Harboursport - Australian Open, Day 12 2008.

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TENNIS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - Day 12 Review.
Melbourne Park, Friday 25th January 2008.

SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles
Semi Finals completed

1 - Roger Federer (SUI) - Eliminated semi finals
2 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) - Eliminated semi finals
3 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) - Through to final
4 - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - Eliminated round 4
5 - David Ferrer (ESP) - Eliminated 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) - Eliminated quarters
13 - Tomas Berdych (CZE) - Eliminated round 4
14 - Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) - Eliminated 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) - Eliminated 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
Semi Finals completed

1 - Justine Henin (BEL) - Eliminated quarters
2 - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) - Eliminated round 3
3 - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) - Eliminated semi finals
4 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) - Through to final
5 - Maria Sharapova (RUS) Through to final
6 - Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) - Eliminated round 3
7 - Serena Williams (USA) - Eliminated quarters
8 - Venus Williams (USA) - Eliminated quarters
9-Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) - Eliminated semi finals
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)- Eliminated quarter
30 - Virginie Razzano (FRA) - Eliminated round 3
31 - Sania Mirza (IND) - Eliminated round 3
32 - Julia Vakulenko (UKR) - Eliminated round 1

Roger Federer's dream of another Australian Open title in 2008 came to an end in the semi-final
when the Swiss top seed was defeated by Serbia's Novak Djokovic.
Federer had never looked totally convincing during this year's tournament, while Djokovic was
yet to drop a set. And so it would prove again, with Djokovic taking the first 2 sets 7-5 6-3 and
seemingly cruising to victory.
But Federer wasn't finished yet, and even when the odds were stacked against him the Swiss
master still had plenty of fight in him. Frequently during a tense third set Federer would be
staring down the barrel of break points, but every time he would rally to hold his serve. And so
the set came to a tie-break. But there was to be no miracle escape for Federer, and instead it
was Djokovic who took out the tie-break 7-5, reversing the result of the US Open final and
progressing to his first Australian Open final; where he will take on fellow final debutant
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Meanwhile, the other divisions of the Australian Open have begun their finals. The womens'
doubles championships have been full of upsets, and the trend would continue all the way with
unseeded Ukraine sisters Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko fighting back from a set down to win
the final over Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Peer.
Chinese Taipei pair Cheng Peng Hseih and Tsung-Hua Yang took out the boys doubles 10-5 in
the match tie-break, while the girls doubles was taken out by Russian pair Ksenia Lykina and
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets. Japanese duo Shingo Kunieda and Satoshi Saida won
the mens wheelchair doubles in straight sets, while in an all-Dutch womens wheelchair doubles
final it was Jiske Griffioen and Esther Vergeer who took out a straight-sets win.

WOMENS DOUBLES FINAL:
Alona Bondarenko (UKR)/Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d
12 - Victoria Azarenka (BLR)/Shahar Peer (ISR)
2-6 6-1 6-4

BOYS DOUBLES FINAL:
Cheng Peng Hsieh (TPE)/Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) d
2 - Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/Cesar Ramirez (MEX) 3-6 7-5 [10-5]

GIRLS DOUBLES FINAL:
1 - Ksenia Lykina (RUS)/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d
Elena Bogdan (ROU)/Misaki Doi (JPN)
6-0 6-4

MENS WHEELCHAIR DOUBLES FINAL:
1 - Shingo Kunieda (JPN)/Satoshi Saida (JPN) d
2 - Robin Ammerlaan (NED)/Ronald Vink (NED)
6-4 6-3

WOMENS WHEELCHAIR DOUBLES FINAL:
1 - Jiske Griffioen (NED)/Esther Vergeer (NED) d
2 - Korie Homan (NED)/Sharon Walraven (NED)
6-3 6-1

THE AUSSIES:

Boys Singles, Semi Finals:
5 - Bernard Tomic (AUS) d 8 - Yuki Bhambri (IND) 6-0 5-7 6-1

Girls Singles, Semi Finals:
Jessica Moore (AUS) d 10 - Simona Halep (ROU) 6-2 6-2

THE SEEDS:

Mens Singles, Semi Finals:
3 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) d 1 - Roger Federer (SUI) 7-5 6-3 7-6(5)

Mixed Doubles, Semi Finals:
5 - Tiantian Sun (CHN)/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) d 3 - Zi Yan (CHN)/Mark Knowles (BAH)
4-6 7-5 [10-6]
Sania Mirza (IND)/Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) d 8 - Nathalie Dechy (FRA)/Andy Ram (ISR)
6-4 6-2

Boys Singles, Semi Finals:
10 - Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) d 4 - Ryan Harrison (USA) 6-4 7-6(7)

Girls Singles, Semi Finals:
14 - Arantxa Rus (NED) d 11 - Yi-Miao Zhou (CHN) 6-4 6-0

Quad Wheelchair Singles, Semi Finals:
1 - Nicholas Taylor (USA)/David Wagner (USA) d 2 - Sarah Hunter (CAN)/Peter
Norfolk (GBR) 5-7 6-0 [10-3]

THE OTHERS:

Mens Wheelchair Singles, Semi Finals:
Shingo Kunieda (JPN) d Stephane Houdet (FRA) 6-0 6-3
Michael Jeremiasz (FRA) d Robin Ammerlaan (NED) 4-6 6-1 6-0

Womens Wheelchair Singles, Semi Finals:
Esther Vergeer (NED) d Florence Gravellier (FRA) 6-1 6-1
Korie Homan (NED) d Jiske Griffioen (NED) 6-2 6-3