Djockovic v Wawrenka semi finals Australian Open 30-1-14

MENS TENNIS SEMI FINALS

NOVAC DJOCKOVIC V STAN WAWRINKA

The first set went to a tie break and Wawrinka showed that he is not going away. Djockovic the broke in the first point of the tie break at the early stages lead by 5 points to 0.  Djokovic won the tie break by 7 points to 1. You just wonder where Wawrinka was in the tie break because he wasn't here.

 Wawrinka broke in the 6^th game to 30 and at this stage of the match looked very strong. He held the next game winning 3 in a row to give him a strong advantage in this the second set. Wawrenka held to love to win the second set and it was Djokovics first set dropped in the competition. Wavwenka looked ready at this point.

Djokovic broke in the second game of the third set but he was running about everywhere and anywhere by Wawrenka in this game and you did not see it coming.   Wavwenka broke back in the fifth but was given a lifeline in the game previous. Djokovic then broke in the 10^th game of the set to win it by 6 games to 4.

Djokovic broke in the second game of the fourth set. Wavwenka broke straight back with a quality game. Stan Wawrenka came back from 40 love to score 5 points in a row to save serve. Wavwenka then broke in the 7^th game to love. I felt if he had lost this it could be game over. Wavwenka then held the next problem and seemed to be in control. Wavwenka went on to win the set with a quality shot at the end to win 6-4.

There seemed to be a new Djokovic in the final set as he took complete control to win it by 6 games to 0. But there did seem to be something slightly wrong as he did not seem as reactive to big points as he had been during the tournament maybe this is something he is learning.   

29-1-14 AUSTRALIAN OPEN

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TOMAS BERDYCH V ANDY MURRAY

MAGNIFICENT MURRY

The first set of this Australian open semi-final could have been won by either player Berdych had more breaks but Murray had more break points but no player took a break point of the other one.  The set went into the tie break and Berdych won it in the end with a quality shot to win the tie break 8-6  

Andy Murray then came straight back with a 6-0 set and there did seem to be problems with Berdychs game like simple mistakes going wrong. It seemed like Murray was beginning to show what it was that he could do.

Berdych did show that he was back in it as there was not a break in serve until Murray broke in the 6^th game as he came back from 40 love to win this game brilliant. Murray wins the 3^rd set by 6 games to 3 and is beginning to look good to win the match as he is changing what shots he is making whenever he can.  

Murray broke in the 12^th game and won the match but did look the better player in the 4^th set also as you could see. Murray pushed Berdych to further behind the baseline.

Murray seemed to be able to change the way in the second set on a regular basis and looked like the better player and reached the final because of this

WOMEN'S

MARIA SHARAPOVA V EKATERINA MAKAROVA

MAGIC MARIA

Sharapova broke in the second game to take control of the match.  It took Makarova until the 4^th game to get a game. Makarova broke back in the 7^th game. Sharapova broke straight back. Sharapova held to love to win by 6 games to 3

Sharapova broke in the first game of the second set Sharapova then broke in the third game and it looked over. It took Makarova until the fifth game to win a game in the second set. Makarova had 2 chances to break back but too neither and Sharapova showed her class to lead 5-1. The next 2 games went on serve so Sharapova won 6-2 and looks good at this stage

SERENA WILLIAMS V MADISON KEYS

SUPERB SERENA

Keys broke in the first game of the match to take a surprise lead in this All American match. But Serena broke back in the sixth but Madison Keys did seem to have an injury. The set went to a tie break. Williams broke in the third point of the match this was enough to win the set by 7 points to 5. Keys looked good at this stage.

Williams broke in the first game of the second set Williams won the second game but Keys had a chance to break. Williams then broke again in the fifth. Madison Keys saved 7 match points to win an 11 minute game that could only be described as incredible. Serena won the match on match point 9 with ace number 13  

28-1-14 Australian open

MEN'S

Stan Wavwenka won in straight sets against Kei Nishikori 6-3 6-4 7-6

In the first set Djockovic found it tricky to get rid of Ranos as the set was won 7-6 but Ranos never lost a 2 game lead Djokovic broke early in the second set winning on Ranocis serve.  Ranoic played a poor final game of the set as Djokovic won 6-4. Djokovic broke in the third game of the third set and looked on for a semi-final. Djokovic then broke in the fifth and seemed to be cruising. Djokovic won the third set 6-2 and looked very good

Djokovic looks like the favourite. Murray might be the one who looks the weakest but it is anybody’s game

WOMEN'S

American Serena Williams won in straight sets against Dominika Cibulova from Slovakia 6-2 6-2

Her sister Venus Williams did not have the luck as she went out to unseeded Madison keys of the USA 6-3 4-6 6-.4

Serena Williams Looks good for the women’s title and Madison Keys has to be the underdog 

27-1-14 AUSTRILIAN OPEN

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MURRAY'S THE MAN 

Andy Murray beat Nick Kyrgios 6-3 7-6 6-3 to go through to the semi-final of the Australian open he broke early in the final set but when Kyrgios broke Murray broke straight back in the next game he was able to hold on to win that match

BERDICK SHOCKS THE WORLD

Murray will play Tomas Berdick who beat Rafa Nadal in straight sets 6-2 6-0 7-6 which was a bit of a shock not that Berdick won but that he won in straight sets

WOMENS

MAKAROVA PULLS UP SHOCK 

Ekaterina Makarova beat Simona Halep in straight sets 6-4 6-0

MARIA SHOWS CLASS 

and will play Maria Sharapova who beat Eugenie Bouchard 6-3 6-2 

23-1-14 aussie open 2015

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 Tomas Berdick won in straight sets against Viktor Troicki 6-4 6-3 6-4 he will play home favourite Australian Bernard Tomic   who beat Sam Groth also from Australia 6-4 7-6 6-3  

Kevin Anderson won in straight sets against Richard Gasquet 6-4 7-6 7-6 he will play Rafa Nadal who beat Dudi Sela. He cruised to the first 2 sets winning them 6-1 and 6-0 respectively then it seemed like Sela wanted a match to play as no player broke until Rafa in the 11^th then he was able to kill off the game with his own serve winning by 7 games to 5.

   

Andy Murray won in straight sets defeating Joao Sousa from Portugal 6-1 6-1 7-5 he will now play Grigor Dimitrov as he beat Marcos Baghdatis from Cyprus 4-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-3

Andreas Seppi pulled off one of the shocks of the tournament as he beat Roger Federrer 6-4 7-6 4-6 7-6  for this honour he gets to play Nick Kyrgios after he beat Malek Jaziri 6-3 7-6 6-1

WOMENS

Julia Goerges from the Czech Republic beat Hradecka 7-6 7-5 and will play Ekaterina Makarova the number 10 seed who beat Plskova 6-4 6-4

Simona Halep of Romania beat American Matteck-Sands 6-4 7-5 she will play Yannia Wickmayer from Belgium who beat Sara Erani 6-4 6-6 6-3

Eugenie Bouchard from Canada beat Caroline Garcia from France 7-5 6-0 she will play Irna Camillia Begu from Romania who beat Carina Witthoeft 6-4 6-4

Shuai Peng from china beat Yaroslava Shedova from Kazakhstan 7-6 6-3 she will play Maria Sharapova who beat Zarina Diyas from Kazakhstan 7-6 6-3    

22-1-15 AUSSIE OPEN

WOMEN'S

Serena Williams beat Zvonareva from Russia in straight sets she will play Elina Svitlona from Russia who beat Nicole Gibbs

Dominika Cubulova from Slovakia beat Pironokoba in straight sets she will play Alice Cornet of Franance who took 3 sets to beat Allertova

Petra Kvitova only needed 2 sets to beat Barthel she will now play Madison Keys who beat Casey Dellaque

Venus Williams got through to the third round after beating Lauren Davis also from the USA in straight sets  She will now play Camila Giorgi from Italy who beat Smitkova from the Czech Republic

Victoria Azerenka pulled off one of the shocks of the round after beeting Caroline Wazniaki 6-4 6-2 seed no 25 Zahlavova Strycova from the Czech republic after she beat Chen Chang in straight sets.

American Coco Vandeweghe beat home favourite Sam Stoser 6-4 6-4 she will play fellow American Madison Brengle in the next round

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John Isner won his match in 4 sets against Haider Maurer from Australia Giles Muler beat Bistata Agut the number 13 seed

Stan Wawrinka beat Copil in straight sets he will play Jarkko Nieminem who won 3-0 in sets but each he could have lost

David Ferrer won by 3 sets to 1 against Stakhovsky he will play Giles Simon  who beat Granollers who won by 3 sets to 0

Kei Nishikori also is through to the next round after beating Ivan Dodig in 4 sets he will play Steve Johnson who beat Santiago Giraldo in straight sets

Jerzy Janowichz from Poland beat no 17 seed Gail Monfils in a 5 set thriller he will play Filiciano Lopez who beat Mannario because of an injury

Novac Djockovic cruised through to the third round with a straight sets win over Kuznetsov he will play Fernando Verdasco  also won in straight sets defeating Japanese player Go Soeda.

German Benjamim Becker came from 2 sets to 0 down to beat home  favourite Lleyton Hewitt by 3 sets to 2 he will play Milos Ranos got the final third round spot after beating American Donald Young in straight sets 6-4 6-7 6-3

  

21-1-14 Australian open tennis

WOMENS

Sara Erani went through to the third round  as she beat Silvia Solar- Espinosa in straight sets she will play Yania Wickmayer who won in 3 sets

Euginie Bouchard beat Kiki Bertens in straight sets she will play Caroline Garcia who beat Stefane Bougele in straight sets

Maria Sharapova won her match against Alexandre Panova by 2 sets to 1 she will play Zarina Diyas of Kazackstan who beat Schmidlova of Slovackia

Karolina Pliskova from the Czech Republic won by 2 sets to 1 beating Oceane Dodin from France she will play Ekaterina Makarova from Russia who beat Roberta Vinci in straight sets

MENS  

Tomas Berdich went through in straight sets where he will play Vikor Troicki of Serbia who beat Leo Mayer in 4 sets

There will be an interesting tie in the third round as Richard Gasguet plays Kevin Anderson both won in straight sets Anderson beat Beranks and Gasguet beat Duckworth

Andy Murray won in straight sets over Matosevic he will play Sousa as his opponent Klizan retired because of injury

Marcus Bagdatas won in 4 sets over seed David Goffin he will play Grigor Dimitrov as he beat Lukas Lacko in 4 sets

Roger Federrer got through in 4 sets as he beat Simone Bolelli he will play Jeremy Chardy who beat Andreas Seppi who beat seed Jeremy Chardy

Unseeded Nick Kyrgios from Australia beat  seed Karlovic he will play Malic Jaziri who beat Roger Vasselin from France

 Rafa Nadal won a 5 setter against qualifier Tim Smyczek and you did not know who was going to win until Rafa broke in the 11^th but he had 4 match points to win but was able to get over the line in the end Dudi Sela who beat Rosol in 4 sets

Unseeded Austrilian Bernard Tomic beat seed Phillip Kholschreiber in 4 sets he will play Sam Groth assuring an Austrilian in the 4^th round he beat fellow Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis in 5 sets    

austrilian open 20-01-14

WOMENS

Serena Williams of the USA beat Alison Van Uytvanck 6-0 6-4 she will have to play Vera Zonareva from Russia who also won in straight sets

Pironkova beat brit  Heather Watson 6-4 6-0 she will play Cuibulkova seed 11  who won her match by 2 sets to 1

Petra Kervitova beat Hogenkamp 6-1 6-4 she will play Mona Barthel from Germany who won in straight sets

Sam Stoser from from Austrilia beat Niclescu in straight sets where she will play Coco Vandeweghe as she also won in straight sets

Caroline Wosniki won in straight sets against Taylor Townsend where she will play Victoria Azerenka who beat Slone Stevens both matches were won in straight sets

Venus Williams beat Mario Torro Flor in straight sets she will play fellow American Lauren Davis who beat Krunic of Serbia in straight sets

Radwanska of Poland beat Nara of Japan in straight sets she will play Larsson of Sweden who beat Kudyavtesva of Russia in straight sets   

Ajia Tomljanovic from Austrilia beat Shelby Rogers 4-6 6-4 6-0

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Steve Johnson beat brit Kyler Edmond 6-4 6-4 6-3 he will play Giraldo who beat Henych from the Czech Republic

Fernando Verdasco beat brit Ward 2-6 6-0 7-6 6-3

Kei Nishikori from Japan beat Almagro from Spain he will play Dodig who beat Souza in straight sets

Novac Djockovic beat Bedene 6-3 6-2 6-4 3 he will play Kutznesov who needed 4 sets to beat Ramos Vinoas

Stan Wavwenka beat Tobas  IIHan 6-1 6-4 6-2 he will play M Copil who beat Andujar in straight sets

Milos Ranoc beat Marchenko in 3 sets he will play Donald Young who beat Tim Puetz in straight sets also

David Ferrer took 4 sets to beat Bellucci from Brazil he will play Stakhovsky of Serbia who won in straight sets

Benjamin Becker from Germany defeated no 25 seed Julien Benneteau 7-5 5-7 6-2 6-3

Lletyn Hewitt from Austrilia beat Zhang Ze 6-3 1-6 6-0 6-4

Gael Monfils of France  beat Lucas Poulle also from France

6-7 3-6 6-4 6-1 6-4

Australian Open 19-1-15

MENS

Roger Federrer from Switzerland won his first round match in straight sets 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 against Li Yen  Hsun of Typee he will play S boleli who beat Bolelli of Italy by 3 sets to 1

Czech player Tomas Berdich won in straight sets 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 over Falla from Colombia where he will play Melzer from Austrilia whom also won in straight sets against Brrgos of the Dominican Republic

Kevin Anderson won by 3 sets to 1 over Shawatzman to book a spot against Berkankis who beat Sijising by 3 sets to 1 also

Rafa Nadal secured his spot in straight sets after beating Youzney of Russia 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 where he will play Symczek of the USA who also won in straight sets

Andy Murray got through in straight sets 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 over Banabri of the Netherlands he will play Motosevic of Austrilia who beat Kudravtsev by 3 sets to 2

Dimetrev got through in straight sets where he beat Brown from Germany 6-2 5-3 6-2 he will play Lacko

Tommy Robredo is the first big seed to go out as he was injured

Thasani Kokkinakis from Austrilia beat Gulbis from Latvia 5-7, 6-0, 1-6, 7-6 6-6 in an incredible match

Nick Kyrgious from Austrilia beat Fredrico Delbonis in an epic match 7-6 3-6 6-3 7-6 6-3  

WOMENS

Maria Sharapova beat Petra Martic 6-4, 6-1 she will play Panova who won in straight sets also

Makarova of Russia won in straight sets where she will play Vinch who also did

Sara Erani won 6-2 60 over grace min of the USA she will play Solar Sponosa  who also won in straight sets

Halep won 6-2 6-3 over Knapp of Italy she will play Gajdsova of Austria

Eugenie Bouchard of Canada won in straight sets over Fiedsam of Germany she will play Bertins of the Netherlands who also won in straight sets

Angelique Kerber won by 2 sets to 1 over Begu she will play Sinikova who won in straight sets