tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53676468253755036422023-11-15T07:02:32.146-08:00Australian OpenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-18723110433933739322011-03-05T04:35:00.000-08:002011-03-05T04:36:13.318-08:00Arsenal vs Sunderland LiveArsenal vs Sunderland Live<br /><br />watch Arsenal vs Sunderland live streaming, Arsenal vs Sunderland Football live streaming, Football Arsenal vs Sunderland live online streaming free, Arsenal vs Sunderland live<br /><br />Saturday March 5, 2011 <br /><br />Kick off: 15:00 Day 29 Emirates Stadium<br /><br />Arsenal vs SunderlandUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-24440675586074249042009-01-27T00:33:00.000-08:002009-01-27T00:37:52.656-08:00Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan vs Mardy Fish / John Isner Live Streaming<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Player Photo" src="http://www.australianopen.com/images/players/atpb588.jpg" width="156" height="213" /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Player Overview</span><br />Australian Opens Played: 9<br />Best Doubles Performance: Winner (2006, 2007)<br />Events Entered: Men's Doubles (with Mike Bryan)<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Player Photo" src="http://www.australianopen.com/images/players/atpb589.jpg" width="156" height="213" /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Player Overview</span><br />Australian Opens Played: 9<br />Best Doubles Performance: Winner (2006, 2007)<br />Events Entered: Men's Doubles (with Bob Bryan)<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Player Photo" src="http://www.australianopen.com/images/players/atpf339.jpg" width="156" height="213" /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Player Overview</span><br />Australian Opens Played: 6<br />Best Singles Performance: Quarter Finalist (2007)<br />Best Doubles Performance: Quarter Finalist (2005)<br />Events Entered: Men's Singles, Men's Doubles (with John Isner)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Player Photo" src="http://www.australianopen.com/images/players/atpi186.jpg" width="156" height="213" /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Player Overview</span><br />Australian Opens Played: 1<br />Best Singles Performance: 1st Round (2008)<br />Best Doubles Performance: 1st Round (2008)<br />Events Entered: Men's Singles, Men's Doubles (with Mardy Fish)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-7368279097528002222009-01-26T23:31:00.000-08:002009-01-26T23:33:57.494-08:00Rafael Nadal vs Gilles Simon Live Streaming<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Player Photo" src="http://www.australianopen.com/images/players/atpn409.jpg" width="156" height="213" /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Player Overview</span><br />Australian Opens Played: 4<br />Best Singles Performance: Semi Finalist (2008)<br />Best Doubles Performance: 3rd Round (2004, 2005)<br />Events Entered: Men's Singles<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Player Photo" src="http://www.australianopen.com/images/players/atpsd32.jpg" width="156" height="213" /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Player Overview</span><br />Australian Opens Played: 3<br />Best Singles Performance: 3rd Round (2006, 2008)<br />Best Doubles Performance: 2nd Round (2008)<br />Events Entered: Men's Singles, Men's Doubles (with Jeremy Chardy)<br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-78309306412119349522009-01-26T23:29:00.002-08:002009-01-26T23:31:28.953-08:00Fernando Verdasco vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Live Streaming<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Player Photo" src="http://www.australianopen.com/images/players/atpv306.jpg" width="156" height="213"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Player Overview</span><br />Australian Opens Played: 5<br />Best Singles Performance: 2nd Round (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)<br />Best Doubles Performance: 2nd Round (2006)<br />Events Entered: Men's Singles, Men's Doubles (with Feliciano Lopez)<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Player Photo" src="http://www.australianopen.com/images/players/atpt786.jpg" width="156" height="213"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Player Overview</span><br />Australian Opens Played: 2<br />Best Singles Performance: Finalist (2008)<br />Best Doubles Performance: 2nd Round (2008)<br />Events Entered: Men's Singles<br /></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-33140693652986956562009-01-26T23:29:00.001-08:002009-01-26T23:29:54.396-08:00Fernando Verdasco vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Live StreamingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-44420294568897376542009-01-26T23:25:00.000-08:002009-01-26T23:28:53.235-08:00Svetlana Kuznetsova vs Serena Williams Live Streaming<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Player Photo" src="http://www.australianopen.com/images/players/wta110552.jpg" width="156" height="213" /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Player Overview<br /></span>Australian Opens Played: 7<br />Best Singles Performance: Quarter Finalist (2005)<br />Best Doubles Performance: Winner (2005)<br />Events Entered: Women's Singles, Women's Doubles (with Nadia Petrova) <br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Player Photo" src="http://www.australianopen.com/images/players/wta230234.jpg" width="156" height="213" /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Player Overview</span><br />Australian Opens Played: 9<br />Best Singles Performance: Winner (2003, 2005, 2007)<br />Best Doubles Performance: Winner (2001, 2003)<br />Events Entered: Women's Singles, Women's Doubles (with Venus Williams)<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-58012010506420680672009-01-26T23:14:00.000-08:002009-01-26T23:24:47.152-08:00Carla Suarez Navarro vs Elena Dementieva Live Streaming<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Player Photo" src="http://www.australianopen.com/images/players/wta311338.jpg" width="156" height="213" /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Player Overview</span><br />Events Entered: Women's Singles ,Women's Doubles(with Petra Cetkovska)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Player Photo" src="http://www.australianopen.com/images/players/wta040289.jpg" width="156" height="213" /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Player Overview</span><br />Australian Opens Played: 10<br />Best Singles Performance: 4th Round (2002, 2005, 2007, 2008)<br />Best Doubles Performance: 3rd Round (2005, 2006, 2007)<br />Events Entered: Women's Singles<br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-33094257204999258362009-01-25T23:12:00.000-08:002009-01-25T23:14:01.217-08:00Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)[8] vs Roger Federer(SUI)[2] Live Streaming<img alt="Player Photo" src="http://www.australianopen.com/images/players/atpd683.jpg" width="156" height="213" /><br /><br /> Player Overview<br /> Australian Opens Played: 2<br /> Best Singles Performance: 2nd Round (2007, 2008)<br /> Events Entered: Men's Singles<br /><br /><img alt="Player Photo" src="http://www.australianopen.com/images/players/atpf324.jpg" width="156" height="213" /><br /><br />Player Overview<br /> Australian Opens Played: 9<br /> Best Singles Performance: Winner (2004, 2006, 2007)<br /> Best Doubles Performance: 3rd Round (2003)<br /> Events Entered: Men's SinglesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-10791823170951971622009-01-25T23:10:00.000-08:002009-01-25T23:12:10.327-08:00Dinara Safina (RUS)[3] vs Jelena Dokic (AUS) Live Streaming<img alt="Player Photo" src="http://www.australianopen.com/images/players/wta190950.jpg" width="156" height="213" /><br /><br /> Player Overview<br /> Australian Opens Played: 6<br /> Best Singles Performance: 3rd Round (2004, 2007)<br /> Best Doubles Performance: Quarter Finalist (2004, 2005)<br /> Events Entered: Women's Singles<br /><br /><img alt="Player Photo" src="http://www.australianopen.com/images/players/wta040344.jpg" width="156" height="213" /><br /><br />Player Overview<br /> Australian Opens Played: 4<br /> Best Singles Performance: 3rd Round (1999)<br /> Best Doubles Performance: 3rd Round (1999, 2000)<br /> Events Entered: Women's SinglesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-53736923605734785592009-01-25T23:08:00.000-08:002009-01-25T23:10:24.280-08:00Andy Roddick (USA)[7] vs Novak Djokovic (SRB)[3] Live Streaming<img alt="Player Photo" src="http://www.australianopen.com/images/players/atpr485.jpg" width="156" height="213" /><br /><br /><table style="width: 372px; height: 89px;" class="tableBorder" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr height="15"><td class="dkBlueBgWhiteText" valign="top" width="595"> Player Overview</td></tr><tr height="6"><td class="blueBg"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr height="15"><td class="ltBlueBg" width="355"> <b>Australian Opens Played:</b></td><td class="whiteBg" width="240"> 7</td></tr><tr height="15"><td class="ltBlueBg" width="355"> <b>Best Singles Performance:</b></td><td class="whiteBg" width="240"> Semi Finalist (2003, 2005, 2007)</td></tr><tr height="15"><td class="ltBlueBg" valign="top" width="355"> <b>Events Entered:</b></td><td class="whiteBg" width="240"> Men's Singles</td></tr></tbody></table><img alt="Player Photo" src="http://www.australianopen.com/images/players/atpd643.jpg" width="156" height="213" /><br /><br /><table style="width: 354px; height: 119px;" class="tableBorder" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr height="15"><td class="dkBlueBgWhiteText" valign="top" width="595"> Player Overview</td></tr><tr height="6"><td class="blueBg"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr height="15"><td class="ltBlueBg" width="355"> <b>Australian Opens Played:</b></td><td class="whiteBg" width="240"> 4</td></tr><tr height="15"><td class="ltBlueBg" width="355"> <b>Best Singles Performance:</b></td><td class="whiteBg" width="240"> Winner (2008)</td></tr><tr height="15"><td class="ltBlueBg" width="355"> <b>Best Doubles Performance:</b></td><td class="whiteBg" width="240"> 1st Round (2006, 2007)</td></tr><tr height="15"><td class="ltBlueBg" valign="top" width="355"> <b>Events Entered:</b></td><td class="whiteBg" width="240"> Men's Singles</td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-53468718876719402122009-01-25T23:05:00.000-08:002009-01-25T23:07:23.533-08:00Marion Bartoli (FRA) vs Vera Zvonareva (RUS) Live Streaming<p>However, it was curtains for Rohan Bopanna and his Finnish partner Jarkko Nieminen who lost their second-round match in Melbourne.</p><p>Third seeds Bhupathi and Knowles had to fend off a tough fight from the unseeded Russian pair of Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov before emerging 7-5 7-5 victorious in a 92-minute duel.</p><p>The Indo-Bahamian pair will next take on Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador and Tommy Robredo of Spain who defeated Bopanna and Nieminen 6-4 6-4 in the second round.</p><p>Bhupathi and Knowles played near flawless tennis with no double faults and just three unforced to their opponents' 14 in the whole match. Though they had a slower service, the third seeded duo converted four out of nine break points that came their way.</p><p>Bopanna and Nieminen, on the other hand, were error-prone and committed as many as 16 unforced errors to their opponents' 11.</p><p>Another Indian, Leander Paes, and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy, seeded fourth, had also sailed into the third round defeating unseeded Italian-Croat pairing of Fabio Fognini and Ivan Ljubcic 6-3 6-4 yesterday.</p><p>Partnering Sania Mirza, Bhupathi has also made it to the second round of the mixed doubles.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-80784313959547775912009-01-25T20:22:00.000-08:002009-01-25T20:25:14.463-08:00James Blake vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Live Streaming<h2 id="post-859"><a href="http://stickcricket.info/blog/Live-Streaming-Online/watch-james-blake-vs-jo-wilfried-tsonga-live-streaming" rel="bookmark">Watch James Blake vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Live Streaming</a></h2>MELBOURNE (AFP) - Australian Open officials admit violence is nearly impossible to eradicate despite unprecedented security following the third ethnic clashes here in as many years.<br /><br />Tournament director Craig Tiley said it was hard to stop every incident, with organisers concentrating on preventing as many as possible and stamping out any flare-ups quickly.<br /><br />"It is hard to have people walk through the site in large numbers and not to have an incident between three or four individuals, but our action against that is swift and quick," Tiley told AFP.<br /><br />Hundreds of thousands of fans pass through Melbourne Park over the two-week tournament with many gulping beer at the Garden Square big-screen area where Serbian and Bosnian fans brawled on Friday.<br /><br />They hurled plastic chairs at each other, knocking one Bosnian woman to the ground as she was hit on the head. About 30 men were ejected as skirmishes continued outside.<br /><br />The latest incident came despite increased CCTV surveillance after similar clashes over the past two years.<br /><br />In 2007, Serbian and Croatian fans attacked each other with flag poles and bottles and last year, police used pepper spray to subdue rowdy elements of the crowd watching a match between Konstantinos Economidis and Fernando Gonzales.<br /><br />Tiley said nearly all of Melbourne Park, which includes three main arenas, two show courts and 19 outside courts on the edge of the city centre, was now covered by CCTV cameras which are monitored constantly.<br /><br />"If we recognise someone that is potentially going to de disruptive, through the CCTV we monitor what they're doing and how they're moving through the site," he said.<br /><br />"We have a full security team that's constantly looking at surveillance tape and direct TV. If they recognise something that's going to be potentially disruptive they go through a management process with that."<br /><br />Tiley admitted the incidents had damaged the image of the tournament, which is the only Grand Slam -- and the only tennis event -- to have a problem with violence.<br /><br />But he said they would not harm Melbourne's chances of retaining the Open, which has reportedly attracted interest from Sydney, Shanghai and Dubai.<br /><br />"It's certainly damaged the image (but) we've been consistent in saying we've no intention of going anywhere," Tiley said.<br /><br />"Melbourne is the home of the Australian Open. It's supported not only by our national visitors but also the visitors from outside the state of Victoria."<br /><br />The latests incident attracted strong condemnation from players such as Roger Federer, Ana Ivanovic, Mario Ancic and Bosnian-American Amer Delic, whose defeat to Serbia's Novak Djokovic preceded the violence.<br /><br />Melbourne, Australia's second biggest city, is a cultural melting pot and home to thousands of Serbs, Bosnians and Croatians who are sometimes at odds over the 1990s Balkans warUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-88982540088337089132009-01-25T20:19:00.000-08:002009-01-25T20:21:39.391-08:00Rafael Nadal vs Fernando Gonzalez Live Streaming<h2 id="post-856"><a href="http://stickcricket.info/blog/Live-Streaming-Online/watch-rafael-nadal-vs-fernando-gonzalez-live-streaming" rel="bookmark">Watch Rafael Nadal vs Fernando Gonzalez Live Streaming</a></h2>MELBOURNE (AFP) - Powerhouse Rafael Nadal shot down Tommy Haas on Saturday to make the second week of the Australian Open, while rusty triple champion Serena Williams booked a fourth round clash with Victoria Azarenka.<br /><br />Fourth seeds Andy Murray and Elena Dementieva joined them in the round of 16, with the Scot crushing Austria's Jurgen Melzer 7-5, 6-0, 6-3 and the Russian beating local favourite Samantha Stosur 7-6 (8/6), 6-4.<br /><br />In an epic four-hour thriller, Chile's Fernando Gonzalez ground down France's Richard Gasquet 3-6, 3-6, 7-6 (12/10), 6-2, 12-10 for the right to meet Nadal next.<br /><br />Also making the grade were three Frenchmen -- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gilles Simon, and Gael Monfils.<br /><br />Nadal showed why he is world number one by demolishing Germany's Haas and said he was playing some of his best tennis ever.<br /><br />"I played one of my best matches in Australia out there," he said afterwards.<br /><br />"I can sleep with a lot of satisfaction."<br /><br />Williams, the tournament favourite, crushed China's Peng Shuai 6-1, 6-4 to set up an intriguing showdown with Azarenka after the Belarusian ended any hope Amelie Mauresmo had of repeating her 2006 heroics here.<br /><br />--AFP/William West<br />AFP/William West<br />view photo<br /><br />Stung by a listless "D-minus" performance in the second round and sister Venus' shock exit at the same stage, Williams stamped her authority on the match early and never let go.<br /><br />"It was definitely a lot better than my second round. But, you know, I'm still trying to work on some things and hoping they'll come together," said Williams.<br /><br />"I'm feeling a little rusty, for whatever reason. I'm hoping my next round I'll be a little better."<br /><br />Peng's departure leaves Zheng Jie as China's only player left.<br /><br />Elena Dementieva<br />view photo<br /><br />The Wimbledon semi-finalist, the 22nd seed, beat Ukraine's Kateryna Bondarenko 6-2, 6-2 to continue her best-ever Australian Open showing with a fourth round tie pending against former US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova.<br /><br />The woman who ousted Venus Williams, Spain's unseeded Carla Suarez Navarro, continued her surprise march, beating countrywoman Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-1, 6-4.<br /><br />Next up for her is another Spaniard, Anabel Medina Garrigues, who sent Italian 12th seed Flavia Pennetta packing 6-4, 6-1.<br /><br />Suarez Navarro said she wasn't thinking too far ahead.<br /><br />"Maybe, maybe not," she said of her quarter-final chances.<br /><br />While the focus has been on the big name stars on the men's side, the French contingent is looking dangerous.<br /><br />Twelfth seed Monfils came into the Open overshadowed by higher-profile countrymen Tsonga and Simon but has been making his mark.<br /><br />He produced another impressive display to dismiss 17th seeded Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 and will face off for a quarter-final spot with Simon, who beat Croatia's Mario Ancic in straight sets.<br /><br />"It will be a hard match against Gael who is a very, very good player," he said. "When he focuses he plays well and when only 16 people are left in the draw, every match is going to be hard."<br /><br />Tsonga, a surprise finalist last year, recovered from a third-set lapse to grind down Israeli qualifier Dudi Sela 6-4, 6-2, 1-6, 6-1.<br /><br />But the hard-hitting showdown between Gonzalez and Gasquet was the match of the day, spanning four hours and nine minutes with the Chilean staging a remarkable comeback after going two sets down.<br /><br />In other action, Spanish 14th seed Fernando Verdasco was an easy 6-4, 6-0, 6-0 winner over Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic and will next face Murray.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-73486747083409614562009-01-25T20:17:00.000-08:002009-01-25T20:19:29.778-08:00Andy Murray vs Fernando Verdasco Live Streaming<h2 id="post-867"><a href="http://stickcricket.info/blog/Live-Streaming-Online/watch-andy-murray-vs-fernando-verdasco-live-streaming" rel="bookmark">Watch Andy Murray vs Fernando Verdasco Live Streaming</a></h2><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.australianopen.com/images/players/atpmc10.jpg" alt="Player Photo" width="156" height="213" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Player Overview<br />Australian Opens Played: 3<br />Best Singles Performance: 4th Round (2007)<br />Best Doubles Performance: 1st Round (2006)<br />Events Entered: Men’s Singles</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.australianopen.com/images/players/atpv306.jpg" alt="Player Photo" width="156" height="213" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Player Overview<br />Australian Opens Played: 5<br />Best Singles Performance: 2nd Round (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)<br />Best Doubles Performance: 2nd Round (2006)<br />Events Entered: Men’s Singles<br />Men’s Doubles<br />(with Feliciano Lopez)</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-13237771814730665462009-01-25T19:36:00.001-08:002009-01-25T19:36:57.278-08:00Australian Open - View from the courts: Day seven<p class="intro entry-summary">Reaction from the key protagonists on a busy day of fourth-round action at the Australian Open in Melbourne.</p> <div class="sp-article-additional"> <img src="http://d.yimg.com/i//ng/sp/eurosport/20090126/25/2d61a19afccb45f9333110dde3042d2c.jpg" alt="TENNIS Dinara Safina reacts after winning her fourth round clash at the 2009 Australian Open - 0" width="377" height="196" /> </div> <p><b><a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/1365.html">Jelena Dokic</a> after rolling back the years to advance to the quarter-finals:</b> "Every single match I've played has been three sets. I really had to come through in all of them. I'm just really fighting. I'm really determined and fighting. That's sometimes what keeps it going. I think (my coach) might have a few drinks tonight. I think I might as well!"</p> <p><b><a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/1500000000003014.html">Dinara Safina</a> after being forced to save match points against Alize Cornet:</b> "I played like a junior today, it's just lucky that I went through. I guess she was just not ready to beat me. I was just hanging in there. I'm just a little bit disappointed about this match, playing against this girl and allowing myself to make these kind of mistakes. Somebody (should) smack me so hard in my head that something shakes and I put the cables together. (My coach told me) if I continue playing like this, he may as well just go home. I keep telling myself to hit the ball but my arm just doesn't want to, because my mind is just stupid."</p> <p><b><a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/500000000002891.html">Marion Bartoli</a> after her straight sets win over world number one <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/2815.html">Jelena Jankovic</a>:</b> "I'm just so happy to be on <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/458.html">Rod Laver</a> Arena because usually at the Australian Open I'm playing that badly that I'm on court 21. I think I played amazingly. The last game of the match was pretty tough. I just tried to play my game. I served so well and I'm very pleased to have won. I knew I could beat Jelena on a good day, it was just a matter of executing, you know, play the right shot at the right time and don't make too many mistakes. But I was not overwhelmed by the situation, and I just went for my shot and everything went in today. It was just a great match."</p> <p><b>Jankovic after her lacklustre fourth-round defeat:</b> "I haven't played for a while. Unfortunately, me and my mother, we got sick, so it was very hard where I couldn't play some matches over there, which I wanted, just to feel the atmosphere, get the rhythm on the court. My opponent was really on fire today and she was hitting everything and really went for her shots. Most of those were going in. It was tough. I really enjoy being the number one. Maybe it will change, the number one ranking, but it's not important what you do now, it's the whole of the year. I think, at least for me, the most important thing is how you finish, not how you begin."</p> <p><b>Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley on the repeated outbreaks of violence among spectators, including Friday's fight between Serbian and Bosnian fans who hurled plastic chairs at each other:</b> "It is hard to have people walk through the site in large numbers and not to have an incident between three or four individuals, but our action against that is swift and quick... We have a full security team that's constantly looking at surveillance tape and direct TV. If they recognise something that's going to be potentially disruptive they go through a management process with that... It's certainly damaged the image (but) we've been consistent in saying we've no intention of going anywhere. Melbourne is the home of the Australian Open."</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-78158042630480372862009-01-25T19:35:00.000-08:002009-01-25T19:36:17.338-08:00Australian Open - Women: Jankovic crashes out<p class="intro entry-summary">Top seed <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/2815.html">Jelena Jankovic</a> was knocked out of the fourth round of the Australian Open by France's <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/500000000002891.html">Marion Bartoli</a>.</p> <div class="sp-article-additional"> <img src="http://d.yimg.com/i//ng/sp/eurosport/20090126/25/a6ee9083e27b732818a564e0b01ddd39.jpg" alt="TENNIS Serbia's Jelena Jankovic reacts after losing a point to France's Marion Bartoli during their match at the Australian Open - 0" width="377" height="196" /> </div> <p>The Frenchwoman capitalised on the Serbian's poor service game and blasted winners at every opportunity before she ended the world number one's misery 6-1 6-4 in just 82 minutes.</p> <p>The unconventional Bartoli, who despite being right handed plays two handed off both sides, had not advanced beyond the Australian Open second round in seven previous attempts.</p> <p>The 16th seed set up a quarter-final against seventh seed <b><a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/2767.html">Vera Zvonareva</a></b>, who beat fellow Russian <b><a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/972.html">Nadia Petrova</a></b> 7-5 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the first time.</p> <p>Zvonareva won the first set when the 10th-seeded Petrova dropped her serve in the 11th game on a double-fault and then broke her immediately at the start of the second.</p> <p>Zvonareva, seeded seventh at Melbourne Park this year, has not made a grand slam quarter-final since the 2003 French Open.</p> <p>Bartoli, blasting winners from both sides off the baseline, jumped out to a 4-0 first set lead and, while Jankovic held three break points in the fifth game, the Frenchwoman held her nerve to take a 5-0 lead.</p> <p>She held two set points in the sixth game but Jankovic was finally able to hold her serve.</p> <p>The 16th seed, however, was not to be denied the first set, which she clinched with a delicate drop push that left the scrambling Jankovic wafting at thin air.</p> <p>The Serb won just 13 points on her own serve in the first set, but losing the set seemed to wake Jankovic up, although both players struggled with their serve in the second, each breaking the other twice in the first eight games.</p> <p>Bartoli hung tough, however, securing her fifth break of the match and booking her place in the quarter-finals after rifling a backhand cross-court winner past a deflated Jankovic.</p> <p>Russian world number three <b><a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/1500000000003014.html">Dinara Safina</a></b> almost followed Jankovic out of the tournament but saved two match points and won the last five games in an extraordinary comeback to beat French teenager <b>Alize Cornet</b> 6-2 2-6 7-5.</p> <p>Cornet was on the verge of a huge upset when she recovered from losing the first to lead 5-2 in the third when her game suddenly fell apart under a ferocious attack from Safina.</p> <p>Cornet twice failed to serve out the match and squandered two match points in the 10th game as Safina turned up the heat to snatch victory.</p> <p>Safina, whose brother <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/518.html">Marat Safin</a> saved a match point in the semi-finals against <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/676.html">Roger Federer</a> before winning the Australian Open men's singles title in 2005, will play Australia's <b><a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/1365.html">Jelena Dokic</a></b> in the quarter-finals.</p> <p>Dokic won a dramatic match against number 29 seed <b><a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/3101.html">Alisa Kleybanova</a></b> 7-5 5-7 8-6 in the <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/458.html">Rod Laver</a> Arena to continue her fairytale tournament.</p> <p>The 25-year-old suffered a twisted ankle late in the deciding set, but somehow mustered the resolve to break Kleybanova in the 14th game and win the match to send the partisan home crowd wild.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-24594349387594635842009-01-25T19:34:00.000-08:002009-01-25T19:35:11.154-08:00Australian Open - Brits: Murray through in mixed<p class="intro entry-summary">Jamie Murray and his mixed doubles partner <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/2829.html">Liezel Huber</a> enjoyed a solid start to their Australian Open campaign with a straight-sets victory over Australians <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/3080.html">Sophie Ferguson</a> and <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/3016.html">Chris Guccione</a>.</p> <div class="sp-article-additional"> <img src="http://d.yimg.com/i//ng/sp/eurosport/20090126/25/65b32c30941fe6a3b3381e919e152ea9.jpg" alt="TENNIS Jamie Murray - 0" width="377" height="196" /> <div id="sp-more-stories" class="mod alt nofoot inner sp-mod-link-list"><div class="bd"><br /><div class="ft"><div class="wrapper"><span></span></div></div> </div> <div class="ft"><span></span></div> </div> </div> <p>Murray and his American partner are seeded fourth in the event and won 6-2 7-5 without having to save a break point in a comfortable victory.</p> <p>They will next face <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/200.html">Nathalie Dechy</a> of France and <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/2617.html">Andy Ram</a> of Israel after that pair defeated Australia's <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/313.html">Rennae Stubbs</a> and Czech Republic's <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/2835.html">Frantisek Cermak</a> 6-1 6-4.</p> <p>Murray reached the final of the US Open with Huber last year and the Scot also won the 2007 mixed doubles championship at Wimbledon with Serbia's <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/2815.html">Jelena Jankovic</a>.</p> <p>There were also two Britons involved in the Junior Girls competition with mixed results.</p> <p><b>Heather Watson</b>, who is seeded ninth, stormed into the second round with a ruthless 6-2 6-1 victory over Australia's Harriet Sheahan.</p> <p>However, <b>Hannah James</b> crashed out; despite winning the first set against Serbia's Alexandra Krunic she went down 2-6 6-4 7-5.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-21463511941721264232009-01-25T19:33:00.000-08:002009-01-25T19:34:26.355-08:00Australian Open - Brits: Robson cruises through<p style="font-weight: bold;" class="intro entry-summary">Britain's Laura Robson booked her place in the second round of the Australian Open girls singles with a straight sets win.</p> <div class="sp-article-additional"> <img src="http://d.yimg.com/i//ng/sp/eurosport/20090126/25/b3b76ff2b076a54afd2a3caf962b56f4.jpg" alt="TENNIS Laura Robson - 0" width="377" height="196" /> <div id="sp-more-stories" class="mod alt nofoot inner sp-mod-link-list"><div class="bd"><br /><div class="ft"><div class="wrapper"><span></span></div></div> </div> <div class="ft"><span></span></div> </div> </div> <p>Fifth seed Robson, who is also the Wimbledon junior champion, needed just 80 minutes to cruise past American Christina McHale 7-5 6-3.</p> <p>The 15-year-old, who fired down six aces during the match and joins fellow Brit Heather Watson in the second round, will next face Thailand's Kanyapat Narattana.</p> Both Robson and Watson are also entered into the girls doubles draw. Robson will be partnering Belarussian Anna Orlik, while Watson, seeded seventh, will join forces withUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-31571902224962247042009-01-25T19:32:00.000-08:002009-01-25T19:33:22.959-08:00Australian Open - Men: Federer survives huge scare<span style="font-weight: bold;">World number two Roger Federer fought back from two sets down to snatch a dramatic 4-6 6-7 6-4 6-4 6-2 victory against Tomas Berdych, retaining his hopes of winning a 14th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open.<br /><br /></span><p>Federer, who is seeking to equal <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/519.html">Pete Sampras</a>'s record for Grand Slam titles, appeared listless from the beginning of his fourth round match with the Czech, before he found his form in the middle of the third set and never looked back.</p> <p>The Swiss second seed had numerous opportunities to seal decisive games in each of the opening sets but the 20th-seeded Berdych managed to find a booming serve, blistering return or a winner to halt Federer's momentum.</p> <p>However, after Berdych missed a smash while 3-4 down in the third, Federer seized the initiative and drastically raised his game to take the match in three hours, 29 minutes, setting up a quarter-final with <b>Juan Martin Del Potro</b>.</p> <p>The Argentine put a slow start behind him to advance 5-7 6-4 6-4 6-2 at the expense of Croatia's <b><a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/3274.html">Marin Cilic</a></b>.</p> <p>At 20, Del Potro becomes the youngest quarter-finalist since <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/448.html">Richard Krajicek</a> in 1992.</p> <p>The Argentine retired in round two on his both previous visits here but has now reached two consecutive Grand Slam quarter-finals after last year's US Open.</p> <p>American <b><a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/2643.html">Andy Roddick</a></b> also booked his place in the quarter-finals, beating <b><a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/2141.html">Tommy Robredo</a></b> 7-5 6-1 6-3 and extending his perfect record against the Spaniard to 10 matches.</p> <p>The seventh seed, who has only conceded one set to Robredo in their 10 meetings, overwhelmed him again to wrap up a comprehensive victory in one hour and 47 minutes.</p> <p>Roddick, 26, has made the semi-finals three times at Melbourne Park in his seven previous visits but has yet to make the final.</p> <p>His quarter-final opponent on Tuesday will be defending champion <b><a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/3153.html">Novak Djokovic</a></b> of Serbia, who kept alive his Australian Open defence with a 6-1 7-6 6-7 6-2 fourth-round win over <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/3165.html">Marcos Baghdatis</a> of Cyprus that stretched into the early hours of the Melbourne morning.</p> <p>Djokovic, who seems to be steadily growing in confidence with each match of the tournament, raced through the opening set in 25 minutes then fought back from a break down to win the second in a tie-break.</p> <p>Baghdatis, a finalist at Melbourne Park three years ago, won the third in another tie-break but twice failed to hold his own service games in the fourth set as Djokovic finally sealed victory at 2.26am local time.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-61347225434928576042009-01-25T19:31:00.000-08:002009-01-25T19:32:26.506-08:00Giantkiller Suarez Navarro into Open quartersMELBOURNE (AFP) - Spanish giantkiller Carla Suarez Navarro continued her dream debut at the Australian Open Monday, reaching the quarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-2 win over 21st seed Anabel Medina Garrigues.<br /><br />Suarez Navarro, who dumped Venus Williams from the tournament in the second round, encountered little trouble dispatching fellow Spaniard Medina Garrigues in 73 minutes.<br /><br />The unseeded 20-year-old's appearance in the last eight will equal her previous best performance at a Grand Slam at the French Open last year.<br /><br />She will meet either Russian fourth seed Elena Dementieva or Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova, seeded 18, in the quarter-finals.<br /><br />Suarez Navarro's single-handed backhand drew comparisons with Justine Henin after her match against Williams and she used it to great effect as she broke Medina Garrigues twice in each set.<br /><br />Combining her backhand with a powerful forehand, Suarez Navarro hit 20 winners to Medina Garrigues' seven in the match.<br /><br />Medina Garrigues broke back once in the first set but her opponent was soon up 5-2 and served out the set after 39 minutes.<br /><br />The 26-year-old could not keep up in the second as Suarez Navarro attacked her second serve, yelling at herself in Spanish as she tried to find a way into the match.<br /><br />But her younger compatriot broke her in the fifth and seventh games, confidently rushing to the net on match point to send a forehand beyond Medina Garrigues's reach and claim victory.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-48592133784542214952009-01-25T19:27:00.000-08:002009-01-25T19:32:19.474-08:00Australian Open - Men: Simon into quarters<p>Simon had been leading 6-4 2-6 6-1 and ahead 30-0 while serving when Monfils, who had been continuously flexing and shaking his right hand throughout the match, called a halt to proceedings.</p> <p>Monfils, the 12th seed at Melbourne Park, had received treatment on his right wrist during the third set and then had it strapped before the fourth set began. Simon will meet either Spanish top seed <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/2862.html">Rafael Nadal</a> or Chilean <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/2219.html">Fernando Gonzalez</a>, who play later on Monday, in the quarter-finals.</p> <p><b>See the Australian Open live all the way to the final on February 1 on the Eurosport Player. Access live action each day from up to five different courts in Melbourne and catch up on the big games through video on demand. Click on the link under the picture to subscribe.</b></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-64354229290406564922009-01-22T23:28:00.000-08:002009-01-22T23:33:00.700-08:00Australian Open - Women: Venus crashes out<span style="font-weight: bold;">Venus Williams crashed out the Australian Open in the second round in Melbourne, losing in three sets to Carla Suarez Navarro.</span><br /><br />The seven-time Grand Slam champion, shimmering under the lights in a canary-yellow dress, held a match point late in the third set but went down 2-6 6-3 7-5.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Venus</span> tore through the first set as the match started off following the script but she was unsettled in the second as Suarez Navarro stepped in a little and started to take the American's shots on the rise.<br /><br />Ripping through and over the ball to impart great top-spin, the Spaniard began to wrest control from <span style="font-weight: bold;">Venus</span> and eased ahead in set two, finally taking it when a miss-hit forehand flew long from the American's racket.<br /><br />All long limbs and angry squeals, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Venus</span> threw everything at her opponent at the start of the third but her serve was continuing to fail her. Still, though, she held on to nose ahead.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Suarez Navarro</span>'s answer was to step in even further and pummel away with heavy groundstrokes.<br /><br />It was <span style="font-weight: bold;">Venus</span> who finally got the breakthrough to creep 3-1 ahead, closing out the fourth game with a big forehand swing-volley.<br /><br />She needed a big swinging ace to stave off a breakpoint in the next game and then slammed in a 192 kph serve to regain control before double-faulting for deuce again.<br /><br />Another forehand volley had mother Oracene holding her head but gave <span style="font-weight: bold;">Venus</span> another game point and this time she held to move 4-1 ahead in the decider.<br /><br />The American thought she had the buffer she needed but, refusing to be cowed, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Suarez Navarro</span> unleashed a series of shimmering shots to peg <span style="font-weight: bold;">Venus</span> back and break her for 5-4.<br /><br />Riled, the powerful <span style="font-weight: bold;">Venus</span> responded with some stinging returns in the next game. She racked up one match point but blew it with a clumsily hit backhand long and the Spaniard eventually held for 5-5.<br /><br />Suarez Navarro piled the pressure on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Venus</span> in the next game and earned two break points. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Venus</span> saw off the first with a stinging serve, but pushed a forehand wide to be broken.<br /><br />Serving for the match, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Suarez Navarro</span> missed her first match point with a wide forehand but clinched the best victory of her career on the second when <span style="font-weight: bold;">Venus</span> netted a forehand.<br /><br />She faces Spanish compatriot <span style="font-weight: bold;">Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez</span> in the next round.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sister Serena</span> produced a characteristic fightback to advance to the third round after a 6-3 7-5 victory over Argentina's <span style="font-weight: bold;">Gisela Dulko</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Williams </span>comfortably won the first set but had to overcome 3-0 and 5-2 deficits in the second before she won the match in 110 minutes. The second set lasted 79 minutes alone.<br /><br />The second seed's fighting qualities were never better displayed with <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dulko </span>serving for the set in the ninth game.<br /><br />The Argentine had five set points, each of which <span style="font-weight: bold;">Williams </span>staved off. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Williams </span>also held six break points of her own before finally winning the game on her seventh opportunity to take the score to 4-5.<br /><br />The nine-times Grand Slam winner took some time to adjust a protective brace and strapping around her ankles in the changeover and then held serve to level at 5-5.<br /><br />She broke <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dulko </span>in another epic struggle in the next game to serve out for the match, which she sealed with an ace.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Elena Dementieva</span> extended her winning streak to 12 matches with a comfortable 6-4 6-1 victory over <span style="font-weight: bold;">Iveta</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Benesova</span>.<br /><br />Dementieva, who is unbeaten in 2009 after claiming the Auckland and Sydney titles, said after her first-round victory over Kristina Barrois that her run of matches had made her a little fatigued and affected her performance.<br /><br />The world number four made 23 unforced errors and served five double faults on the second show court but was still too strong for the world number 35, wrapping up the match in 72 minutes.<br /><br />The Beijing Olympics gold medallist overpowered <span style="font-weight: bold;">Benesova</span> with 20 clear winners to the Czech's seven and will meet Australia's Samantha <span style="font-weight: bold;">Stosur</span> in the third round.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Stosur</span> provided some temporary relief to Australia's dwindling tennis stocks when she beat Germany's Sabine Lisicki 6-3 6-4.<br /><br />Following <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jelena Dokic</span>'s win on Wednesday night,<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Stosur</span>'s victory ensured Australia would have two women in the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in five years.<br /><br />China's <span style="font-weight: bold;">Zheng Jie</span> also doggedly made the third round, battling for a 7-6 (0) 5-7 6-3 victory over Hungary's Melinda Czink.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Zheng </span>showed her mettle last year by making the semi-finals of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wimbledon</span>, but had never before gone beyond the first round in Melbourne in four previous attempts.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-8204757274700068232009-01-22T23:25:00.000-08:002009-01-22T23:27:53.522-08:00Australian Open - View from the courts: Day five<span style="font-weight: bold;">Reaction from the key protagonists on a busy day of third-round action at the Australian Open in Melbourne.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Marin Cilic</span> on his straight sets win over 11th seed <span style="font-weight: bold;">David Ferrer</span>: "I would say that it was a good performance from me. At the beginning of the match he broke me in the second game. That I think woke me up a little bit, which was good for me. I reacted very well and broke him back again and I was in the game pretty good from that moment on. I think I have some more room to improve my game a little bit more, to hit the ball a little bit better. My serve wasn't the best today but I got away with it, mixing it up, serving very well at the crucial moments."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dinara Safina </span>after easing into the fourth round for the first time at Melbourne Park: "There's a first time for everything. Twice I lost in the third round. I was like this today: 'That is the third time (and it) should be the luckiest one.' I'm not a roadrunner on the court. I cannot be as fast as some other players, but I have some other weapons. If I use my power, then I have to run less. It's time to use it sometimes."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Novak Djokovic</span> after battling past<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Amer Delic</span> in four sets: "He has one of the biggest serves out there, it was difficult for me to return and find rhythm. I have big respect for <span style="font-weight: bold;">Amer</span>, we have known each other a long time and he absolutely deserved to be here. He played great tennis today."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-63291930625709982182009-01-22T23:23:00.000-08:002009-01-22T23:25:36.425-08:00Australian Open<span style="font-weight: bold;">Australian Open - Live</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3rd Round Player </span><br /><br />A Roddick 6 4 - - -<br />F Santoro 3 2 - - -<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Australian Open - Results</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3rd Round Player </span><br /><br />T Robredo 6 6 6 - -<br />Y Lu 1 3 2 - -<br />M Cilic 7 6 6 - -<br />D Ferrer 6 3 4 - -<br />N Djokovic 6 4 6 7 -<br />A Delic 2 6 3 6 -<br />J Del Potro 6 7 6 7 -<br />G Muller 7 5 3 5 -<br />J Jankovic 6 6 - - -<br />A Sugiyama 4 4 - - -<br />M Bartoli 3 6 6 - -<br />L Safarova 6 2 1 - -<br />A Cornet 4 6 6 - -<br />D Hantuchova 6 4 2 - -<br />V Zvonareva 6 6 - - -<br />S Earrani 4 1 - - -<br />D Safina 6 6 - - -<br />K Kanepi 2 2 - - -<br />A Murray 6 6 6 - -<br />M Granollers-Pujol 4 2 2 - -<br />J Blake 6 6 6 - -<br />S De Chaunac 3 2 3 - -<br />C Suarez Navarro 2 6 7 - -<br />V Williams 6 3 5 - -Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367646825375503642.post-58679868808884635832009-01-22T23:20:00.000-08:002009-01-22T23:23:09.146-08:00Australian Open - Men: Battling Djokovic progresses<span style="font-weight: bold;">Serbia's Novak Djokovic recovered from dropping his first set of the tournament to beat American Amer Delic 6-2 4-6 6-3 7-6(4) in the third round of the Australian Open.</span><br /><br />The defending champion lost the second set after a brief lapse in concentration but regained his composure to win the next two, despite being pushed to a tiebreaker in the fourth.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Delic</span>, who was promoted to the main draw as a lucky loser when <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nicolas Kiefer</span> pulled out, troubled the world number three with his booming serve but <span style="font-weight: bold;">Djokovic</span>'s big-match experience proved decisive.<br /><br />But while <span style="font-weight: bold;">Djokovic</span> went through Spain's <span style="font-weight: bold;">David Ferrer</span>, the 11th seed who was beaten by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Djokovic</span> in the quarter-finals last year, crashed out to Croatia's <span style="font-weight: bold;">Marin Cilic</span> 7-6(5) 6-3 6-4.<br /><br />Cilic will now meet dangerous Argentine eighth seed <span style="font-weight: bold;">Juan Martin del Potro</span> who came from a set down to beat Luxembourg's <span style="font-weight: bold;">Gilles Muller</span> 6-7(5) 7-5 6-3 7-5.<br /><br />In a match lasting almost three-and-a-half hours, <span style="font-weight: bold;">del Potro</span> weathered some brilliant serving from <span style="font-weight: bold;">Muller</span> to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time, surpassing his third-round effort at the US Open in 2006.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0