Federer, Williams sisters headline Day Ten
MELBOURNE, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Quarterfinal action continues on day ten with both the William's sisters and 15-time Grand Slam champion, Roger Federer, competing for a place in the semifinals.
First up on Rod Laver Arena is China's Li Na who will meet the elder of the Williams sisters, Venus for their second ever encounter.
The No. 6 seed, Venus Williams, has only ever played the No. 16 seed, Li Na, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics where she lost 7-5, 7-5. However, Venus is a Grand Slam veteran, having won seven titles and has also been a finalist on another seven occasions while Li Na's best performance has been a quarterfinal appearance at the US Open in 2009 and at Wimbledon in 2006.
If Li Na does progress to the semifinals it will be the first time in history that two Chinese players have reached a replica balenciaga handbags Grand Slam semifinal after compatriot Zheng Jie won over Russian Maria Kirilenko, 6-1, 6-3.
Sister, Serena, will follow Venus onto court for the last women's quarterfinal showdown when she plays the seventh seed, Victoria Azarenka, on Rod Laver Arena.
The fiery Belarusian has dropped only one set all tournament but should expect a fight when she meets Serena Williams who has cruised through the rounds without losing a set and has only lost a total of 15 games.
The pair have met four times previously with Williams winning the head to heads 3-1 and knocking Azarenka out of the Australian Open in 2008 and 2009. Azarenka will be keen to change this trend but with Williams defending her title and getting closer to her twelfth Grand Slam title and fifth Australian Open title this will be no mean feat.
Closing out the day session on Wednesday is world No. 1 Roger Federer who meets the inform Nikolay Davydenko from Russia.
Although Federer has won twelve of their fourteen meetings, Davydenko has had the upper hand in their latest two encounters winning 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London and 6-4, 6-4 in Doha earlier this year.
Davydenko is looking for his first Grand Slam title while Federer will be trying to make amends for his loss in the final last year to Rafael Nadal.
The men's quarterfinals conclude with a repeat of the 2008 Australian Open final when Jo-Wilfried Tsonga takes on Novak Djokovic. Tsonga, Cartier Replica Watches the No. 10 seed, leads the Croatian 4-2 in their head to head match ups and will be keen to trump the Croatian in their second Australian Open meeting.
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