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AUSTRALIAN OPEN
(Melbourne, Australia; outdoor hard (Rebound Ace); Grand Slam)
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Women's Singles: Third round
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- Aiko Nakamura lt. PATTY SCHNYDER [7], 6-2 6-3
- María Sánchez Lorenzo lt. FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE [15], 6-0 6-0

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Men's Singles: Third round
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+ Fabrice Santoro d. GASTÓN GAUDIO [8], 6-3 6-2 5-7 1-6 6-4

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Men's Singles: Fourth round
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+ Fabrice Santoro d. DAVID FERRER [11], 6-4 6-4 7-5

Fabrice's victory is historic for the following reasons:

1. It's his first-ever Grand Slam quarter-final in his 54th Grand
Slam, at the age of 33. (Come back Monica!)

2. Only seven other men have even played 54 or more Grand Slams in
the Open Era!

3. This is the first Grand Slam with a Selesian in the Men's Singles
quarter-finals since Wimbledon 2000, when Jan-Michael Gambill and
Byron Black both reached the quarters.


Fabrice quotes
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[Re. crying at the end of the match]
"Yes, because today I knew it was my chance, and maybe the last one.
I always believed in my chance.

"I said a few times in the past three, four years, that I keep
playing tennis because I like the game. I achieved almost everything
I was expected, except a Grand Slam quarter-final. I was thinking
about this - I was working hard for that.

"I would say that in the first ten years of my career I was playing
very defensive. Now I'm able to play a Grand Slam because I know my
physique pretty well. I know what I can do and what I can't do. And
now I'm playing better tennis, and I'm able to play a full
tournament because I'm going to the net, and sometimes I rest for a
few points, few games, and sometimes sets.

"I think doubles affects my singles-results for few matches a year,
but it has helped me a lot for the second part of my career. If you
look at the matches I played here since the first round, I am still
in the tournament because I'm coming a lot to the net, because I'm
serving well. I'm pretty good at the net. That's all because of the
doubles.

"When I beat Gaudio, I was not expecting to feel great today. I'm
very happy that we played indoors, because if we had played
outdoors, I think my chance would have been very, very small. When I
woke up this morning and I saw the temperature, I said, 'okay, we're
going to play indoors,' and that's maybe a sign. Now I am still
alive, reached the first quarter-final of my career. I'm going to
fight in two days."

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Men's Singles: Quarter-final draw
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* Fabrice Santoro v DAVID NALBANDIAN [4]

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Dr. Andrew Broad
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