Australian Open day 4 review

Match of the day: R.Bautista Agur beats Del Potro 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
Another early loss in a Major for Del Potro- he has only gone past the 3rd round once in his last five Majors. All credit to Bautista for coming back from 2 sets to 1 down and hitting 78 winners including 20 of them at the net.

Missed chance of the day: Maria Sharapova beats K. 6-3, 4-6, 10-8
K. Knapp had a top player in her second tournament back from an injury lay off serving 4 times to stay in the match. A player who served 12 double faults and hit 67 unforced errors to 34 winners. Had Knapp not hit 9 doubles and 55 errors to 20 winners herself instead of just getting the ball back she might have scored a famous win.

Survivor of the day: Maria Sharapova
To see what makes Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova see this performance. Not even double faults and a ton of errors could get into her head and put doubts there. She fought and won and it remains to be seen if this match will have taken it out of her or boosted her spirits. If the last ten years have taught us anything, it is most likely going to be the latter.

You-first-no-you award of the day D. Young beats A Seppi 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
After a see-saw battle, in the final set Young broke Seppi to serve for the match only to drop serve. Seppi, the more experienced and decorated player then dropped his serve. Young though did not waste his second chance and finally decided to be the one to take the match.

Softly softly award: Jelena Jankovic
Jankovic is the number 8 seed and no one is talking about the tournaments 2009 number One seed. She, however, is certainly talking with both her mouth and her racket. Claiming before the tournament she could beat Serena if they happen to meet, her 6-0, 6-2 defeat of Morita in which she hit 9 aces and 25 winners to only 14 errors suggests she may have it in her to make good on her word should Serena be at all below par as she did in 2008 when Jankovic beat Williams in the last eight.