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Andy Murray is in the quarter-finals
The number two in the Tennis world at the Australian Open to show any weakness. Angelique Kerber is determined by a purely German duel for themselves. To stir again a Chinese Qualifikantin.
With Andy Murray remains the big Challenger for the Top-favourite Novak Djokovic in the race for the first Grand Slam title of the year. The Scotsman sat down in the second round in three sets with 6:4, 6:4 and 7:6 (7:4) against Australian Bernard Tomic. In front of 15,000 spectators turned Murray after 2:30 hours on his first match point. On Saturday, had a breakdown of Murray’s father-in-law Nigel Sears, Ana Ivanovic from Serbia coaches, the tournament is overshadowed. “The last days were hard. There were a lot of emotions, so I’m happy that I progressed’am,” said Murray, whose wife Kim is also pregnant.
The Wimbledonsieger of 2013 has been four times to the final in Melbourne, but always lost. In the quarterfinals of the 28-Year-old is now on David Ferrer. The Weltranglistenachte from Spain defeated the 2,08 Meter tall American John Isner clearly with 6:4, 6:4 and 7:5. Isner reach 18 aces, but Ferrer gave up his serve a single Time.
Kerber wins German duel
It was the first game of Monday at Melbourne Park – a purely German duel. The 28-year-old Kerber was ultimately their Favoritinnenrolle meet, with Annika Beck (21) from Bonn, just in the first sentence, bold and powerful plays and the player on the other side of the net, sometimes in the despair drove.
The second sentence was clear: Annika Beck (r.) can Angelieque Kerber at the end nothing to oppose
“Congratulations to Annika, you did a great played,” said Angelique Kerber then then your opponent, for the first Time in her career in the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament had moved. Beck stood close to the baseline and sent the favourite to win regularly with hard Longline balls in the corner.
At the end of too many of their own mistakes
At the end was but then the error rate for the younger Annika Beck significantly higher, while Angelique Kerber in the second set of free spins. The 6:0 was at the height but a little hard for the young Bonnerin.
The two fed Cup teammate Mannschaftskameradinnen hugged each other after the match point. Runtime: one hour, 28 minutes. Angelique Kerber is now in the next round against Victoria Azarenka from Belarus to compete. On paper, her true Kerber as favourite to win. However, it has Azarenka in Melbourne so far in fabulous shape shown.
Qualifikantin Zhang in the quarter-finals
Also the miraculous journey of the Chinese Shuai Zhang continues. The World Number 133. defeated last year’s semi-finalist Madison Keys (USA/no. 15) with 3:6, 6:3, 6:3 and moved first to Qualifikatin for 26 years, the quarter-finals of Melbourne. However, had Keys because of a Oberschenkelverletzung in the third set for treatment and was in the final stage of the match in the Rod Laver Arena is heavily handicapped. Crying and limping, she left after the Match the Arena.
The 27-year-old Zhang, your career, actually, already wanted to end, had in their previous 14 principal rounds performances at Major tournaments, not a single set won. In Melboure turned off in the first round at Position two-seeded Simona Halep of Romania 6:4, 6:3. In Surprise the quarterfinals Zhang on Wednesday the Briton Johanna Co, the number 47 in the WTA Ranking.
ml/asz/to (dpa, sid, eurosport)