Victoria Azarenka won her fourth round match Monday afternoon in Melbourne, 6-2, 6-4, putting her into the Australian Open quarterfinals.
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“Yes!” she screamed after being told the Broncos had beaten the New England Patriots 20-18 in the AFC title game.
“I was emotional the whole morning about it”, Azarenka said after the match, per USA TODAY. Kerber is getting at least 56 percent of her first serves in play and is winning at least 56 percent of those points. “OK, but when you’re like hungry and you’ve got to go play and you have absolutely nothing, that’s big pressure”.
Peyton Manning’s Broncos will face Cam Newton’s Carolina Panthers in the 50th Super Bowl. Azarenka has already shown some allegiance to Newton, doing her version of the “dab” in her victory celebrations.
“I had no idea how to rest-no idea”, Azarenka said.
Wawrinka, who added the French Open title past year to his 2014 Australian Open title, takes on unseeded Lukas Rosol.
“Honestly, I’m a bit glad she beat me like this because I have so much more to learn and I can take this as a good experience”. Azarenka dropped her opening service game without winning a point yesterday, but recovered quickly to beat Japanese qualifier Naomi Osaka 6-1 6-1 win in 56 minutes.
“She’s such a tough opponent, and I’m just so happy that I went through”. “I’m happy I played smart and played tough and that I was able to keep my composure”.
Sydney-born Johanna Konta, who beat Venus Williams last Tuesday, became the first British woman to reach the fourth round at the Australian Open since 1987 when she beat Denisa Allertova 6-2, 6-2.
“Maybe it’s a good omen”.
First up on Rod Laver Arena is Maria Sharapova’s fourth-round match against Belinda Bencic. Next up, he’ll face No. 23 Gael Monfils, who reached the last eight in Australia for the first time in 11 trips with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over Andrei Kuznetsov. – Andy Murray reflects on the collapse of his father-in-law while watching a match on Saturday.
He will play the victor of the fourth-round match between fourth-seeded Stan Wawrinka and No. 13 Milos Raonic.
“People look at my year and say she hasn’t done results, but they don’t see the other side of my life, the personal growth for me”, she said.
He hit 62 winners, and won 100 of the 176 rallies of four shots or fewer, but only 48 of the 101 featuring nine shots or more.
“I can not give you a moment where I said, Oh, yeah, that’s where it started, because it’s been ongoing ever since I started playing”.
“If you’re not the best, you don’t get sponsored at all”, she said, delving back into her past.
Federer watched Djokovic’s match, before going out to beat No. 15 David Goffin 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in a match that finished after midnight, and the error toll didn’t bring him any joy. Federer, a four-time champion in Australia, secured a quarterfinal against No. 6 Tomas Berdych, a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 victor over Roberto Bautista Agut.
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The pair provided for an interesting clash of styles with Azarenka’s power going up against the variety of Strycova, but the pattern was to continue with Azarenka serving out the two-set victory in one hour and 26 minutes. Her punishing groundstrokes and loud shrieks command attention, but there’s also her precision footwork, tactical acumen and quick hands at the net (she played a lot of doubles as a young pro and won a gold in mixed doubles at the 2012 London Games).
