Zheng Jie The round of 16 was officially complete on Saturday with two more top ten seeds heading out of the competition. Zheng Jie made a stunning start to 2012 by winning the title in Auckland and she has maintained her unbeaten start to the season in Melbourne as she knocked out the number 9…
Federer is next up for Tomic Bernard Tomic broke his duck against Alexandr Dolgopolov as he won 4-6 7-6 7-6 2-6 6-3. This had five sets written all over it before they took to the court and it totally delivered! It was a really interesting match with a refreshing feel to it with both players…
Caroline Wozniacki Caroline Wozniacki and Jelena Jankovic both had comprehensive wins on day 5 to set up an enticing 4th round clash. Wozniacki beat Monica Niculescu, 6-2 6-2 and displayed some attacking intent with 23 winners and 25 net approaches of which she was successful 15 times. Jelena Jankovic was even more comfortable in victory…
There was much less drama on the men’s side of the draw compared to yesterday as David Ferrer and Kei Nishikori were both pushed hard, but survived on day 4. Ferrer managed to fend off Ryan Sweeting in a 6-7 6-2 3-6 6-2 6-3 victory. The big factor in the stats was that Ferrer was…
Petra Kvitova was among the second round winners on day 4 of the Australian Open, but she was pushed all the way by the talented Carla Suarez Navarro in a 6-2 2-6 6-4 victory. Kvitova had one of her mental lapses during the second set, which carried into the third set with Suarez Navarro taking…
Something tells me that Marcos Baghdatis wasn’t amused during his second round match with Stanislas Wawrinka… Baghdatis managed to smash four racquets as he went berserk out on Margaret Court Arena. I understand letting your anger out, but four racquets?!?!?!?! Day 3 at the Australian Open seemed to be a bad day for the racquets…
David Nalbandian John Isner produced a heroic performance to defeat David Nalbandian in the best match of the tournament so far, 4-6 6-3 2-6 7-6 10-8. Isner was battling with cramps in the final set, but somehow managed to find a way to break Nalbandian. The final set was full of quality as the two…
Sorana Cirstea Sam Stosur was the only seed to fall at the first hurdle in the bottom half of the women’s draw with a disappointing 7-6 6-3 loss to the Romanian world number 59, Sorana Cirstea. By all accounts, Cirstea played her best match in years and reignited the excitement that many had felt when…
Fernando Verdasco The match of the day on the men’s side was no doubt the second match on the Rod Laver Arena as Bernard Tomic produced a stirring comeback to beat Fernando Verdasco, 4-6 6-7 6-4 6-2 7-5. Tomic looked visibly stunned that had he managed to beat the colourful looking Verdasco and later described…
Agnieszka Radwanska The first four days of a Grand Slam are the most exciting days for me because there is just so much going on! Therefore it is impossible to cover all the goings on in every match! Most notably on the first day of action at the Australian Open, Agnieszka Radwanska survived a brutal…
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