Last night was the celebration of Australia Day, the rough down under equivalent to the Fourth of July, complete with a booming fireworks spectacular. Play was actually stopped for ten minutes at Rod Laver Arena (Andy Murray playing Rafael Nadal at the time) so the show could fill the air with loud - very loud - explosions before resuming the tennis. A quick little iPhone video I grabbed of it:
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Down Under, Day 13: Rockets Red Glare
Moving on to the late stage of the tournament, so the chaos of the early days cedes to the intensity that descends now that only a few big names and big matches are left to go. Serena Williams was facing a steep up-hill climb today after dropping the first set and being down 4-0 in the second, but she surged all the way back to win in three against Victoria Azarenka.
Last night was the celebration of Australia Day, the rough down under equivalent to the Fourth of July, complete with a booming fireworks spectacular. Play was actually stopped for ten minutes at Rod Laver Arena (Andy Murray playing Rafael Nadal at the time) so the show could fill the air with loud - very loud - explosions before resuming the tennis. A quick little iPhone video I grabbed of it:
Last night was the celebration of Australia Day, the rough down under equivalent to the Fourth of July, complete with a booming fireworks spectacular. Play was actually stopped for ten minutes at Rod Laver Arena (Andy Murray playing Rafael Nadal at the time) so the show could fill the air with loud - very loud - explosions before resuming the tennis. A quick little iPhone video I grabbed of it:
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