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[b]It's been a year of ups and downs on the WTA Tour. But what were the most important moments? In the first of a two-part series, Guy McCrea selects five highlights from the opening half of the 2010 season ...[/b] [b]Things looking up Down Under[/b] The optimism of January 2010 seems so far away now. With Kim Clijsters (currently priced around 4.7 favourite to win the 2011 Australian Open) and Justine Henin 9.6 both back, Maria Sharapova 15.5 recovered from injury, the Williams sisters as imperious as ever and a crop of youngsters poised to breakthrough, there were genuine hopes that this would be one of the best WTA seasons in living memory. Alas, it didn't quite turn out that way. For that, we can partly blame Serena Williams 5.3 and Justine Henin for producing such a high-quality...