Azarenka, in form, and into Australian Open quarterfinals

No. 2 seed Andy Murray was not one of those hits, as he managed to take down No. 16 seed Bernard Tomic in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(4). First of all, congrats to Annika for an unbelievable week, well done to her. She’s a great player with great future.

He also claimed to be distracted by the large screen.

The world number two was rocked by a family health emergency when his father-in-law Nigel Sears, Ana Ivanovic s coach, collapsed at the tournament and was rushed to hospital on Saturday.

The 28-year-old Briton plans to leave Melbourne if his pregnant wife Kim goes into labor early and he said after his fourth-round win over Bernard Tomic on Monday that the same would have applied if Sears’s condition had worsened.

“It was just a tough, emotional few days at a hard time”, Murray told reporters, adding that he considered withdrawing from the tournament.

In the space of a fortnight, he has beaten defending champion Roger Federer to win the Brisbane title and, in a tough quarter of the Australian Open draw, has taken out world No4 Stan Wawrinka, champion in Melbourne in 2014 and a semi-finalist a year ago. I need have a good day, play aggressive. He beat Tomic yesterday 6-4, 6-4, 7-6.

We’ve reached the quarterfinals of the 2016 Australian Open and both brackets have seen some upsets.

Swiss Wawrinka, who has been suffering from a cold, fought back to force a deciding set but was unable to avoid a grand slam exit before the quarter-finals for the first time since the 2014 French Open.

Andy Murray has revealed that his emotions have got the better of him at the Australian Open, despite his seemingly serene progress to the quarter-finals.

“I feel like I’m putting in the work and I’m getting the results from it. I’m very happy with that”, Raonic said when asked about his confidence after trumping two former Australian Open champions in as many weeks. “It’s been a stressful few days”. “It’s a new one, it starts from zero, and I know what’s coming from her”, Kerber said.

Azarenka won five consecutive games to wrap up the first set in 32 minutes but Strycova did at least become the first player so far to take more than three games off her in the second.

Monfils and Raonic have only met twice previously, with Monfils bagging the win both times.

Monfils, who cut and bruised himself with an acrobatic dive in the last round, is playing in his first Australian Open quarter-final and he has noticed a change in Raonic this year.

The big-serving Canadian said he felt fitter, faster and more confident in going to the net more frequently, and all that combined to produce his first win on Melbourne Park’s center court.