At a quirky, off-the-chain opening major to this season, records were broken, and records were extended. By the time the singles finals rolled around, the event had taken on a certain vintage, namely 2008 feel—Serena vs. Venus and Rafa vs. Roger.
Here are the highlights and lowlights among all that was seen and heard on the ground in Melbourne these past two weeks:
See No. 9 here.
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“F–k everything and everybody who ever tells you you can’t do it,” Mirjana Lucic-Baroni said during the on-court interview. “Just show up and do it with your heart.”