Results from Australian Open on Thursday
(prefix denotes seeding).
Women's singles
Semifinals
2-Serena Williams (USA) bt 4-Elena Dementieva (RUS) 6-3 6-4.
3-Dinara Safina (RUS) bt 7-Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 6-3
7-6(4).
Men's Doubles
Semifinals
3-Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/Mark Knowles (BAH) bt Lukasz Kubot (POL)/Oliver Marach (AUT) 6-3 6-1.
Women's Doubles
Semifinals
9-Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/Ai Sugiyama (JPN) bt Nathalie Dechy (FRA)/Mara Santangelo (ITA) 6-4 6-3.
10-Serena Williams/Venus Williams (USA) bt 12-Casey Dellacqua
(AUS)/Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-0 6-2.
Mixed Doubles
Semi-finals
Nathalie Dechy/Andy Ram (France/Israel) beat 7-Anabel Medina
Garrigues/Tommy Robredo (Spain) 7-6 6-4
