Hero of the Day – Laura Robson
Could it have been anyone else? The British women’s game keeps on rolling down under, it wasn’t pretty – not buy a long stretch, but it was gutsy and at times inspiring stuff. Kvitova is in something of a mire of course, but take nothing away from Robson’s performance, another prestigious scalp claimed. She also claims the Comeback kid of the day award after returning from 0-3 down in the decider.
Marathon match of the Day – Andreas Seppi (21) defeated Denis Istomin; 7-6 (7-4), 5-7, 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
Robson/Kvitova could have taken this gong too but that would be greedy. For sheer length this veteran battle takes it, but honourable mentions for Monfils/Lu, Tomic/Brands, Dodig/Nieminen and poor James Duckworth’s second successive 5-setter this time falling to the wonderfully named Blaz Kavcic.
Elsewhere….
Men’s Second Round Scores: Day 4
Roger Federer (2) defeated Nikolay Davydenko; 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Andy Murray (3) defeated Joao Sousa; 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
Juan Martin Del Potro (6) defeated Benjamin Becker; 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (7) defeated Go Soeda; 6-3, 7-6 (7-1), 6-3
Richard Gasquet (9) defeated Alejandro Falla; 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
Marin Cilic (12) defeated Rajeev Ram; 7-5, 6-2, 6-4
Milos Raonic (13) defeated Lukas Rosol; 7-6 (7-2), 6-2, 6-3
Gilles Simon (14) defeated Jesse Levine; 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
Philipp Kohlschreiber (17) defeated Amir Weintraub; 6-2, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
Andreas Seppi (21) defeated Denis Istomin; 7-6 (7-4), 5-7, 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
Ricardas Berankis defeated Florian Mayer (25); 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
Jeremy Chardy defeated Marcel Granollers (30); 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
Gael Monfils defeated Yen-Hsun Lu; 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 0-6, 6-1, 8-6
Blaz Kavcic defeated James Duckworth; 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 10-8
Ivan Dodig defeated Jarkko Nieminen; 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-1
Bernard Tomic defeated Daniel Brands; 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (10-8)
Women’s Second Round Scores: Day 4
Victoria Azarenka (1) defeated Eleni Daniilidou; 6-1, 6-0
Serena Williams (3) defeated Garbine Muguruza; 6-2, 6-0
Laura Robson defeated Petra Kvitova (8); 2-6, 6-3, 11-9
Caroline Wozniacki (10) defeated Donna Vekic; 6-1, 6-4
Maria Kirilenko (14) defeated Shuai Peng; 7-5, 6-2
Roberta Vinci (16) defeated Akgul Amanmuradova; 6-3, 6-2
Bojana Jovanovski defeated Lucie Safarova (17); 7-5, 7-5
Yanina Wickmayer (20) defeated Jana Cepelova; 7-6 (10-8), 7-5
Elena Vesnina defeated Varvara Lepchenko (21); 6-4, 6-2
Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Su-Wei Hsieh (26); 6-2, 6-1
Sloane Stephens (29) defeated Kristina Mladenovic; 6-4, 6-3
Jamie Hampton defeated Luksika Kumkhum; 6-1, 6-2
Lesia Tsurenko defeated Daria Gavrilova; 7-5, 6-3
Carla Suarez Navarro defeated Yulia Putintseva; 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
Ayumi Morita defeated Annika Beck; 6-2, 6-0
Kimiko Date-Krumm defeated Shahar Peer; 6-2, 7-5
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