1. Juniors battle it out
The most engaging contest of the fortnight came on Rod Laver Arena a few hours before the women’s singles final when two 15-year-old best friends from Moscow, Alina Korneeva and Mirra Andreeva, fought out a three hour and 18 minute battle for the Junior Girls singles title, pure tension and quality. Korneeva prevailed, Andreeva was distraught but friendship was the winner. Try and catch the highlights somewhere. Outstanding.
2. Empty seats in royal box
Not a single seat was taken in the VIP area (maybe 100 places?) behind the server’s arm during the junior girls and boys (another cracker) final. Someone from TA should have put the word out and filled a few places – for free if need be. Shameful.
