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 [...]
The no.3 seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus is the first player to reach the 2012 Australian Open semifinals. She dismissed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-7 (0) 6-0 6-2. After losing the first set, the Belarussian didn’t allow Radwanska a single game in the second. She held her form in the [...]
World no.1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Lleyton Hewitt in four sets 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 and moved into the quarterfinal of the 2012 Australian Open at Melbourne Park. This was almost certainly the last ever performance of the former world no.1 Lleyton Hewitt on a big Grand Slam [...]
Fifth seed David Ferrer of Spain made his way into the 2012 Australian Open quarterfinals as he defeated the 17th seed Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-4, 6-1. Ferrer is on top form this year, having won the Auckland title just before the start of the Australian Open. He will now play [...]
It was only the second loss of her career for Serena Williams at Melbourne Park. She went out surprisingly to the Russian Ekaterina Makarova in the last 16 of the 2012 Australian Open, Makarova winning 6-2 6-3. The 23 year old Russian played agressive tennis throughout the match and Williams [...]
Japan’s Kei Nishikori caused an upset at this year’s Australian Open as he defeated former finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3. Nishikori made history as he became the first ever Japanese tennis player to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open since the Open Era began in 1968. [...]
