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Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia – A look at the Australian Open on Wednesday:

Weather: Mostly sunny, high of 91 Fahrenheit.

Attendance: Day: 47,469; Night: 25,485; Total: 72,954.

Men’s Seeded Winners: No. 2 Roger Federer, No. 3 Rafael Nadal, No. 6 Andy Murray, No. 7 Tomas Berdych, No. 10 Grigor Dimitrov, No. 14 Kevin Anderson, No. 24 Richard Gasquet.

Men’s Seeded Losers: No. 20 David Goffin, No. 22 Philipp Kohlschreiber, No. 23 Ivo Karlovic, No. 26 Leonardo Mayer, No. 28 Lukas Rosol, No. 29 Jeremy Chardy, No. 32 Martin Klizan.

Women’s Seeded Winners: No. 2 Maria Sharapova, No. 3 Simona Halep, No. 7 Eugenie Bouchard, No. 10 Ekaterina Makarova, No. 14 Sara Errani, No. 21 Peng Shuai, No. 22 Karolina Pliskova, No. 31 Zarina Diyas.

Stat of the Day: 65 – number of aces between Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic (40) and Nick Kyrgios (25) in the four-set, second-round match won by the Australian.

Quote of the Day: “I didn’t actually want to be out here for 2½ hours, but that’s sometimes how it goes.” - Sharapova after saving two match points and beating fellow Russian Alexandra Panova.

Featured matches Thursday: No. 1 Serena Williams vs. Vera Zvonareva, No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. Andrey Kuznetsov, No. 4 Stan Wawrinka vs. Marius Copil, No. 4 Petra Kvitova vs. Mona Barthel, No. 5 Kei Nishikori vs. Ivan Dodig, No. 8 Caroline Wozniacki vs. Victoria Azarenka.

Forecast for Thursday: Sunny and humid, high of 91F.

Jan 21, 2015
Too close for geeded comfort


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