Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Australian Open Semifinalists



Men's Singles

My man Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France reached the semifinals by defeating 14th seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia 7-5, 6-0, 7-6.

The No. 2 seed, Rafael Nadal of Spain, earned his place in the semis by defeating 24th seed Jarkko Nieminen of Finland 7-5, 6-3, 6-1.

The other half of the semifinal draw will be filled by the winners of the following two matches:
  • Top seeded Roger Federer of Switzerland v 12th seeded James Blake of the United States
  • 3rd seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia v 5th seeded David Ferrer of Spain
(Go, James!)


Women's Singles

Maria Sharapova of Russia, seeded 5th, reached the semifinal by defeating Justine Henin of Belgium, seeded 1st, 6-4, 6-0.

Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, seeded 3rd, defeated Serena Williams of the United States, seeded 7th, 6-3, 6-4.

The winners of the following quarterfinal matches will advance to fill the other half of the semifinal draw:
  • Venus Williams of the United States (seeded 8th) v Ana Ivanovic of Serbia (seeded 4th).
  • Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia (seeded 9th) v Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland (seeded 29th)


Men's Doubles

Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie of South Africa advance to the semifinals by defeating 4th seeded Martin Damm and Pavel Vizner of the Czech Republic 7-5, 5-7, 6-4.

Seventh-seeded Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra of France earned a place in the semis by defeating 2nd seeded Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia 6-4, 6-4.

The other two slots in the semis will be filled by the winners of the following matches:
  • Top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan of the United States v 6th seeded Mahesh Bhupathi of India and Mark Knowles of the Bahamas.
  • Marc Gicquel and Fabrice Santoro of France v 8th seeded Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram of Israel.


Women's Doubles

Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine won a spot in the semis by defeating top seeded Cara Black of Zimbabwe and Liezel Huber of the United States 6-3, 6-2.

12th seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Shahar Peer of Israel defeated 13th seeded Janette Husarova of Slovakia and Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-1, 6-1.

7th seeded Zi Yan and Jie Zheng of China defeated Venus and Serena Williams of the United States 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.

4th seeded Kveta Peschke of the Czech Republic and Rennae Stubbs of Australia vie with 10th seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain for the remaining semifinal slot.

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