Australian Open Results- Day 4

The first few days had few upsets, but the big one came on Day 4 when Carla Suarez Navarro defeated Venus Williams in a 3 set battle. Venus was not herself, standing 6-8 feet behind the baseline on most points instead of her usual 2-3 feet inside the baseline. Navarro deserves the victory, though, as she played an incredible match to dethrone the number 6 seed.





Women's Singles- 2nd Round



Victoria Azarenka (13), Belarus, def. Tathiana Garbin, Italy, 4-1 retired.
Elena Dementieva (4), Russia, def. Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-1.
Virginie Razzano, France, def. Patty Schnyder (14), Switzerland, 6-3, 6-1.
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, def. Akgul Amanmuradova, Uzbekistan, 6-2, 6-4.
Dominika Cibulkova (18), Slovakia, def. Chan Yung-Jan, Taiwan, 6-0, 6-2.
Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, def. Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain, 7-5, 7-5.
Amelie Mauresmo (20), France, def. Elena Baltacha, Britain, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Anabel Medina Garrigues (21), Spain, def. Julie Coin, France, 6-1, 6-4.
Zheng Jie (22), China, def. Melinda Czink, Hungary, 7-6 (7-0), 5-7, 6-3.
Serena Williams (2), United States, def. Gisela Dulko, Argentina, 6-3, 7-5.
Flavia Pennetta (12), Italy, def. Jessica Moore, Australia, 6-4, 6-1.
Svetlana Kuznetsova (8), Russia, def. Tatjana Malek, Germany, 6-2, 6-2.
Alona Bondarenko (31), Ukraine, def. Severine Bremond, France, 7-6 (7-1), 1-6, 6-2.
Samantha Stosur, Australia, def. Sabine Lisicki, Germany, 6-3, 6-4.
Peng Shuai, China, def. Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgaria, 6-4, 6-0.
Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, def. Venus Williams (6), United States, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5.





Men's Singles- 2nd Round





Richard Gasquet (24), France, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
Dudi Sela, Israel, def. Victor Hanescu, Romania, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2.
Fernando Gonzalez (13), Chile, def. Guillermo Canas, Argentina, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.
Gilles Simon (6), France, def. Chris Guccione, Australia, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-1, 6-2.
Jurgen Melzer (31), Austria, def. Andreas Beck, Germany, 5-7, 7-6 (9-7), 6-4, 6-3.
Tommy Haas, Germany, def. Flavio Cipolla, Italy, 6-1, 6-2, 6-1.
Nicolas Almagro (17), Spain, def. Fabio Fognini, Italy, 6-2, 7-5, 6-0.
Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Roko Karanusic, Croatia, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.
Fernando Verdasco (14), Spain, def. Arnaud Clement, France, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2.
Radek Stepanek (22), Czech Republic, def. Michael Berrer, Germany, 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 7-5.
Gael Monfils (12), France, def. Stefan Koubek, Austria, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.
Mario Ancic, Croatia, def. Ivo Karlovic (25), Croatia, 5-7, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5), France, def. Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (10-8), 7-6 (9-7), 6-2.
James Blake (9), United States, def. Sebastien de Chaunac, France, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3.
Igor Andreev (18), Russia, def. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 6-4.
Andy Murray (4), Britain, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.