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Sunday, January 27, 2008

Djokovic beats Tsonga to win Aussie Open (AP)

Djokovic beats Tsonga to win Aussie Open (AP): "

Visitors play tennis in front of the monitor showing the live broadcasting of Australian Open tennis championship Friday Jan. 25, 2008 in Shanghai, China. The Australian Open set up a live broadcasting site outside of Australia first time from 25 to 27 Jan. to promote the Australian Open and the tennis among Chinese.

Novak Djokovic withstood the expected barrage from upstart Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first set, then rallied to win the Australian Open for his first Grand Slam title. Djokovic fended off the Muhammad Ali lookalike 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (2) in the final on Sunday night, ending a sequence of 11 straight majors won by either Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal since Marat Safin's victory in 2005.


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