With all the other sports action, I completely disregarded the Australian Open, until a couple of my colleagues started talking about the number of Russian women in the main draw, as also the fact that they went quite deep into the tournament.

My hotel does not have ESPN2, so we were not able to watch the games, even if they were tape delayed. Speaking of which, what the hell is wrong with the American TV networks? Why can’t they show the initial rounds live? I know they showed some of the matches live, but most of it seemed to be tape delay. Of course, if I don’t know enough, ignore this rant.

So last night we went to a local sports bar and watched Sharapova/Williams. More on that in another post.

Of course, of all the Russian women, and the talk of possibly 3 out of 4 semifinalists or maybe 7 out of 8 quarter finalists, only one made it to the semis. So I have something to rub it into my colleagues. :-)