Elena Dementieva, left, watches as Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain stoops to play a return stroke during their quarter-final match. Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty ImagesElena Dementieva in action during her quarter-final.Photograph: Julian Smith/EPAIn a bid to combat the searing heat, Carla Suarez Navarro pours water over herself during the match. Dementieva, the No4 seed from Russia, had a straightforward win 6-2, 6-2.Photograph: Mick Tsikas/Reuters
Esther Vergeer reacts during her women's wheelchair quarter-final victory (6-1, 6-2) over Lucy Shuker. Vergeer is now five-fold Paralympics tennis champion, eight-fold consecutive world-champion, and has been the world's top ranked player since 1999. Unbeaten since January 2003, she may be the most dominant player in any professional sport. Photograph: Mast Irham/EPASvetlana Kuznetsova keeps her eyes on Serena Williams during their quarter-final match.Photograph: Pool/Getty ImagesThe roof of the Rod Laver Arena closes, for the first time in the tournament, in a move to deal with the oppressive heat during the quarter-final match between Williams and Kuznetsova. Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPAWilliams is silhouetted during her quarter-final victory.Photograph: Daniel Munoz/ReutersWilliams plays a backhand.Photograph: Mark Dadswell/Getty ImagesA happy Serena Williams smiles as she celebrates after winning her match against Kuznetsova 5-7, 7-5, 6-1.Photograph: Oliver Weiken/EPAFernando Verdasco celebrates after defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty ImagesLooking like old friends rather than opponents, Fernando Verdasco, left, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga walk off the court together after their four set quarter-final match. Verdasco defeated Tsonga 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to progress to the semi-finals.Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty ImagesA lone fan relaxes in the stands as he watches Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi beat Aleksandra Wozniak and Daniel Nestor 3-6, 6-4, 10-5 in their mixed doubles quarter-final match.Photograph: Daniel Munoz/Reuters
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