SPORTS Monday, January 23, 2017 23

SPORTS Monday, January 23, 2017 23 Melbourne Results orld number ones Andy Men’s singles -3rd rd WMurray and 4th rd Mischa Zverev (GER) bt Andy Murray (GBR x1) 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 Angelique Kerber Stan Wawrinka (SUI x4) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/4), both crashed out of 7-6 (7/4) the Australian Open Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) bt Daniel Evans (GBR) 6-7 (4/7), 6-2, 6-4, on a day of major 6-4 upsets yesterday, Roger Federer (SUI) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN) 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 as Roger Federer fought his way closer Women’s singles- 3rd rd to an 18th Grand Slam 4th rd title. Venus Williams (USA x13) bt Mona Barthel (GER) 6-3, 7-5 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x24) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS Murray was stunned by x8) 6-3, 6-3 50th-ranked serve-and-volley Garbine Muguruza (ESP x7) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM) 6-2, 6-3 specialist Mischa Zverev in four Coco Vandeweghe (USA) bt Angelique Kerber (GER) 6-2, 6-3 sets before Kerber, the women’s title-holder, tamely succumbed 6-2, 6-3 to Coco Vandeweghe. after a six-month injury lay-off, said the will play France’s The unpredictable results, hard-fought, fourth-round win could be Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, following six-time champion significant as he now eyes a quarter-final who came from a set Novak Djokovic’s stunning loss with Zverev. down to beat British in the second round, opened the “This is a huge moment for me in my surprise package Dan door to a host of challengers -- career,” Federer said. Evans. with Federer leading the charge. Murray had been the hot favourite Kerber’s maiden The 35-year-old Swiss after Djokovic’s shock exit, but the Briton Grand Slam title won the last of his lost 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 to Germany’s defence, and first record 17 Zverev to extend his wait for a first major tournament Slam Melbourne title. as world number Zverev, a former junior rival of one, ended poorly as Murray’s, stretched to a series of elastic she came off distinctly Britain’s Andy Murray volleys to frustrate the Scot, coming to second-best to the aggressive reacts after a point the net 118 times as he reached his first Vandeweghe. against Germany’s titles major quarter-final. In the quarter-finals, Mischa Zverev in 2012, but Mean while Stan Wawrinka, who won Vandeweghe faces French Germany’s he took full advantage the first of his three Grand Slam titles in Open champion Garbine Angelique of Murray’s demise with a 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, Melbourne in 2014, Muguruza, who swamped Romania’s Kerber reacts 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 win over Kei Nishikori. came through 7-6 (7/2), Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 6-3. Earlier Venus while playing Federer, who looks back to full fitness 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/4) Williams also became against Coco against Italy’s one of the first Vandeweghe Andreas Seppi. into the last of the US The eight when formidable she beat Swiss, now German into his qualifier fourth Mona Australian Barthel Open 6-3, 7-5. quarter- (AFP) final, Coco Vandeweghe of the US cel- Roger Federer celebrates ebrates her his victory victory.

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