2013 Australian Open Recap: Day Four
Day Four of action at the 2013 Australian Open saw extremely hot temperatures in Melbourne Park. Seeded players certainly took to the courts looking to get back off the courts as soon as possible to preserve their energy and body for future matches. Some players were able to accomplish this feat, as on the men’s side, Roger Federer, Juan Martin DelPotro and Andy Murray were a few who advanced in straight sets. Two seeded men lost on Day Four, Jeremy Chardy of France defeated the 30th-seeded Marcel Granollers, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 and Florian Mayer, the 25th seed, fell 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 to Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania. Local favorite Bernard Tomic won in four sets and will now take on Roger Federer in the third round in a much anticipated match Down Under.
Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Caroline Wozniacki all won in straight sets in their second round matches. American Sloane Stephens also make quick work of her opponent, Kristina Mladenovic of France 6-4, 6-3 while advancing to the third round. Four seeded women fell on Day Four, as Petra Kvitova, the number eight seed, was upset by Laura Robson of Great Britain, and the 17th-seeded Lucie Safarova, 21st-seeded Varvara Lepchenko and 26 seed Hsieh Su-Wei also were all eliminated.
Men’s Singles Results from Day Four at the 2013 Australian Open
9-Richard Gasquet (France) beat Alejandro Falla (Colombia) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
2-Roger Federer (Switzerland) beat Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Ivan Dodig (Croatia) beat Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-1
6-Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) beat Benjamin Becker (Germany) 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Gael Monfils (France) beat Lu Yen-Hsun (Taiwan) 7-6(5), 4-6, 0-6, 6-1, 8-6
14-Gilles Simon (France) beat Jesse Levine (Canada) 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-2
Jeremy Chardy (France) beat 30-Marcel Granollers (Spain) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
12-Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat Rajeev Ram (U.S.) 7-5, 6-2, 6-4
Blaz Kavcic (Slovenia) beat James Duckworth (Australia) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7(3), 10-8
Bernard Tomic (Australia) beat Daniel Brands (Germany) 6-7(4), 7-5, 7-6(3), 7-6(8)
21-Andreas Seppi (Italy) beat Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) 7-6(4), 5-7, 6-7(3), 7-6(3), 6-2
3-Andy Murray (Britain) beat Joao Sousa (Portugal) 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
13-Milos Raonic (Canada) beat Lukas Rosol (Czech Republic) 7-6(2), 6-2, 6-3
7-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) beat Go Soeda (Japan) 6-3, 7-6(1), 6-3
17-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) beat Amir Weintraub (Israel) 6-2, 7-6(4), 6-4
Ricardas Berankis (Lithuania) beat 25-Florian Mayer (Germany) 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
Women’s Singles Results from Day Four at the 2013 Australian Open
Laura Robson (Britain) beat 8-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 2-6, 6-3, 11-9
29-Sloane Stephens (U.S.) beat Kristina Mladenovic (France) 6-4, 6-3
Bojana Jovanovski (Serbia) beat 17-Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) 7-5, 7-5
10-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) beat Donna Vekic (Croatia) 6-1, 6-4
Kimiko Date-Krumm (Japan) beat Shahar Peer (Israel) 6-2, 7-5
Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) beat Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-2
Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) beat Daria Gavrilova (Russia) 7-5, 6-3
20-Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium) beat Jana Cepelova (Slovakia) 7-6(8), 7-5
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) beat 26-Hsieh Su-Wei (Taiwan) 6-2, 6-1
3-Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) 6-2, 6-0
Jamie Hampton (U.S.) beat Luksika Kumkhum (Thailand) 6-1, 6-2
14-Maria Kirilenko (Russia) beat Peng Shuai (China) 7-5, 6-2
Elena Vesnina (Russia) beat 21-Varvara Lepchenko (U.S.) 6-4, 6-2
16-Roberta Vinci (Italy) beat Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzbekistan) 6-3, 6-2
Ayumi Morita (Japan) beat Annika Beck (Germany) 6-2, 6-0
1-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) beat Eleni Daniilidou (Greece) 6-1, 6-0
