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!!