Harboursport - Australian Open Day 11 2010

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TENNIS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Day 11 review - Thursday 28th January 2010.

SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles

1 - Roger Federer (SUI) - Through to Semi Final
2 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) - Eliminated Quarter Final
3 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) - Eliminated Quarter Final
4 - Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) - Eliminated Round 4
5 - Andy Murray (GBR) - Through to Final
6 - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - Eliminated Quartr Final
7 - Andy Roddick (USA) - Eliminated Quarter Final
8 - Robin Soderling (SWE) - Eliminated Round 1
9 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Eliminated Round 4
10 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - Through to Semi Final
11 - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) - Eliminated Round 4
12 - Gael Monfils (FRA) - Eliminated Round 3
13 - Radek Stepanek (CZE) - Eliminated Round 1
14 - Marin Cilic (CRO) - Eliminated Semi Final
15 - Gilles Simon (FRA) - Withdrawn
16 - Tommy Robredo (ESP) - Eliminated Round 1
17 - David Ferrer (ESP) - Eliminated Round 2
18 - Tommy Haas (GER) - Eliminated Round 3
19 - Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) - Eliminated Round 3
20 - Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) - Eliminated Round 3
21 - Tomas Berdych (CZE) - Eliminated Round 2
22 - Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) - Eliminated Round 4
23 - Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) - Eliminated Round 1
24 - Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) - Eliminated Round 3
25 - Sam Querry (USA) - Eliminated Round 1
26 - Nikolas Almagro (ESP) - Eliminated Round 4
27 - Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) - Eliminated Round 3
28 - Jurgen Melzer (AUT) - Eliminated Round 1
29 - Viktor Troicki (SRB) - Eliminated Round 2
30 - Juan Monaco (ARG) - Eliminated Round 3
31 - Albert Montanes (ESP) - Eliminated Round 3
32 - Jeremy Chardy (FRA) - Eliminated Round 1

SEEDWATCH - Womens Singles

1 - Serena Williams (USA) - Through to Final
2 - Dinara Safina (RUS) - Eliminated Round 4
3 - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) - Eliminated Round 4
4 - Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) - Eliminated Round 4
5 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) - Eliminated Round 2
6 - Venus Williams (USA) - Eliminted Quarter Final
7 - Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - Eliminated Quarter Final
8 - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) - Eliminated Round 3
9 - Vera Zvonareva (RUS) - Eliminated Round 4
10 - Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) - Eliminated Round 3
11 - Marion Bartoli (FRA) - Eliminated Round 3
12 - Flavia Pennetta (ITA) - Eliminated Round 2
13 - Samantha Stosur (AUS) - Eliminated Round 4
14 - Maria Sharapova (RUS) - Eliminated Round 1
15 - Kim Clijsters (BEL) -Eliminated Round 3
16 - Na Li (CHI) - Eliminated Semi Final
17 - Francesca Schiavone (ITA) - Eliminated Round 4
18 - Virginie Razzano (FRA) - Eliminated Round 1
19 - Nadia Petrova (RUS) - Eliminated Quarter Final
20 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) - Eliminated Round 2
21 - Sabine Lisicki (GER)- Eliminated Round 2
22 - Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) - Eliminated Round 3
23 - Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) - Eliminated Round 1
24 - Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) - Elimin Rnd 2
25 - Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) - Eliminated Rnd 1
26 - Aravane Rezai (FRA) - Eliminated Round 2
27 - Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) -Eliminated Round 3
28 - Elena Vesnina (RUS)- Eliminated Round 1
29 - Shahar Peer (ISR) - Eliminated Round 3
30 - Kataryna Bondarenko (UKR) - Eliminated Round 2
31 - Alona Bondarenko (UKR) - Eliminated Round 4
32 - Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) - Eliminated Round 3

Justine Henin (BEL) - Through to Final

Serena Williams will take on Justine Henin in the womens' final after the Chinese surge
came to an end in a dramatic semi-final day at Melbourne Park.
Williams took out a straight sets win over Na Li, but it was far from comfortable. Williams
was in front from the start, breaking Na in the first game of the match. But she was unable
to hold her serve when serving for the first set, and the set would go to a tie-breaker;
which Williams won 7-4.
Williams's serve was powerful and efficient in the second set, and Na had no hope of
getting a break. But the gritty Chinese 16th seed wasn't going down without a fight, saving
numerous break points to hold all her serves in the second set. And so the second set, like
the first, would go to a tie-break. But this time the tie-breaker was no contest, as Williams
breezed through 7-1.
Although that semi final was closely contested and hard fought, the same could not be said
for the other semi. It was one-way traffic all the way, Justine Henin dominating from start
to finish. Jie Zheng was only able to win a solitary game as Henin breezed through to the
final.
The first mens' semi was played in the evening, and hopes were high for an upset when
14th seed Marin Cilic took the first set against 5th seed Andy Murray. But the Scotsman
took control over the remaining sets, an early break in each of the sets keeping Murray in
front as he took out a 4-set victory. No British player has won the mens' singles in a Grand
Slam since 1936 - can Murray break the drought on Sunday?

The Aussies
Womens Doubles, Semi Finals
2 - Venus Williams(USA) / Serena Williams(USA) d 6 - Lisa Raymond(USA)/Rennae Stubbs(AUS) 6-3 7-6

Junior Boys Singles, Quarter Finals
2 - Gianni Mina(FRA) d James Duckworth(AUS) 6-2 6-4
6 - Marton Fucsovics(HUN) d Benjamin Mitchell(AUS) 6-1 6-2
Sean Berman(AUS) d 10 - Guilherme Clezar(BRA) 6-4 6-2

Junior Boys Doubles, Semi Finals
Justin Eleveld(NED) / Jannick Lupescu(NED) d Jason Kubler(AUS) / Benjamin Mitchell(AUS) 6-3 6-0

Mens Wheelchair Doubles, Semi Finals
1 - Maikel Scheffers(NED)/Robin Ammerlaan(NED) d Ben Weekes(AUS)/Stefan Olsson(SWE) 4-6 6-4 6-2

Womens Wheelchair Doubles, Semi Finals
2 - Lucy Shuker(GBR) / Daniela Di Toro(AUS) d Katharina Kruger(GER) / Annick Sevenans(BEL) 6-1 6-1

Legends Doubles
Wayne Arthurs(AUS) / Pat Cash(AUS) d Henri Leconte(FRA) / Patrick Rafter(AUS) 6-2 2-6 [10-4]
Todd Martin(USA) / Thomas Muster(AUT) d Wayne Arthurs(AUS) / Pat Cash(AUS) 6-4 6-7 [10-5]
John Fitzgerald(AUS)/Anders Jarryd(SWE) d Henri Leconte(FRA) / Mats Wilander(SWE) 7-5 3-6 [10-8]

The Seeds
Mens Singles, Semi Finals
5 - Andy Murray(GBR) d 14 - Marin Cilic(CRO) 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-2

Womens Singles, Semi Finals
1 - Serena Williams(USA) d 16 - Na Li(CHN) 7-6 7-6

Mens Doubles, Semi Finals
1 - Bob Bryan(USA) / Mike Bryan(USA) d Michael Kohlmann(GER) / Jarkko Nieminen(FIN) 6-1 6-4
2 - Daniel Nestor(CAN) / Nenad Zimonjic(SRB) d Ivo Karlovic(CRO) / Dusan Vemic(SRB) 6-4 6-4

Womens Doubles, Semi Finals
1 - Cara Black(ZIM)/Liezel Huber(USA) d 15 - Maria Kirilenko(RUS)/Agnieszka Radwanska(POL) 6-1 1-6 6-3

Junior Boys Singles, Quarter Finals
14 - Tiago Fernandes(BRA) d Suk-Young Jeong(KOR) 7-6 7-5

Junior Girls Singles, Quarter Finals
Kristyna Pliskova(CZE) d 1 - Timea Babos(HUN) 6-4 4-6 7-5
6 - Karolina Pliskova(CZE) d 3 - Daria Gavrilova(RUS) 6-1 7-5
Hao Chen Tang(CHN) d 5 - Silvia Njiric(CRO) 3-6 6-4 6-3

Junior Boys Doubles, Semi Finals
2 - Kevin Krawietz(GER)/Dominik Schulz(GER) d 4 - Liang-Chi Huang(TPE)/Yasutaka Uchiyama(JPN) 6-3 7-6

Junior Girls Doubles, Semi Finals
1 - Timea Babos(HUN) / Gabriela Dabrowski(CAN) d 4 - Ulrikke Eikeri(NOR) / Camila Silva(CHI) 7-5 6-2

Mens Wheelchair Singles, Semi Finals
1 - Shingo Kunieda(JPN) d Robin Ammerlaan(NED) 6-4 6-3
2 - Stephane Houdet(FRA) d Martin Legner(AUT) 6-2 6-0

Womens Wheelchair Singles, Semi Finals
1 - Korie Homan(NED) d Aniek Van Koot(NED) 6-1 6-7 6-2
2 - Florence Gravellier(FRA) d Jiske Griffioen(NED) 6-2 6-4

Mens Wheelchair Doubles, Semi Finals
2 - Stephane Houdet(FRA) / Shingo Kunieda(JPN) d Satoshi Saida(JPN) / Martin Legner(AUT) 6-3 6-4

Womens Wheelchair Doubles, Semi Finals
Florence Gravellier(FRA) / Aniek Van Koot(NED) d 1 - Jiske Griffioen(NED) / Korie Homan(NED) - walkover

The Others
Womens Singles, Semi Finals
Justine Henin(BEL) d Jie Zheng(CHN) 6-1 6-0

Junior Girls Singles, Quarter Finals
Laura Robson(GBR) d Ester Goldfeld(USA) 6-1 6-0

Junior Girls Doubles, Semi Finals
Jana Cepelova(SVK) /Chantal Skamlova(SVK) d Eugenie Bouchard(CAN) / Luksika Kumkhum(THA) 6-3
3-6 [10-7]

Quad Wheelchair Singles
Peter Norfolk(GBR) d David Wagner(USA) 6-2 0-6 6-3
Nicholas Taylor(USA) d Johan Andersson(SWE) 6-3 6-0