A fan’s eye view of Day 9 at the Australian Open.

It was a top day of men’s quarter-final tennis today. Ferrer fans had a scare when he went down 2 sets to 0 to an on fire Almagro. Ferrer held his nerve to comeback and win in 5. Personally I’m glad Ferrer won but well-played to Almagro, who suffered from cramping in the final set. Playing like that we’ll see him in semi-finals soon.

In the post match interview Jim Courier asked Ferrer

You played for 3 hours 44 minutes, are you tired?

Ferrer’s answer was

I’m perfect

Today’s second men’s quarter-final between Djokovic and Berdych was also a high quality match which Djokovic won in 4 sets. The match lasted exactly half the length of Djokovic’s fourth round match against Wawrinka (2 hours 31 minutes).

After his win today Djokovic can’t lose his number one ranking based on the Australian Open results.

The Djokovic v Ferrer semi-final will be on Thursday.

For the ladies, Li Na defeated Radwanska in straight sets, as did Sharapova over Makarova. The Li Na v Sharapova semi-final will be played on Thursday afternoon.

Stay tuned for photos of today’s matches in the next day or so.

The Seeds

Women

• No. 2 seed Maria Sharapova d Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-2
• No. 4 seed Na Li d Agnieszka Radwanska 7-5, 6-3

Na Li on the practice court

Men

• No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic v Tomas Berdych 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
• No. 4 seed David Ferrer v Nicolas Almagro 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6, 6-2

Australian Open Day 9 Schedule

Rod Laver Arena Day Session

• Na Li d Agnieszka Radwanska 7-5, 6-3
• David Ferrer d Nicolas Almagro 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6, 6-2
• Maria Sharapova d Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-2

Rod Laver Arena Night Session

• Novak Djokovic d Tomas Berdych 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4

Injuries

Hopefully there will be nothing to report, but if there is you’ll find it here.

Updates from 2013 Australian Open so far

• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3
• Day 4
• Day 5
• Day 6
• Day 7
• Day 8

Day 8 Highlights

Other Tennis News

Nicolas Almagro

“I never beat him”. Looking for first win over Ferrer.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Happy with his local knowledge.

Bernard Tomic

Need a love story.

Until next time

Grand Slam Gal

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