1 - In the Next Generation Adelaide International for the first time in history besides the Tennis Masters Cup a round-robin competition is in use to replace the normally used 32 player brackets. The new system will be used in several other tournaments throughout the season. tennis.com
15 - Mardy Fish upsets Ivan Ljubicic in the first round of the 2007 Australian Open. The American beats the fourth seeded Croat 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, 6-4. Andy Roddick and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga equaled the tournament record of the longest tie-break with 38 points. Tsonga won the tie-break 20-18, but Roddick recovered to go through in four sets. For the first time in the history of the tournaments fans riot near the courts. The rioting fans were of Serbian and Croatian origin. australianopen.com
16 - The heat is the biggest opponent during the second day of the Australian Open. Maria Sharapova escapes versus Camille Pin as she squanders a 5-0 lead in the final set, but still wins the set 9-7, with Pin being two points away from victory serving for the match at 7-6. Andy Murray defeats Alberto Martin 6-0, 6-0, 6-1, winning sixteen games in a row. australianopen.com
17 - Many matches are effected by rain, also the match between Russian Marat Safin, seeded 26, and Israeli qualifier Dudi Sela. Marat Safin wisely requests that play be suspended while noticeably out of the match with Sela up two sets to one, six games to five, and 30-30. After the delay, Safin returned to win the fourth set and then the final set 6-0 to advance. 2006 finalist Marcos Baghdatis loses to Gaël Monfils 7-6, 6-2, 2-6, 6-0, while 24th seed Juan Carlos Ferrero loses against Danai Udomchoke. australianopen.com
19 - David Ferrer overcome being two sets to love down against Radek Stepanek to beat the Czech 6-3 in the fifth and final set. The matchup of the day was two former world number ones in Russian Marat Safin and American Andy Roddick, Roddick advanced in a hard fought four-set match 7-6. Former world number one Serena Williams survived a miserable first set to defeat number 5 fiery Russian Nadia Petrova 1-6, 7-5, 6-3. australianopen.com
27 - Serena Williams claims the Australian Open women's singles title defeating Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-2 in the final. She became the first unseeded winner since Chris O'Neill in 1978. Despite her lost final Sharapova becomes the world's new number one female player. Bob and Mike Bryan successfully defend their Australian Open title in the men's doubles as they are too strong for the Swedish-Belarussian combination Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi 7-5, 7-5.australianopen.com
28 - Roger Federer becomes the first player to win three consecutive Grand Slam titles twice in his career as he beats Fernando González 7-6, 6-4, 6-4 to win the Australian Open without losing a single set. He became the first player to accomplish this in a Grand Slam Tournament since Björn Borg at Roland Garros in 1980. In their third Grand Slam mixed doubles final Elena Likhovtseva and Daniel Nestor win their first trophy together by beating Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi 6-4 6-4 in the final. australianopen.com
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