Melbourne, Jan 24 : Jelena Dokic thanked the Australian public for their support, and admitted that she was still haunted by the events of seven years ago when she walked out on her adopted country, at the behest of her father Damir Dokic, while at the height of her powers and ranked No. 4 in the world.

Dokic prepares to climb another step from oblivion to the top of her sport; she could be confronted by her worst nightmare - her father Damir, The Courier Mail reported.

Melbourne  - The Australian Open was tarnished Friday by a third straight year of minor fan violence, with a woman injured and around 30 people ejected from the grounds, police reported.

Longstanding Balkan tensions which have scarred previous editions boiled over on a hot day, with rival Serbian and Bosnian fans hurling garden chairs at each other after a match won by Serbian champion Novak Djokovic over Bosnian-American Amer Delic 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).

Melbourne, jan. 23 : British tennis star Andy Murray has blasted rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic and says the moaning pair are only putting pressure on themselves.

The Sun quoted Murray as saying that Federer keeps whinging about being continually asked about Murray's chances of winning the Australian Open.

Murray said: "A few players disagree that I have been made the favourite. There have been some quite big contradictions from both of them. By saying they should be the favourites, they are putting more pressure on themselves."

Melbourne  - Balkan passions played out on court while fans remained restrained as Serb Novak Djokovic posted a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) win Friday over Bosnian-American Amer Delic to advance at the Australian Open.

While police reported that a handful of unidentified troublemakers were turfed out the gates of Melbourne Park for scuffles and chair throwing in the beer garden park, the atmosphere for the heated third-round match could only be classified as a low simmer.

Melbourne - Holder Novak Djokovic survived a struggle with Bosnian-American Amer Delic to win a battle of the Balkans 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) for a place in the fourth round of the Australian Open on Friday.

Serbian Djokovic, seeded third and defending a major title for the first time, saved a pair of set points in the tenth game of the fourth which would have allowed lucky loser Delic to take the contest into a deciding fifth set.

Delic played well over his ranking of 127, hammering 16 aces in a contest stretching past the three-hour mark.

Here’s sad news for the Indian fans.

Sania Mirza bowed out of the singles event at the Australian Open singles event as the Indian teenager went down in straight sets to Russia’s Nadia Petrova.

Sania failed to reproduce her round one form, where she defeated Marta Domachowhska 6-1, 6-4.

Sania Mirza crashed out singles event following a 3-6, 2-6 second round loss to World number 10 Petrova, thus bringing down the curtains on India's singles challenge in the process. The 10th seed Petrova took just 70 minutes to beat the 22-year-old Indian girl from Hyderabad.