each other in the Swiss indoor finals

9 - Nadal's current world rank

17 - Federer's current world rank

211- the amount of weeks they shared the top 2 world rankings between 2005 and 2010.

2008 - The 2 met at the Wimbledon final in 2008 and has been lauded as the greatest ever final. Nadal took the game in 5 sets.


It is set to be another classic. so be sure to tune in at 8am on Eurosport for this exciting final!

Team GB Olympians dominate New Years Honours list

A fine year for British sport has been topped off with a number of Olympians being added to the new years honours list. Andy Murray, off the back of winning the BBC Sports Personality of the year award will be knighted along with Mo Farah, Lee Pearson, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katherine Grainger also adding to the list for their contributions to sport. 

Andy Murray finishes 2016 as world number 1 in the rankings, a Wimbledon title, an Olympic Gold medal in Rio and now will be Sir Andy Murray ( although he doesn't wished to be greeted this way!). Mo Farah lived up to his title as one of the greatest long distance runners by winning double Gold again in Rio, after his heroics in London 4 years earlier. Jessica Ennis-Hill officially retired after winning Silver in Rio and she will be knighted Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill. Jessica won Gold in the Heptathlon in London 2012, and missed out on Gold in Rio after a fine performance from Belgium's Nafissatou Thiam who recorded 5 personal bests. Lee Pearson has won a breathtaking 11 Paralympic Gold medals in a fantastic career, which also saw him win 30 European medals. Lee, who already has an MBE which he was rewarded with back in 2001 will also be knighted for is contribution to disabled sports. Katherine Grainger is the final name on the list, she won 5 Olympic medals in a decorated career. Katherine, who also has 6 World championship medals will be made a Dame to round off a truly inspiring career.

The MBE list has some formular names, including all of the Team GB Gold winning ladies Hockey team!

The list is below (source BBC) 


Tim ADAMS, for services to horseracing and rugby league, Leeds; Jonathan AGNEW, sports broadcaster, for services to broadcasting, Scalford, Leicestershire; John ALLEN, for services to athletics in Northern Ireland, Dundonald, Down; Giselle ANSLEY, for services to hockey, Devon; Katie ARCHIBALD, for services to cycling, Edinburgh; Hollie ARNOLD, for services to field athletics, Gwent; Elinor BARKER, for services to cycling, Greater Manchester; Sally BARKER, for services to sport and women's participation in sport, Guildford; Stephen BATE, for services to cycling, Hebden Bridge; Will BAYLEY, for services to table tennis, Rotherham; Paul BENNETT, for services to rowing, Leeds; Paul BLAKE, for services to athletics, Redland, Bristol; Sophie BRAY, for services to hockey, Claygate, Surrey; Daniel BROWN, for services to rowing, Reading; Joanne BUTTERFIELD, for services to field athletics, Govan, Glasgow; Jon-Allan BUTTERWORTH, for services to cycling, Sale, Greater Manchester; Karen CARNEY, England and Chelsea Ladies, for services to football, Birmingham; Claire CASHMORE, for services to swimming, Kidderminster; Jeanette CHIPPINGTON, for services to canoeing, Maidenhead; Saskia CLARK, for services to sailing, Poole; Chris CLARKE, for services to sport, Loughborough; Joe CLARKE, for services to canoeing, Waltham Abbey, Essex; Elizabeth CLEGG, for services to athletics and charity, Loughborough; Grace CLOUGH, for services to rowing, Sheffield; Kadeena COX, for services to athletics, Leeds; Crista CULLEN, for services to hockey, London; Alex DANSON, for services to hockey, Marlow, Buckinghamshire; Karen DARKE, for services to sport - particularly cycling and triathlon, Inverness; Rob DAVIES, for services to table tennis, Brecon, Powys; Anne DICKINS, for services to canoeing, Oxted, Surrey; Owain DOULL, for services to cycling, Cardiff; Adam DUGGLEBY, for services to cycling, Leeds; Scott DURANT, for services to rowing, Halton, Lancashire; Lora FACHIE, for services to cycling, Altrincham; Robert FAHEY, lately Real Tennis world champion, for services to sport, Feering, Essex; Bethany FIRTH, for services to swimming, Downpatrick, Down; Fab FLOURNOY, for services to British Basketball and the community in the North East, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear; Paul FORD, British Olympic Association pre-Games manager, for services to sport, West Sussex; James FOX, for services to rowing, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire; Jo FRITH, for services to archery, Glastonbury, Somerset; Megan GIGLIA, for services to cycling, Stockport; Matt GOTREL, for services to rowing, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire; Sophie HAHN, for services to athletics, Widmerpool, Nottinghamshire; Corrine HALL, for services to cycling, Greater Manchester; Liam HEATH, for services to canoeing, Maidenhead; Robert Welby HENRY, for services to medicine and the sport of horse racing in Northern Ireland, Ballynahinch, Down; Georgina HERMITAGE, for services to athletics, Alton, Hampshire; Phelan HILL, for services to rowing, London; Maddie HINCH, for services to hockey, Maidenhead; Trefor Lloyd HUGHES, for services to football in Wales particularly Anglesey, Holyhead, Anglesey; Paul HUTCHINS, for services to tennis, London; Oliver JAMES, for services to rowing, London; Michael JONES, for services to swimming, Greater Manchester; Colin KING, for services to football and BAME inclusion in sport, London; Matt LANGRIDGE, for services to rowing, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire; Jack LAUGHER, for services to diving, Ripon, North Yorkshire; Andy LEWIS, for services to triathlon, Lydney, Gloucestershire; Claire LOMAS, for charitable and voluntary services to spinal injury research, Melton Mowbray; Constantine LOULOUDIS, for services to rowing, London; Hannah MACLEOD, for services to hockey, Maidenhead; Joanna MANNING-COOPER, for services to sport, West Byfleet, Surrey; Sian MASSEY-ELLIS, football referee, for services to football, Coventry; Kathleen McBRIDE, for services to sport and the community in Coleraine; Coleraine, Londonderry; Shona McCALLIN, for services to hockey, Newark, Nottinghamshire; Chris MEARS, services to diving, Leeds; Hannah MILLS, for services to sailing, Portland, Dorset; Stephanie MILLWARD, for services to swimming, Box, Wiltshire; Aaron MOORES, for services to swimming, Sketty, Swansea; Rachel MORRIS, for services to rowing, Farnham, Surrey; Samuel MORSHEAD, lately general manager Perth Racecourse, for services to the UK horseracing and charity, Comrie, Perth and Kinross; Marion MURDOCH, sportscotland, for services to sport particularly curling; Helen MURRAY, for services to swimming in Scotland, Longniddry, East Lothian; George NASH, for services to rowing, London; Jonathan NORFOLK, Great Britain para-cycling head coach, for services to cycling, Wilmslow, Cheshire; Robert NORTHRIDGE, for services to rowing and community relations in Northern Ireland, Enniskillen, Fermanagh; Michael O'NEILL, Northern Ireland football team manager, for services to football and the community in Northern Ireland, Edinburgh; Bill OWEN, for services to cycling particularly in Wales, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire; Lily OWSLEY, for services to hockey, Maidenhead; Adam PEATY, for services to swimming, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire; Hilary PHILBIN, British Fencing president, for services to fencing and sports administration, Romsey, Hampshire; Sam QUEK, for services to hockey, Birkenhead, Merseyside; Tom RANSLEY, for services to rowing, Ashford, Kent; Gordon REID, for services to wheelchair tennis, Glasgow; Helen RICHARDSON-WALSH, for services to hockey, Maidenhead; Ellie ROBINSON, for services to swimming, Great Houghton, Northamptonshire; Susie RODGERS, for services to swimming, London; Louis ROLFE, for services to cycling, Cambridgeshire; Justin ROSE, for services to golf, Fleet, Hampshire; Lauren ROWLES, for services to rowing, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire; Hannah RUSSELL, for services to swimming, Chertsey, Surrey; Will SATCH, for services to rowing, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire; Mohamed SBIHI, for services to rowing, London; Alex SCOTT, England and Arsenal Ladies defender, for services to football, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire; Giles SCOTT, for services to sailing, Weymouth, Dorset; Helen SCOTT, for services to cycling, Halesowen, West Midlands; Stephanie SLATER, for services to swimming, Preston; David SMITH, for services to Boccia, Strand, Swansea; Mike STEPHENSON, for services to rugby league and sports broadcasting; Jessica STRETTON, for services to archery, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire; Alice TAI, for services to swimming, Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire; Manisha TAILOR, for services to football and diversity in sport, London; Sophie THORNHILL, for services to cycling, Poynton, Cheshire; Susannah TOWNSEND, for services to hockey, Canterbury; Georgina TWIGG, for services to hockey, London; Laura UNSWORTH, for services to hockey, London; Edmund VAN HOOF, British Gymnastics head coach and men's technical director, for services to gymnastics, Telford, Shropshire; Ian WALKER, for services to Olympic and international competitive sailing, Southampton; John WALKER, for services to archery, Newport, Shropshire; Hollie WEBB, for services to hockey, Maidenhead; Nicola WHITE, for services to hockey, London; Laurence WHITELEY, for services to rowing, Northallerton, North Yorkshire; Max WHITLOCK, for services to gymnastics, Pitsea, Essex; Emma WIGGS, for services to canoeing, Diseworth, Leicestershire; Susie WOLFF, for services to women in sport, abroad; Matthew WYLIE, for services to swimming, Washington, Tyne and Wear.