Australian open

Federer survived a scare to come from behind and win a match in its fifth set. The match lasted for almost 4 hours and 15 minutes. Federer was given a run for his money by Tipsarevic. In the first set Federer dominated and led 5 - 3. But TIP broke the serve of fedex to win the first set 7 - 6. Later Federer won the second 7 - 5. The third set also went to the wire and TIP won the tie-breaker 7 - 6. But Fedex came back strongly and won the fourtrh 6 - 1. With that win everyone thought that it would be Federer all the way. But it was not so. TIP came back strongly and didn't allow federer to break his serve. Federer held his serve for long enough. The match proceeded as both the players had won 6 games each in the final set. Atlast, Federer managed to break TIP's serve when he was serving for his 9th game of the set. And then as usual Federer held on to the lead to proceed to the next round winning the final set 10 - 8. In some other match Sania Mirza succumbed to Venus Williams 7 - 6, 6 - 4. She reached the 3rd round, which was her best performance in any grand slam event. But after that she couldn't manage to survive. But she still has a chance in the doubles event.