Yesterday I was over the Edge, today I was at AO 2012 Women’s Final.
It has been yet another great day in sunny Melbourne and today it was 34
degree C.
After breakfast at our ”usual” dinner we started out at Melbourne
Aquarium and arrived quit early (10AM) and could more or less walk straight in.
It turned out to be a good idea to arrive early as it turned very crowdie later
on. At noon the queue went out to the street.
Melbourne Aquarium is a must see, and we opted for a guided tour which
is recommendable. Beside the tour we came back stage and heard about the
different variety of food that is used, and saw the guide hand feed a Stingray.
We then spend a couple of hours at Harbour City an outdoor mall in two
levels at Melbourne Docklands.
At Rod Laver Arena we had dinner at the Membership Lounge, walked around
afterwards and enjoyed the atmosphere. As soon the doors opened we found our
seats and saw men’s double warm up before the women’s final.
7PM the roof started to close and a spectacular light show started and
the Australia Girls Choir came in and sang the Australia national hymn. Then
the AO Trophy were lowered from the ceiling and received by Martina Hingis a 3
times AO champ, 1997-1999.
As the roof was opened again the players were presented and after the
traditional coin toss won by Sharapova the game begun. As it turned out the
coin toss was the only thing Sharapova won that evening, she was creamed by
Azarenka: 6-3; 6-0.
After having seen Kvitova, Sharapova, Azarenka and Clejster it is
evident that Caroline doesn’t have what it takes to beat the likes of Clejster.
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