• Venus Williams ousted • Eastside, Hanamaulu win in county 12 Under hoops • Quigley beats Watson at Mastercard in Kona Venus Williams ousted MELBOURNE, Australia — Venus Williams lost to Alicia Molik 7-5, 7-6 (3) Monday in the fourth
• Venus Williams ousted
• Eastside, Hanamaulu win in county 12 Under hoops
• Quigley beats Watson at Mastercard in Kona
Venus Williams ousted
MELBOURNE, Australia — Venus Williams lost to Alicia Molik 7-5, 7-6 (3) Monday in the fourth round of the Australian Open, extending her Grand Slam drought and keeping her from joining sister Serena in the quarterfinals.
Molik, the Olympic bronze medalist last year in Athens, will face No. 1-ranked and 2000 champion Lindsay Davenport, who polished off Karolina Sprem 6-2, 6-2 earlier Monday. It’s the first time that Molik, who stretched her winning streak to 12 matches, has reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam.
Molik became the first Australian woman to reach the quarters since Anne Minter 17 years ago. Fellow Aussie Lleyton Hewitt also advanced Monday, overcoming a sore right hip to beat unseeded Rafael Nadal 7-5, 3-6, 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
Also advancing to the quarterfinals was Andy Roddick, who struggled with the serve of Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber but smacked 15 aces and overcame a second-set letdown to win 6-3, 7-6 (8), 6-1.
He next faces 25th-seeded Nikolay Davydenko, who beat No. 12 Guillermo Canas 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. Earlier in the tournament, Davydenko eliminated No. 7 Tim Henman.
Against the 102nd-ranked Kohlschreiber, Roddick was erratic in the second set, doubling his unforced errors to 12 and throwing his racket to the court after sending a forehand long.
Along with Venus Williams, two other top women lost: French Open champion Anastasia Myskina and No. 6 Elena Dementieva, the runner-up at the French Open and U.S. Open.
Eastside, Hanamaulu win in county 12 Under hoops
BJ Melchor netted 13 points to lead Eastside to a 40-21 win over Kalaheo at the county’s 12 and Under boys basketball games played Saturday, Jan. 22.
Maluhia States helped the Eastside with eight points.
Micah Rita netted nine points with Trystan Quinsat and Anthony Irek each finishing with four points for Kalaheo.
Cameron Largusa sizzled the twine for ten points to lead Hanamaulu to a 48-35 showing over the Kaua‘i Fire Raiders in the day’s second contest.
Kipp Fujimoto joined Largusa with eight points for Hanamaulu while Isaac Ramboyon and Travis Koga each finished with eight points to lead the Fire Raiders.
Quigley beats Watson at Mastercard in Kona
KAUPULEHU-KONA, Hawai‘i — Dana Quigley made a 3-foot par putt on the third playoff hole and beat a faltering Tom Watson to win the season-opening MasterCard Championship for the second time in three years.
Watson, who led after the first two rounds, made a bogey after he hit into the lava behind the 17th green at Hualalai Golf Club.
The 57-year-old Quigley, a nine-time winner on the 50-and-over tour, closed with a 6-under 66 to match Watson (70) at 18-under 198. Watson, 1-7 in playoffs on the Champions Tour, could have won in regulation, but missed a 9-foot birdie putt.
