Australian Open 2010: Day 9 Quarter Finals
The schedule matches for today would be the beginning of the men's & women's quarter finals. However, instead of being in the Hisense Arena, the matches would be held in the Rod Laver Arena (center court) only. There would be 2 sessions for each day, the day session & the twilight session. For today I got the day session and when the schedule for today was release I was quite dissapointed because Nadal would be playing during the twilight session and not the day. Anyways, the schedule for the day period also was not to bad. To kick things off a match between Justin Henin & Nadia Petrova, followed by Jie Zheng vs Maria Kirilenko and to end the day session Marin Cilic vs Andy Roddick.
The first match was Henin (blue) vs Petrova. I was looking forward to this match because I was able to see Henin play again.
Even though the match ended in a straight sets victory for Henin, it was still quite a tough match for her. The evidence, final score of 7-6, 7-5 to Henin. I still maintain that she has the best backhand among both men and women.
The 2nd match of the day session was between Zheng (blue) & Kirilenko.
I expected this to be a pretty close match because Kirilenko has been playing quite well so far in the tournament. However, Zheng completely dominated her. Everything that Kirilenko threw at her, she threw right back and then some. The match ended in a 6-1, 6-3 victory for Zheng.
The last match of the day session was Roddick (cap) vs Cilic. I was really excited about this one because I love watching Roddick play and Cilic knocked out 4th seed Del Potro in the previous round.
The match was a 5 set thriller. After a tough first set which Cilic won 7-6, Roddick got dominated 3-6 in the 2nd set. Many were expecting a straight sets victory for Cilic but Roddick fought back to claim the next 2 sets. However, an injury he sustained in his previous match against Fernando Gonzalez proved too much of a handicap and he lost the 5th set 3-6. Final score: 7-6, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3 victory for Cilic.
The first match was Henin (blue) vs Petrova. I was looking forward to this match because I was able to see Henin play again.
Even though the match ended in a straight sets victory for Henin, it was still quite a tough match for her. The evidence, final score of 7-6, 7-5 to Henin. I still maintain that she has the best backhand among both men and women.The 2nd match of the day session was between Zheng (blue) & Kirilenko.
I expected this to be a pretty close match because Kirilenko has been playing quite well so far in the tournament. However, Zheng completely dominated her. Everything that Kirilenko threw at her, she threw right back and then some. The match ended in a 6-1, 6-3 victory for Zheng.The last match of the day session was Roddick (cap) vs Cilic. I was really excited about this one because I love watching Roddick play and Cilic knocked out 4th seed Del Potro in the previous round.
The match was a 5 set thriller. After a tough first set which Cilic won 7-6, Roddick got dominated 3-6 in the 2nd set. Many were expecting a straight sets victory for Cilic but Roddick fought back to claim the next 2 sets. However, an injury he sustained in his previous match against Fernando Gonzalez proved too much of a handicap and he lost the 5th set 3-6. Final score: 7-6, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3 victory for Cilic.
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