Milos Raonic advances to Aussie Open quarter-finals

“For sure he will have some chance to go far in Grand Slam.

I played smart, aggressive and really took my opportunities”, said Azarenka.

Zhang had never won a Grand Slam match when she arrived in Melbourne but after taking the next two sets against Keys, she now finds herself in the quarter-finals.

Raonic lost to Djokovic in the quarterfinals here past year.

David Ferrer has reached his sixth quarterfinal at the Australian Open, without dropping a set. I’m surprised to still have went five sets.

“And then the match turned around in the fifth”.

Isner has only beaten the Spanish player once in eight meetings, indoors at the Paris Masters in 2011.

“I’ve been sick since 10 days now”, Wawrinka told reporters. First of all, congrats to Annika for an wonderful week, well done to her. She’s a great player with great future.

Wawrinka was the only man to beat top-ranked Novak Djokovic in a Grand Slam match a year ago – the French Open final – and the last man to beat him at Melbourne Park since 2010.

Murray’s wife, Kim, is due to have their first baby next month, and Murray has long said he’ll leave the tournament any time if he has to rush back to Britain to be with her. The sudden illness for Kim’s father, Nigel Sears, in Melbourne had the two-time champion again reconsidering whether to stay or go.

The hard-serving Canadian came into the fourth-rounder winless in four matches against Wawrinka, the 2014 Australian Open champion, and all their results had been close and involving tiebreakers.

Raonic cruised in the first two sets, then watched as Wawrinka attempted to come back from two sets down for the seventh time in his career.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Milos Raonic persevered with his serve-and-volley game plan, holding firm even in the deciding set against Stan Wawrinka after the 2014 Australian Open champion had rallied from two sets down to force a fifth.

Raonic rediscovered form which had taken him into a two set advantage, though, achieving the decisive break midway through the decider, sealing a 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-3 victory.

It appears that Raonic has found another level in his game.

The 25-year-old Raonic took the match 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-3 in three hours 45 minutes.

“I feel really happy”, Azarenka said, per Stuart Fraser of the MailOnline.

Raonic becomes the first Canadian man to reach all four major quarterfinals, but will have his eye on more this week as he looks ahead to a quarterfinal with Gael Monfils.

Strycova was expected to pose Azarenka more problems having shocked third seed Garbine Mugurza in the previous round and although she hit eight more winners than the Belarusian, her 33 unforced errors proved costly.

“It was a big win indeed”, Martin Laurendeau, Canada’s Davis Cup captain, told CNN. Azarenka won her Australian titles in 2012 and 2013.

Annika Beck of Germany slips on the court after making a return to compatriot Angelique Kerber during their fourth round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 25, 2016.

The No. 7-seeded Kerber saved a match point in her first-round win over Japan’s Misaki Doi, and she thought that was a good omen.

Play is under way in bright sunshine on the eighth day at Melbourne Park which features the final group of fourth-round matches that will determine singles quarterfinalists.