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Australian Open - Last 16 - Women

Nationality Player Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
A Ivanovic67---
DenmarkC Wozniacki16---

Ana Ivanovic

Nationality SRB
Date of Birth 06/11/1987
Height 1.83 m
Weight 73 kg
WTA Ranking 2
Player Info Right-handed; Two-handed backhand

Caroline Wozniacki

Nationality DEN
Date of Birth 01/01/1970
WTA Ranking 39
 

Live Comments

  1. 7-6 - Ivanovic books her place in the quarter finals with a service winner on her first match point. That is a brilliant win for the fourth seed as, despite the first set scoreline, Wozniacki made it tough for her

  2. 5-1 - Mid way through the breaker at the change of ends Ivanovic has raced out to a 5-1 lead

  3. 6-6 - Wozniacki survives a match point before setting up a game point with a scorching backhand down the line, leaving Ivanovic flailing, and holding to force the breaker

  4. 6-5 - Ivanovic uses all her experience to throw in a top-class service performance and hold to love to get herself back in the lead. More importantly, Ivanovic will have a chance to attack the Wozniacki serve, which was shown to be a little shaky in the previous game, as the Dane serves to stay in the match

  5. 5-5 - Wozniacki earns herself a couple of set points but tenses up and squanders the opportunity before a couple of forehand errors gift Ivanovic the break back

  6. 4-5 - Ivanovic holds without too much trouble to sling all the pressure on her young opponent. It will be a real test of nerve now for the 17-year-old to serve out the set

  7. 3-5 - Wozniacki does brilliantly well to hold her nerve and leave Ivanovic serving to stay in the set

  8. 3-4 - Ivanovic has to save more break points as Wozniacki pushes for the double break but the Serb has luck on her side for this game and holds to stop the run of games against her

  9. 2-4 - Wozniacki races through her sevice game rasping a forehand across court and into the corner to cement the break

  10. 2-3 - Wozniacki has got the triner out on the court for a thigh injury that started at the end of the first set apparently

  11. 2-3 - WOZNIACKI BREAKS! Wozniacki finally manages to make one of her break points count as she hassles Ivanovic into slapping a forehand long

  12. 2-2 - Wozniacki sticking with Ivanovic still holding for the loss of just the one point

  13. 2-1 - Wozniacki is becoming more and more agressive with each game that passes causing Ivanovic yet more trouble on her serve but again the Serb holds to keep her slender lead in this second set

  14. 1-1 - Wozniacki hits back to hold with an ace straight down the T

  15. 1-0 - Ivanovic has to hit herself out of trouble in her opening game of the second set but does so without panicking and once again holds

  16. 6-1 - It is comfortable from Ivanovic now as she seals the first set at the first attempt

  17. 5-1 - There is very little that Wozniacki can do to stop the express train that is Ana Ivanovicso far today. The Dane is doing very little wrong but Ivanovic just has too much power

  18. 4-1 - Ivanovic snatches a double break with the shot of the match so far - a ferocious forehand down the line

  19. 3-1 - Ivanovic holds despite her first double fault of the match leaving her 0-30 down

  20. 2-1 - Wozniacki gets herself on the scoreboard with a service hold to 30. The Dane has only a minor wobble letting Ivanovic back into a 40-0 game but she is hitting pretty freely now and if she can get to grips with the power of the Serb's groundstrokes, she could make this very difficult for Ivanovic

  21. 2-0 - Ivanovic holds to cement the break but Wozniacki has played herself into the match earning a couple of break points. The second break opportunity ends when Ivanovic fires a low backhand passing shot down the line after getting lucky with a net cord and dragging Wozniacki up to the net. The shot was so low, Ivanovic was left kneeling on the court after the follow through

  22. 1-0 - Ivanovic secures a very early break of play battering Wozniacki into submission with some heavy hitting

  23. 0-0 - Wozniacki to serve ...

  24. 00:08 - The players are on the court going through their warm-up having never played each other before. We are on the Rod Laver Arena with play scheduled to get underway in about 10 minutes

  25. ----- - Welcome to LIVE coverage of the Australian Open as fourth seeded Serbian Ana Ivanovic is hoping to reach the last eight in Melbourne for a first time against upstart Dane Caroline Wozniacki. Full text comments and scoring start right here from 00:00 GMT!