Djokovic dumps Muller, Williams sisters through
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NOVAK Djokovic reached his 23rd consecutive grand slam quarterfinal with a 6-4, 7-5, 7-5 win over Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller at the Australian Open yesterday.
Djokovic is trying to become the second man after Roy Emerson to win five Australian Open titles. He’s also aiming for his eighth major title overall. The top-seeded Serb hasn’t lost a set yet in the tournament. He was rarely in trouble against Muller, saving all four break points he faced and hitting 47 winners to just 16 unforced errors.
He next faces eighth-seeded Canadian Milos Raonic, against whom he has a 4-0 head-to-head record.
Venus Williams continued her impressive career resurgence with a 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 win over sixth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, reaching the last eight at a major for the first time since the 2010 US Open. Younger sister, Serena Williams, was supporting her and cheering for her from the stands at Rod Laver Arena, just hours after she had to dig deep for a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 comeback win over Garbine Muguruza on the same court.
The sisters haven’t both advanced this far at a major since Serena won Wimbledon in 2010, their careers seemingly veering off at opposite trajectories.
The 34-year-old Venus next faces Madison Keys, a 19-year-old American who was inspired to play tennis by watching the Williams sisters.
Five-time Australian Open winner Serena next faces Dominika Cibulkova, who reproduced the kind of tennis that took her to the final here last year as she beat two-time champion Victoria Azarenka 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
Keys advanced to her first grand slam quarterfinal with a 6-2, 6-4 win over good friend and fellow American Madison Brengle.
Defending champion Stan Wawrinka beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 7-6 (2), 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (8) and will next take on US Open finalist Kei Nishikori.
Spurred on by hundreds of flag-waving Japanese supporters at Rod Laver Arena, No. 5-ranked Nishikori had little trouble in a 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 win over No. 9 David Ferrer, who reached the French Open final and Australian Open semis in 2013.
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