Federer, Blake continued their win Campaign at Australian Open
while Djokovic Ousts Hewitt
Australia Melbourne: Jan. 21 (Tennis World) -- World's No -1 champion Roger Federer and James Blake won to set up a quarterfinal at the Australian Open, as Novak Djokovic blasted the local hopes at the year's first Grand Slam tennis tournament yesterday by beating Lleyton Hewitt.
As women's eighth seed Venus Williams advanced to a meeting with No. 4 Ana Ivanovic in the last eight, Federer struggled for his best form for the second straight match against an opponent who froze on the big points at Melbourne Park.
Federer, stretched to five sets in the previous round, trailed in the first two sets before advancing to his 14th straight Grand Slam quarterfinal. The 26-year-old, who continually berated himself at Rod Laver Arena, is two wins shy of an 11th straight Grand Slam final appearance and two titles short of Pete Sampras's men's record 14 majors.
``This was a tough match,'' Federer told reporters after his 6-4, 7-6 (9-7), 6-3 victory. ``Thank God he didn't win that second set because you never know what's going to happen, because I think he was the better player in that set.''
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