Tennis: Australian Open at a glance
Associated Press
MELBOURNE, Australia — A look at Thursday's play at the Australian Open tennis championships:
WEATHER: Cloudy with sunny breaks and windy. High of 97 degrees.
ATTENDANCE: Day: 37,274.
WINNERS: No. 1 Rafael Nadal, No. 6 Gilles Simon, No. 13 Fernando Gonzalez, No. 14 Fernando Verdasco, No. 17 Nicolas Almagro, No. 22 Radek Stepanek, No. 24 Richard Gasquet, No. 31 Jurgen Melzer,
Women: No. 2 Serena Williams, No. 4 Elena Dementieva, No. 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova, No. 12 Flavia Pennetta, No. 13 Victoria Azarenka, No. 18 Dominika Cibulkova, No. 20 Amelie Mauresmo, No. 21 Anabel Medina Garrigues, No. 22 Zheng Jie.
LOSERS: Women: No. 14 Patty Schnyder.
STAT OF THE DAY: 12 — number of deuces in the ninth game of the second set of Williams' win over Gisela Dulko, when Williams also saved six set points.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "She had a couple of opportunities but I always felt I wasn't going to lose" — Williams on her marathon game with Dulko.
