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Thursday 8 December 2011

Australian Open 2012 Play-off – daily update
The women’s semifinal line-up of the Australian Open 2012 Play-off was completed this afternoon, with Bojana Bobusic (South Perth, WA) and Olivia Rogowska (St Kilda, Vic) joining Ashleigh Barty (Springfield, Qld) and Arina Rodionova in the last four at Melbourne Park.
Barty had little trouble progressing to the knockout stage after taking out eighth seed Emelyn Starr (Timbumburi, NSW) 6-3 6-2. A large crowd looked on as the 15-year-old Junior Wimbledon champion dictated much of the play and surged into the semis in impressive style. Although top seed Casey Dellacqua enjoyed a convincing win today, her day one loss to Barty rules her out of the semis. Read more on the match here.

Bobusic became the third semifinalist to progress after a gruelling battle on Court 5 against Viktorija Rajicic (Delahey, Vic), the result determining the final order of a delicately placed Group D.

With all four players in the group – Bobusic, Rajicic, Sally Peers (Glen Waverley, Vic) and Storm Sanders (Safety Bay, WA) – each winning and losing a match, the tension was high as the players fought to keep their hopes in the event alive. Peers defeated Sanders 6-1 6-2 and needed a Rajicic victory to qualify. She very nearly got her wish when Rajicic went ahead 5-3 in the final set however Bojana Bobusic’s experience paid off in the closing stages, dominating the tiebreak to record a 4-6 6-3 7-6(2) win over Rajicic. Read more on the match here.

The final pivotal clash today was between third seed Isabella Holland (St Lucia, Qld) and sixth seed Arina Rodionova. Both players cruised through their opening two matches, however Rodionova prevailed this afternoon, fighting back after dropping the second set to win 6-3 0-6 6-4.

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Men's Draw

Quarterfinals

[1] Greg Jones d Dane Propoggia 76(2) 62
[5] James Duckworth d [3] Benjamin Mitchell 63 75
[8] Michael Look d John-Patrick Smith 64 46 76(4)
[2] Marinko Matosevic d Nicholas Kyrgios 63 36 64

Semifinals

[5] James Duckworth d [1] Greg Jones 57 62 64
[2] Marinko Matosevic d [8] Michael Look 46 63 60

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Women's Knockout Phase

Semifinals

Ashleigh Barty d Arina Rodionova [6] 75 63
Olivia Rogowska [2] d Bojana Bobusic [5] 64 75

[Lunims]

Women's Knockout Phase

Semifinals

Ashleigh Barty d Arina Rodionova [6] 75 63
Olivia Rogowska [2] d Bojana Bobusic [5] 64 75

Didn't Rogowska win this once or maybe lose the final to Dellacqua once? I seem to remember her popping up.

[addisonnicogel]

Didn't Rogowska win this once or maybe lose the final to Dellacqua once? I seem to remember her popping up.

2009 or 2010

[FelixQY]

Didn't Rogowska win this once or maybe lose the final to Dellacqua once? I seem to remember her popping up.

2009, 2010

lost to Dellacqua in 2009, beat Dokic in 2010

[7kitthuptarill]

The Australian Open Play-off finals start at 12.00pm tomorrow as follows: (5 PM Saturday US PST)


12:00pm [2] Olivia Rogowska (Vic) v Ashleigh Barty (Qld) – Court 6



Followed by [2] Marinko Matosevic v [5] James Duckworth (NSW) – Court 6



View all AO2012 Play-off results here.
Action on Court 6 will be live streamed, including commentary, with a preview show beginning at 11:30am. View the live stream here.

[7kitthuptarill]

Sorry I was wrong about the time -- Ashleigh has just won the first set 7-6. The live stream is working but I have too much buffering to stick with it -- I am watching the Live Scoreboard instead.

[beneitpedro]

Only saw the last 4 games but Barty was very impressive. Plus she didn't drop a set all week.

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FINAL -

Ashleigh Barty def Liv Rogowska 76 62