Australia’s Jelena Dokic continued her inspiring Australian Open comeback run on Friday by reaching the round of sixteen at a major tournament for the first time since 2002.
Dokic ousted eleventh seed Caroline Wozniacki in three sets in front of a supportive home crowd in Melbourne.
Wozniacki won the first set 3-6 and appeared to be in control before Dokic rallied to win the two deciding sets 6-1, 6-2.
Dokic’s comeback story has been the highlight of the tournament as she beat Tamira Paszek and Anna Chakvetadze in her first two matches.
This has been a great AO so far. So many great stories. (I only wish I could see more televised coverage!)
See Aaress that’s the point I made on OTB last week. It’s great to see Kleybanova, Dokic, Suarez Navarro, and others shaking things up.
Tennis fatalism isn’t good for the vitality of the sport. Where players go on court expecting to get beat by a Henin or Sharapova. Now there is a belief among many of these girls that they too can compete for the honors instead of a predictable cartel of 2 or 3 players winning the big honors all the time.
Serena will probabaly still win it when all is said and done, but the journey to the final weekend is definately getting more interesting in my opinion.
Ok, that’s my rant over. lol. Thank you.
You are right, Alice. It’s moments like these that make a Grand Slam memorable.
Sometimes it is comforting to see an established order in place (I’m thinking of Justine Henin at Roland Garros), but often, a little shaking up is just what the Tour needed. Like you said, Serena could still walk away with the tournament, but as the days go by, it looks more and more like we will see a new champion crowned at Melbourne Park.
I share the same opinion with you about Serena and a fresh new player crowned at the melborne park is closer than we think. Dinara Safina is playing to win. Let’ s watch it.