MELBOURNE — The #10YearChallenge has been a pleasant diversion this week here Down Under, as it has Up Over. Novak Djokovic infected us with this. More pleasantly, Belinda Bencic recalled this.
Ten years ago in tennis? In some ways, little has changed since then—Novak Djokovic was the defending Aussie Open champ before Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer to win the title. (A decade later, they are seeded No. 1, 2 and 3 and are all slicing through the draw with relative ease). Serena Williams won the 2009 Australian Open. A decade later, after three rounds, she is the favorite.