Australian Open 2010: Day 10 Quarter Finals

When the schedule was released for Day 10, I was elated yet still a little sad. Why sad? Because I bought the day session ticket and the Tsonga vs Djokovic match was during the night session. However, the last match of the day session more than made up for that match. Well to me it did anyway. First match of the day featured Na Li vs Venus Williams. Followed by Venus Williams vs Victoria Azarenka. And the last match.......................... Roger Federer vs Nikolay Davydenko. Finally!!!!!! I get to see The King in action. I was so excited because he was the player I wanted to watch the most and also the last time I attended the Australian Open I didnt get to see him play. Thats not all, it gets awesomer (well for me anyways).

Li vs V.Williams (yellow'ish) was the first match off the bat. This would be my first time watching either one of the Williams sisters play.





Li lost the first set 2-6 and everyone thought it was going to be a simple straight sets victory for Venus. However that wasnt the case. Li fought back to win the 2nd set 7-6 and then went on to win the 3rd set 7-5. Final score: Li 3 sets victory, 2-6, 7-6, 7-5.


2nd match of the day session featured the younger of the 2 Williams sisters, S.Williams (orange) vs Azarenka.





Serena is a scary player. She plays like a friggin man. However, she seemed to be off her game when she lost the first set 4-6 and was down 0-4 in the 2nd set. At that point everyone was expecting a back to back exit from the tournament by the Williams sisters. The number 1 seed that Serena received was not just for show as she fought back to claim the set 7-6 and just simply destroyed Azanrenka in the 3rd set. Final score: S.Williams victory, 4-6, 7-6, 6-2.

And last but not least, Roger "The King" Federe (blue) vs Davydenko.










I was so happy that I was finally able to watch Federer play live. Watching some play live is just so different compared to watching them play on television. He looks like he's gliding when he moves around the court and the sheer number of shots he has at his disposal is just unbelievable. However, despite his inherent awesomeness, he dropped the first set 2-6. It was a combination of him making uncharacteristic errors and Davydenko playing out of his skin. Federer did eventually play like himself, winning the next 3 sets to claim a 4 set victory over the Russian. There was even a bagel set in 3rd. Final score: Federer victory: 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 7-5.

The awesomenest did not end when the match did. It ended when I managed to get Federer's autograph. The last autograph I would get and it was the best one of all. I plan to frame this up someday.
Autographed cap by Federer