world #2 caroline wozniacki of denmark on saturday night in melbourne defeated world #1 simona halep of romania 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 to win the australian open singles championship. this was the first career major singles title for wozniacki, and she was in tears after match point.
wozniacki lost her first major singles final at the u.s. open to serena williams in 2009. while clutching the winner's trophy, wozniacki said, "i'm sorry i'm just taking a second to hug daphne. i dreamt of this moment so many years, to be here now, it's a dream come true." neil diamond's "sweet caroline" played over the speakers as she carried the daphne akhurst memorial cup around rod laver arena.
on monday the popular 27 year-old regains the top ranking for the first time in six years - beating williams' record of five years and 29 days between stints at number one. wozniacki, humbly cognizant of being criticized by the pundits for being #1 and not winning a major, said, "i'm never going to get the question about being a world number one without a slam."
world #2 roger federer of switzerland on sunday night in melbourne defeated world #6 marin cilic of croatia 6-2, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 to win the 2018 australian open singles championship. federer's 20th major singles title is the most by any man in history.
''i'm so happy, it's unbelievable. of course, winning is an absolute dream come true...the fairytale continues for us, for me, after the great year i had last year, it's incredible. i love you guys. thank you," federer said. he held up the trophy and got a standing ovation as tears streamed down his face.
at the age of 36 years, 173 days, federer is the second oldest man to win a major singles final in the open era. ken rosewall won the australian open in 1972 at age 37. federer missed the last six months of 2016 due to injury. yet he's won three of the last five majors. he now joins margaret court (24), serena williams (23) and steffi graf (22) with 20+ major singles wins.
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- mark j. tuggle
- harlem, usa
- same-gender-loving contemporary descendant of enslaved africans. community activist, feminist, health educator, independent filmmaker, mentor, playwright, poet & spiritual being. featured at, in & on africana.com, afrikan poetry theatre, angel herald, bejata dot com, bet tonight with tavis smiley, blacklight online, black noir, brooklyn moon cafe, gmhc's barbershop, klmo-fm, lgbt community services center, longmoor productions, nuyorican poets cafe, our corner, poz, pulse, rolling out new york, rush arts gallery, saint veronica's church, schomburg center for research in black culture, sexplorations, the citizen, the new york times, the soundz bar, the trenton times, the village voice, upn news, uzuri, venus, vibe, wbai-fm, wnyc-fm & wqht-fm. volunteered with adodi, bailey house, inc., black men's xchange-new york, colorofchange.org, drug policy alliance, east harlem tutorial program, imagenation film & music festival, presente.org, save darfur coalition, the enough project, the osborne association, the sledge group & your black world. worked on films with maurice jamal & heather murphy. writing student of phil bertelsen & ed bullins. mjt975@msn.com.
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