Showing posts with label Semis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Semis. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Sports News: Australian Open Semis


Australian Open - the first Grand slam of the year finally enters its semis stage and narrows down four players each in men's and women singles category.

In the woemn singles category, Madison Keys reaches her first Grand Slam semi-final by beating Venus Williams. Her win over the elder Williams sisters brings to an end the possibility of an all-Williams contest at the Australian Open in Melbourne.

The unseeded American 19-year-old came through 6-3 4-6 6-4 in one hour and 54 minutes. She will now face top seed Serena Williams, who swept past 11th seed Dominika Cibulkova 6-2 6-2.

The second semi final will be played between Maria Sharapova and Makarova.




In the men's singles category, Britian's Andy Murray will be facing Tomas Berdych in the semis on 29th January at the Melbourne Park. Seventh seed Berdych beat Nadal 6-2 6-0 7-6 (7-5) to end a 17-match losing streak against the Spaniard. The defeat has let Nadal confess that he played very bad.

The other semi final contestants will be decided today after the quarter finals between  Djokovic and Raonic, while Wawrinka has already qualified for the semis beating Japanese Nishikori.

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Chelsea beat Liverpool to play Capital One Cup Final


The match between Chelsea and Liverpool remained indecisive in full 90 minutes at Samford Bridge yesterday and went well into the extra time when Branislav Ivanovic scored the winning goal for the Blues in the 94th minute to take his team to the capital One Cup final.

The final of the Capital One Cup is being played at Wembly - where the Blues will now face either the Spurs or the Sheff Utd on 1 March.




It may be added that Chelsea were favourites after a 1-1 draw at Anfield in the first leg - but Liverpool were true to the word of manager Brendan Rodgers and played without fear, seeking their first trophy since winning this competition in 2012.

Read more about it at: BBC Sport
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