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Nie mogę tego inaczej nazwać. Wczorajszy kupon po raz kolejny okazał się przegrany... 13 spotkań, z których nie wszedł zaledwie (!) jeden. Rezai, dziękuję... Za walkę, za przywrócenie wiary po wygraniu kilku gemów pod rząd przy stanie 5-2 dla rywalki w 2 secie. Trudno. Może dziś?

BAGHDATIS-HEWITT
Marcos Baghdatis had quite a scare in his match against Marat Safin, but in the end the Cypiot defeated the multi Grand Slam champion. Baghdatis loves to play on this tournament and he has reached the final in here in 2006. The hundreds of Greek immigrants in Australia support him like no other crowd in the other and he is really playing well right now. His serve is working, his backhand and even his inconsistent forehand. He had two very tough matches against two former Grand Slam winners (Thomas Johansson; Marat Safin) in the first two rounds of this tournament, so he will be adapted to play against a good player and he won't need to step it up today. The same doesn't happen with Lleyton Hewitt. He had two very easy first rounds against Steve Darcis and Denis Istomin, in matches where Hewitt won without having to play well, especially against Istomin. Hewitt is having a weak 2008 until now, with crushing defeats at the hands of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Chris Guccione. He is far from the level that took him to the first position in the rankings and he was never impressive on the Australian Open during his career. For example he hasn't reached fourth round in here since 2005, something that doesn't happen in the other three Grand Slams where the last time he hasn't reached fourth round in them was at Wimbledon'03. Pressure from playing at home? Baghdatis is playing way better than Hewitt this week and I don't see the Australian player being able to step it up today and play his A game. The Cypriot has destroyed Hewitt at Wimbledon in 2006 and he should be able to do it again, as the slow surface helps him more than Hewitt. Take Baghdatis minus the games in here.

WOZNIACKI-LISIAK
The difference between these two players is huge. Wozniacki comes from beating Alona Bondarenko in straight sets, showing some maturity, as she was a break down in the first set and she was still able to recover and win the match in just two sets. This is her first Grand Slam 3rd round match for her, but her opponent is at the same situation as the Danish player. Wozniacki had a terrible draw, as she had to face two Top 40 players in the first two rounds (Dulko, Alona), but she has proved once again that she is extremely talented by being capable of handle such hard task. She hits very hard from the baseline and she has way more experience than her experience at WTA level than her today's opponent. Sabine Lisicki has basically no experience at this level and after taking advantage the fact that Safina destroyed herself in the first round, she defeated Mariya Koryttseva in the second round, another player who lacks experience and talent to play at this level. Lisicki has no weapons to hurt such talented player as Wozniacki and she could only win this match thanks to a huge amount of errors by Wozniacki, something hugely unlikely, as the Danish player is in great shape. Wozniacki is clearly the better player of the two and Lisicki doesn't have the talent and the experience to create problems to her. Take the Danish player to win in straight sets in here.