It's Game, Set and Match to Kanepi, but she needed 5 match points to do it.
Don't be downhearted Laura
Hi Fluffs
Hi Velvet. Laura will probably have a wee dip, but when she takes stock she'll be bouyed by how close the match was.
If Roger Federer wasn't allowed to have red soles on his shoes, why is Serena allowed to have red knickers?
Janowicz/Melzer into a 5th set
Kubot/Mannarino into a 5th set too
Although Laura Robson has a slightly higher world ranking (38) than her opponent Kaia Kanepi (46), Kanepi's real ranking is considerably better. She was out of action for many months last year and the beginning of this year missing last year's Wimbledon & US Open, and this year's Australian Open. She has got to 3 Grand Slam finals in the previous 2 years and would normally have been one of the seeded players.
Good call... unfortunately!
Janowicz and Kubot both win their respective matches and will meet each other in the quarter finals.
Lisiki has just broken Serena in the 3rd set and is now serving for the match.
15-0
30-0
30-15
30-30
40-30 - match point
deuce
Advantage Williams
deuce
Advantage Lisiki
yesssssssssssssssssssssssssss
What a fantastic game!
She's done it!!!
Game, Set and Match to Lisiki 2 sets to 1
Lisiki will now meet Kanepi in the Quarter-Finals.
What a fantastic game!
and she's lovely
What a fantastic game!
and she's lovely
I was just going to post that too - a really lovely young Lady
Puig/ Stephens are into a 3rd set with Stephens having broken Puig twice and is now serving for the match.
15-0
15-15
30-15
40-15
40-30
Deuce
Advantage Puig
Deuce
Advantage Stevens
Game, Set and Match Stevens by 2 sets to 1
Stevens will now meet either Bartoli or Knapp.
Bartoli has 2 breaks in her favour and is serving to make it 5-1 in the first set
Youzhny v Murray
Youzhny serving first:-
Youzhny holds, 1-0 Youzhny 1st set
Murray holds, 1-1 1st set
Murray breaks, 2-1 Murray 1st set
Murray holds, 3-1 Murray 1st set
Youzhny holds, 3-2 Murray 1st set
Murray holds, 4-2 Murray 1st set
Youzhny holds, 4-3 Murray 1st set
Murray holds, 5-3 Murray 1st set
Youzhny holds, 5-4 Murray 1st set
Murray holds Game and 1st set Murray 6-4
Bartoli won the first set and is a break up in the second.
And Bartoli won 6-2 6-3
Youzhny serving first in the 2nd set:-
Youzhny holds. 1-0 Youzhny 2nd set
Murray holds (with a struggle) 1-1 2nd set
Murray breaks, 2-1 Murray 2nd set
Youzhny breaks, 2-2 2nd set
Youzhny holds, 3-2 Youzhny 2nd set
Youzhny breaks (more like Murray throws it away), 4-2 Youzhny 2nd set
Youzhny holds, 5-2 Youzhny 2nd set
Murray serving to stay in the 2nd set:-
Murray holds, 5-3 Youzhny 2nd set
Murray breaks, 5-4 Youzhny 2nd set
Murray serving to stay in the 2nd set, again:-
Murray holds, 5-5 2nd set
Youzhny holds, 6-5 Youzhny 2nd set
Murray serving to stay in the 2nd set again and take it to a tie-breaker.
Murray holds, 6-6 2nd set
We have a tie breaker!
Tie-breaker:-
1-0 Youzhny
1-1
2-1 Murray
2-2
3-2 Youzhny
4-2 Youzhny
4-3 Youzhny
5-3 Youzhny
5-4 Youzhny
5-5
6-5 Murray
7-5 Murray
Murray leads by 2 sets to Love
Murray to serve first in the 3rd set:-
15-0
30-0
30-15
30-30
30-40
Deuce
Advantage Murray
Deuce
Advantage Youzhny
Deuce
Advantage Murray
Game Murray
1-0 Murray 3rd set
Youzhny serve:-
0-15
0-30
0-40
Game Murray
2-0 Murray 3rd set
Murray serve:-
15-0
30-0
30-15
40-15
Game Murray
3-0 Murray 3rd set
Youzhny serve:-
15-0
30-0
40-0
Game Youzhny
3-1 Murray 3rd set
Murray serve:-
15-0 - Ace
30-0
30-15 drop shot from Youzhny
40-15 Youzhny sends it long
Game Murray Youzhny sednd it long again
4-1 Murray 3rd set
Decisive second set tie-break!
Youzhny serve:-
15-0
15-15 cross court winner from Murray
15-30 net cord in Murray's favour
15-40 Youzhny puts it out
30-40
Game Murray - Youzhny nets
5-1 Murray 3rd set
Murray serving for match:-
15-0
15-15
15-30 Murray double faults
30-30
40-30 Match Point!
Game Murray!
Game, Set and Match to Murray by 3 sets to Love
Decisive second set tie-break!
I think that Muuray would have won the match anyway (3-1), even if he had lost the second set.
Next match is Djokovic/Hass, which could be quite some match.
Not sure I can manage the same coverage for it as I've just done for Andy.
Well done Andy and commiserations to Laura. Her opponent Kaia Kanepi gets to play Serena William's conqueror Sabine Lisicki in the quarter finals.
Andy Murray's opponent in the quarter finals is Fernando Verdasco.
Hass to serve first:-
Djokovic breaks, 1-0 Djokovic 1st set
Djokovic holds (after 2 deuces), 2-0 Djokovic 1st set
Djokovic breaks (unforced errors by Hass), 3-0 Djokovic 1st set
Djokovic holds (not made any easier by serving a double fault), 4-0 Djokovic 1st set
Hass holds, 4-1 Djokovic 1st set
Djokovic holds, 5-1 Djokovic 1st set
Djokovic breaks, Game and 1st set to Djokovic 6-1
All the signs of Djokovic railroading his way through this!
Djokovic serving first in the 2nd set:-
Djokovic holds, 1-0 Djokovic 2nd set
Hass holds, 1-1 2nd set
Djokovic holds, 2-1 Djokovic 2nd set
Hass holds, 2-2 2nd set
Hass breaks, 3-2 Hass 2nd set
Hass holds, 4-2 Hass 2nd set
Djokovic holds, 4-3 Hass 2nd set
Djokovic breaks, 4-4 2nd set
Djokovic holds, 5-4 Djokovic 2nd set
Djokovic breaks, Game and 2nd set to Djokovic 6-4
Djokovic leads by 2 sets to Love
Tomic/Berdych are 1 set all so far
Del Potro beat Seppi in 3 straight sets
Djokovic serves first in the 3rd set:-
Djokovic holds, 1-0 Djokovic 3rd set
Hass holds, 1-1 3rd set
Djokovic holds, 2-2 Djokovic 3rd set
Hass holds, 2-2 3rd set
Djokovic holds, 3-2 Djokovic 3rd set
Djokovic breaks, 4-2 Djokovic 3rd set
Djokovic holds, 5-2 Djokovic 3rd set
Hass serving to stay in the match.
Hass holds, 5-3 Djokovic 3rd set
Djokovic now serving for the match, but Hass not making it easy for him as he pulls it to 30 all and now has break point -but Djokovic brings it back to deuce, bur Hass has break point again....
Hass breaks!!! 5-4 Djokovic 3rd set
Hass serving to level the set and stay in the match
Djokovic has match point though - Hass saves - and gets advantage - Djokovic goes long and Hass takes the game.
Hass holds 5-5 3rd set
Djokovic holds, 6-5 Djokovic 3rd set
Hass serving to stay in the match again.
Hass holds, 6-6 3rd set - we have a tie-breaker