Handshake mistake

The overwhelming sentiment in the aftermath of the Tomas Berdych handshake incident is that the seventh seed has made a mountain out of a molehill. Berdych caused a stir when he refused to shake hands with his opponent, Spaniard Nicolas Almagro, after their match, the Czech still furious at Almagro for hitting him with a forehand. A Spanish journalist told me that the reaction of the Hisense Arena crowd - who drowned Berdych's post-match interview out with boos - is reflective of the feeling in Spain. "It might have been different if he'd lost," the journo said. "But there's no excuse if you're the winner." Ironically, Almagro himself was on the receiving end of a similar strike against Stanislas Wawrinka not two days before. That's tennis. Let's hope Berdych doesn't enter any doubles competitions any time soon.

The camera's on Leconte

If Berdych was upset about Almagro supposedly aiming the ball straight at him, it's a good thing he wasn't present at Hisense Arena earlier this morning. The Woodies were back at Melbourne Park for the Legends Doubles, taking on French duo Guy Forget and Henri Leconte. Leconte, in keeping with the semi-serious and generally comedic feel of the match, strapped a camera to his chest for insightful, first-hand images, only for it to attract some unwanted attention. Egged on by the crowd, Todd Woodbridge aimed one of his serves directly at it, but missed well wide. Much to the crowd's amusement, and pretty confident his physical safety was not in danger, Leconte invited a second attempt - which also flew wide. Sheepishly, Woodbridge then realised he had been sucked into serving a double fault. In desperation he looked over to the umpire, who, demonstrating an immaculate sense of occasion, called, "second service."

Joey's revenge

Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki upset a number of journalists last year when she claimed that a leg injury had been caused by a baby kangaroo, when in fact she had merely walked into a treadmill. She later admitted it was a joke, but only after the story had been published across the globe.

As it turns out, the kangaroo community was equally nonplussed by her fabrication, and dealt its revenge. Before the tournament, the world number one had petted a joey and fed it some milk only to have it spat back onto herself. Wozniacki admitted, "I guess I deserved that from the story last year."

Time heals all wounds

Li Na was understandably very disappointed about her loss to Kim Clijsters yesterday, in which she squandered four match points. However, if she was to find some solace, it might come from the most unlikely of sources - Clijsters herself. Back in 2003, the Belgian had been 5-1 up in the third set of the Australian Open semifinal against Serena Williams, and had held two match points. However, Williams being Williams, she fought back and made her way to the final, which she won. Naturally, Clijsters was shattered. But water relentlessly flows under the bridge, and she moved on. So much so, in fact, that she has forgotten the match entirely. When reminded about it after turning the tables on Na, Clijsters laughed, "I did (have match points)? Damn!"