I am much less interested in today's football playoffs than I am in the start of the 2009 Australian Open, the first major tournament of the tennis year. Coverage of Monday's play starts this evening here on the east coast of North America, and I am watching Andy Roddick's opening match on the blue tones of Rod Laver Arena's court surface on the high def flavor of ESPN2. I have fond memories of Day 1 of this event, as I was in attendance Down Under in 1998 and 2007. Watching this event always makes me wish I was in Melbourne again, especially since it should be about 60-70 degrees warmer right now!
