Australian Open 2012 Scores: Jan. 23 Scores and Results Summary

Day 8 of the 2012 Australian Open is pretty much in the books and it’s been quite a shocker.

Serena Williams managed to get knocked out by Ekaterina Makarova and did not look fit with a quarterfinals appearance on the line.

Besides that major upset, nothing else too crazy happened and we are now in for extremely exciting quarterfinals play.

Men's Notable Results

Seeded Players Knocked Out:  (6) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, (17) Richard Gasquet

Seeded Advancements: (24) Kei Nishikori, (5) David Ferrer, (4) Andy Murray, (3) Roger Federer, (1) Novak Djokovic

Roger Federer d. Bernard Tomic 6-4, 6-2, 6-2

Federer knocked out the 19-year-old Australian product in typical fashion and showed the world he is still one of the greatest players on earth.

Kei Nishikori d. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3

This exhausting match found Nishikori in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, something no Japanese man has done since the Open Era began in 1968.

David Ferrer d. Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-4, 6-1

The Spaniard kept his unforced errors low and played his usual well-rounded game. He’s definitely worthy of his No. 5 world ranking and will advance to play in the round of eight.

Andy Murray d. Mikhail Kukushkin (retired) 6-1, 6-1, 1-0

Murray was destroying the Czech player before an injury forced him to retire early on in the third set.

Novak Djokovic d. Lleyton Hewitt 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3

Djokovic knocked out the last remaining Aussie today and advanced, as expected.

Women's Notable Results 

Seeded Players Knocked Out: (21) Ana Ivanovic, (12) Serena Williams, (13) Jelena Jankovic, (14) Sabine Lisicki

Seeded Advancements: (2) Petra Kvitova, (4) Maria Sharapova, (1) Caroline Wozniacki

Caroline Wozniacki d. Jelena Jankovic 6-0, 7-5

Wozniaki has yet to choke and looks like a serious contender to win it all this year, finally capturing her first Grand Slam despite her No. 1 ranking.

Sarrah Errani d. Jie Zheng 6-2, 6-1

Errani took care of business against her Chinese challenger.

Petra Kvitova d. Ana Ivanovic 6-2, 7-6 (2)

The Wimbledon winner struggled late but ended up knocking her former top-ranked opponent out of the tournament early.

Ekaterina Makarova d. Serena Williams 6-2, 6-3

Serena obviously isn’t in top form as she lost this match handily and will be sent packing from the tournament much earlier than anyone thought.

Maria Sharapova d. Sabine Lisicki 3-6, 6-2, 6-3

Sharapova had an early scare but sent the 22-year-old German packing with two great back-to-back sets.