AUSSIE OPEN DAY 7 | Womens: Top seed out!

The shaky situation of the Women draw in the Australian open 09 continued even today as the Top seed Jelena Jankovic crashed out of the tournament following her compatriot Ana Ivanovic who went out yesterday and Venus Williams the day before.

Melbourne Park shook with an explosion of home-town roars, however, when Yugoslav-born Australian wildcard Jelena Dokic buried years of personal pain to reach the quarter-finals of the first grand slam of the year.

Jankovic was totally denied a chance by Marion Bartoli of France 6-1 6-4. The French women who wasw a Former Wimbledon finalist totally dominated the match winning it comfortably.

Melbourne Park shook with an explosion of home-town roars, however, when Yugoslav-born Australian wildcard Jelena Dokic buried years of personal pain to reach the quarter-finals of the first grand slam of the year.

The 25-year-old, whose split from domineering father Damir and subsequent struggle with severe depression and injuries was played out in front of the world’s media, wiped tears from her eyes after her 7-5 5-7 8-6 win over Russian Alisa Kleybanova.


No. 3 Dinara Safina had a narrow escape in the subsequent match, saving match points before fending off another French woman, Alize Cornet, in three. Safina, who was down 5-3 and 40-15 with Cornet serving for the match, rallied to win 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals here for the first time.

In another encounter No. 7 Vera Zvonareva, defeated No. 10 Nadia Petrova 7-5, 6-4 in an all-Russia match.