Seed No.16 Marion Bartoli crushed top seed and world No.1 Jelena Jankovic 6-1 6-4 in the fourth round of the Australian Open.

Bartoli’s performance was impressive. She was moving well and ruthlessly used every Jankovic’s second serve. Jankovic, on the other hand, was only occasionally coming into the match, and seemed blocked throughout.

Bartoli won the first set so fast that I thought I was dreaming. Before you knew it she was leading 5-0. Jankovic gave more resistance in the second set, coming back from a break down two times, but at 4-4 Bartoli broke once again and in the following game she earned three successive match points.

Bartoli was dominating the whole match, while Jankovic was constantly saving herself from embarrassment. I don’t know what happened to Jankovic, but the best she could do was to at least win a few games. Jankovic’s proving to everyone that she can win a Grand Slam ended with a straightforward loss. Too bad.

Bartoli, who was a Brisbane finalist this year, will face either Nadia Petrova or Vera Zvonareva in the Australian Open quarterfinals. (photos: Getty Images)

Seed No.20 Amelie Mauresmo was dismissed my No.13 seed Victoria Azarenka 6-4 6-2, leaving Serena Williams as the only former champion in the draw.

"It's a little bit frustrating to come out with only six games today, but I did not play well enough the key points, whether it was in the first set or second set," said Mauresmo, who reached the semifinals of Brisbane two weeks back. "She played a very good match. Really intense and consistent, and not giving away many points at all."

Recent Brisbane champion Azarenka will play Serena Williams in the fourth round. They have had one meeting so far, at the 2008 Australian Open, and Williams won 6-3 6-4.

More day six results:

Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Alona Bondarenko 7-6(7) 6-4 despite hitting 68 errors, Dominika Cibulkova defeated Virginie Razzano 7-5 7-5, Zheng Jie went past Kateryna Bondarenko 6-2 6-2, Elena Dementieva bettered Samantha Stosur 7-6(6) 6-4. Other day six results we have already been mentioned. (photo: Getty Images)

Serena Williams is well on her way to continue the tradition of winning the Australian Open titles in odd-numbered years. Wasting just enough energy, the second-seeded American beat Shuai Peng of China 6-1 6-4 in the third round.

Williams made ten aces, compared to Peng’s zero, two unforced errors less than her opponent, and 29 winners to Peng’s 12.

To some up the match: The second set was much longer than the first one, and it featured five breaks of serve in all, but at no moment was Williams’ victory questioned.

The three-time Australian open champion Williams will play either No.20 seed Amelie Mauresmo or No.13 seed Victoria Azarenka in the fourth round.

So far on day six, seed No.21 Anabel Medina Garrigues beat No.12 seed Flavia Pennetta 6-4 6-1. And Carla Suarez Navarro, the shocking conqueror of Venus Williams, advanced further, defeating Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-1 6-4. (photo: Getty Images)

Skipping the 2009 Australian Open will cost Maria Sharapova the spot in the Top 10.

The world number nine Sharapova has been a member of the Top 10 since July 5, 2004. However, the Russian will fall out of this elite group on the week of February 2, 2009, after 238 weeks.

The last time Sharapova ranked outside of the Top 10 was during the week of June 21, 2004 (No.15), prior to winning 2004 Wimbledon singles title. (photo: Ralf Reinecke)

Last year’s runner-up Ana Ivanovic was upset in the third round of the Australian Open, falling to seed No.29 Alisa Kleybanova 7-5 6-7(5) 6-2 in their first career meeting.

I was aware that upset was lurking fifth seed Ivanovic, but I still hate the way she lost the match. The problem with ball toss is still in Ivanovic’s game. It was painful, and all of Ivanovic’s fans who couldn’t watch the match should consider themselves lucky. The following description will give you an idea.

Ivanovic for serving for the first set at 5-3, but then managed to lose four successive games and surrender the set to Kleybanova. The second set started horrible for Ivanovic, as she lost two of her serves, and Kleybanova had a 3-0 lead. Unexpectedly, Ivanovic leveled at 3-3, and after two breaks on both sides out of the next six games, the tiebreak was played, which the Serb managed to win. I was hoping Ivanovic would get new energy because of the hard-fought second set, but that wasn’t the case. She again let Kleybanova take a 3-0 lead, but looked to be repeating the situation from the second set winning two games in a row. However, Ivanovic didn’t level this time, and Kleybanova stormed to the victory.

Alisa Kleybanova will play sensational Jelena Dokic in the fourth round. (photo: Getty Images)