A fan’s eye view of Day 7 at the Australian Open.
Yet another nice day for tennis today, thats six out of seven day so far. I spent the day happily watching players on the practice courts, then the matches in Hisense Arena.
View today’s photos:
- Almagro v Tipsarevic
- Na Li v Goerges
- Bryan Bros v Chardy / Kubot
- Stephens, Vesnina, Rodionova, Barty & Dellacqua on the practice courts.
Unfortunately injuries had an impact on today’s results, with Tipsarevic retiring against Almgaro due to a problem with his foot. Nishikori played through until the end of his match against Ferrer but had strapping on his knee and had it re-strapped during the match. Ferrer went through in straight sets and will play Almagro in the quarter-finals.
Berdych defeated Anderson in straight sets.
In a massive match on Rod Laver Arena tonight Djokovic defeated Wawrinka 1-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-7, 12-10. It was the first five set match on RLA this Australian Open and lasted 5 hours and 2 minutes. The first set was 25 minutes and the last one 104 minutes. The match finished around 1.45am local time. Here’s a review Djokovic defeats Wawrinka in a 5 set thriller.
The winners on the women’s side didn’t drop a set, with Sharapova, Li Na, Radwanska and Makarova going through to the quarter-finals. Notably Sharapova only lost one game to Flipkens.
The Seeds
Women
No. 2 seed Maria Sharapova d Kirsten Flipkens 6-1, 6-0
No. 4 seed Agnieszka Radwanska d Ana Ivanovic 6-2, 6-4
Men
No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic d Stanislas Wawrinka, 5 sets, huge match, as per above!
No. 4 seed David Ferrer d Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
Kei Nishikori (taken at the AAMI Classic Fan Day)
Injuries
Janko Tipsarevic retired in the second set of his match with Nicolas Almagro on Hisense Arena due to a problem with his foot. Tipsarevic took a medical time out in the first set and persevered until he was broken for a second time in the second set.
Australian Open Day 5 Schedule
Rod Laver Arena Day Session
- Ekaterina Makarova d Angelique Kerber 7-5, 6-4
- David Ferrer d Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
- Maria Sharapova d Kirsten Flipkens 6-1, 6-0
Rod Laver Arena Night Session
- Agnieszka Radwanska d Ana Ivanovic 6-2, 6-4
- Novak Djokovic v Stanislas Wawrinka
Hisense Arena Session
- Nicolas Almagro d Janko Tipsarevic 6-2, 5-1 Ret
- Na Li d Julia Goerges 7-6, 6-1
Margaret Court Arena
- Tomas Berdych d Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-2, 7-6
Updates from 2013 Australian Open so far
Day 6 Highlights
Other Tennis News
Maria Kirilenko
Visor problems, branding found to be in breach.
View pics from last week’s Melbourne Adidas by Stella McCartney event featuring Wozniacki, Kirilenko and Robson.
Roger Federer
Reaches 250 wins in grand slam events. Interesting statistics and comparisons on Federer’s impressive record.
French Male Players
Plenty of reasons to hear ‘allez’ at Melbourne Park.
Until next time
Grand Slam Gal
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