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In the quarter-final of the 2002 Australian Open, why did Wayne Ferreira retire ?

Stomach pain. Poor fellow, he had the injury from almost the start of the match but battled on a few games and retired against Marat Safin 5-2 down.

Both Men singles semi-finals in the Australian Open went to five sets ?

True. How exciting to watch, with Johannson beating Novak in an epic match and the same occured when Safin beat the young German, Haas.

Who lost the Final of the Australian Open to the eventual winner, Thomas Johannson ?

Marat Safin. Johannson was the underdog being seeded 16 but won against the odds to beat the ninth seeded Safin, winning 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6.

Which round did the top seed, Lleyton Hewitt reach before losing to Guerillmo Canas, in the French Open ?

Fourth Round. Hewitt had a pretty easy passage to the fourth round, but ran into a hot Canas, losing in four sets on Hewitt's worst surface and Canas' best.

Both the finalists in the French Open were from Russia ?

f. Albert Costa, the 20th seed beat, the 11th seed Juan Carlos Ferrero in an all-Spanish final in four sets, 6-1, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3.

Wimbledon quarter-finals and semi-finals, how many matches of those 6 matches went to five sets?

4. All the matches at Wimbledon were close and competitive which made for some great viewing but no-one was as good as Hewitt at the end.

What nationality was Xavier Malisse?

Belgian. He reached the semi-finals after being seeded 27th.

Which type of tennis ball was used at Wimbledon ?

Slazenger. Slazenger has a lot of stores in England and also produce other equipment such as tennis racquets and cricket bats.

Who was the highest #seeded to play in the quarter-final of the US Open ?

Younes El Aynaoui. Max Mirnyi is from Belarus he was seeded 32, Gonzales was the 28th seed, Schalken was the 24th seed and El Aynaoui was the 20th seed.

Sjeng Schalken lost in the quarter-finals of the US Open ?

False. He beat Fernando Gonzales in the Quarter Final in an epic five setter before losing easily to the eventual winner - Pete Sampras.