Roddick did it in 5:

It was a tall order...but Marin made it...eventually..

Funny thing is this was exactly the expression on my face when I found out he lost:

He seemed happy about it:

I'm happy for Cilic- he's an excellent tennis player and always showed a lot of potential despite giving patchy inconsistent performances. Still, the tournament will not be the same without Delboy...

Through to the quarters:

Rafa was in fighting form tonight and made it passed the BFG in four. He moved well, his forehand looked good and apart from that one break of serve at the end of the second set he never really looked in trouble. His on court interview with Jim Courier afterwards was adorbs! as usual! Why, will someone tell me does Jim Courier look like a homeless person??!

And he'll face this guy: You know who it is but I think its better we don't show his face

Murray made it passed another giant, Isner. Isner looked fatigued from his recent long match and although he did well to keep up with Murray in the first set he was,in my opinion, outclassed. I am no Murray fan and while he only got 8 unforced errors (impressive i must say) he wasn't looking as dangerous as he used or as he does in the small tournaments. That said, he's through to the quarters- his best result at the Australian Open so far. I must mention that he did look like he was going to collapse from the heat at some points during the match e.g

So Big Sis and Lil Sis are off to watch Andy Murray play obviously on TV and were going to stay up and watch the Nadal v's Karlovic match again this will be on TV but for Delboy fans im afraid we will have to resort to live streaming. Its going to get very difficult concentrating on the two matches at once but im sure we'll find a way to do it. Im looking forward to the Delboy v's Cilic match lets hope there tennis will reach new heights! As for Nadal v's Karlovic i think the clear fave is Nadal and im sure he will come out on top.

Look who is through to R16...

I refuse to put up a photo of Nando with longer hair because I just cant accept it. He beat Koubek but the poor guy retired after the first set due to illness.

Had to use this photo of Tsonga he looks like hes having great fun as usual. He beat Haas in 4 sets 6-4 3-6 6-1 7-5.

The Djoker beat Istomin in 3 sets. It was a very comfortable win for the Serb 6-1 6-1 6-2.

The nearly man downed Juan Monaco in 3...

I was in bed but I can always rely on Fed. He beat Montanes 6-3 6-3 6-4 and made it his 50th win down under. Here is his press conference.Enjoy!

Well these are my favourites from this side of the draw but Hewitt is through as Bagdatis had to retire with an injury and he faces Federer, Kubot plays Djokovic and Almagro plays Tsonga, Verdasco plays Davydenko. Should be an exciting round so many good matches to look forward to.

Player of the day-in no particular order

Everyday we are going to post a small piece on one of our top ten players. Today we chose a hot favourite:

Rafa Nadal:

A pro since the age of 16 this sexy spaniard is a hot favourite for woman not just because of his looks but also his sweet personality. His never say die attitude and the intensity he brings to the court has earned him a loyal fan base.Lets just say I am a fan but Big Sis is an adoring fan and Rafa can do no wrong in her eyes.Expect to hear plenty about this guy.

Round 3-Second half of the draw

R Federer bt. A Montanes 63 64 64

N Djokovic bt. D Istomin 61 61 62

N Davydenko bt.

J Monaco 60 63 64

F Verdasco bt. S Koubek 61 ret.

J Tsonga bt. T Haas 64 36 61 75

L Kubot bt. M Youzhny w/o

L Hewitt bt. M Baghdatis 60 42 ret.

N Almagro bt. A Falla 64 63 64

So Fed is through in straight sets, some people were questioning his abilities after the first round match with Andreev but he seems to have proved them all wrong once again. Lurking in the background is in form Davydenko aka the nearly man lets hope that Fed is good at playstation. Nando also doing a bit of lurking seems to be on form and personally i think hes someone that could prove to be the dark horse of the tournament. How amazing would a Nando v's Rafa final be???Pretty amazing note i said pretty!