On the Baseline Tennis News

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The Australian Open draw was again shaken up in the night session as seeds Ana Ivanovic and Caroline Wozniacki were beaten on Friday.

Saturday’s players in action in Melbourne will include Serena Williams, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Elena Dementieva and Australia’s own Samantha Stosur.

The night session featured two of the biggest highlights on Friday at the 2009 Australian Open as Alisa Kleybanova and Jelena Dokic upset two seeds for berths in the round of sixteen.

Last year’s Roland Garros champion Ana Ivanovic has made an early exit from the 2009 Australian Open.

Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova upset the fifth seed in straight sets Friday to reach the fourth round in Melbourne.

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.

The featured match for day six at the 2009 Australian Open is between Svetlana Kuznetsova and Alona Bondarenko.

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The biggest upset of the 2009 Australian Open happened last night as sixth seed and title favorite Venus Williams lost in the second round to Carla Suarez Navarro.

Top seeds Jelena Jankovic, Dinara Safina and Ana Ivanovic hope to avoid a similar fate on Friday.

The featured match for day five at the 2009 Australian Open is between Caroline Wozniacki and Jelena Dokic.

For more information about the contest and its prizes or to leave your pick, please go here.

The biggest story of day four at the 2009 Australian Open was sixth seed Venus Williams’ stunning second round defeat by Carla Suarez Navarro.

Venus Williams will have to wait yet another year to add an Australian Open trophy to her Grand Slam collection.

The five-time Wimbledon and two-time US Open champion was upset in the second round of the Australian Open on Thursday by Carla Suarez Navarro.

Have you ever dreamed of competing with professional players at a real tournament on the ATP World Tour or the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour?

The BNP Paribas Open announced on Thursday that it will hold its third annual Challenge tournament, a two-stage event that begins with the 64-player women’s and men’s draw Challenge Round on February 13-16, 2009 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

The 2009 Australian Open could aptly be renamed the Comeback Grand Slam.

This year, fans have been transfixed by the remarkable stories of Jelena Dokic, Kimiko Date Krumm and one of the Tour’s most sensational players, Sesil Karatantcheva.

The featured match for day four at the 2009 Australian Open is between Amelie Mauresmo and Elena Baltacha.

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Jelena Dokic’s emotional comeback run at the Australian Open continued on Wednesday as she defeated seventeenth seed Anna Chakvetadze in the second round of play.

The defending 2008 Australian Open doubles champions have an extra edge compared to most of their competitors on court.

As sisters, Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko know each other’s games perfectly, but how about once they head off the court?