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Louk Sorensen claims first Irish grand slam win in open era at Australian Open
¢ ‘It’s the biggest achievement of my career so far’¢ Sorensen makes history with first-round victoryIt may be stretching things a little too far to suggest that Louk Sorensen’s victory here in the first round of the men’s singles today will have them dancing in the streets of Dublin. The 25-year-old can go unnoticed in the country’s capital but there is no doubt that his 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 win over Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei will go down as a historic moment for Irish tennis.Though Matt Doyle represented Ireland with aplomb in the Davis Cup in the 1980s and reached the last 16 of the US Open in 1982, he was American-born and, according to officials, played the grand-slam events under an American flag. Ireland almost had two men in the main draw but Conor Niland was beaten in the last round of qualifying so the last Irishman to even play a grand-slam match was Sorensen’s father, Sean, at Wimbledon in 1980 and Louk’s win was the first by an Irishman at a grand-slam event in the open era. “I’m feeling great,” the world No284 said. “It’s the biggest achievement of my career so far, but let’s just see how it goes in the next round,” he said.Doyle became a national hero in Ireland when he beat Eliot Teltscher in a Davis Cup World Group tie in 1983 against a United States team that included John McEnroe, then the Wimbledon champion. Sorensen’s father also played in that match and is now the captain of Ireland’s Davis Cup team, something that may prove to be even more significant come July, for Ireland and Britain could find themselves playing each other, depending on the results of their first-round matches in March.

Serena, Federer Advance At Australian Open
Clijsters brightens up dreary day at Aussie Open.

Australian Open 2010: What Players Are Doing Off The Court (PHOTOS)
Even though the tennis players at the Australian Open may spend most of their time competing and practicing on the court, some of the athletes have found a few moments to break away and relax for a short time. Check out what they do off the court below. More on Photo Galleries.

Clijsters Knocked Out of Australian Open
The U.S. Open champ was on the court for 52 minutes, and Nadia Petrova, a Russian and No. 19 seed, embarrassed her pretty much every second in a thorough 6-0, 6-1 banishment from the women’s single’s bracket..

Murray hurries into Australian Open fourth round
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Andy Murray continued his quest to be the first British man to win a grand slam title in 74 years when he advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 7-5 6-1 6-4 victory over Florent Serra Friday..

Henin, Roddick roll on at Australian Open
Justin Henin and Andy Roddick advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open on Friday..

Henin rolls on at Australian Open
Justin Henin advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Alisa Kleybanova on Friday..

Safina moves on to 4th round at Australian Open
Dinara Safina, who lost the Australian Open final last year to Serena Williams, is through to the fourth round of this season’s first Grand Slam tournament after a 6-1, 6-2 win over Elena Baltacha..

Safina advances, Jankovic out of Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Dinara Safina advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open on Friday, winning her first match on the major’s marquee court since her lopsided loss to Serena Williams in last year’s final..

Djokovic, Davydenko solid at Australian Open
Nikolay Davydenko continued his stellar play and advanced to the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 win over Illya Marchenko of Ukraine..

News Activity for Australian Open

BBC Sport – Tennis – Live text – Australian Open
Top seed Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Novak Djokovic are in action on day six at Melbourne Park.

BBC Sport – Tennis – Live text – Australian Open
Fernando Verdasco is among those in early action on day two of the Australian Open, with Roger Federer and Serena Williams set to open their campaigns later.

BBC Sport – Tennis – Live Australian Open – Elena Baltacha v Dinara Safina
Live – Baltacha v Safina- British number one Elena Baltacha meets world number two Dinara Safina at the Australian … http://bit.ly/4yPSir

BBC Sport – Tennis – Maria Sharapova crashes out of the Australian Open
Sharapova slumps to shock defeat http://bit.ly/4Zglnn

BBC Sport – Tennis – Live text – Australian Open
Maria Sharapova opens play on day one of the Australian Open, with Andy Murray in action later on Monday.

Twitter Recent Posts for Australian Open

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Serena Williams steps up defence: Serena Williams stepped up the defence of her Australian Open title with a crush… http://bit.ly/7pd0nj
V. Williams won against Delacqua for the title of Australian open grandslam winner
Australian Open 2010: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Nikolay Davydenko on course http://ow.ly/16p16G
The Australian Open is not good for my beauty sleep. Fell asleep on the sofa and woke up at 4:30 with a crick on my neck. Nole was playing.
says http://tinyurl.com/y9kaacw Novak Djokovic into the fourth round of Australian Open 2010 (banana_cool) http://plurk.com/p/3hclq8
An exhausted Baghdatis retires in 2nd set. Hewitt advances to the 4th-vs. Federer. Great for Australian Open. Sam Stosur also advanced today
Serena Williams advances in Australian Open (AP)http://bit.ly/6LGCyi
My 3rd night stayin up to watch the Australian Open, tonight its Hewitt & Baghdatis
Serena into Australian Open fourth round (AFP)http://bit.ly/83MCTY
Serena Williams storms into Australian Open fourth round as Venus also wins – The Gua http://bit.ly/8K8d0x
Australian Open 2010: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Nikolay Davydenko on course: World No 1, former champion a… http://bit.ly/5NmpM9
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Paes-Dlouhy in Australian Open third round – http://n.thaindian.com/308552

News Media

Rafael Nadal-Ivo Karlovic match headlines Day 7 at the Australian Open – ESPN
Nadal meets another hard hitter, albeit a much different type of player, as the fourth round of the Australian Open begins. A small gathering of fans …

Federer and Williams Sisters Bring Their Everyday Game – New York Times
Roger Federer serves to Albert Montanes in their third round match at the Australian Open. By JOE DRAPE MELBOURNE, Australia –Perhaps because the Australian …

2010 Australian Open Round 3 Results: Dinara Safina Makes Quick Work of Elena … – TransWorldNews (press release)
Dinara Safina needed just 57 minutes to dispatch Elena Baltacha in straight sets 6-1, 6-2 in the third round of the Australian Open. …

Australian Open 2010: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Nikolay Davydenko on … – Telegraph.co.uk
World No 1 Roger Federer, former champion Novak Djokovic and in-form Nikolay Davydenko all progressed to the fourth round of the Australian Open without …

Isner’s Big Serve Presents Tough Task – New York Times
New York Times bloggers follow every serve and volley down under at the 2010 Australian Open. Before ousting his fellow American Andy Roddick in a fifth-set …

Kuznetsova questions late nights – ESPN
"I had to remind myself I'm playing the Australian Open, it's not just a regular tournament. "You kind of lose the importance of these big events. …

Djokovic in command at Melbourne Park – Washington Post
The 2008 Australian Open champion took a while to get untracked in his second-round match when he dropped the first set against Marco Chiudinelli. …

Lleyton Hewitt verus Marcos Baghdatis match headlines Day 6 at the Australian Open – ESPN
MELBOURNE, Australia — You want atmosphere– Then you're in for a treat Saturday. Day 6 at the Australian Open pits the home hope against a …

Australian Open champion Rafael Nadal into fourth round – BBC Sport
Defending champion Rafael Nadal advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 6-4 6-2 2-6 7-5 win over German Philipp Kohlschreiber. …