Biggest upset of Australian Open: World no.1 Serena Williams (left) knocked out of race by Ana Ivanovic (right) in the fourth round of Australian Open
The matches played in the fourth round take 'almost' all seeded players forward and closer to their title aspirations. However, there have been two upsets!!
The biggest setback of rated and top seeded players came today when 14th ranked Serbian Ana Ivanovic beat world no 1 Serena Williams of USA 4-6 6-3 6-3. Serena Williams was aspiring for the Australian title this year - and some even commented that the year 2014 belonged to the American.
But Serena's ouster today leaves many doubts of her future matches. Well for now, both Williams sisters are out of Melbourne's women singles - this also brings an end to the winning spree of Serena who after Wimbledon US Open and Istanbul felt very confidant of bagging the first Grand Slam of the year.
In view of Serena's continuous 25 straight matches win, no one imagined that Ana Ivanovic, the 14th ranked player, could upset the world no.1 and knock her out of the competition. It was shocking to see Williams pushed to the brink this early in a major tournament, and she never looked comfortable in the final set.
Ivanovic advances to a quarter-final matchup against Canadian Eugenie Bouchard.
The results of other women singles of round four are as under:
30th ranked Canadian Eugenie Bouchard beat Australian Casey Dellacqua 6-7(5) 6-2 6-0. It seems hosts Australians are having a tough time in the competition as already Hewitt and Tomic (men's singles) have been knocked out of the competition. Eugenie Bouchard now faces Ana Ivanovic in the quarters.
4th ranked Chinese Li Na beat 22nd ranked Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-2 6-0
There is yet another upset: Ouster of ninth ranked Kerber - 28th ranked Italian Flavia Pennetta beat 9th ranked Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-1 4-6 7-5
30th ranked Canadian Eugenie Bouchard beat Australian Casey Dellacqua 6-7(5) 6-2 6-0. It seems hosts Australians are having a tough time in the competition as already Hewitt and Tomic (men's singles) have been knocked out of the competition. Eugenie Bouchard now faces Ana Ivanovic in the quarters.
4th ranked Chinese Li Na beat 22nd ranked Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-2 6-0
There is yet another upset: Ouster of ninth ranked Kerber - 28th ranked Italian Flavia Pennetta beat 9th ranked Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-1 4-6 7-5
