Harboursport - Australian Open, Day 11 2007.

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TENNIS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - Day 11 Review.
Melbourne Park, Thursday 24th January 2008.

SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles
Semi Finals in progress

1 - Roger Federer (SUI) - Through to semi finals
2 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) - Eliminated semi finals
3 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) - Through to semi finals
4 - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - Eliminated round 4
5 - David Ferrer (ESP) - Eliminated quarters
6 - Andy Roddick (USA) - Eliminated round 3
7 - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) - Eliminated round 3
8 - Richard Gasquet (FRA) - Eliminated round 4
9 - Andy Murray (GBR) - Eliminated round 1
10 - David Nalbandian (ARG) - Eliminated round 3
11 - Tommy Robredo - Eliminated round 2
12 - James Blake (USA) - Eliminated quarters
13 - Tomas Berdych (CZE) - Eliminated round 4
14 - Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) - Eliminated quarters
15 - Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) - Eliminated round 3
16 - Carlos Moya (ESP) - Eliminated round 1
17 - Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) - Eliminated round 1
18 - Juan Ignatio Chela (ARG) - Eliminated round 1
19 - Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) - Eliminated round 4
20 - Ivo Karlovic (CRO) - Eliminated round 3
21 - Juan Monaco (ARG) - Eliminated round 3
22 - Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) - Eliminated round 4
23 - Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) - Eliminated round 4
24 - Jarkko Niemenem (FIN) - Eliminated quarters
25 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Eliminated round 2
26 - Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) - Eliminated round 2
27 - Nicolas Almagro (ESP) - Eliminated round 1
28 - Gilles Simon (FRA) - Eliminated round 3
29 - Philipp Kolschreiber (GER) - Eliminated round 4
30 - Radek Stepanek (CZE) - Eliminated round 1
31 - Igor Andreev (RUS) - Eliminated round 3
32 - Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) - Eliminated round 2

SEEDWATCH - Womens Singles
Semi Finals completed

1 - Justine Henin (BEL) - Eliminated quarters
2 - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) - Eliminated round 3
3 - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) - Eliminated semi finals
4 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) - Through to final
5 - Maria Sharapova (RUS) Through to final
6 - Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) - Eliminated round 3
7 - Serena Williams (USA) - Eliminated quarters
8 - Venus Williams (USA) - Eliminated quarters
9-Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) - Eliminated semi finals
10 - Marion Bartoli (FRA) - Eliminated round 1
11 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) - Eliminated round 4
12 - Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) - Eliminated round 4
13 - Tatiana Golovin (FRA) - Eliminated round 2
14 - Nadia Petrova (RUS) - Eliminated round 4
15 - Patty Schnyder (SUI) - Eliminated round 2
16 - Dinara Safina (RUS) - Eliminated round 1
17 - Shahar Peer (ISR) - Eliminated round 3
18 - Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) - Eliminated round 3
19 - Sybille Bammer (AUT) - Eliminated round 2
20 - Agnes Szavay (HUN) - Eliminated round 1
21 - Alona Bondarenko (UKR) - Eliminated round 2
22 - Lucie Safarova (CZE) - Eliminated round 2
23 - Vera Zvonareva (RUS) - Eliminated round 1
24 - Na Li (CHN) - Eliminated round 3
25 - Francesca Schiavone (ITA) - Eliminated round 3
26 - Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - Eliminated round 3
27 - Maria Kirilenko (RUS) - Through to quarters
28 - Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) - Eliminated round 3
29 - Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)- Eliminated quarter
30 - Virginie Razzano (FRA) - Eliminated round 3
31 - Sania Mirza (IND) - Eliminated round 3
32 - Julia Vakulenko (UKR) - Eliminated round 1

After day 11, the one name on everyone's lips was Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The unseeded
Frenchman has established himself as a giant-killer, but day 11 saw him land his biggest scalp yet
when he eliminated Rafael Nadal in the semi-final.
Not looking overawed by the occasion, Tsonga broke Nadal early, on his way to wrapping up
the first set. By then Tsonga could do no wrong, with a series of amazing returns and passing
shots for which Nadal had no answers. Despite every effort to get back into the contest, Nadal
was finding himself frustrated by his game not being quite up to its usual lofty standards while
being unable to do anything about the brilliance from Tsonga.
Eventually Jo-Wilfried Tsonga took the semi in straight sets, to come from relative obscurity into
a grand slam final for the first time. And as long as he holds his nerve, and plays tennis as good
as he did in this day's play, he has a chance of pulling off the biggest upset in a grand slam final
since Goran Ivanisevic stunned Pat Rafter in that immortal 2001 Wimbledon final.

The womens' semi-finals were both decided in the afternoon session. Maria Sharapova was in
awesome touch to take out a straight-sets win over Jelena Jankovic.
The other semi saw Daniela Hantuchova take on Ana Ivanovic, Hantuchova was quickest to
adjust her game to the conditions, racing through the first set to take it 6-0 before the
Ivanovic was able to settle. But gradually the Serb began to force her way back into the
contest; taking a break in each of the 2nd and 3rd sets to wrap up a straight-sets win.

THE AUSSIES:

Mixed Doubles, Quarter Finals:
5 - Tiantian Sun (CHN)[5]/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)[5] d 1 - Cara Black (ZIM)/Paul
Hanley (AUS) 4-6 7-6(7) [10-8]

Boys Singles, Quarter Finals:
5 - Bernard Tomic (AUS) d 1 - Cesar Ramirez (MEX) 6-4 6-3

Girls Singles, Quarter Finals:
Jessica Moore (AUS) d Jasmina Tinjic (CRO) 6-4 6-0

Boys Doubles, Semi Finals:
Cheng Peng Hsieh (TPE)/Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) d Brendan McKenzie (AUS)/Nat
Maraga (AUS) 6-0 7-5

Girls Doubles, Semi Finals:
1 - Ksenia Lykina (RUS)/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d Jade Curtis
(GBR)/Alenka Hubacek (AUS) 6-2 6-4

Womens Wheelchair Doubles, Semi Finals:
2 - Korie Homan (NED)/Sharon Walraven (NED) d Daniela Di Toro (AUS)/Lucy
Shuker (GBR) 6-3 7-5

Legends Doubles:
Wayne Arthurs(AUS)/Richard Fromberg(AUS) d Todd Woodbridge(AUS)/Mark
Woodforde(AUS)4-6 6-2 [10-2]
John Alexander (AUS)/Rachel McQuillan (AUS) d Mark Edmondson
(AUS)/Nicole Bradtke (AUS) 7-5 7-5

THE SEEDS:

Mens Singles, Semi Finals:
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d 2 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) 6-2 6-3 6-2

Womens Singles, Semi Finals:
5 - Maria Sharapova (RUS) d 3 - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 6-3 6-1
4 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d 9 - Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 0-6 6-3 6-4

Mens Doubles, Semi Finals:
8 - Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/Andy Ram (ISR) d 6 - Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/Mark Knowles
(BAH) 6-4 6-4
7 - Arnaud Clement (FRA)/Michael Llodra (FRA) d Jeff Coetzee (RSA)/Wesley Moodie
(RSA) 6-3 7-6(9)

Womens Doubles, Semi Finals:
Alona Bondarenko (UKR)/Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d 10 - Anabel Medina
Garrigues (ESP)/Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) 6-2 6-4

Mixed Doubles, Quarter Finals:
3 - Zi Yan (CHN)/Mark Knowles (BAH) d 6 - Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)/Jonathan Erlich
(ISR) 6-4 6-4

Boys Singles, Quarter Finals:
10 - Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) d 2 - Jerzy Janowicz (POL) 7-5 6-1
8 - Yuki Bhambri (IND) d 3 - Daniel Evans (GBR) 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3
4 - Ryan Harrison (USA) d Di Wu (CHN) 3-6 6-3 6-0

Girls Singles, Quarter Finals:
10 - Simona Halep (ROU) d 1 - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 6-2 6-3
14 - Arantxa Rus (NED) d 5 - Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 6-1 6-3
11 - Yi-Miao Zhou (CHN) d Karen Barbat (DEN) 6-0 6-3

Boys Doubles, Semi Finals:
2 - Vasek Pospisil (CAN)/Cesar Ramirez (MEX) d Di Wu (CHN)/Ze Zhang (CHN) 6-4
6-4

Girls Doubles, Semi Finals:
Elena Bogdan (ROU)/Misaki Doi (JPN) d 8 - Marta Sirotkina (RUS)/Yi-Miao Zhou (CHN)
4-6 7-6(6) [10-7]

Mens Wheelchair Doubles, Semi Finals:
1 - Shingo Kunieda (JPN)/Satoshi Saida (JPN) d Frederic Cattaneo (FRA)/Martin
Legner (AUT) 6-0 6-2

Womens Wheelchair Doubles, Semi Finals:
1 - Jiske Griffioen (NED)/Esther Vergeer (NED) d Maaike Smit (NED)/Aniek van Koot
(NED) 6-3 6-0
2 - Robin Ammerlaan (NED)/Ronald Vink (NED) d Stephane Houdet (FRA)/Michael
Jeremiasz (FRA) 6-2 6-0

Quad Wheelchair Singles, Semi Finals:
1 - David Wagner (USA) d Brent Poppen (USA) 6-2 6-3
2 - Peter Norfolk (GBR) d Nicholas Taylor (USA) 6-2 6-2

THE OTHERS:

Mens Wheelchair Singles, Quarter Finals:
Shingo Kunieda (JPN) d Maikel Scheffers (NED) 6-1 6-0
Stephane Houdet (FRA) d Martin Legner (AUT) 6-1 6-7(2) 6-4
Robin Ammerlaan (NED) d Ronald Vink (NED) 6-4 6-0
Michael Jeremiasz (FRA) d Satoshi Saida (JPN) 6-3 6-3

Womens Wheelchair Singles, Second Round:
Esther Vergeer (NED) d Mie Yaosa (JPN) 6-1 6-2
Florence Gravellier (FRA) d Sharon Walraven (NED) 6-7(6) 6-1 6-2
Korie Homan (NED) d Myung-Hee Hwang (KOR) 6-0 6-1
Jiske Griffioen (NED) d Lucy Shuker (GBR) 6-2 6-0