DAY 12 – AUSTRALIAN OPEN
In spite of some shaky tennis,
Djokovic crawled to the final of yet another Australian Open final equaling the
record for most appearances in the final of Australian Open. Meanwhile,
Bethanie Matthek-Sanda and Lucie Safarova lifted the Australian Open Women’s
Doubles trophy beating the pair of Y. Chan and J Zheng.
Men’s Singles
Novak Djokovic gave a spirited
fight despite not being 100% fit. The game stretched to five sets and ran for
three and a half hours. Anyways, Novak sealed the deal with a 6-0 win in the
last set over the defending champion Stansislas Wawrinka of Switzerland. In the
finals on Sunday, Novak Djokovic of Serbia will play Andy Murray of Great Britain.
Djokovic (1) defeated Wawrinka (4)
(7-6; 3-6; 6-3; 4-6; 6-0)
Women’s Doubles
The spirited duo of Bethanie Matthek-Sands
and Lucie Safarova scripted an exhilarating win over the 14th seeded
pair of Yung-Jan Chan and Jie Zhang.
Matthek-Sands/Safarova defeated
Chan/Zheng (14) (6-4; 7-6)
Mixed Doubles
Leander Paes and Martina Hingis
cruised to the finals of the Mixed Doubles Australian Open while the top seeded
Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares crashed out to third seed Mladenovic and Nestor.
Paes/Hingis (7) defeated Hseih/Cuevas
(7-5; 6-4)
Mladenovic/Nestor
(3) defeated Mirza/Soares (1) (3-6; 6-2; 10-8)
Tomorrow at Melbourne
The women’s singles final between
Sharapova and Serena and men’s doubles final between Bolelli/Fognini and
Herbert/Mahut.
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