AO 2014 : Day 5 Preview

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Things have started to get interesting at the Australian Open with over-time matches on both the men’s and women’s side. Maria Sharapova battled through 10-8 in the 3rd set to move ahead into the 3rd round. Here are a few matches to watch out for tomorrow:

Serena Williams vs Daniela Hantuchova

Daniela was another clean-hitting, long-legged blonde-bombshell who went overtime in her 2nd round match. She has to play Serena next up and that could just mean bad news. However if Serena even slips a little, Hantuchova might just give us a good match.

Prediction: Williams in 2 sets, maybe stretched in one.

Jie Zheng vs Casey Dellacqua

Zheng finds herself in a neat quarter of the draw where she has to be favoured to reach the quarterfinals. However, Dellacqua will have the crowd on her side and that could do wonders as we have seen on multiple occasions at…

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