YouTube Best Of-3... Australian Open

No news from David at the moment... Except for the record-breaking 67 places he has gone down in the rankings, leaving him at #130. So it's official now, for the first time in almost ten years, there's now a Top 100 without David's name in it. And he's bound to go down a little further still before he starts playing again, in two weeks when the points for last year's Australian Open come off. Though it will only be 45 points as he didn't get past the second round.

Speaking of the Australian Open, this year's edition marks the fourth Grand Slam David has now missed in a row. A complete round of Slams, so to speak...
I didn't think that I'd be doing another YouTube Best Of-3 but with David's comeback now still another month away, here's a look a some memorable matches and moments at Melbourne. Back in the days when the courts were still green...(Thanks to Joop for making and uploading the match highlights videos.)



A 21-year-old David back in the days when he was still Federer's nemesis... This was their third match and David's third victory.
(The complete match can be downloaded at El Rincón del Tenis.)



Two years later, David's opponent in the fourth round was his friend Guillermo "El Mago" Coria. After dropping the first set, David managed to turn the match around and beat Coria for the first time.


Just a short clip but still worth a look. From David's 2006 first-round match against Udomchoke. Apart from David's shot I also like the commentator's reaction...