The 2010 Australian Open will be a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It will be the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It will take place in Melbourne Park from January 18 to January 31, 2010. Former WTA No. 1 and women’s singles champion, Justine Henin is set to make her comeback here.The Australian Open typically has very high attendance, with the 2009 Australian Open achieving the highest ever single-day day/night attendance record for any Grand Slam tournament of 66,018. The event is worth around £38 million to the Australian economy.
In 2008, the Rebound Ace surface, which had been in place for the past 20 years at Melbourne Park, was replaced by a cushioned, medium-paced, acrylic surface known as Plexicushion Prestige. The main benefits of the new surface are better consistency and less retention of heat (because of a thinner top layer). This change was accompanied by changes in the surfaces of all lead-up tournaments to the Australian Open. The change was controversial, primarily because of the new surface’s similarity[citation needed] to DecoTurf, the surface already being used by the US Open.Here we have the whole schedule in Australian local time. That means that the hours are 16 hours behind the American Eastern Time. ESPN and ESPN2 are the two major TV companies that will broadcast the whole tournament. Here we have in detail the whole schedule in ET to avoid confusion.Sunday, Jan. 14 on ESPNEarly-round play from 7 p.m. until midnight (Live)Monday, Jan. 15 on ESPNEarly-round play from 3:30 to 6 a.m. (Live)Tuesday, Jan. 16 on ESPNEarly-round play from 3:30 until 6 a.m. (Live)Wednesday, Jan. 17 on ESPNEarly-round play from 3:30 until 6 a.m. (Live)Thursday, Jan. 18 on ESPNEarly-round play from 3:30 until 6 a.m. (Live)
Friday, Jan. 19 on ESPN
- Early-round play from 3:30 until 6 a.m. (Live)
Saturday, Jan. 20 on ESPN
- Early-round play from 3:30 until 6 a.m. (Live)
Sunday, Jan. 21 on ESPN
- Early round/Round of 16 from 3:30 until 6 a.m. (Live)
Monday, Jan. 22 on ESPN
- Round of 16/Quarterfinals from 3:30 until 6 a.m. (Live)
Tuesday, Jan. 23 on ESPN
- Quarterfinals from 3:30 until 6 a.m. (Live)
Wednesday, Jan. 24 on ESPN
- Men’s Quarters/Women’s Semis from 3:30 until 6 a.m. (Live)
Thursday, Jan. 25 on ESPN
- Men’s Semis from 3:30 until 6 a.m. (Live)
Friday, Jan. 26 on ESPN
- Men’s Semis/Women’s Final from Midnight until 1 a.m. (Live)
Sunday, Jan. 28 on ESPN
- Men’s Final from 3:30 until 6:30 a.m. (Live)
In addition to the prize and all the benefits of winning the tournament, he winners get their names on the perpetual trophy Cup. This year, the prize will be bigger than last year. Here are the prizes that were credited for the last year and this is just to give us an idea of the magnitude of this contest.
• 1st Round: A$19,400
• 2nd Round: A$31,000
• 3rd Round: A$51,000
• 4th Round: A$88,000
• Quarterfinalists: A$182,250
• Semifinalists: A$365,000
• Runners-up: A$1,000,000
• Winners: A$2,000,000
Here we have the LIVE LINES of the tournament. The Lines arew available for each round and we are going to have a wide range of odds for every kind of taste on this matter. Take the time to check up the lines and lay some action now.
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