Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova recovered from the loss of the first set to beat Sabine Lisicki, 3-6 6-2 6-3 and advance into the quarter-finals. It was a very good match, which had some ferocious hitting. When you compare the power on show to the match between Wozniacki and Jankovic last night, the difference is really…
Here are my predictions for tomorrows 4th round matches… Serena Williams WOMENS Ekaterina Makarova vs. Serena Williams – Makarova has reached the 4th round of the Australian Open for the second consecutive year and has had a terrific run taking out the heavily fancied, Kaia Kanepi and number 7 seed, Vera Zvonareva both in straight…
Tomas Berdych was booed off Hisense Arena in an extraordinary ending to his 4th round match with Nicolas Almagro. Berdych managed to win a tight match, 4-6 7-6 7-6 7-6 but towards the end of the match, he took offence when Almagro launched a ball at him. Almagro was quick to apologise and you could…
Kim Clijsters produced an incredibly gutsy performance to fight off a worrying ankle injury and 4 match points to topple Li Na in a 4-6 7-6 6-4 victory. It will be difficult for any match in 2012 to top the drama and tension that this 4th round match provided. It looked to be all over…
The 4th round of the Australian Open will kick off tomorrow and we have some excellent matches to look forward to over the next two days. Here are my predictions for tomorrow’s matches… WOMENS 4TH ROUND Caroline Wozniacki Caroline Wozniacki vs. Jelena Jankovic – This is the match i’m most looking forward too on Sunday…
Andy Murray produced a terrific performance to defeat the lively Michael Llodra, 6-4 6-2 6-0. It was a very entertaining match with Llodra giving it his all with his delightful net skills. Murray served very well once more and was excellent on the key points as he saved all five break points he faced in…
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…
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