2015 Aussie Open: Quarterfinals

After all the havoc early on in the Aussie Open, the big names still remaining have mostly found their ways to the quarterfinals, with 7 of the top 8 seeds advancing on the men's side (and the one missing is Federer) and 6 top 11 seeds left on the women's side plus a 7-time major champion.  There is though one unseeded quarterfinalist left in both draws.

Here are the quarterfinalists:

Men
1) Novak Djokovic (SRB) - 31st major quarterfinal (8th at the AO), 24-6 record (4-3), 23rd consecutive QF
3) Rafael Nadal (ESP) - 28th major quarterfinal (8th at the AO), 23-4 record (4-3), last '14 French Open
4) Stan Wawrinka (SUI) - 8th major quarterfinal (3rd at the AO), 2-5 record (1-1), 3rd consecutive QF
5) Kei Nishikori (JPN) - 3rd major quarterfinal (2nd at the AO), 1-1 record (0-1), 2nd consecutive QF
6) Andy Murray (GBR) - 22nd major quarterfinal (6th at the AO), 14-7 record (4-1), 7th consecutive QF (16th of majors he's played)
7) Tomas Berdych (CZE) - 12th major quarterfinal (5th at the AO), 4-7 record (1-3), 2nd consecutive QF
8) Milos Raonic (CAN) - 3rd major quarterfinal (1st at the AO), 1-1 record, last '14 Wimbledon
Nick Kyrgios (AUS) - 2nd major quarterfinal (1st at the AO), 0-1 record, last '14 Wimbledon

Women
1) Serena Williams (USA) - 39th major quarterfinal (9th at the AO), 25-13 record (5-3), 2nd consecutive QF
2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) - 22nd major quarterfinal (7th at the AO), 18-3 record (6-0), last '14 French Open
3) Simona Halep (ROU) - 4th major quarterfinal (2nd at the AO), 2-1 record (0-1), last '14 Wimbledon
7) Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) - 4th major quarterfinal (2nd at the AO), 3-0 record (1-0), last '14 Wimbledon
10) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) - 6th major quarterfinal (3rd at the AO), 1-4 record (0-2), 3rd consecutive QF
11) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) - 6th major quarterfinal (2nd at the AO), 2-3 record (1-0), last '14 Aussie Open
18) Venus Williams (USA) - 34 major quarterfinal (8th at the AO), 19-14 record (2-5), last '10 Wimbledon
Madison Keys (USA) - 1st major quarterfinal!

-The men have now combined to reach 109 QFs, less than the 115 now reached the women, one of the few this has happened recently, thanks to the departure of Federer and Venus joining Serena at this late stage.
-There are eight different countries represented in the men's draw but only 5 in the women's draw with 3 Americans and 2 Russians.
-Djokovic, Berdych, Halep, and Makarova are the only players yet to drop a set.

The American women have continued to excel but the men were finished in round 3 (a big disapointment for Isner).  Here's their results since my last post:

Men (6-7)
19-Isner, l. to Muller
Johnson, l. to 5-Nishikori

Women (26-14)
1-Serena, def. 26-Svitolina, def. 24-Muguruza
Keys, def. 4-Kvitova, def. Brengle
18-Venus, def. Giorgi, def. 6-Radwanska

Brengle, def. Vandeweghe, l. to Keys

Vandeweghe, l. to Brengle
30-Lepchenko, l. to 6-Radwanska
Mattek-Sands, l. to 3-Halep

'14 quarterfinalists still in the draw: Wawrinka, Nadal, Berdych, Djokovic, Murray, Cibulkova, Bouchard, Halep
'14 quarterfinalists eliminated (since last post): Federer (R3 l. to Seppi), Ferrer (R4 l. to Nishikori), Dimitrov (R4 l. to Murray), Radwanska (R4 l. to Venus), Azarenka (R4 l. to Cibulkova)

Former champions still in the draw: Djokovic, Nadal, Wawrinka, Serena, Sharapova
Former champions eliminated: Federer, Azarenka

Former junior champion still in the draw: Kyrgios
Former junior champions eliminated (since last post): Baghdatis (R3 l. to Dimitrov), Tomic (R4 l. to Berdych), Zahlavova Strycova (R3 l. to Azarenka), Azarenka, Ka.Pliskova (R3 l. to Makarova)

Quarterfinal matchups:
-Djokovic vs Raonic
-Wawrinka vs Nishikori
-Nadal vs Berdych
-Murray vs Kyrgios
-Serena vs Cibulkova
-Venus vs Keys
-Halep vs Makarova
-Sharapova vs Bouchard