MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A look at the Australian Open on Tuesday:
Weather: Party sunny, cool. High of 19 Celsius (66 Fahrenheit).
Attendance: Day: 19,509; Night: 16,091; Total: 35,600.
Men’s Singles Quarterfinal Winners: No. 6 Andy Murray, No. 7 Tomas Berdych.
Men’s Singles Quarterfinal Losers: No. 3 Rafael Nadal, Nick Kyrgios.
Women’s Singles Quarterfinal Winners: No. 2 Maria Sharapova, No. 10 Ekaterina Makarova.
Women’s Singles Quarterfinal Losers: No. 3 Simona Halep, No. 7 Eugenie Bouchard.
Stat of the Day: 17: number of consecutive matches Berdych had lost to Nadal before the Czech player’s quarterfinal win Tuesday.
Quote of the Day: “When you are playing bad, you cannot come here,” Nadal lamenting his lack of match play over the past six months.
Singles matches Wednesday (2nd set of quarterfinals): No. 1 Serena Williams vs. No. 11 Dominika Cibulkova; No. 1 Novak Dkjokovic vs. No. 8 Milos Raonic, No. 4 Stan Wawrinka vs. No. 5 Kei Nishikori, No. 18 Venus Williams vs. Madison Keys.
Forecast for Wednesday: Mostly sunny, high of 23C (73F).
