DAY 7 -- AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Day 7 was a
perfect day for the top stars. Everybody played their best tennis and the rote
seeding stood in place. The better ranked players defeated the lower ranked
ones easily.
Men’s Singles
Despite stiff resistance, Nadal,
Berdych, Murray and Kyrgios moved ahead to the quarterfinals.
The results of the day:
Nadal (3) defeated Anderson (14)
(7-5; 6-1; 6-4)
Berdych (7) defeated Tomic (6-2;
7-6; 6-2)
Kyrgios defeated Seppi (5-7; 4-6;
6-3; 7-6; 8-6)
Murray (6) defeated Dimitrov (10)
(6-4; 6-7; 6-3; 7-5)
Women’s Singles
Except the beautiful Eugenie
Bouchard, everyone won their respective matches in straight sets. The quarterfinals
are going to be an interesting affair it seems.
The results of the day:
Bouchard (7) defeated Begu (6-1;
5-7; 6-2)
Sharapova (2) defeated Shui Peng
(21) (6-3; 6-0)
Makarova (10) defeated Goerges (6-3;
6-2)
Simona Halep (3) defeated
Wickmayer (6-4; 6-2)
Men’s Doubles
Eighth seeded Pakistani
Aisam-ul-Qureshi and his partner Zimonjic were knocked out.
Prominent results of the day:
Herbert/Mahut defeated
Qureshi/Zimonjic (8) (6-3; 6-3)
Cuevas/Marrero defeated
Bolt/Whittington (7-6; 7-6)
Lopez/Mirnyi defeated Erlich/Huey
(7-5; 6-3)
Benneteau/Roger-Vassellin
defeated Becker/Sitak (6-2; 6-4)
Women’s Doubles
Prominent matches of the day:
Bertens/Larsson defeated
Kuznetsova/Stosur (7-6; 6-3)
Jans-Ignacik/Klepac defeated
Hlavackova/Hradecka (9) (7-6; 6-7; 6-2)
Kops-Jones/Spears (5) defeated
Kudryavtseva/Pavlyuchenkova (12) (6-4; 6-4)
Krajicek/Zahlavova defeated
Dabrowski/Rosolska (6-2; 3-6; 6-4)
Makarova/Vesnina (3) defeated
Soler-Espinosa/Torro-Flor (6-1; 6-2)
Mixed Doubles
Paes and the erstwhile Singles
champion Martina Hingis moved ahead to the next round. However, Bopanna lost
his match.
Prominent matches of the day:
Paes/Hingis defeated
Jovanovic/Thompson (6-2; 7-6)
Mladenovic/Nestor defeated
Zahlavova/Bopanna (6-2; 3-6; 10-4)
Klepac/Guccione defeated
Hradecka/Tecau (6-1; 7-5)
Hlavackova/Peya defeated
Kops-Jones/Lipsky (6-1; 6-3)
Tomorrow at Melbourne
Wawrinka, Djokovic, Ferrer, Serena,
Muguruza will feature tomorrow.
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