The Australian Open tennis tournament is a huge drawcard for Melbourne each year. More than half a million spectators attended Rod Laver Arena and Melbourne Park Stadium for this year's Open.

We had unusually hot weather during the course of the Open and unfortunately a number of the players suffered heat exhaustion.

The results were:

Men's final:
Roger Federer defeated Marcos Baghdatis 5-7 7-5 6-0 6-2

Women's final:
Amelie Mauresmo defeated Justine Henin-Hardenne (retired ill) 6-1 2-0

Men's doubles:
Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan defeated Martin Damm & Leander Paes

Women's doubles:
Zi Yan & Jie Zheng defeated Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur

Mixed doubles:
Mahesh Bhupathi & Martina Hingis defeated Daniel Nestor & Elena Likhovtseva

Junior boys' singles:
Alexandre Sidorenko defeated Nick Lindahl

Junior girls' singles:
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Caroline Wozniacki

Junior boys' doubles:
Blazej Koniusz & Grzegorz Panfil defeated Kellen Damico & Nathaniel Schnugg

Junior girls' doubles:
Sharon Fichman & Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Alize Cornet & Corinna Dentoni


Elle Carter Neal
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