[marineblue]

IMO Domi showed all her weaknesses in that match. She was too hasty,lacked concentration and gave up long before the match ended. I was really surprised by this results as I expected her to at least give Aga a good run for her money like she did with Azarenka.

[C. W. Fields]

Double bagel from Serena, I think she only lost 6 points in set 2!
Schiavone takes set 2, she and Kvitova go to a decider!

[C. W. Fields]

No mentioning at all of Caro's win on the WTA site. The upsets - Errani and Petrova - get a mention as well as the top 8 winners, but not a peep about a lowly #10 despite her match getting a preview. Ironically, Caro's match probably would have been reviewed if she had lost ("Third Grand Slam 1R loss in a row for former #1") but not when she won! Hmm.

[C. W. Fields]

That's interesting, another seed knocked out of Caro's quarter: Lesia Tsurenko beats Pavly 7-5, 3-6, 7-5. Last week LT beat Gajdosova and Hantuchova to reach SF at Brisbane where she lost in 3 sets to... Pavly. It gave the 23 yo Ukranian a jump in the rankings from #116 to #83, but too late for direct entry to AO, winning 3 Q-matches instead.
She'll play Gavrilova in 2R and the winner will play the winner of Caro - Vekic.

[C. W. Fields]

Watching Gajdosova play is almost like watching Lisicki!

[Trey]

Two seeded players out Flipkens Beating Zakopalova 6-1 6-0, & Savinykh beat Cibulkova

[Protoss]

Wow. Stosur broken for 5-7 3rd set on a double fault after being up a double break at 5-2 3rd set.

That's horrible for arguably the 2nd greatest server in the women's game to lose a 3rd set after being up a double break.

I prefered Zheng to win but I do feel a bit bad for Stosur with her difficulties performing in Australia.

[C. W. Fields]

Stosur really is a nervous wreck, particularly on her home turf, losing a double break lead in the decider and going from 5-2 to 5-7. But also props to Zheng for her figting spirit, never giving up.

[C. W. Fields]

Second double bagel in a row from Sharapova! Masha only needed to win 48 points, meaning not a single game went to deuce (Doi only won 15 points altogether!

JJ almost loses in straights but scrapes out a 2-6, 7-6, 6-2 win over Koehler.

Chan breadsticks Ivanovic in set 2 to take it to a decider.
Ana closes it out 6-4. Chan 'won' on points 102-100 but that's small consolation.

[C. W. Fields]

3R, bottom half

Na Li (CHN) [6] vs Sorana Cirstea (ROU) [27]

Julia Goerges (GER) [18] vs Jie Zheng (CHN)

Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [13] vs Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [22]

Heather Watson (GBR) vs Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [4]

Angelique Kerber (GER) [5] vs Madison Keys (USA)

Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) [19] vs Marion Bartoli (FRA) [11]

Valeria Savinykh (RUS) vs Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)

Venus Williams (USA) [25] vs Maria Sharapova (RUS) [2]


With the exception of Savinykh - Flipkens, all these matches are at least halfway interesting. For a 3R, this is a pretty cool lineup!

[TennisFan66]

Originally Posted by C. W. Fields

3R, bottom half

Na Li (CHN) [6] vs Sorana Cirstea (ROU) [27]

Chrissie must chose between his (? I assume) children

[Trey]

Another Seeded Player out Lepchenko lost too Elena V.

[Trey]

Another Seeded Player out HSIEH lost too KUZNETSOVA

[Protoss]

Originally Posted by Trey

Another Seeded Player out Lepchenko lost too Elena V.

Originally Posted by Trey

Another Seeded Player out HSIEH lost too KUZNETSOVA

I'm not sure either of thse upsets is too surprising.

Both of the winners showed good form in the warmup tournaments with Vesnina winning Hobart.

[sweetadri06]

Makes me nervous that she Caroline could meet Sveta in the 4th round.