MELBOURNE - American tennis has less depth than in any previous era and while strides are being made to address the situation, finding new champions is dependent on the DNA lottery, according to former world number one Jim Courier.
MELBOURNE - American tennis has less depth than in any previous era and while strides are being made to address the situation, finding new champions is dependent on the DNA lottery, according to former world number one Jim Courier.
Murray doled out another impressive thrashing at the Australian Open on Monday but his expected quarter-final showdown with Soderling failed to materialise after Dolgopolov shocked the Swede.
Second seed Vera Zvonareva continued her quest for a first grand slam title with a commanding 6-4 6-1 victory over unseeded Czech Iveta Benesova to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Monday.
In-form Czech Petra Kvitova battled her way out of an early-match malaise before grinding down Italian Flavia Pennetta 3-6 6-3 6-3 to make her first quarter-final at the Australian Open on Monday.
Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov produced a stunning five-set victory over fourth seed Robin Soderling to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals on Monday.
Roger Federer made hard work of reaching his 27th consecutive grand slam quarter-final at the Australian Open on Sunday but it looked like a short shift after Francesca Schiavone’s titanic tussle with Svetlana Kuznetsova.
One of the players was so exhausted she forgot who was serving. The other kept checking the ticking clock on center court and thinking to herself, “Brava, Francesca!”
Former champion Maria Sharapova has lost in the fourth round of the Australian Open to Andrea Petkovic.
Roger Federer toiled in the sun for a 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2 victory over Spain’s Tommy Robredo, earning the Swiss master a spot in the Australian Open quarter-finals.
Wozniacki came off second best in an encounter with a kangaroo earlier this week but bounced back at Melbourne Park to beat Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova and seal a spot in the quarter-finals.