Australian Open Day 7 Notes: Henin, Serena Continue to StreakPosted on January 20, 2008 Justine Henin has won 32 consecutive matches dating back to her loss to Marion "Roli Poli" Bartoli in the Wimbledon semifinals. The Belgian has also reached her 8th straight Grand Slam quarterfinals...
Serena Williams has won 27 of her last 28 in Melbourne, a streak which began when her "Serena Slam" ended in 2003... Jo-Wilfried Tsonga had is in his first career Grand Slam quarterfinal, and will play Mikhail Youzhny for a spot in the semifinals... Jarkko Nieminen has now reached the quarterfinals at ever Slam but the French Open. Jarkko is the first player from Finland to ever reach a Slam quarterfinal... Can you name the last time two lefties who played in the Australian Open men's quarterfinals? We'll give ya the answer tomorrow... Juan Carlos Ferrero has had his serve broken just once, fewest among all men's players. Ferrero now plays David Ferrer, who has beaten the former world No. 1 in four of five meetings... Caroline Wozniacki and qualifier Marta Domahovska have reached their first Grand Slam fourth round... The three Spaniards, David Ferrer, Juan Carlos Ferrero and Rafael Nadal have yet to drop a single set combined... Since losing to Tomas Berdych at the 2004 Olympics, Roger Federer has won 14 of 15 sets against the Czech... Marin Cilic finished No. 2, one sport behind Donald Young, in the 2005 world junior rankings. So is Cilic still behind Young?... The weather is expected improve through the week... |
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