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Dave, Melbourne,Australia · 01-16-2012, 03:13 AM

And on the subject of big sports events, the Australian Open tennis tournament (one of the world's four Grand Slam titles) has just started in Melbourne. Players include Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova and Kim Clijsters. The last Australians to win a singles title in this tournament were Mark Edmondson in the 1976 Men's and Christine O'Neil in the 1978 Women's. Our best hopes this year are Bernard Tomic (who in the last couple of hours won his first-round game) and Samantha Stosur (who won the 2011 US Open women's singles).

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Dave, Melbourne,Australia Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 557	Re: It Was 45 Years Ago Today. And on the subject of big sports events, the Australian Open tennis tournament (one of the world's four Grand Slam titles) has just started in Melbourne. Players include Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova and Kim Clijsters. The last Australians to win a singles title in this tournament were Mark Edmondson in the 1976 Men's and Christine O'Neil in the 1978 Women's. Our best hopes this year are Bernard Tomic (who in the last couple of hours won his first-round game) and Samantha Stosur (who won the 2011 US Open women's singles). Last edited by Dave, Melbourne,Australia; 01-16-2012 at 05:56 AM.