Novak Djokovic And A Heckler Reach An Amicable Consensus

The 10-time Grand Slam champion showed a chink of vulnerability, hitting a mammoth 100 unforced errors, before winning 6-3 6-7 (1-7) 6-4 4-6 6-3 on Rod Laver Arena.

Federer didn’t step on the court at Rod Laver Arena until almost 11 p.m. local time and his match ended early Monday morning in Melbourne. Williams has yet to drop a set so far, but faces Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals. Williams, who advanced in 55 minutes, said she did not know she was facing Sharapova, who has not defeated her in more than a decade.

Kerber saved a match point in her first-round win over Japan’s Misaki Doi, and she thought that was a good omen.

“Can somebody please tell me, did Broncos win?” she said, taking over her on-court TV interview.

Novak Djokovic of Serbia serves against Gilles Simon of France during their fourth round match on day seven of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 24 January 2016.

Maria Sharapova of Russian Federation hits a forehand return to Belinda Bencic of Switzerland during their fourt …

Nishikori’s service was more effective than Tsonga, winning 74 per cent of the first serve points and sweeping up 64 per cent of the points on his second serve.

RADWANSKA VS. SUAREZ NAVARRO: Radwanska holds a 2-1 career edge over Suarez Navarro, although the Spanish player beat Radwanska in three sets the last time they met previous year at the Miami Masters. “I did a lot of fitness with my fitness coach, Pierre Paganini; Magnus (Norman, his coach) came as well for a little bit more than two weeks, so it was good”.

Scott Barbour/GettyThe first week of the Australian Open is in the books, and while much of the tournament has been overshadowed by allegations of match-fixing, the actual tennis has been reliably excellent.

She is looking for her 22nd major title. Obviously is tough, especially because is not like last year that I arrived here playing bad and feeling myself not ready for it. This year was a completely different story. Just because this guy is playing at a level unprecedented does not necessarily mean ATP is lacking in talent and competition. I am just glad to get through. The Frenchman had just 32 winners, to 68 unforced errors, in the match. But Simon made Djokovic work for it, playing defensively and forcing long rallies, including one that lasted 37 strokes. It’s probably one out of 40, very low percentage.

“Today was one of the best matches I’ve had this week”, said 28-year-old Nishikori, a US Open finalist in 2014.

“I just feel like I’m really confident in my game right now, not against her or against any other opponent”, in particular, Williams said. I’m aggressive but still like to construct the point. Djokovic had 100 unforced errors in all, many of them on dropshots. “But in terms of the performance itself, I haven’t done well at all”, Djokovic said.

And despite a string of fluffed drop shots the Serbian reasserted his authority in the final set to reach the last eight for a 27th successive grand slam.

Federer was clearly in a hurry to reach the last eight, as he needed only 88 minutes to come out on top in a one-side encounter with Belgian Goffin.

The third seed takes a 15-6 record into his next match – and 47th Grand Slam quarter – with Tomas Berdych, who beat Roberto Bautista Agut, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.

The seventh-seeded Nishikori drilled 31 winners during the 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 victory.