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Early-morning service Down Under

By Kamakshi Tandon
Special to ESPN.com

Sunday, January 25, 2009

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Welcome back to the Australian Open All Hours. Love it or hate it, it's fast becoming an annual tradition. In 2008, the tournament set a record for the latest finish at a Grand Slam, with the first Saturday's action continuing until 4:34 a.m. Sunday. A 4½-hour battle involving Roger Federer had set the whole schedule back, and Lleyton Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis rode their five-set roller coaster 'til the early hours of the morning. One year later, an eerily s ...

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