Aussie Open Recap: Kerber’s Suprise and Dependable Djokovic

2016-02-01

Melbourne crowns a new women's major champion and cements Djokovic's dominance over all opponents, while we debut a (hopefully) long-running segment called The Rant.3:00 Are there any emerging storylines in the men's game?7:30 Odds and ends in the women's game: Konta, Zhang, and Venus returning to IW12:00 Serena def. Maria #19, Serena def. Radwanska17:45 Women's final31:45 Being happy for Kerber; Serena giving praise where it's due36:00 Djokovic-Simon39:00 A sidebar on Rafa in light of Novak's dominance of every top player

Melbourne crowns a new women's major champion and cements Djokovic's dominance over all opponents, while we debut a (hopefully) long-running segment called The Rant.

3:00 Are there any emerging storylines in the men's game?

7:30 Odds and ends in the women's game: Konta, Zhang, and Venus returning to IW

12:00 Serena def. Maria #19, Serena def. Radwanska

17:45 Women's final

31:45 Being happy for Kerber; Serena giving praise where it's due

36:00 Djokovic-Simon

39:00 A sidebar on Rafa in light of Novak's dominance of every top player

42:30 Is Novak becoming more beloved? Or at least more respected?

47:00 Spare a thought for Andy Murray

49:30 Melbourne commercial

52:30 Stuff we saw on Twitter: 1) Sharapova fans out in force

55:00 2) Superfans taking journalists to task for 'negativity'