DAY 8 -- AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Except
Radwanska, all top seeds flew past fluently. Serena averted a disaster after
letting off her first set 6-2. Raonic won in a five setter against Feliciano
Lopez. Quarterfinals start from tomorrow.
Men’s Singles
Kei Nishikori showed his class in
the 4th round encounter against David Ferrer today. Raonic, Djokovic
and Wawrinka too were in great form.
The last four matches of the 4th
round were:
Djokovic (1) defeated Muller (6-4;
7-5; 7-5)
Raonic (8) defeated Lopez (12) (6-4;
4-6; 6-3; 6-7; 6-3)
Nishikori (5) defeated Ferrer (9)
(6-3; 6-3; 6-3)
Wawrinka (4) defeated
Garcia-Lopez (7-6; 6-4; 4-6; 7-6)
Women’s Singles
Williams dropped a set each but
sailed into the next round. The great run of the heavyweight Azarenka ended.
The matches played were:
Venus (18) defeated Radwanska (6)
(6-3; 2-6; 6-1)
Madison Keys defeated Brengle (6-2;
6-4)
Serena (1) defeated Muguruza (24)
(2-6; 6-3; 6-2)
Cibulkova (11) defeated Azarenka
(6-2; 3-6; 6-3)
Men’s Doubles
The top seeded Bryan brothers
lost their match in straight sets against Inglot and Mergea.
The matches of the day were:
Rojer/Tecau (8) defeated
Butorac/Groth (12) (3-6; 7-5; 7-6)
Dodig/Melo (4) defeated
Murray/Peers (16) (6-7; 6-2; 6-4)
Inglot/Mergea (14) defeated
Bryan/Bryan (1) (7-6; 6-3)
Bolelli/Fognini defeated
Marach/Venus (6-4; 6-2)
Women’s Doubles
Huge upsets here. Top seeded
Vinci/Errani and 4th seeded Hingis/Pennetta lost their matches.
The matches were:
Chan/Zheng (14) defeated Hingis/Pennetta
(4) (6-3; 6-3)
Batthek-Sands/Safarova defeated
Garcia/Srebotnik (7) (3-6; 6-2; 6-2)
Goerges/Groenefeld (16) defeated
Errani/Vinci (6-3; 4-6; 7-5)
Mixed Doubles
Mirza, Paes alongwith their respective
partners moved along to the next round.
The matches of the day were:
Mirza/Soares (1) defeated Spears/Gonzalez
(7-5; 6-7; 10-8)
Black/Cabal (5) defeated
Raymond/Lindstedt (6-4; 5-7; 14-12)
Hseih/Cuevas defeated Chang/Zheng
(3-6; 6-3; 10-6)
Hingis/Paes (7) defeated Medina/Andujar
(6-3; 6-1)
Tomorrow at Melbourne
In the first quarterfinals
tomorrow, we will see Nadal, Shrapova, Murray, Halep in action.
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