As the last places in the 4th round were gobbled up, some were made to work harder than others, notably Azarenka.
(Rank/Seed)
1/1 Azarenka battled past a courageous Hampton 64 46 62. For most of the match, Azarenka was forced to watch forehand winners sail past her (Hampton hit 41 winners in total, 27 off the forehand) as she struggled to keep up, letting a 5-1 1st set lead become 5-4 and then going down a break early in the 3rd. Fortunately for Victoria, Hampton began to struggle with a back injury towards the end of the second set and wasn't able to move as effectively afterwards. Still, Hampton is yet another up and coming youngster whose beginning to push the big guns (she's the only player this year to hold a set point against Radwanska) and Azarenka was full of admiration for the young American.
3/3 Serena overcame a 0-3 2nd set blip to ease past Morita 61 63, extending her winning streak to 19 matches.
10/10 Wozniacki dealt with Tsurenko nicely 64 63 for her best Slam performance in a year.
Elsewhere, Hobart champion Vesnina saved a match point down 46 45 to beat (16/16) Vinci 46 76(4) 64 and (15/14) Kirilenko edged past 20th seed Wickmayer 76(4) 63. Kuznetsova out rallied Suarez Navarro 62 46 63, Stephens ended Robson's run 75 63 and Jovanovski took out veteran Date Krumm 62 76(3).
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