In two days, Federer will play Davydenko for the Quarter final of Australian Open. The high flying Russian manage to secure a hard fought victory over the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco with 3-2 sets and qualified for the quarter final. Federer has suffered two defeats in a row from Davydenko and certainly this will be a very exciting match.

In a few hours Andy Murray from Great Britain will play against Spaniard Rafael Nadal. Murray is currently on the fifth position of tennis world rankings while Nadal is on number two.

At the other two quarter final games, Andy Roddick – number seven in standings – will play against the Croatian Marin Cilic who is currently on the fourteen spot on the standings while Novak Djokovic will play against Jo-Wilfred Tsonga as he managed to overcome the obstacle of Lukasz Kubot. Tsonga qualified for the Australian open quarter final after he managed to secure a victory against Nicolas Almagro.

All the quarter final games are expected to be highly entertaining as the top world tennis players will play against each other.

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Earlier, Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick didn’t had any problems in defeating Lacko and Bellucci with 3-0 sets respectively.

The second round of Australian Open continues tomorrow with some very important matches. Make sure to watch the Cypriot Baghdatis against David Ferrer. Ferrer is currently on 17th position of tennis world rankings while Marcos Baghdatis is on 31st spot. However, the young Cypriot champion is at excellent condition and he can secure the victory against Ferrer. Baghdatis was runner up at Australian Open tournament back on 2006 where he lost the match from a high flying Roger Federer.

On some other interesting matches for the second round of Australian Open, Federer will play against the Romanian Victor Hanescu. Federer most probably will not face any difficulties against Hanescu and he will progress to the next round. Number 3 in the world standings Novak Djokovic will play against Chiudinelli and Hewitt against Young. All the favorites are excepted to progress to the next round where the real action will begin.

In women, the number one in the world standings Serena Williams is not expected to have any problems against Petra Kvitova from Czech Republic. Venus Williams will also play that day against Sybille Bammer from Austria and she also is expected to progress to the next round.

Tomorrow also starts the first round of women and men doubles. The most interesting match in women doubles should be the game between Vera Dushevina(RUS) / Anastasia Rodionova(AUS) against Nadia Petrova(RUS) / Samantha Stosur(AUS). In men double game the most interesting one should be the match between Simon Aspelin(SWE) / Paul Hanley(AUS) against Marcos Daniel(BRA) / Daniel Koellerer(AUT).

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Roger Federer Vs Igor Andreev : 4-6, 6-2, 7-6, 6-0

For new tennis fans it is important to understand that Australian open is one of the four major Grand Slams of the tennis world. On the first round of Men’s single, Federer played against Andreev; in a tough match for Federer as he faced stern opposition from Igor Andreev. The Russian played extremely well on the first set winning it by 4-6. This was a warning bell for Federer who raised his performance and manage to win the second set by 6-2. A thrilling third set played with Federer finally to win the set with 7-6 games. In the forth set Andreev seemed that he got tired and he lost the set with 6-0 and the match with 3-1 sets. Federer stated that Andreev is a great player and he is really happy that he managed to progress to the next round. On the other hand, Andreev congratulated his opponent and blamed himself for luck of concentration in the crucial parts of the game.

Federer will play either Juan Ignacio Chela or Victor Hanescu on the second round.

Serena Williams Vs Urszula Radwanska : 6-2, 6-1

Williams is the last year’s winner of the Australian Open. In the first round she faced Radwanska from Poland. The experienced United States player didn’t have any trouble progressing on the next round as she easily won the match with 2-0 sets. Serena had suffered a minor injury on the knee and thigh – during the Sydney International tournament – but this didn’t prevent her to prevail on the court.

So far the following players have qualified for the next round: Rafael Nadal, Juan Martin del Potro, Andy Murray and Andy Roddick.

Men’s Single First Round Results:

Roger Federer – Igor Andreev : 3-1
Fernando Verdasco – Carsten Ball 3-1
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – Sergiy Stakhovsky 3-0
Gael Monfils – Matthew Ebden 3-0
Marcos Baghdatis – Paolo Lorenzi 3-0
Jarkko Nieminen – Nick Lindahl 3-0
Nikolay Davydenko – Dieter Kindlmann 3-0
Marcel Granollers – Robin Soderling 3-2
Marin Cilic – Fabrice Santoro 3-0
Tommy Haas – Simon Greul 3-1
Rainer Schuettler – Sam Querrey 3-1
Antonio Veic – Daniel Koellerer 3-2
Julien Benneteau – David Guez 3-1
James Blake – Arnaud Clement 3-0
Juan Monaco – Ernests Gulbis 3-0
Tomas Berdych – Robin Haase 3-0
Marsel Ilhan – Sebastien Grosjean 3-0
Illya Marchenko – Carlos Moya 3-0
Stanislas Wawrinka – Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 3-0
David Ferrer – Frederico Gil 3-0
Taylor Dent – Fabio Fognini 3-0
Igor Kunitsyn – Jose Acasuso 3-0
Lukas Lacko – Leonardo Mayer 3-0
Alejandro Falla – Marcos Daniel 3-0
Evgeny Korolev – Daniel Brands 3-0
Florent Serra – Jurgen Melzer 3-2
Santiago Giraldo – Tommy Robredo 3-0
Louk Sorensen – Yen-Hsun Lu 3-1
Thomaz Bellucci – Teimuraz Gabashvili 3-1
Lukasz Kubot – Mischa Zverev 3-0
Albert Montanes – Oscar Hernandez 3-0
John Isner – Andreas Seppi 3-2
Philipp Kohlschreiber – Horacio Zeballos 3-0
Janko Tipsarevic – Ryan Harrison 3-0
Ivan Sergeyev – Dudi Sela 3-1
Viktor Troicki – Nicolas Lapentti 3-1
Stefan Koubek – Rajeev Ram 3-2
Feliciano Lopez – Pablo Cuevas 3-0
Marc Gicquel – Simone Bolelli 3-0
Michael Llodra – Martin Vassallo Arguello 3-0

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