Day 10 of the Australian Open saw the major upset of the tournament so far when the aspirant world no.3 Serena Williams was knocked out by a seemingly unknown world no. 20 fellow American Sloane Stephens 3-6 7-5 6-4.
Sloane Stephens, more than eight years younger to Serena has not figured out prominently in any previous tournaments and it must have been a surprise for rather over confident Serena Williams, who had been on a winning spree since she won the Wimbledon for the fifth time, followed by the US and Istanbul titles.
She was very hopeful to continue marching on with her victories and had come so close to winning her Australian Open title this year.
In the other two quarterfinals matches, world no.3 Andy Murray beat Jermy Chardy of France 6-4, 6-1, 6-2.
World no.1 Victoria Azarenka, the defending champion overcame Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5, 6-1. Azarenka who had been beaten by Serena in the finals of Madrid and US Open, must be feeling relieved today for not having to confront Serena anymore in the ongoing Australian Open.
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