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| TENNIS |
| AUSTRALIAN OPEN - Day 8 Review. Melbourne Park, Monday 21st January 2008. |
| SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles Fourth Round Completed 1 - Roger Federer (SUI) - Through to quarters 2 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) - Through to quarters 3 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) - Through to quarters 4 - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - Eliminated round 4 5 - David Ferrer (ESP) - Through to quarters 6 - Andy Roddick (USA) - Eliminated round 3 7 - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) - Eliminated round 3 8 - Richard Gasquet (FRA) - Eliminated round 4 9 - Andy Murray (GBR) - Eliminated round 1 10 - David Nalbandian (ARG) - Eliminated round 3 11 - Tommy Robredo - Eliminated round 2 12 - James Blake (USA) - Through to quarters 13 - Tomas Berdych (CZE) - Eliminated round 4 14 - Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) - Through to quarters 15 - Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) - Eliminated round 3 16 - Carlos Moya (ESP) - Eliminated round 1 17 - Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) - Eliminated round 1 18 - Juan Ignatio Chela (ARG) - Eliminated round 1 19 - Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) - Eliminated round 4 20 - Ivo Karlovic (CRO) - Eliminated round 3 21 - Juan Monaco (ARG) - Eliminated round 3 22 - Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) - Eliminated round 4 23 - Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) - Eliminated round 4 24 - Jarkko Niemenem (FIN) - Through to quarters 25 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Eliminated round 2 26 - Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) - Eliminated round 2 27 - Nicolas Almagro (ESP) - Eliminated round 1 28 - Gilles Simon (FRA) - Eliminated round 3 29 - Philipp Kolschreiber (GER) - Eliminated round 4 30 - Radek Stepanek (CZE) - Eliminated round 1 31 - Igor Andreev (RUS) - Eliminated round 3 32 - Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) - Eliminated round 2 |
| SEEDWATCH - Womens Singles Fourth Round Completed 1 - Justine Henin (BEL) - Through to quarters 2 - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) - Eliminated round 3 3 - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) - Through to quarters 4 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) - Through to quarters 5 - Maria Sharapova (RUS) Through to quarters 6 - Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) - Eliminated round 3 7 - Serena Williams (USA) - Through to quarters 8 - Venus Williams (USA) - Through to quarters 9 - Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) - Through to quarters 10 - Marion Bartoli (FRA) - Eliminated round 1 11 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) - Eliminated round 4 12 - Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) - Eliminated round 4 13 - Tatiana Golovin (FRA) - Eliminated round 2 14 - Nadia Petrova (RUS) - Eliminated round 4 15 - Patty Schnyder (SUI) - Eliminated round 2 16 - Dinara Safina (RUS) - Eliminated round 1 17 - Shahar Peer (ISR) - Eliminated round 3 18 - Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) - Eliminated round 3 19 - Sybille Bammer (AUT) - Eliminated round 2 20 - Agnes Szavay (HUN) - Eliminated round 1 21 - Alona Bondarenko (UKR) - Eliminated round 2 22 - Lucie Safarova (CZE) - Eliminated round 2 23 - Vera Zvonareva (RUS) - Eliminated round 1 24 - Na Li (CHN) - Eliminated round 3 25 - Francesca Schiavone (ITA) - Eliminated round 3 26 - Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - Eliminated round 3 27 - Maria Kirilenko (RUS) - Through to quarters 28 - Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) - Eliminated round 3 29 - Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)- Through to quarts 30 - Virginie Razzano (FRA) - Eliminated round 3 31 - Sania Mirza (IND) - Eliminated round 3 32 - Julia Vakulenko (UKR) - Eliminated round 1 |
The Aussie singles campaign for 2008 is over, and for the 32nd year in a row no Australian will
take out the championship. The last remaining Australian, Lleyton Hewitt, tasted defeat in the
4th round at the hands of third seed Novak Djokovic.
In a match much shorter, and finishing hours earlier, than Saturday night's epic, Hewitt got an
early break in the first set against Djokovic, but the Serb immediately broke back and powered
away to record a comfortable straight-sets victory.
Top seed Roger Federer also got through in straight sets, although it could have been a
different story had Tomas Berdych taken advantage of his opportunities in the second set;
when he served for the set at 6-5 and then held a set point during the tie-break. But once
Berdych had let Federer off the hook there was to be no mercy, with Federer powering away.
5th seed David Ferrer dropped a set to Juan Carlos Ferrero but still got through to the next
round; while an exhibition of power serving by James Blake and Marin Cilic ended up with Blake
recording a comfortable straight-sets win.
In the womens competition, Ana Ivanovic had no trouble taking out the first set, but it took a
tie-break in the second for her to get past unseeded Dane Caroline Wozniacki. Venus Williams
also progressed through in straight sets, while Daniela Hantuchova got off to a sluggish start,
dropping the first set against Marta Domachowska 6-1 before bouncing back to take the match
in 3 sets.
And in the only major upset of day 8, 14th seed Nadia Petrova was defeated in 3 sets by
Agnieszka Radwanska.
take out the championship. The last remaining Australian, Lleyton Hewitt, tasted defeat in the
4th round at the hands of third seed Novak Djokovic.
In a match much shorter, and finishing hours earlier, than Saturday night's epic, Hewitt got an
early break in the first set against Djokovic, but the Serb immediately broke back and powered
away to record a comfortable straight-sets victory.
Top seed Roger Federer also got through in straight sets, although it could have been a
different story had Tomas Berdych taken advantage of his opportunities in the second set;
when he served for the set at 6-5 and then held a set point during the tie-break. But once
Berdych had let Federer off the hook there was to be no mercy, with Federer powering away.
5th seed David Ferrer dropped a set to Juan Carlos Ferrero but still got through to the next
round; while an exhibition of power serving by James Blake and Marin Cilic ended up with Blake
recording a comfortable straight-sets win.
In the womens competition, Ana Ivanovic had no trouble taking out the first set, but it took a
tie-break in the second for her to get past unseeded Dane Caroline Wozniacki. Venus Williams
also progressed through in straight sets, while Daniela Hantuchova got off to a sluggish start,
dropping the first set against Marta Domachowska 6-1 before bouncing back to take the match
in 3 sets.
And in the only major upset of day 8, 14th seed Nadia Petrova was defeated in 3 sets by
Agnieszka Radwanska.
| THE AUSSIES: Mens Singles, Fourth Round: 3 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) d 19 - Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 7-5 6-3 6-3 Mens Doubles, Third Round: Marc Gicquel (FRA)/Fabrice Santoro (FRA) d Carsten Ball (AUS)/Adam Feeney (AUS) 6-4 6-2 Womens Doubles, Third Round: 4 - Kveta Peschke (CZE)/Rennae Stubbs (AUS) d 16 - Iveta Benesova (CZE)/Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) 4-6 6-2 6-4 12 - Victoria Azarenka (BLR)/Shahar Peer (ISR) d 6 - Sania Mirza (IND)/Alicia Molik (AUS) 7-5 6-3 Mixed Doubles, Second Round: 1 - Cara Black (ZIM)/Paul Hanley (AUS) d Jessica Moore (AUS)/Greg Jones (AUS) 6-1 6-1 Boys Singles, First Round: 5 - Bernard Tomic (AUS) d Chen-Yu Wu (CHN) 7-6(3) 6-2 7 - Jared Easton (AUS) d Daniel Cox (GBR) 6-3 6-4 15 - Ty D Trombetta (USA) d Krishananth Balakrishnan (AUS) 6-3 7-6(3) Brendan McKenzie (AUS) d Lorenzo Papasidero (ITA) 7-5 7-6(4) Alex Sanders (AUS) d Jan Tavcar (SLO) 7-6(9) 6-4 Dane Propoggia (AUS) d Timothy Van Terheijden (NED) 7-6(4) 6-4 Clifford Marsland (AUS) d Marko Djokovic (SRB) 3-6 6-0 6-2 Xander Spong (NED) d Dayne Kelly (AUS) 3-6 6-0 6-2 Girls Singles, First Round: Marija Mirkovic (AUS) d 6 - Cindy Chala (FRA) 6-1 1-6 6-2 11 - Yi-Miao Zhou (CHN) d Stephanie Wiltshire (AUS) 6-3 6-2 13 - Jade Curtis (GBR) d Olivia Rogowska (AUS) 6-4 6-1 Lesley Kerkhove (NED) d Isabella Holland (AUS) 6-4 6-1 Jessica Moore (AUS) d Claudia Giovine (ITA) 6-1 6-2 Jasmina Tinjic (CRO) d Jade Hopper (AUS) 6-1 6-1 Misaki Doi (JPN) d Tammi Patterson (AUS) 6-4 6-3 Boys Doubles, First Round: 1 - Ryan Harrison (USA)/Matt Reid (AUS) d Marvin Barker (AUS)/Stefan Szacinski (AUS) 4-6 6-1 [10-8] 3 - Hiroki Moriya (JPN)/Bernard Tomic (AUS) d Sam Garforth-Bles (CAN)/Mohamed Safwat (EGY) 7-6(5) 6-0 Logan Mackenzie (NZL)/Dane Propoggia (AUS) d Blaz Rola (SLO)/Jan Tavcar (SLO) 6-4 5-7 [10-7] Krishananth Balakrishnan (AUS)/Stephen Hoh (AUS) d Zalan Klempa (SVK)/Szymon Tatarczyk (POL) 6-4 6-2 Jarryd Chaplin (AUS)/Jake Eames (AUS) d Yuki Bhambri (IND)/Karunuday Singh (IND) 6-3 7-6(0) Brendan McKenzie (AUS)/Nat Maraga (AUS) d Erik Crepaldi (ITA)/Giorgio Portaluri (ITA) 6-4 7-5 Di Wu (CHN)/Ze Zhang (CHN) d Andrew Gregory (AUS)/Alex Sanders (AUS) 6-1 7-5 Finn Tearney (NZL)/Chen-Yu Wu (CHN) d Maverick Banes (AUS)/James Duckworth (AUS) 6-2 6-2 Dayne Kelly (AUS)/Clifford Marsland (AUS) d Tadayuki Longhi (JPN)/Yuki Matsuo (JPN) 4-6 6-3 [10-8] Girls Doubles, First Round: 2 - Simona Halep (ROU)/Katarzyna Piter (POL) d Isabella Holland (AUS)/Sally Peers (AUS) 6-1 7-6(6) 3 -Tyra Calderwood (AUS)/Nikola Hofmanova(AUT) d Janaki Gunuganti (IND)/Poojashree Venkatesha (IND) 6-2 6-2 4 - Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA)/Sophia Mulsap (THA) d Benita Milenkiewicz (AUS)/Olivia Rogowska (AUS)7-6(3) 6-2 8 - Marta Sirotkina (RUS)/Yi-Miao Zhou (CHN) d Jade Hopper (AUS)/Rebecca Marino (CAN) 6-3 7-5 Elena Bogdan (ROU)/Misaki Doi (JPN) d Janelle Cuthbertson (AUS)/Karis Ryan (AUS) 6-3 6-3 Chen Astrugo (ISR)/Bianca Swanepoel (RSA) d Hayley Ericksen (AUS)/Harriet Sheehan (AUS) 6-1 6-3 Jade Curtis (GBR)/Alenka Hubacek (AUS) d Kelly Blake (AUS)/Brittany Sheed (AUS) 6-2 7-5 Alison Bai (AUS)/Marija Mirkovic (AUS) d Anastassia Grymalska (ITA)/Lara Meccico (ITA) 6-3 6-4 Tammi Patterson (AUS)/Olivia Rich (AUS) d Karen Barbat (DEN)/Sandra Zaniewska (POL) 6-2 6-3 Legends Doubles: Peter McNamara (AUS)/Paul McNamee (AUS) d Guillermo Vilas (ARG)/Mats Wilander (SWE) 6-2 6-4 Todd Woodbridge (AUS)/Mark Woodforde (AUS) d Pat Cash (AUS)/John Fitzgerald (AUS) 6-1 6-4 THE SEEDS: Mens Singles, Fourth Round: 1 - Roger Federer (SUI) d 13 - Tomas Berdych (CZE) 6-4 7-6(7) 6-3 5 - David Ferrer (ESP) d 22 - Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 7-5 3-6 6-4 6-1 12 - James Blake (USA) d Marin Cilic (CRO) 6-3 6-4 6-4 Womens Singles, Fourth Round: 4 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6-1 7-6(2) 8 - Venus Williams (USA) d Marta Domachowska (POL) 6-4 6-4 9 - Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d 27 - Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 1-6 6-4 6-4 29 - Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d 14 - Nadia Petrova (RUS) 1-6 7-5 6-0 Mens Doubles, Third Round: 6 - Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/Mark Knowles (BAH) d 11 - Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/Marcin Matkowski (POL) 6-3 6-2 Womens Doubles, Third Round: 1 - Cara Black (ZIM)/Liezel Huber (USA) d Mariya Koryttseva (UKR)/Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) 6-2 6-2 13 - Janette Husarova (SVK)/Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d 3 - Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) 6-2 7-6(3) 7 - Zi Yan (CHN)/Jie Zheng (CHN) d Nicole Vaidisova (CZE)/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 6-4 6-1 Mixed Doubles, Second Round: 5 - Tiantian Sun (CHN)/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) d Liezel Huber (USA)/Jamie Murray (GBR) 6-2 6-4 6 - Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)/Jonathan Erlich (ISR) d Agnes Szavay (HUN)/Leander Paes (IND) Walkover 7 - Kveta Peschke (CZE)/Martin Damm (CZE) d Galina Voskoboeva (RUS)/Frantisek Cermak (CZE) 6-1 6-1 8 - Nathalie Dechy (FRA)/Andy Ram (ISR) d Janette Husarova (SVK)/Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) 6-3 5-7 [10-4] Boys Singles, First Round: 1 - Cesar Ramirez (MEX) d Niall Angus (GBR) 6-3 6-1 2 - Jerzy Janowicz (POL) d James Meredith (NZL) 6-2 6-4 3 - Daniel Evans (GBR) d Cheng Peng Hsieh (TPE) 6-2 6-2 5 - Bojana Jovanovski (SRB)/Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) d Milana Spremo (SRB)/Romana Tabakova (SVK) 6-0 6-2 13 - Kittipong Wachiramanowong (THA) d Milos Raonic (CAN) 6-3 7-6(6) Bradley Klahn (USA) d 14 - Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 7-5 6-4 Girls Singles, First Round: 1 - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d Romana Tabakova (SVK) 6-1 7-5 3 - Nikola Hofmanova (AUT) d Poojashree Venkatesha (IND) 6-1 7-5 12 - Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) d Marta Sirotkina (RUS) 6-1 6-2 16 - Rebecca Marino (CAN) d Linda Berlinecke (GER) 4-6 6-3 6-3 Boys Doubles, First Round: 2 - Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/Cesar Ramirez (MEX) d Jaan-Frederik Brunken (GER)/Ralph Regus (GER) 6-2 6-2 4 - Daniel Cox (GBR)/Daniel Evans (GBR) d Xander Spong (NED)/Timothy Van Terheijden (NED) 4-6 6-4 [10-7] Niall Angus (GBR)/Neil Pauffley (GBR) d 5 - Peerakit Siributwong (THA)/Kittipong Wachiramanowong (THA) 6-2 6-4 6 - Soong-Jae Cho (KOR)/Ty D Trombetta (USA) d Nikolaus Moser (AUT)/Ilija Vucic (SRB) 7-6(1) 6-2 Cheng Peng Hsieh (TPE)/Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) d 7 - Silvio Dadic (CRO)/Christopher Rungkat (INA) 6-4 6-4 Hiroyasu Ehara (JPN)/James Meredith (NZL) d 8 - Axel Michon (FRA)/Guillaume Rufin (FRA) 6-1 6-3 Girls Doubles, First Round: 1 - Ksenia Lykina (RUS)/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d Kanyapat Narattana (THA)/Zi-Jun Yang (HKG) 6-4 6-2 7 - Madison Brengle (USA)/Alexa Guarachi (USA) d Miyabi Inoue (JPN)/Aki Yamasoto (JPN) 6-4 6-3 THE OTHERS: Mens Doubles, Third Round: Jeff Coetzee (RSA)/Wesley Moodie (RSA) d Rohan Bopanna (IND)/Rajeev Ram (USA) 3-6 6-4 6-3 Womens Doubles, Second Round: Jelena Jankovic (SRB)/Bethanie Mattek (USA) d Olga Govortsova (BLR)/Darya Kustova (BLR) 6-4 6-3 Womens Doubles, Third Round: Serena Williams (USA)/Venus Williams (USA) d Maret Ani (EST)/Meilen Tu (USA) 6-4 6-1 Alona Bondarenko (UKR)/Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d Lindsay Davenport (USA)/Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) W/O Mixed Doubles, Second Round: Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/Eric Butorac (USA) d Virginie Razzano (FRA)/Rogier Wassen (NED) 1-6 7-5 [10-5] Boys Singles, First Round: Szymon Tatarczyk (POL) d Nikolaus Moser (AUT) 3-6 7-6(4) 7-5 Blaz Rola (SLO) d Hiroyasu Ehara (JPN) 6-7(4) 7-5 6-4 Guillaume Rufin (FRA) d Ilija Vucic (SRB) 6-1 6-3 Girls Singles, First Round: Elena Bogdan (ROU) d Zi-Jun Yang (HKG) 6-1 3-6 6-1 Vivienne Vierin (ITA) d Miyabi Inoue (JPN) 7-5 6-7(7) 6-0 Victoria Larriere (FRA) d Beatrice Gumulya (INA) 6-3 7-5 Boys Doubles, First Round: Bradley Klahn (USA)/Milos Raonic (CAN) d Lorenzo Papasidero (ITA)/Daniele Piludu (ITA) 7-6(4) 2-6 [10-7] Girls Doubles, First Round: Lesley Kerkhove (NED)/Arantxa Rus (NED) d Beatrice Gumulya (INA)/Jessy Romples (INA) 6-4 6-0 Hao-Ching Chan (TPE)/Shiho Otake (JPN) d Kai-Chen Chang (TPE)/Khunpak Isaara (THA) 6-2 6-3 Juljic Lukac (SRB)/Chelsea Te Tai (NZL) d Linda Berlinecke (GER)/Mara Nowak (GER) 6-1 6-2 Alexandra Damaschin (ROU)/Claudia Giovine (ITA) d Nadia Lalami (MAR)/Vivienne Vierin (ITA) 6-3 3-6 [10-2] |