Roger in 4th round

Roger Federer defeated Serbian Janko Tipsarevic by 6-7(5/7),7-6(7/1),5-7,6-1,10-8 in a match that lasted for 4hours and
26 miniutes. It was one of the most thrilling encounters the Australian Open viewers have ever seen actually.After,the match
Federer told that at one point of a time he was afraid to lose the match.But,he is very sure that his marathon five setter will
not cut down his chances to win a third consecutive Australian Open title."Honestly for me it's good to play five-setters
once in a while," he said.Whatever,we can give Kudos to the Hard Fighter Janko Tipseravic.

George Basti

George Basti was born on 1st April at the year 1975 at Illinois, Chicago. He is a professional Swiss Tennis Player. He is from the University of South California. His best performance ever was to get to the finals of the Tournament at Tashkent in 1999.

He defeated Pete Sampras,7 time Wimbledon Champion in the 2nd round in the year 2002.His best career rank is 71 on May 1,2000.

Patty Schnyder out

Patty Schnyder is out of the Ladies singles from the Australian open with a surprise loss in the second round.But,her doubles' hopes are still alive where she is paired with Emmanuelle Gagliardi from the same country.Both of them are Doubles' specialist Swiss tennis players.

Last hope for Switzerland in Ladies singles is out

She was the last hope for Switzerland in womens' singles and now she is out of the tournament.She is Timea Bacsinszky.She lost to the 31th seeded,Sania Mirza of India after a hard fought battle.The results were:6-1,4-6,7-5 in fabour of the Indian.This results the entry of Sania in the round 3 of The Australian Open.

Roger Federer in the 3rd round

What else can you say this other than smooth sailing?
Federer has done it again.
Now,his victim is Fabrice Santoro.
Federer is now in the 3rd round of the Austrlian Open with a cake-walk victory over Fabrice Santoro in straight sets.The result was:6-1,6-2,6-0.

Doubles' hopes alive

Though Patty Schnyder lost her singles match,she was able to win the Doubles match of her with her partner Emmanuelle Gagliardi.The defeated the Australian pair of Alison Bai and Nicole Kriz.The scoreline was:6-4,6-1.Now,the swiss pair is through to the next round.

Federer's chances of winning the Australian Open 2008

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Federer wins at the 1st round

Roger Federer defeated David Hartfield at the round 1 of the Australian Open 2008 by 6-0,6-3,6-0.He advanced to the 2nd round with this win and next he faces Fabris Santoro.It will be a harder challenge for Federer in the 2nd round.

Roger Federer Starting Today At The Australian Open

Roger Federer is starting his campaign today at the Australian Open 2008.He will be aiming this title for the 3rd time in a row.But,the 1st match is always tough.Specially,when he hasn't played a single match for 2 months.