Vera Zvonareva, the No. 2 seed, had to fight hard, but overcame a determined No. 31 seed, Lucie Safarova in their 3rd round match Saturday at the 2011 Australian Open in Melbourne winning 6-3, 7-6 (11-9). Zvonareva broke former doubles partner Safarova once in the first set and looked as though she would cruise to
In a major disappointment for home-town folks down under, No. 5 seed, #6 Samantha Stosur of Australia had her hopes dashed for a 1st Grand Slam title by No. 25 seed, # 28 Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic 7-6(7-5) 6-3 at the 2011 Australian Open in Melbourne. The 3rd round match began with a
No. 4 seed, #5 Venus Williams of the USA withdrew after only six minutes of play from her third round match against No. 30 seed, #33 Andrea Petkovic of Germany. Williams, who injured her pelvic muscle during her gruelling three-set match against Sandra Zahlavova, began serving in the second night match on Rod Laver Arena,
No. 14 seed, #16 Maria Sharapova of Russia, escaped in a three-set thriller against a determined, unseeded #38 Julia Goerges of Germany on Friday at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Final score: 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Sharapova, who won the Australian Open title in 2008, was forced to dig in deep to pull through in a
The 23rd seed Svetlana Kuznetsova upset No. 11 seeded Justine Henin in round three of the 2011 Australian Open in Melbourne. Svetlana took the match in straight sets, 6-4, 7-6(8). After taking the first set, Svetlana twice served for the match. Justine broke both times sending the 2nd set to a tie-break. After several lead
No. 17 Marion Bartoli of France will be off the court for six weeks after suffering a calf tear during her match against Vesna Manasieva in the second round of the Australian Open. Bartoli, who did not drop a game in her opening match, lost 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 after a strong start. “It felt like
No. 7 seed Jelena Jankovic is the highest seed to fall so far at the 2011 Australian Open. The 7th seeded #8 Serb was defeated by unseeded #54 Shuai Peng of China. The first set was close, going to a tie-break which Peng won 7-3. Peng then took over the 2nd set winning quite easily
In a clash between two who were formerly ranked World No. 1, Kim Clijsters completely annihilated Dinara Safina of Russia, handing out a humiliating double-bagel, 6-0, 6-0. Dinara, the Australian Open 2009 finalist, became the first former No.1 in Open era history to suffer a double bagel defeat at a Grand Slam. Dinara has struggled
World No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, seems intent on proving to a skeptical world that she is indeed deserving of her ranking as she cruised easily through her first two rounds at the 2011 Australian Open without dropping a set. Caroline lost only one game in her 2nd round match on Wednesday, destroying Vania
No. 19 seed, Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, took a 1st round exit from the Australian Open, blaming an injury for the loss. Ana's departure came at the hands of No. 49 ranked Ekaterina Makarova of Russia who won the thriller 3-6, 6-4, 10-8. While it was a close match, it was very disappointing for Ana,
