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Maria Sharapova - 2nd Round Match of Australian Open

Nineteen year old American Madison Keys has just created a huge upset by beating number 4 seed and double Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova 6-4 7-5 in the Australian Open.
Elsewhere both Williams sisters progressed to the fourth round with 3 set victories while mens top seed Novak Djokovic also comfortably beat Fernando Verdasco.

Andy Murray goes through to the last eight with a win over Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-7, 6-3, 7-5

He's in for a rocky time as he meets Australian Nick Kyrgios in the quarterfinals

Murray was forced to recover from 2-5 down in the fourth set and win five games in a row to clinch the fourth set and with it the match.
For the record Murray is 10-0 in matches against Australians on the tour.
Lets hope that is not the kiss of death.

Well done Dominic Inglot who with Florin Merega beat No 1 seeds The Bryan Brothers in Men's doubles at Australian Open

The Australian Open Quarter Final draw is complete - (seed numbers in brackets).

Men:
Novak Djokovic (1) v Milos Raonic (8)
Stanislas Wawrinka (4) v Kei Nishikori (5)
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Rafael Nadal (3) v Tomas Berdych (7)
Andy Murray (6) v Nick Kyrgios

Ladies:
Serena Williams (1) v Dominika Cibulkova (11)
Madison Keys v Venus Williams (18)
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Simona Halep (3) v Ekaterina Makarova (10)
Maria Sharapova (2) v Eugenie Bouchard (7)

Nadal got a drubbing in the Australian Open quarter-finals against Tomas Berdych
The Czech ended a 17-match losing streak against Rafael Nadal as he outplayed the Spaniard 6-2 6-0 7-6

Brit Murray through to the semis in 3 set win over Australian Nick Kyrgios 6-3,7-6, 6-3

So it will be Murray v Berdych for a place in the final.
Elsewhere Maria Sharapova saw off Eugenie Bouchard 6-3 6-2.
Her opponent in the semi final will be fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova who defeated number 3 seed Simona Halep 6-4 6-0.

Will be interesting to see what different tactics Andy comes up with to counter the fact Danny Valverdu who was for long time part of Andy's team now works with Berdych