Day 8 looks like being another corker. The Australian Open hasn't dissapointed so far, with a series of classic encounters already witnessed by the Melbourne crowd, today we have the awesome match up between Hewitt and Djokovic to behold. Also in action are Roger Federer, Venus Williams and American James Blake who edged past Sebastien Grosjean in round three.
Rod Laver Arena, 11:00 AM Start
1 Men's Singles – 4th Rnd.
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) v. Ana Ivanovic (SRB)[4]
followed by
2 Women's Singles – 4th Rnd.
Venus Williams (USA)[8] v. Marta Domachowska (POL)
3 Men's Singles – 4th Rnd.
Roger Federer (SUI)[1] v. Tomas Berdych (CZE)[13]
Rod Laver Arena, 19:30 PM Start
1 Men's Singles – 4th Rnd.
Novak Djokovic (SRB)[3] v. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)[19]
followed by
2 Women's Doubles – 3rd Rnd.
Sania Mirza (IND)[6]/Alicia Molik (AUS)[6] v Victoria Azarenka (BLR)[12]/Shahar Peer (ISR)[12]
Vodafone Arena, 11:00 AM Start
1 Men's Doubles – 3rd Rnd.
Rohan Bopanna (IND)/Rajeev Ram (USA) v. Jeff Coetzee (RSA)/Wesley Moodie (RSA)
followed by
2 Women's Singles – 4th Rnd.
Maria Kirilenko (RUS)[27] v. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)[9]
3 Women's Doubles – 2nd Rnd.
Olga Govortsova (BLR)/Darya Kustova (BLR) v. Jelena Jankovic (SRB)/Bethanie Mattek (USA)
4 Men's Singles – 4th Rnd.
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)[22] v. David Ferrer (ESP)[5]
MCA, 11:00 AM Start
1 Women's Singles – 4th Rnd.
Nadia Petrova (RUS)[14] v. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)[29]
followed by
2 Men's Singles – 4th Rnd.
James Blake (USA)[12] v. Marin Cilic (CRO)
3 Mixed Doubles – 2nd Rnd.
Virginie Razzano (FRA)/Rogier Wassen (NED) v. Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)/
Eric Butorac (USA) or Jie Zheng (CHN)[4]/Daniel Nestor (CAN)[4]
4 Mixed Doubles – 2nd Rnd.
Cara Black (ZIM)[1]/Paul Hanley (AUS)[1] orBethanie Mattek (USA)/Jordan Kerr (AUS) v. Jessica Moore (AUS)/Greg Jones (AUS)
Show Court 2, Noon Start
1 Women's Doubles – 3rd Rnd.
Kveta Peschke (CZE)[4]/Rennae Stubbs (AUS)[4] v. Iveta Benesova (CZE)[16]/Galina Voskoboeva (RUS)[16]
followed by
2 Men's Doubles – 3rd Rnd.
Marc Gicquel (FRA)/Fabrice Santoro (FRA) v. Carsten Ball (AUS)/Adam Feeney (AUS)
3 Women's Doubles – 3rd Rnd.
Maret Ani (EST)/Meilen Tu (USA) v. Serena Williams (USA)/Venus Williams (USA)
4 Mixed Doubles – 1st Rnd.
Jessica Moore (AUS)/Greg Jones (AUS) v. Rennae Stubbs (AUS)/Todd Perry (AUS)
5 Mixed Doubles – 2nd Rnd.
Kveta Peschke (CZE)[7]/Martin Damm (CZE)[7] v. Galina Voskoboeva (RUS)/Frantisek Cermak (CZE)
Show Court 3, Noon Start
1 Women's Doubles – 3rd Rnd.
Zi Yan (CHN)[7]/Jie Zheng (CHN)[7] v. Nicole Vaidisova (CZE)/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)
followed by
2 Men's Doubles – 3rd Rnd.
Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)[11]/Marcin Matkowski (POL)[11] v. Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)[6]/Mark Knowles (BAH)[6]
3 Women's Doubles – 3rd Rnd.
Lindsay Davenport (USA)/Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) vAlona Bondarenko (UKR)/Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)
4 Mixed Doubles – 2nd Rnd.
Nathalie Dechy (FRA)[8]/Andy Ram (ISR)[8] v. Janette Husarova (SVK)/Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)
Court 6, Noon Start
1 Women's Doubles – 3rd Rnd.
Janette Husarova (SVK)[13]/Flavia Pennetta (ITA)[13] v. Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)[3]/Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)[3]
followed by
2 Women's Doubles – 3rd Rnd.
Cara Black (ZIM)[1]/Liezel Huber (USA)[1] v. Mariya Koryttseva (UKR)/Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR)
3 Mixed Doubles – 2nd Rnd.
Agnes Szavay (HUN)/Leander Paes (IND) v. Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)[6]/Jonathan Erlich (ISR)[6]
4 Mixed Doubles – 2nd Rnd.
Liezel Huber (USA)/Jamie Murray (GBR) v. Tiantian Sun (CHN)[5]/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)[5]
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