Fourth seed Stan Wawrinka survived a tight battle against Andreas Seppi on Sunday at the Australian Open in Melbourne, moving into the quarter-finals with a 7-6(2), 7-6(4), 7-6(4) win on Margaret Court Arena. "I think this match was the best match of the tournament so far," said Wawrinka, who was taken to five sets by Martin Klizan in the first round. "I know that my level is there, that physically I'm feeling good. So most important is to win, to still be in the tournament. "I'm really happy to make the quarter-finals again. It's a big result. I'm going to enjoy tonight and get ready for the next one." Both players lost their serve once in the opening set, but...
The fairytale run continued for Mischa Zverev as he produced a bold display of tennis on Sunday, breaking top seed Andy Murray eight times to post a shocking 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 victory in the fourth round of the Australian Open in Melbourne. "It was definitely the best match of my life," said Zverev. "Not only because it was a best-of-five set match, it was at a slam. It was just incredible." It was an inspired serve-and-volley performance from Zverev, who had watched from the player box as his younger brother, Alexander Zverev, pushed Rafael Nadal to five sets on Saturday. With the win, Mischa Zverev moves into his first Grand Slam quarter-final. He now plays No. 17 seed Roger...
Top seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut saved three match points on Sunday to move into the doubles quarter-finals at the Australian Open, while local wild card pairings Marc Polmans/Andrew Whittington and Alex Bolt/Bradley Mousley delighted the home crowd by also reaching the last eight. Herbert/Mahut were perilously close to defeat with No. 16 seeds Dominic Inglot/Florin Mergea holding three match points on their serve at 5-4 in the second set, but the French pair fought them off to grab the break and took control of the match to prevail 2-6, 7-5, 6-2. The top seeds are looking for their first title in Melbourne, having previously finished runner-up here in 2015 (l. Bolelli/Fognini). Next up for them are Polmans/Whittington, who continued their...
To be the best, you have to beat the best. Roger Federer has been living by that mantra throughout his storied career and on Sunday the Swiss added yet another milestone to his glittering list of achievements. Federer became the first active player to win 200 matches against Top 10 opponents, improving to 200-107 (.651) in the FedEx ATP Win-Loss Index with a fourth round victory over World No. 5 Kei Nishikori at the Australian Open. To put that in perspective, Federer's Top 10 victories account for nearly one-fifth of his match wins (1084) in total. FedEx ATP Performance Zone: Top 10 Wins "It's great," Federer said following his victory over Nishikori. "I didn't know it going in. I just...