Tennis: Australian Open at a glance
Associated Press
MELBOURNE, Australia — A look at Saturday's play at the Australian Open tennis championships:
WEATHER: Mostly sunny, high of 73 degrees.
ATTENDANCE: Day: 45,068.
WINNERS: Men: No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 6 Gilles Simon, No. 9 James Blake, No. 12 Gael Monfils, No. 14 Fernando Verdasco.
Women: No. 2 Serena Williams, No. 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova, No. 13 Victoria Azarenka, No. 18 Dominika Cibulkova, No. 21 Anabel Medina Garrigues, No. 22 Zheng Zie.
LOSERS: Men: No. 17 Nicolas Almagro, No. 18 Igor Andreev, No. 22 Radek Stepanek.
Women: No. 12 Flavia Pennetta, No. 20 Amelie Mauresmo, No. 31 Alona Bondarenko.
STAT OF THE DAY: 3 — number of French players through Saturday to the round of 16 after wins by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Jo reached the final last year, and it was really good for all of us" — Gilles Simon on how Tsonga's 2008 runner-up finish inspired the rest of the young French players.
