Justine Henin, Maria Sharapova meet in Australian Open quarterfinals
Top seed Justine Henin had no trouble with Su-Wei Hsieh of Taipei, beating the world number 158, 6-2 6-2 to advance to the Australian Open quarterfinals. Her opponent will be Maria Sharapova who also...
Maria Kirilenko beats Anna Chakvetadze, reaches Australian Open fourth round
Seed No.27 Maria Kirilenko defeated sixth seed Anna Chakvetadze 6-7, 6-1, 6-2 in the third round of the Australian Open.
Robbery-affected Chakvetadze won the opening set in a thrilling tie-breaker. But Kirilenko ignored the fact...
Agnieszka Radwanska upsets Svetlana Kuznetsova at Australian Open
Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, the player who stunned defending champion Maria Sharapova in the third round of the 2007 US Open, scored her second major Grand Slam upset with a 6-3 6-4 win over second...
Casey Dellacqua defeats Amelie Mauresmo at Australian Open
In a match which could have easily gone each way, Australian Casey Dellacqua defeated seed No.18 Amelie Mauresmo of France 3-6 6-4 6-4 and set up a fourth round clash with Jelena Jankovic.
Mauresmo, the...
Justine Henin beats determined Fracesca Schiavone at Australian Open
Top seed Justine Henin of Belgium reached the last 16 of the Australian Open on Friday with a hard-fought 7-5 6-4 win over seed No.25 Francesca Schiavone of Italy.
Schiavone was concentrated and performed very...
In-form Ana Ivanovic moves into Australian Open third round
Cheered on by her Australian-based relatives and the local expatriate Serb community, fourth seed Ana Ivanovic crushed Italian world No.40 Tathiana Garbin 6-0, 6-3 to move into the third round of the Australian Open.
"I...
Venus Williams stumbles into Australian Open third round
Venus Williams advanced to the Australian Open third round with an unimpressive 7-5 6-4 victory over France’s Camille Pin.
The former world number one had to come from behind in both sets (from 4-5 in...
Nicole Vaidisova apologizes for defeating Alicia Molik at Australian Open
At the third day of the Australian Open, No.12 seed Nicole Vaidisova of Czech Republic defeated Australian Alicia Molik in straight sets 6-2 6-3 , and later apologized for beating the local favorite.
Vaidisova's domination...
Maria Sharapova makes quick work of Lindsay Davenport at Australian Open
Lindsay Davenport was not a big challenge to fifth-seeded Maria Sharapova who defeated her 6-1 6-3 in little over an hour.
Sharapova took the first set in just 26 minutes. The second set was much...
Marion Bartoli, Agnes Szavay lose in Australian Open first round
Wimbledon finalist Marion Bartoli and Hungarian sensation Agnes Szavay lost in the first round of the Australian Open. I didn't expect these two members of the top 20 to leave Melbourne so early.
No.10 seed...
