Stanislas Wawrinka upset the top-seeded and defending champ Novak Djokovic on Tuesday night in Melbourne 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 9-7 to reach his first Australian Open semifinal and end Djokovic’s hunt for a fourth consecutive title. It was Djokovic’s 19th consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal appearance and his 25-match winning streak at Melbourne Park came to…
Canadian teenager Eugenie Bouchard has upset Ana Ivanovic to advance to the semifinals of the 2014 Australian Open, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2. Bouchard won the Wimbledon Junior title in 2012, and is fairly new on the WTA Tour, making her Grand Slam debut at the 2013 French Open. Ivanovic caused the biggest upset to date at…
In Australian Open mixed-doubles action, former Stanford star Scott Lipsky of Merrick, N.Y. and his partner Zheng Jie of China defeated the top-seeded duo of Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany & Alexander Peya of Austria 2-6, 7-6 (5) [10-5] to reach the quarterfinals. Lipsky, 32, won the 2011 French Open mixed-doubles title with Casey Dellacqua of Australia….
The quarterfinals are set in Melbourne and the upsets continued at the Australian Open, as the number 20 seed Dominika Cibulkova was a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 upset winner over the number three seed, Maria Sharapova. After dropping the first set, Cibulkova took a commanding 5-0 lead in the second set, eventually closing out the set,…
Ana Ivanovic stunned Serena Williams in the Round of 16 at the Australian Open this weekend, defeating the top-seeded Serena 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Coming into the match, Ivanovic had never won a set against Serena in their four previous head-to-head matches. "I actually believed," Ivanovic said. "I had some confidence coming into today's match. I…
The Australian Open kicked off earlier this week, and with it a great deal of attention has been paid to the extreme weather rather than the play on the courts. For the first time since 2009, the Extreme Heat Policy was put in place at Melbourne Park due to the brutal heat that has swept through…
World number one Serena Williams defeated Daniela Hantuchova for her 61st career match win at the Australian Open on Friday, 6-3, 6-3. With the win, Serena moves past Margaret Court for the all-time record for most match wins at the Aussie Open. Up next for Serena is Ana Ivanovic, a 6-7(8), 6-4, 6-2 winner over…
Novak Djokovic won his 27th consecutive match on Friday at the Australian Open, reaching the fourth round in Melbourne after a 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 win over Denis Istomin. The Djokovic has not lost a match since the U.S. Open finals in September when he fell to Rafael Nadal, a streak of 27 wins in a…
Roger Federer won his 70th match at the Australian Open on Thursday beating Blaz Kavcic 6-2, 6-1, 7-6(4) to reach the third round at Melbourne Park in just under two hours. A four-time Aussie Open champion in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2010, Federer is the first player to reach the 70 win mark at Melbourne…
Fifth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro is out of the 2014 Australian Open, losing 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 to Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut in nearly four hours after numerous weather-related delays. The loss marked del Potro's fourth second-round exit in eight years in Melbourne. Bautista Agut is ranked 62nd in the ATP Men’s Singles Rankings…