Melborne, Australia: Results Wednesday from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses):
Results Wednesday from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses):
Men's Singles
Quarterfinals
Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Grigor Dimitrov (22), Bulgaria, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7), 6-2.
Roger Federer (6), Switzerland, def. Andy Murray (4), Britain, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3.
Women's Singles
Agnieszka Radwanska (5), Poland, def. Victoria Azarenka (2), Belarus, 6-1, 5-7, 6-0.
Dominika Cibulkova (20), Slovakia, def. Simona Halep (11), Romania, 6-3, 6-0.
Men's Doubles
Michael Llodra, France, and Nicolas Mahut (13), France, def. Leander Paes, India, and Radek Stepanek (5), Czech Republic, 6-2, 7-6 (4).
Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Robert Lindstedt (14), Sweden, def. Max Mirnyi, Belarus, and Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2.
Women's Doubles
Semifinals
Sara Errani, Italy, and Roberta Vinci (1), Italy, def. Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and Katarina Srebotnik (4), Slovenia, 6-1, 6-4. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, and Elena Vesnina (3), Russia, def. Raquel Kops-Jones, United States, and Abigail Spears (8), United States, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.
Mixed Doubles
Quarterfinals
Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, and Matthew Ebden, Australia, def. Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenia, and Rohan Bopanna (2), India, 7-5, 6-3. Zheng Jie, China, and Scott Lipsky, United States, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, and Bruno Soares (5), Brazil, 3-6, 6-4, 10-7.