Australian Open: Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals are set at the 2013 edition of the Australian Open in Melbourne, and certainly not without some surprises.  It is the first major since '11 Wimbledon that both singles draws still have an unseeded player alive.  After a calm initial two rounds of the tournament, Jeremy Chardy shocked the world by dismissing Del Potro, then Ekaterina Makarova sent Kerber packing and they were the first (and perhaps only) of the top tier players to be eliminated.

We have also seen several long 5 set matches on the men's side including Djokovic surviving Wawrinka 12-10 in the 5th plus there were 5 5-set matches in round 3 (Chardy def. Del Potro, Seppi def. Cilic, Simon def. Monfils, Anderson def. Verdasco, Tipsarevic def. Benneteau)

Here are the final eight in each draw:

Men
1) Novak Djokovic (SRB) - 23rd major quarterfinal (6th at the AO), 17-5 record (3-2), 15th consecutive QF
2) Roger Federer (SUI) - 39th major quarterfinal (10th at the AO), 32-6 record (9-0), 35th consecutive QF
3) Andy Murray (GBR) - 15th major quarterfinal (4th at the AO), 11-3 record (3-0), 9th consecutive QF
4) David Ferrer (ESP) - 10th major quarterfinal (4th at the AO), 4-5 record (1-2), 5th consecutive QF
5) Tomas Berdych (CZE) - 7th major quarterfinal (3rd at the AO), 3-3 record (0-2), 2nd consecutive QF
7) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - 9th major quarterfinal (4th at the AO), 4-4 record (2-1), last '12 Wimbledon
10) Nicolas Almagro (ESP) - 4th major quarterfinal (1st at the AO), 0-3 record, last '12 French Open
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) - 1st career major quarterfinal!

Women
1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - 9th major quarterfinal (3rd at the AO), 4-4 record (1-1), 3rd consecutive QF
2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) - 19th major quarterfinal (6th at the AO), 15-3 record (5-0), 2nd consecutive QF
3) Serena Williams (USA) - 35th major quarterfinal (8th at the AO), 23-11 record (5-2), 3rd consecutive QF
4) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) - 7th major quarterfinal (4th at the AO), 1-5 record (0-3), last '12 Wimbledon
6) Na Li (CHN) - 7th major quarterfinal (3rd at the AO), 3-3 record (2-0), last '11 French Open
19) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) - 2nd major quarterfinal (2nd at the AO), 0-1 record, last '12 Aussie Open
29) Sloane Stephens (USA) - 1st career major quarterfinal!
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) - 13th major quarterfinal (3rd at the AO), 5-7 record (0-2), last '11 French Open

-Collectively, the men have now reached 108 major quarterfinals compared to 93 for the women.
-Five men's quarterfinalists from 2012 remain the draw:  Del Potro (R3 l. to Chardy) and Nishikori (R4 l. to Ferrer) have been eliminated, plus Nadal is out with injury.
-Four women's quarterfinalists from 2012 remain in the draw:  Errani (R1 l. to Suarez Navarro), Kvitova (R3 l. to Robson), and Wozniacki (R4 l. to Kuznetsova) having been eliminated, plus Clijsters retired.
-One more win for Djokovic and he will clinch the no. 1 ranking.  Chardy is up to #25 after his run to the quarters.
-One more win for Serena and she will pass Azarenka, she must reach the final to be sure to pass Sharapova.  One more win for Li and will take over #5 from Kerber.  Stephens is up to #18 and Kuznetsova to #50.
-Hope for American tennis is high with the result here for Stephens, though she hasn't played a seeded player yet.  Kuznetsova is playing great tennis now after her win over Wozniacki

Quarterfinal matchups:

-Djokovic vs Berdych
-Ferrer vs Almagro
-Murray vs Chardy
-Federer vs Tsonga

-Azarenka vs Kuznetsova
-Williams vs Stephens
-Radwanska vs Li
-Sharapova vs Makarova