Australian Open Final
Trophy Presentation - January 31, 2010
TENNIS CHAMPION Roger Federer, who is also the world number one has won the men's singles final at the Austrailain Open to regain the crown he lost to Rafael Nadal last year.
Roger Federer defeated No 5 seed Andy Murray (United Kingdom) in three hard-fought sets, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (13/11) in two hours 41 minutes.
This was Federer's fourth Australian Open win, which now takes his total Grand Slam count to 16. His victory also meant an end to Andy Murray's quest for British tennis history. Federer had won the Australian Open men's singles title in 2004, 2006 and 2007.
It was Murray's second Grand Slam loss to Federer following his defeat to the him in the 2008 US Open final and continued Britain's frustrating chase for the first time Grand
Slam winner since Fred Perry last won 74 years ago.
Federer said after extending his record to 16 Grand Slams, two more than Sampras and a whopping 10 more than nearest current challenger Rafa Nadal,
“ I always knew I had it in my hand. The question is (did) I have it in my mind and in my legs,"
List of all-time grand slam
winners
16 — Roger Federer
4 Australian, 6 Wimbledon, 1 French, 5 US
14 — Pete Sampras
2 Australian,
7 Wimbledon, 5 US
12 — Roy Emerson
6 Australian, 2 French, 2 Wimbledon, 2 US
11 — Bjorn Borg
6 French, 5 Wimbledon
11 — Rod Laver
3 Australian, 2 French, 4 Wimbledon, 2 US
10 — Bill Tilden
3 Wimbledon, 7 US
08 — Andre Agassi
4 Australian, 1 French, 1 Wimbledon, 2 US
08 — Ivan Lendl
2 Australian, 3 French, 3 US
08 — Fred Perry
1 Australian, 1 French, 3 Wimbledon, 3 US
08 — Ken Rosewall
4 Australian, 2 French, 2 US
Sunday, January 31, 2010
royal rumble 2010 results
ECW Championship: Christian vs. Ezekiel Jackson
The announcers are putting over how long Christian has had the title, so I wouldn’t be surprised with a title change here. Jackson has Regal by his side tonight.
Zeke is over powering Christian during the early stages of the match. Regal tried to attack Christian on the outside, but the ref saw Regal’s attempted attack and sent him to the back.
Throughout the match, Jackson kept reserving the killswitch. As he was ramming Christian into the top rope, Christan slipped out of it and hit the killswitch for the win.
Winner: Christian
Cryme Tyme tried to trick The Great Khali into giving them his spot. He was having none of it. Miz came in and ran his mouth. Teddy made Miz vs. MVP for tonight.
Cody Rhodes met with Randy Orton backstage. Cody said Ted keeps talking about winning the Rumble and beating Orton at Wrestlemania.
United States Championship: The Miz vs. MVP
They had a back-and-forth match. Both men countered each others finishers. The finish saw MVP chase Miz around the ring and get rolled up by Miz when he tried to re-enter the ring.
Winner: The Miz
Big Show and Chris Jericho met backstage. Big Show said his loyalty lays with himself. R-Truth came up and said he’d throw Jericho over the top.
Ted did the same thing Cody did with Randy Orton.
WWE Championship: Sheamus vs. Randy Orton
The crowd is very pro-Orton. This match is very slow and plodding. Orton gave Sheamus the second rope DDT and went for the punt. However, Sheamus rolled out of the way.
Cody Rhodes jumped over the guardrail and distracted the ref and Sheamus. Orton hit the RKO, but the ref called for the DQ.
Winner via DQ: Sheamus
Cody pleaded his innocent as the crowd chanted RKO. Orton drilled Rhodes and beat the shit out of him. Ted ran in and tried to pull Orton off. Orton attacked him too. Orton turned away into Sheamus’ flying kick.
WWE Womens’ Championship: Michelle McCool vs. Mickie James
Michelle did horrible mic work asking where Mickie has gone? Layla came out in the Piggy James outfit. Mickie came out and attacked Layla.
Mickie moved out of the way as Michelle kicked Layla. Mickie hit her DDT and that was it.
Winner: Mickie James
The babyface divas came into the ring with a giant cake and rammed it into Michelle and Layla’s face.
World Heavyweight Championship: The Undertaker vs. Rey Mysterio
Undertaker grabbed Rey by the head and flung him over the top. Both guys countered each other’s finishers early on. Undertaker is bleeding from the nost.
Undertaker went to powerbomb Rey on the outside, but Rey gout out of it and hit an Asai moonsault. Rey hit two 619s but flew into a huge last ride.
Winner: The Undertaker
30-man Royal Rumble Match
Number 1 - Dolph Ziggler
Number 2 - Evan Bourne
Number 3 - CM Punk
Punk eliminated Bourne and Ziggler. Serena grabbed Punk a mic. He said tonight will be a historic night in his straight edge society.
Number 4 - JTG
Punk dumped him out as well. Punk rambled on again.
Number 5 - The Great Khali
Number 6 - Beth Phoenix
Beth kissed Khali and dragged him over the top. Punk hit the GTS and threw Beth out.
Number 7 - Zack Ryder
Punk tossed him out too.
Number 8 - Triple H
Number 9 - Drew McIntyre
HHH reversed the GTS and sent Punk packing.
Number 10 - Ted DiBiase
Number 11 - John Morrison
Number 12 – Kane
Number 13 - Cody Rhodes
Number 14 - MVP
Miz attacked MVP as he was making his way to the ring. MVP was helped to the back.
Number 15 - Carlito
Number 16 - The Miz
MVP returned and eliminated himself and Miz.
Number 17 - Matt Hardy
Hardy was on a roll until Kane pushed him out.
From behind HHH dumped Kane out.
Number 18 - Shawn Michaels
HBK sent Carlito packing. Cody and Ted would thrown out by Michaels too.
Shawn eliminated John Morrison.
DX both clotheslined McIntyre out of the match.
Number 19 - John Cena
SHAWN MICHAELS ELIMINATED TRIPLE H!
Number 20 - Shelton Benjamin
Shelton went to hit Cena with the paydirt, but Cena caught him and threw him out.
Number 21 - Yoshi Tatsu
He didn’t last long.
Number 22 - Big Show
Number 23 - Mark Henry
Number 24 - Chris Masters
Big Show powered Masters out.
Number 25 - R-Truth
R-Truth just eliminated Big Show and Mark Henry
Number 26 - Jack Swagger
Number 27 - Kofi Kingston
Kingston eliminated Swagger.
Kofi also threw out R-Truth.
Number 28 - Chris Jericho
Kofi was eliminated by Cena
Number 29 - Edge
Crowd is going nuts. Edge threw out Jericho.
Number 30 - Batista
Shawn Michaels superkicked Edge back into the ring but Batista hit him and knocked HBK out of the Rumble match. Michaels is devastated. Shawn attacked some refs too.
Cena out bridged Batista out of the match
Egde dumped Cena out.
EDGE WINS!
Winner: Edge
The announcers are putting over how long Christian has had the title, so I wouldn’t be surprised with a title change here. Jackson has Regal by his side tonight.
Zeke is over powering Christian during the early stages of the match. Regal tried to attack Christian on the outside, but the ref saw Regal’s attempted attack and sent him to the back.
Throughout the match, Jackson kept reserving the killswitch. As he was ramming Christian into the top rope, Christan slipped out of it and hit the killswitch for the win.
Winner: Christian
Cryme Tyme tried to trick The Great Khali into giving them his spot. He was having none of it. Miz came in and ran his mouth. Teddy made Miz vs. MVP for tonight.
Cody Rhodes met with Randy Orton backstage. Cody said Ted keeps talking about winning the Rumble and beating Orton at Wrestlemania.
United States Championship: The Miz vs. MVP
They had a back-and-forth match. Both men countered each others finishers. The finish saw MVP chase Miz around the ring and get rolled up by Miz when he tried to re-enter the ring.
Winner: The Miz
Big Show and Chris Jericho met backstage. Big Show said his loyalty lays with himself. R-Truth came up and said he’d throw Jericho over the top.
Ted did the same thing Cody did with Randy Orton.
WWE Championship: Sheamus vs. Randy Orton
The crowd is very pro-Orton. This match is very slow and plodding. Orton gave Sheamus the second rope DDT and went for the punt. However, Sheamus rolled out of the way.
Cody Rhodes jumped over the guardrail and distracted the ref and Sheamus. Orton hit the RKO, but the ref called for the DQ.
Winner via DQ: Sheamus
Cody pleaded his innocent as the crowd chanted RKO. Orton drilled Rhodes and beat the shit out of him. Ted ran in and tried to pull Orton off. Orton attacked him too. Orton turned away into Sheamus’ flying kick.
WWE Womens’ Championship: Michelle McCool vs. Mickie James
Michelle did horrible mic work asking where Mickie has gone? Layla came out in the Piggy James outfit. Mickie came out and attacked Layla.
Mickie moved out of the way as Michelle kicked Layla. Mickie hit her DDT and that was it.
Winner: Mickie James
The babyface divas came into the ring with a giant cake and rammed it into Michelle and Layla’s face.
World Heavyweight Championship: The Undertaker vs. Rey Mysterio
Undertaker grabbed Rey by the head and flung him over the top. Both guys countered each other’s finishers early on. Undertaker is bleeding from the nost.
Undertaker went to powerbomb Rey on the outside, but Rey gout out of it and hit an Asai moonsault. Rey hit two 619s but flew into a huge last ride.
Winner: The Undertaker
30-man Royal Rumble Match
Number 1 - Dolph Ziggler
Number 2 - Evan Bourne
Number 3 - CM Punk
Punk eliminated Bourne and Ziggler. Serena grabbed Punk a mic. He said tonight will be a historic night in his straight edge society.
Number 4 - JTG
Punk dumped him out as well. Punk rambled on again.
Number 5 - The Great Khali
Number 6 - Beth Phoenix
Beth kissed Khali and dragged him over the top. Punk hit the GTS and threw Beth out.
Number 7 - Zack Ryder
Punk tossed him out too.
Number 8 - Triple H
Number 9 - Drew McIntyre
HHH reversed the GTS and sent Punk packing.
Number 10 - Ted DiBiase
Number 11 - John Morrison
Number 12 – Kane
Number 13 - Cody Rhodes
Number 14 - MVP
Miz attacked MVP as he was making his way to the ring. MVP was helped to the back.
Number 15 - Carlito
Number 16 - The Miz
MVP returned and eliminated himself and Miz.
Number 17 - Matt Hardy
Hardy was on a roll until Kane pushed him out.
From behind HHH dumped Kane out.
Number 18 - Shawn Michaels
HBK sent Carlito packing. Cody and Ted would thrown out by Michaels too.
Shawn eliminated John Morrison.
DX both clotheslined McIntyre out of the match.
Number 19 - John Cena
SHAWN MICHAELS ELIMINATED TRIPLE H!
Number 20 - Shelton Benjamin
Shelton went to hit Cena with the paydirt, but Cena caught him and threw him out.
Number 21 - Yoshi Tatsu
He didn’t last long.
Number 22 - Big Show
Number 23 - Mark Henry
Number 24 - Chris Masters
Big Show powered Masters out.
Number 25 - R-Truth
R-Truth just eliminated Big Show and Mark Henry
Number 26 - Jack Swagger
Number 27 - Kofi Kingston
Kingston eliminated Swagger.
Kofi also threw out R-Truth.
Number 28 - Chris Jericho
Kofi was eliminated by Cena
Number 29 - Edge
Crowd is going nuts. Edge threw out Jericho.
Number 30 - Batista
Shawn Michaels superkicked Edge back into the ring but Batista hit him and knocked HBK out of the Rumble match. Michaels is devastated. Shawn attacked some refs too.
Cena out bridged Batista out of the match
Egde dumped Cena out.
EDGE WINS!
Winner: Edge
Bala’s new Tamil heroine "Janani"
National award winning director Bala is starting the shoot of his next film called Avan Evan with Vishal and Arya. The film has a new heroine a Tamil girl Janani Iyer.
Janani said: “I am a Chennai girl born and brought up here and studied at D AV School at Gopalapuram. Then I did my computer science course from Savitha Engineering College. Avan Evan is my first film. But I have done modelling for over 150 ads including national and regional ones.
Jananini always wanted to be an actor as it is her passion in life. So how did she land this film with Bala? “Director Vijay (Poi Solla Porum) is like my guru and he told me that Bala sir was looking for a new face for his film. So I tried my luck by going for his audition. Bala sir after the audition told me that I fit into the role.”
Janani is not allowed as per her contract to speak to the media about her role or the film. Anyway,she has so far made the right moves, and has the potential to be the first Tamil girl after Trisha to make it big in Kollywood.
Janani said: “I am a Chennai girl born and brought up here and studied at D AV School at Gopalapuram. Then I did my computer science course from Savitha Engineering College. Avan Evan is my first film. But I have done modelling for over 150 ads including national and regional ones.
Jananini always wanted to be an actor as it is her passion in life. So how did she land this film with Bala? “Director Vijay (Poi Solla Porum) is like my guru and he told me that Bala sir was looking for a new face for his film. So I tried my luck by going for his audition. Bala sir after the audition told me that I fit into the role.”
Janani is not allowed as per her contract to speak to the media about her role or the film. Anyway,she has so far made the right moves, and has the potential to be the first Tamil girl after Trisha to make it big in Kollywood.
THOONGA NAGARAM BEGINS
Producer Dayanidhi Azhagiri’s Thamizh Padam hit the marquee yesterday (January 29th) and he has already announced his next venture Thoonga Nagaram. Incidentally, the film went on floors on Azhagiri’s birthday, January 29. The MP attended the movie launch at the Thamukkam Grounds in Madurai.
The film is directed by debut director Gaurav, who had apprenticed under ace director K S Ravi Kumar. Thoonga Nagaram, which is set in Madurai, has ‘Pasanga’ Vimal, ‘Nadodigal’ Bharani and ‘Renigunta Nishanth’ in important roles.
Director Gaurav also dons the greasepaint in his debut vehicle. Anjali plays the female lead in Thoonga Nagaram.
The Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu Ammal lit the traditional lamp, while Azhagiri's wife Gandhi Azhagiri gave the first clap. Azhagiri wielded the camera to mark the beginning. Azhagiri’s daughters Kayalvizhi and Selvi were also present.
Vijay Ulaganathan, an erstwhile associate to KV Anand is the cinematographer. Sundar C Babu has scored the music. Editing is by Suresh and Santhanam is in-charge of the art direction.
Vivek Rathnavelu is the co-producer of Thoonga Nagaram. Production supervision is by K Sundararaj and the executive producer is Sushanth.
The film is directed by debut director Gaurav, who had apprenticed under ace director K S Ravi Kumar. Thoonga Nagaram, which is set in Madurai, has ‘Pasanga’ Vimal, ‘Nadodigal’ Bharani and ‘Renigunta Nishanth’ in important roles.
Director Gaurav also dons the greasepaint in his debut vehicle. Anjali plays the female lead in Thoonga Nagaram.
The Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu Ammal lit the traditional lamp, while Azhagiri's wife Gandhi Azhagiri gave the first clap. Azhagiri wielded the camera to mark the beginning. Azhagiri’s daughters Kayalvizhi and Selvi were also present.
Vijay Ulaganathan, an erstwhile associate to KV Anand is the cinematographer. Sundar C Babu has scored the music. Editing is by Suresh and Santhanam is in-charge of the art direction.
Vivek Rathnavelu is the co-producer of Thoonga Nagaram. Production supervision is by K Sundararaj and the executive producer is Sushanth.
Asal gets a clean U/A
Ajith Kumar’s Asal will now have a pre-poned release on February 5 as the producers have confirmed the new release dates. The members of Censor Board watched the film recently and have passed it with ‘U/A’ certificate for its ‘violence quotients’. It seems that the members have insisted Saran to replace few shots so as to obtain clean ‘U’ certificate.
Nonetheless, it doesn’t seem to be a possibility as Saran has no intentions of replacing those shots. Earlier, plans were made to release the film on Valentine’s Day weekend (Feb 12), but due to random releases in the following weeks, the producers have preponed the release.
Asal brings back Ajith Kumar and director Saran for the fourth time followed by grand successes of Kadhal Mannan, Amarkalam and Attagasam. Musical score by Bharadwaj has already become sensational hits in audio markets. Sameera Reddy and Bhavana are the heroines in the flick.
Nonetheless, it doesn’t seem to be a possibility as Saran has no intentions of replacing those shots. Earlier, plans were made to release the film on Valentine’s Day weekend (Feb 12), but due to random releases in the following weeks, the producers have preponed the release.
Asal brings back Ajith Kumar and director Saran for the fourth time followed by grand successes of Kadhal Mannan, Amarkalam and Attagasam. Musical score by Bharadwaj has already become sensational hits in audio markets. Sameera Reddy and Bhavana are the heroines in the flick.
Yaavarum Kelir Start Rolling
It’s final now: Kamal Haasan has officially confirmed the title of his next film ‘Yaavarum Kelir’. As known earlier, the film is directed by K.S Ravikumar and is produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin of Red Giant Movies.
Finalizing the female lead happened to be a great turmoil for the biggies and now they’ve finalized Trisha for the project. Kamal Haasan’s elder daughter Shruthi Haasan scores music for the film and it’s completely comedy-entertainer with a pragmatic theme in the backdrop.
Kamal Haasan’s spokesperson has mentioned that the film will start rolling from April and will hit screens for Diwali without any delay.
Wow! That’s really tremendous to hear that our very own Kamal Haasan will bring us another quickie within short span of time.
Cheran and Bhagyaraj launch Kurunila Mannan Audio
Paruthiveeran and Subramaniapuram have already strike gold at the box-office so now many filmmakers are gradually shifting their focus to films based on village backgrounds.
Upcoming film Kurunila Mannan follows the lead and stars newcomers Pradeep and Vidhya in lead roles.
The film is produced by Nisha Kennedi of KRK Film Circuit and is directed by debutant Murugaiah (once an associate of director Tamizh Vaanan).
Producer Nisha informs that the complete film has been shot across Kaaraikudi and its surrounding villages in a short span of just 39 days.
Filmmakers Cheran and Bhagyaraj released the film's audio at Sathyam Cinemas. Addressing the special invitees, director Cheran said, "These days, films with star value are supported by theatre exhibitors and distributors. I request audience to extend their aid for films with newcomers as well. Many good films are given a miss by the viewers as they don't boast of a big star cast, but the scenario should change now."
Upcoming film Kurunila Mannan follows the lead and stars newcomers Pradeep and Vidhya in lead roles.
The film is produced by Nisha Kennedi of KRK Film Circuit and is directed by debutant Murugaiah (once an associate of director Tamizh Vaanan).
Producer Nisha informs that the complete film has been shot across Kaaraikudi and its surrounding villages in a short span of just 39 days.
Filmmakers Cheran and Bhagyaraj released the film's audio at Sathyam Cinemas. Addressing the special invitees, director Cheran said, "These days, films with star value are supported by theatre exhibitors and distributors. I request audience to extend their aid for films with newcomers as well. Many good films are given a miss by the viewers as they don't boast of a big star cast, but the scenario should change now."
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