Sportswriter and broadcaster David Fearnhead, Women's Tennis Blog's friend and long-time contributor, shares his talking points from the opening day of the Australian Open. He now presents the sports radio show The Only Game in Town every Thursday night on Ribble FM.
At the start of the year, when I was asked on my radio show who I’d put my money on for the Australian Open, I decided to go with a dark horse. Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber would be the obvious favourites.