Fearless Youth at The Aussie Open

Jan 24, 2009
Occasionally you stumble acrose moments of athletic genius upon channel surfing late into the evening. TSN puts on its top ten hightlights of the night which oftentimes gives reason to pause. However; tonight the last half of the deciding set between Alize Cornet and Dinara Safina in the round of sixteen down under was raucous. With the favourite Safina down 5-2 and two breaks of serve, she came screaming back like a ferocious tiger. In no way shape or form did the nineteen year old Cornet wilt with fatigue because her ground strokes were matching in heaving power and topspin. The kid just out of juniors was simply the target of a rejuvenated Safina destined to step through to the finals and ultimately into the number one world ranking. We’ll see how things wind up with the rest of the draw.