Aus Open: Federer, Wawrinka, Venus in Semis; Sania to Face Rohan
All the latest results from the second Tuesday of the Australian Open.
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- Venus Williams (13) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (24) 6-4 7-6(3)
- Coco Vandeweghe beat French Open champion Garbine Muguruza Blanco (7) 6-4 6-0
- Stanislas Wawrinka (4) beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (12) 7-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Rohan Bopanna/Gabriela Dabrowski beat Lukasz Kubot/Yung-Jan Chan 6-4, 5-7 [10,3]
- Sania Mirza/Ivan Dodig (2) beat Saisai Zheng/Alexander Peya 2-6, 6-3 [10-6]
Stan Enters Semis First
U.S. Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka is through to the Australian Open semifinals after beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-3 at Rod Laver Arena.
Wawrinka will play the winner of the night quarterfinal between Roger Federer and Mischa Zverev.
It was Wawrinka's fourth win in a row over Tsonga and the first meeting between the pair at a Grand Slam other than the French Open, where they had met three times, with Wawrinka holding a 2-1 edge.
Federer Sails Into Semis
Four-times champion Roger Federer took apart Mischa Zverev 6-1 7-5 6-2 with a clinical display of all-court tennis to reach his 13th Australian Open semi-final.
Chasing his 18th grand slam title, and first since 2012, the 35-year-old Federer neutered his left-handed German opponent's serve-and-volley game to set up a last-four meeting with fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka.
Zverev had upset world number one and top seed Andy Murray in the fourth round but found Federer an altogether tougher proposition on Rod Laver Arena, losing the first set in 19 minutes before gradually finding the rhythm of the match.
The world number 50 contributed fully to an entertaining, if short, contest with his fine volleying and net play but Federer is no slouch in that department either and his 65th winner sent him into a 41st grand slam semi-final.
Venus Stays on Track
The oldest woman in the singles draw at the Australian Open is through to the semifinals. Venus Williams, 36, beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Tuesday morning.
Williams is the oldest woman to advance this far at the Australian Open during the Open era.
Williams was behind a service break in the opening set but broke the Russian's serve twice in three games, including when Pavlyuchenkova was serving to stay in the set. Williams had three set points and clinched the set on a backhand service return.
Pavlyuchenkova double-faulted twice during the tiebreaker – including on match point – among nine during the match as Williams won six consecutive points after trailing 3-1.
Coco Sets Up Semifinal Showdown vs Venus
In another major upset of the women’s singles draw, Coco Vandeweghe beat seventh seed Garbine Muguruza Blanco 6-4 6-0 to make her way into her first grand slam semifinal.
The 25-year-old American, who was equally as impressive in dispatching world number one Angelique Kerber in the previous round, controlled the match from the seventh game of the first set when she achieved her first break of serve.
Vandeweghe, whose previous best grand slam tournament was making the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in 2015, will now meet Venus Williams in Thursday's semi-final.
Rohan, Gabriela In Quarters
Rohan Bopanna and Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski have booked a spot in the final eight of the Australian Open, after beating Yung-Jan Chan and Lukasz Kubot first on Tuesday morning.
While Bopanna and Dabrowski were unseeded in the tournament, their opponents were the fifth seeds, however, it was the Indo-Canadian pair that landed the first salvo, winning the opening set 6-4.
The second went neck and neck till the other side of the net managed to pull through and the fixture went into a tie break. After opening up an 8-0 lead, Bopanna and his partner ultimately closed the match 6-4, 5-7 [10,3]
Sania Sets up Rohan Date
Meeting Rohan Bopanna and Gabriela Dabrowski in the quarters will now be second seeds Sania Mirza and her partner Croatian Ivan Dodig. The pair a tough second round match against Saisai Zheng and Alexander Peya, closing it with a 2-6, 6-3, 10-6 scoreline.
Austrian Peya served a double fault at 5-5 in the decisive Super Tie-Breaker but after that the second seeds reeled off five straight points to seal the issue.
One Indian is now certain to feature in the semifinals and if Leander Paes manages to win his quarterfinal with partner Martina Hingis, the semifinal will again feature two Indians.