Australian Open:William sisters takes Doubles Crown
Results of Australian Open
Prefix denotes seeding
Men’s singles: Quarterfinals: 1-Roger Federer (Sui) bt 6-Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 7-5; 10-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt 3-Novak Djokovic (Srb) 7-6(8), 6-7(5), 1-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Men’s doubles: Quarterfinals: 2-Daniel Nestor (Can) & Nenad Zimonjic (Srb) bt Arnaud Clement (Fra) & Jonathan Elrich (Isr) 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(6); Ivo Karlovic (Cro) & Dusan Vemic (Srb) bt 3-Lukas Dlouhy (Cze) & Leander Paes (Ind) 6-3, 6-4.
Women’s singles: Quarterfinals: 16-Li Na (Chn) bt 6-Venus Williams (USA) 2-6, 7-6(4), 7-5; 1-Serena Williams (USA) bt 7-Victoria Azarenka (Bel) 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-2.
Women’s doubles: Quarterfinals: 1-Cara Black (Zim) & Liezel Hunber (USA) bt Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) & Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-3, 6-4.
Federer in SemiFinals
Roger Federer and Serena Williams showed championship form to battle back from a set down and storm into their semifinals at the Australian Open on Wednesday.Li Na also made the last four with an upset victory over Venus Williams, giving China two players in a Grand Slam semi for the first time. Her reward is a clash with top seed Serena.But the tournament ended for ailing third seed Novak Djokovic who was knocked out in a thrilling late night five-setter by 10th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the man he beat in the 2008 final.The Frenchman will now meet Federer, who was given a scare by sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko when the Russian ace led 6-2, 3-1 before the Swiss star clicked into gear.