Melbourne, Australia- Stan Wawrinka put an end to Novak Djokovics three-year
reign at the Australian Open on Tuesday.
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Under four-peat for Djokovic, as the eighth-seeded Swiss slugger Wawrinka
outlasted the second seed 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 9-7 at Melbourne Parks Rod Laver
Arena in yet another five-set thriller in their burgeoning rivalry. The intense
affair was tied at 5-5 in the fifth set when a rain shower started to fall,
forcing a brief stoppage. When the players returned to the court, with Wawrinka
serving at 40-15 in the 11th game of the stanza, the sturdy Swiss swatted his
17th ace to grab a 6-5 edge. Five games later, the former world No. 1 Djokovic
was serving to stay in the match, but his Swiss counterpart recorded the biggest
break of the fortnight on the mens side when Djokovic misfired wide with one
final forehand, sending Wawrinka into his first-ever Aussie Open semi and second
career major final four. He also appeared in last years U.S. Open semis, only to
lose to Djokovic. Tuesdays big-hitting bout was completed in four hours,
including a 79-minute, 16-game final set. Wawrinka broke Djokovic five times,
while the Serb settled for four breaks in the tough setback. Djokovic actually
won eight more points than Wawrinka (161-153), but one more break of serve was
the difference on Day 9. "I tried everything. Hes an amazing champion. He never
gives up. Im really, really, really, really, really, really happy," Wawrinka
said. The 28-year-old Wawrinka had dropped his last 14 matches against the
26-year- old Djokovic, who is now 15-3 lifetime against the Swiss. Wawrinka
hadnt beaten him since 2006. Djokovic outlasted Wawrinka in a five-set epic in
the fourth round in Melbourne a year ago and also topped the Swiss in a
brilliant five-set U.S. Open semi in September. "He deserved this win today. I
congratulate him," Djokovic said. "There is nothing I can say. I gave it my
best. I gave it all. I tried to fight until the last point, as I did in a very
similar match we did last year in the fourth round, same court, but it wasnt to
be this time." The six-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic had won his last 25
matches at the Aussie Open, where hed captured three straight and four of the
last six championships. The super Serb had also appeared in 14 straight major
semifinals before this week, the second-longest streak in history behind only
Roger Federer record mark of 23. Djokovics loss on Tuesday marked his first
since falling to Rafael Nadal in Septembers U.S. Open final (28-1). He had also
won his last 13 matches overall against fellow top-10 players. Djokovic was
trying to become the first man in the Open Era to win four straight Aussie
crowns. Wawrinka, who had been 2-28 against top-two players, including 0-6 at
Grand Slam events, joins Federer as the only Swiss men to reach multiple Grand
Slam semifinals. His semifinal opponent on Thursday will be seventh-seeded
former Wimbledon runner-up Tomas Berdych, who upset third seed David Ferrer 6-1,
6-4, 2-6, 6-4 on Tuesday. The 28-year-old Berdych, like Wawrinka, will now
appear in his first-ever Aussie semi. The "Big Four" of Nadal, Djokovic, Murray
and Federer have combined to win 34 of the last 35 Grand Slam events. The
13-time major champion Nadal was the Aussie champ in 2009 and runner-up to
Djokovic in 2012; Murray is a three-time runner-up, including last year against
Djokovic; and the 17-time Grand Slam king Federer owns four Aussie titles and
was the 2009 runner-up here to Nadal.
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. -- Gus Malzahn finally had his day in Fayetteville.Edmonton Oilers 6 Winnipeg
Jets 2 - The Oilers scored three unanswered goals in the third period for the
win on Monday, as they snapped a six-game losing streak while handing the Jets
their second straight road loss and dropping them two games below .500 on the
season. The Jets are now 0-5-1 in the second game of back-to-backs. The game
started the same way the Vancouver game started the night before, with the Jets
taking the first two penalties of the game and killing off the first, but the
Oilers getting on the board first, scoring on the second man-advantage. It was
Jordan Eberle with the goal. Mark Stuart with his second from Olli Jokinen and
Devin Setoguchi tied it less than three minutes later, but poor defensive zone
coverage resulted in a Sam Gagner goal and a 2-1 Edmonton lead after one. The
Oilers outshot the Jets 14-7. If not for great goaltending by Ondrej Pavelec,
the score would have been much worse. The Jets were much better to start the
second and controlled the play. The Jets power play connected for the ninth time
in eight games to tie the game. Andrew Ladd snapped an eight game goalless
stretch by deflecting a Dustin Byfuglien miss fire. A great play by Brian Little
to enter the zone started the play. Little snapped a season-high three-game
pointless stretch with the assist. But at 16:40, again poor defensive zone
coverage led to a David Perron goal to regain the lead for Edmonton after two
periods. The Jets outshot the Oilers 10-7 in the second. Early in the third, the
Jets went back to the power play and came close to tying the game with a Blake
Wheeler shot going off the cross bar. Seconds after the power play expired, Jeff
Petry came in from the right point unnoticed and made it 4-2. Taylor Haall made
it 5-2 at 8:34 with the Oilers second power play goal of the game.
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Stuart on Yakupov, Luke Gazdic went after Stuart to start some of the rough
stuff with lots more to come. Yakupov made it 6-2 and the fireworks were on.
Earlier in the game, Yakupov made contact with Pavelec. Andrew Ladd after the
game saying "I wasnt happy he threw a forearm at our goalies head. That was
pretty much it." After the goal, Byfuglien got a minor for slashing Yakupov. On
the ensuing face-off, Yakupov and Ladd exchanged slashes; Ladd got his stick
into the stomach of Yakupov and that brought everyone into it. Zach Bogosian
ended up with two Oilers, as the Jets were down a man with Byfuglien in the
penalty box. Somehow here were the penalties when all was said and done. Yakupov
got two for slashing and a 10-minute misconduct. For the Jets, Bogosian got a
spearing major and a game misconduct, Little two for slashing and a misconduct,
Ladd two for slashing, two for cross-checking and a game misconduct. The final
penalty total in minutes was Jets 78, Oilers 25. Final shots 30-20 Oilers. The
Jets were not happy with their performance. "Frustrating doesnt begin to
describe it," stated captain Ladd. "Its the same (crap) game after game." "We
didnt play very intelligent," added coach Claude Noel. "The way we played you
knew the game was going to get out of hand and by opening it up against this
team, we got what we deserved."The Jets next action is Friday at MTS Centre
against Minnesota. (TSN Jets, TSN 1290). After losing 6-0 at home against St.
Louis, the Oilers got the response game they were looking for. Friday it will be
the Jets turn.
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