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Related: About this forumAustralian Open has Federer-Murray and Serena-Azarenka on the same sides of the draw.....
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams are in the same half of the draw at the Australian Open, setting up the possibility of a semifinal match between the defending champion and the title favorite.
Top-ranked Azarenka has lost 11 of her 12 matches against Williams, who increased her career haul to 15 Grand Slam titles last year by winning at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. Williams has won five Australian titles, more than any other woman in the Open era, and is in dominant form after winning 35 of her past 36 matches.
No. 2-ranked Maria Sharapova, the French Open champion, is on the other half of the draw with No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 5 Angelique Kerber and No. 6 Li Na. She could meet Venus Williams in the third round.
Novak Djokovic's bid for a third consecutive Australian Open title got a boost when No. 2-ranked Roger Federer and U.S. Open champion Andy Murray both landed in the other half when the official draw was made Friday. .................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://espn.go.com/tennis/aus13/story/_/id/8833562/victoria-azarenka-serena-williams-same-part-australian-open-draw
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Australian Open has Federer-Murray and Serena-Azarenka on the same sides of the draw..... (Original Post)
marmar
Jan 2013
OP
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)1. In the semis 1 should play 4 and 2 should play 3
Which is how the men's worked out, but Roger had a tougher draw at the US Open, even when ranked #1...
marmar
(77,081 posts)2. Yeah, I hate the inconsistency in the seedings.
nt
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)3. Serena-Azarenka will technically be the final...
Can't see them losing prior to anyone on this surface.