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Resurgent veterans, an American youth movement and the dangerous floaters – these are the 10 stories we didn’t see coming at Australian Open 2013.

A smashed racquet, a back injury and a three-set loss were the final scenes of Serena Williams’ “worst ever two weeks” at a Grand Slam tournament.

Andy Murray’s 6-4 6-1 6-2 demolition of Jeremy Chardy on Wednesday afternoon was the best the world No.3 has played all tournament, but he still found something to work on ahead of the semifinals.

Dutchwoman Aniek van Koot, the world No.2 in women’s wheelchair tennis, has always felt most at home within the confines of the court.

What’s the perfect spot to watch all of the on-court action at Australian Open 2013? Chair umpire Fergus Murphy has the answer.

If Serbian 17-year-old Nikola Milojevic has his way, he’ll emulate his famous compatriots Novak Djokovic and Janko Tipsarevic and rise right to the top of the tennis tree.

Aniek van Koot overcame tricky conditions to advance to the semifinals of the women’s wheelchair tournament on Wednesday.

Boys’ top seed Nikola Milojevic continued his winning ways on Wednesday after toppling Austrian Lucas Miedler 6-4 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals of Australian Open 2013 junior championships.

Back in the day, the Bryan brothers had the exuberance of youth and a misguided notion that they would always play together and live together. Fate had other ideas.

Up-and-coming American Sloane Stephens shocks Serena Williams out of the women's quarterfinal in three sets on Rod Laver Arena, 3-6 7-5 6-4.

Victoria Azarenka comes back from a 1-4 deficit in the first set to overcome Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5 6-1 and secure a spot in the women's semifinal.

Jo Wilfried Tsonga aims to bring out the beautiful shots and the winning points in order to move mountains in today's quarterfinal against Roger Federer.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has taken out Roger Federer at this stage of a major before, but the seventh seed faces a tall order to do it again on Wednesday night.

No one would have predicted the string of seeds to drop early in Andy Murray's quarter of the draw, but the Scot will not be taking Frenchman Jeremy Chardy lightly in their quarterfinal match-up.

Goran Ivanisevic and an open microphone always went together in his heyday – and in Melbourne for the legends’ doubles at Australian Open 2013, the Croatian remains as quotable as ever

There’s no substitute for hard work – and Jeremy Chardy has ridden his testing off-season regimen all the way to a maiden Grand Slam quarterfinal in Melbourne.

An American star of the present faces a rising star of the future as two generations clash for a place in the women’s singles semifinals on Wednesday.