Australian Open Tennis Championships
Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland returns in her second round match against Venus Williams of the U.S. at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris on Wednesday.
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I haven't won the U.S. Open, the Australian Open, or Wimbledon. So of course I have an ambition to win one day. If it's in two weeks' time, well, all the best ... But I'm quite pragmatic. You have to be sometimes.
All you have to do is look at the Australian Open this year where Nadal and (Novak) Djokovic were playing on a hardcourt and having rallies with 20 shots. Where did they learn to do that? They didn't learn it on a hardcourt ... They learned to do that on a clay court.
I always thought that talking and discussing and trying to find the solution with the tournaments, ATP and the Grand Slams and the ITF (International Tennis Federation) is the best way to do things ... That's what I said also after Australian Open this year when the 'strike' word was mentioned. I felt it was totally stupid to even talk about it.More quotes »
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Djokovic bids for 4th consecutive Grand Slam title
since.He's won 21 in a row, earning championships at Wimbledon in July, the U.S. Open in September, and the Australian Open in January. If Djokovic can prolong that run on the red clay of Roland Garros over the next two weeks, he will become the first man Read more »
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