The countless records and accolades accumulated over a long and illustrious career don’t in any way diminish Roger Federer’s satisfaction when he sets yet another benchmark. Yet he still gets a thrill from the numbers. It’s not that big of a deal. “I’m focusing on just one game at a time and that I want to win another Grand Slam”.
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“I think the person who’s winning could definitely feel the pressure because there is a lot of expectations”, Williams added. “You look deeper into it, where it’s all happened and how”. Yeah, so it’s very nice.
Djokovic, even with his blip, and Federer are expected to tangle in the semifinals.
Maria Sharapova of Russian Federation hits a forehand return to Lauren Davis of the United States during their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 22, 2016.
He noted how he liked the renovation – the No. 2 stadium has had a roof installed since his last outing there.
“I faced everyone in the top 10 and the top players”, said Bencic, the WTA’s highest ranked teenager who has already claimed 10 top-10 wins in her short career. “It was a great test. It was a physical match”.
The American has played almost flawless tennis this week in Melbourne after a tight opening round against Camila Giorgi; she lost serve just once all day and hit 19 winners to 15 errors, and winning 75% of first serve points.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic was stretched to 5 sets by Gilles Simon of France, eventually defeating the Frenchman 6-3 6-7 6-4 4-6 6-3 in a cracking 5-settter.
Fed and Dimitrov – who were next up on Rod Laver Arena – couldn’t believe what they had witnessed, with Federer producing a particularly priceless reaction.
Williams has won 17 straight matches against Sharapova, including last year’s Australian Open final.
Williams’ victory was her third successive straightforward win.
“I had no idea”, she said, when told Sharapova was up next by a courtside interviewer.
Maria Sharapova is through to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open after a 7-5, 7-5 win over Belinda Bencic of Switzerland.
Two breaks of serve gave Williams the opportunity to serve for the set and she didn’t miss out, finishing off the match easily. Sharapova also has another match to play first against 12th-seeded Belinda Bencic on Sunday.
“I never play thinking I want to be with the great Margaret Court”.
The Gavrilova-Suarez Navarro victor plays the victor of the other fourth-round match between No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska and Anne-Lena Friedsam.
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With one Aussie legend departing, Lleyton Hewitt planted himself in Nick Kyrgios’ box for his third round encounter with Tomas Berdych, but alas he became the talk of Twitter as he became obsessed with hearing music from somewhere in the stands.
