Novak Djokovic once more proved his amazing mental strenght and showed us his fighting spirit as he moved into the Australian Open final, defeating british no.1 Andy Murray in an epic match 6-3 3-6 6-7 (4) 6-1 7-5 at the Rod Laver Arena at Melbourne Park. The match lasted 4 [...]
The unseeded Russian duo Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva won the 2012 Australian Open doubles title as they defeated Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani 5-7 6-4 6-3. This is their first title as a pair, although they both won Grand Slam titles before, but with different partners. Kuznetsova and Zvonareva, [...]
Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in an Australian Open semifinal and will have a chance to win his second title here in Sunday’s final. Although this wasn’t a final match between these two superstars, everyone was full of expectations as they stepped out on [...]
Former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova beat second seed Petra Kvitova 6-2 3-6 6-4 and moved into the 2012 Australian Open final. This semifinal encounter between the Russian and the Czech was a rematch of the 2011 Wimbledon final, in which Kvitova prevailed. Sharapova started very strong, taking the first set [...]
Victoria Azarenka will play the first Grand Slam final of her career as she beat the defending champion Kim Clijsters 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 in the Australian Open semis. She will also have a chance to become world no.1 should she win the final. After taking the first set 6-4, the [...]
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan moved to the 2012 Australian Open final as they defeated Swede Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau of Romania in a hard fought match 4-6 6-3 7-6(5). They had to save a matchpoint at 5-6 in the third set, but Bob held his serve and all [...]
Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor booked their place in the Australian Open semifinals with a win over Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico and Christopher Kas of Germany, beating them6-1 6-7(4) 6-2. They haven’t faced a single break point on their serve, and despite losing the second set in a tiebreak, they [...]
The 2008 Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova and the reigning Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova will meet in the 2012 Australian Open semifinal. Sharapova defeated fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-3. Makarova was the one who knocked out the five-times champion Serena Williams in the round before. The Czech Kvitova moved [...]
World no.1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic reached the last four at the 2012 Australian Open by defeating David Ferrer 6-4 7-6(4) 6-1. It was a very intense and tough match for both of the players, with some spectacular 35 shot rallies. The quality of the match was unbelievable in [...]
British no.1 Andy Murray reserved his place in the 2012 Australian Open semifinals by defeating Japan’s Kei Nishihori 6-3 6-3 6-1. He will now play either Serbian Djokovic or Spain’s Ferrer in the SF. For Murray, this will be his third consecutive semifinal here. Despite his weaker serving today (only [...]
The Bryan Brothers are one step closer to their record 12th Grand Slam title. They defeated the Poles Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 6-4 6-7(4) 6-4 and moved into the Australian Open semifinals. They will now face Robert Lindstedt of Sweden and Horia Tecau of Romania, who overcame the 13th [...]
Rafael Nadal moved into the 2012 Australian Open semifinal as he defeated Tomas Berdych 6-7 (5) 7-6 (6) 6-4 6-3. With this win he set up a classic against his biggest rival Roger Federer, who beat Juan Martin del Potro earlier. In the first couple of sets, Nadal looked a [...]
Defending champion Kim Clijsters defeated Caroline Wozniacki in the Australian Open quarterfinal 6-3, 7-6 (4) and with this loss, Wozniacki will have to give up her no.1 ranking. She will next play the third-seeded Victoria Azarenka, who overcame Agnieszka Radwanska with a 6-7 (0), 6-0, 6-2 scoreline. Wozniacki finished last [...]
16 time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer will play his ninth successive Australian Open semifinal after defeating Juan Martin Del Potro 6-4 6-3 6-2. He will now play either Nadal or Berdych in the semifinal. Federer got off to a quick 3-0 lead, but del Potro managed to break back [...]
