The following are all third round matches, natch.
8 Andy Roddick d Robin Hasse - 26 76(2) 62 62
Rough start. Picked it up in the 2nd. Then cruised to victory.
Remember Robin was voted 'most improved' by the ATP last season.
Semi bound year: Odd years find A-Rod in the Sf's: '03, '05, '07, '09.
To get there he'll need to get thru Wawrinka next & probably Federer.
Andy vs Stan - H2H: 2-1/SW. Both Stan wins were from Andy retirements.
14 Maria Sharapova d Julia Goerges - 46 64 64
Talk about gutting one out. This was a thriller from 1st to last ball struck.
This is furtherest she's been at the Aussie Open since she won in '08.
This is also her 3rd straight 4th round showing at a Slam.
I've said it here many times last year: She's due a good Slam result.
9 Fernando Verdasco d Kei Nishikori - 62 64 63
He picked this up right where he left us with Tipsarevic.
And in his Clavin's no less.
The '09 Sf'ist has now matched last years result.
To improve on that he'll have to get thru Tomas Berdych - H2H: 6-4/TB.
That will be a really great 4th rounder for sure.
1 Caroline Wozniacki d Dominika Cibulkova - 64 63
Caro turned the tables on the half-pint that beat her last week in Sydney.
Then went into the presser and wowwed the journos by interviewing herself.
Google it. It's funny.
6 Francesca Schiavone d Monica Nicolescu - 60 76(2)
Has she yet been on a bigger court tha Margaret Court?
This is Fran's 14th visit to a Slam 4th round: 5-8.
She have a fun one next against Svetlana Kuznetsova: 8-4/SK.
6 Tomas Berdych d 28 Richard Gasquet - 62 76(3) 62
Here's a shocker: Tomas is 3-9 in Slam 4th round matches.
Two of those 3 wins came last year at Roland Garros & Wimbledon.
And he followed them up with Sf & RU runs respectively.
Also, he has David Ferrer breathing down his neck for that #6 ranking.
And nothing is certain with Verdasco next.
23 Svetlana Kuznetsova d 11 Justine Henin - 64 76(8)
Shocker #1: This is only Sveta's 3rd win over Justine in 19 matches.
Shocker #2: This is the very first time she won a tie-break over Justine.
Shocker #3: Sveta really tried to give this match away to Justine.
Ok, that last one isn't a shocker - but when you serve for it twice...
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