DAY 9 -- AUSTRALIAN OPEN
The first
day of the quarter finals of the Australian Open main events saw some splendid
tennis. The hot favourite injury ridden Rafael Nadal and the local lad Nick
Kyrgios crashed out of the Slam in straight sets. Despite some magnificent
rallies and crisp serve, the local favourite was found staring down the barrel
in his match against the Brit Murray. Simona Halep the third seed in the women’s
draw saw herself crashing out against the tenth seeded Russian Makarova.
Men’s Singles
The seventh seeded Thomas Berdych
was in top form when he broke the long standing record of losing 17 matches on
a trot to Rafael Nadal. While going into the match, the head to head record
stood at 18-3 in favour of the 14 time Grand Slam champ Nadal. The 19 year old
Aussie kid Nick Kyrgios, despite showing some gret returns and some marvelous serves
was found short of the veteran Andy Murray.
Berdych (7) defeated Nadal (3) (6-2;
6-0; 7-6)
Murray (6) defeated Kyrgios (6-3;
7-6; 6-3)
Women’s Singles
Simona Halep, the third seeded
Romanian fell to tenth seeded Makarova from Russia in straight sets. Sharapova
too had no difficulty in packing off the beautiful Eugenie Bouchard of Canada
in straight sets. Makarova now plays the fellow countryman (or countrylady)
Maria Sharapova in the semis.
Makarova (10) defeated Halep (3)
(6-4; 6-0)
Sharapova (2) defeated Bouchard (7)
(6-3; 6-2)
Men’s Doubles
The matches played were:
Herbert/Mahut defeated
Benneteau/Roger-Vasselin (2) (7-6; 3-6; 6-3)
Dodig/Melo (4) defeated
Lopez/Mirnyi (6-0; 3-6; 7-6)
Women’s Doubles
The fifth and third seeded pairs crashed
out of the Open to unseeded pairs. The four quarterfinals were concluded today.
Goerges/Groenefeld (16) defeated Bertens/Larsson
(6-2; 7-5)
Chan/Zheng (14) defeated Jans-Ignacik/Klepac
(6-1; 6-2)
Matthek-Sands/Safarova defeated
Makarova/Vesnina (3) (7-6; 4-6; 6-2)
Mixed Doubles
The round of 16 concluded today. The
draws of the quarter finals was decided.
Dellacqua/Peers defeated
Klepac/Guccione (3-6; 6-3; 10-5)
Srebotnik/Melo defeated
Gavrilova/Saville (6-3; 6-2)
Mladenovic/Nestor defeated
Krajicek/Mergea (6-4; 7-5)
Hlavackova/Peya defeated
Chan/Murray (3-6; 6-4; 10-5)
Tomorrow at Melbourne
The top seeds Djokovic and Serena
will feature tomorrow. Along with them, Wawrinka, Raonic, Nishikori, Venus
Williams, Cibulkova, Keys will also play. It will indeed be a power packed day
tomorrow.
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