Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Black squandered a position of strength to go down to world number one Italian combo of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in a hard-fought women`s doubles quarterfinal match at the Australian Open.
Big-serving Czech Tomas Berdych fended off a belated challenge from baseline hustler David Ferrer to reach his maiden Australian Open semi-final on Tuesday with a gritty 6-1 6-4 2-6 6-4 victory.
Off-court tidbits from the Australian Open tennis tournament.
Supremely confident teenager Eugenie Bouchard reinforced her status as one of the game`s most exciting prospects by upsetting Ana Ivanovic to reach the Australian Open semi-finals on Tuesday.
Ana Ivanovic on Tuesday said the thrill of beating Serena Williams had left her emotionally drained in her Australian Open quarter-final upset to Eugenie Bouchard -- but she still believes she`s playing the best tennis of her life.
Li Na has exciting young teenager Eugenie Bouchard standing in the way of a second consecutive Australian Open final after the Chinese star crushed Flavia Pennetta to make the last four.
Three-time defending champion and number two seed Novak Djokovic meets number eight seed Stanislas Wawrinka in the second quarter-final of the men`s singles at the Australian Open 2014 on Tuesday.
Roger Federer can prove he`s back to his best and Andy Murray will test his recovery from surgery when they resume their rivalry in a hugely anticipated Australian Open quarter-final on Wednesday.
Britain`s Andy Murray picked apart racquet-smashing techniques after joining a grand tradition of bat-breakers at the Australian Open.
Teenager Eugenie Bouchard reinforced her status as one of the game`s most exciting prospects by upsetting Ana Ivanovic to reach her first Grand Slam semi-final at the Australian Open Tuesday.
While week two saw upsets and shocks in form of ouster of top women seeds, in men single`s except the elimination of the hard-hitting Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, the other top seeds have progressed in routine fashion.
China`s Li Na wasted little time in advancing to her fourth Australian Open semi-final with a seemingly effortless 6-2 6-2 demolition of Flavia Pennetta on Tuesday.
The way Federer has been playing in the first Grand Slam of the year, especially after his game against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the fourth round, one can easily predict that it`s going to be very difficult for his opponents now to get the better of him.
