'I can't lose. She can't lose.'
Question number one for Serena Williams, ahead of Saturday's Australian Open final against older sister Serena: where will everyone sit?
Emma Quayle joined The Age as a cadet journalist in 1999 and has been covering football since 2001. She has won awards from the Australian Football Media Association and AFL Players Association for her feature writing, and specialised for many years in covering junior football and the AFL draft. Emma's two books - The Draft and Nine Lives (the story of former Essendon wingman Adam Ramanauskas' battle with cancer) - were published in 2008 and 2010.
Question number one for Serena Williams, ahead of Saturday's Australian Open final against older sister Serena: where will everyone sit?
Serena Williams will play on Friday for a shot at her seventh Australian Open title, after dismissing Johanna Konta in emphatic style.
Milos Raonic finally feels close to flu-free. And having seen, reached and successfully passed the "tipping point" in his most recent match against Rafael Nadal, he is confident he can do it again when they play their quarter final.
Love has been in the Open air this week
Anything Roger can do, Rafa can do too. Even a little more simply.
Venus Williams will turn 37 in a little under six months, so she doesn't feel like she's starting something. Nor is she in the mood to contemplate finishing up.
The wardrobe clash in the Gavrilova-
Jordan Thompson fought it out against the world No. 8.
Gavrilova's 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 means she has a chance to match or better her fourth-round appearance in last year's Open.
Tomic managed something fellow Aussie Kyrgios was unable to: outlasting a tough, relentless, energetic opponent to make it to the third round of the Australian Open.
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