Miscellany

Alexa Glatch will not be competing for a wild card into the Australian Open main draw, after all. The latest contenders announced are Julia Cohen and Ester Goldfield. One more contender will be announced at a later date.

Jarmila Groth has been granted Australian citizenship.

Yanina Wickmayer will know within four months whether the appeal of her one-year suspension is successful. One hopes that "within four months" will be sooner than later.

Sun Tiantian recently married, and there is speculation that she will retire soon.

The second BNP Paribas Showdown, better known as the Billie Jean King Cup, will be played March 1 in Madison Square Garden. The competitors are Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Kim Clijsters, and Svetlana Kuznetsova. Serena was last year's winner.

Sun and Zimonjic win Australian Open

Sun Tiantian and her partner, Nenad Zimonjic, have won the Australian Open mixed doubles championship, defeating Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi, 7-6, 6-4. Mirza appeared to be suffering with some type of injury, making it more difficult for her and Bhupathi to fully compete. The match was nevertheless close, with the Indian team up a mini-break in the first set tiebreak before Sun and Zimonjic charged through. The second set featured more aggressive play by Sun, and she and Zimonjic were more dominant.

This is Sun's first Grand Slam title. She is the holder of 11 women's doubles titles and an Olympic gold medal.

Black and Huber upset in Sydney

Alicia Molik and Sun Tiantian have defeated top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber, 3-6, 6-3, 1-7 in the Sydney quarterfinals. They will play the winner of the Camerin/Craybas v. Chan/Chuang quarterfinal.