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Casey Dellacqua vs Jie Zheng: 2014 Australian Open live scores

Roar Guru
17th January, 2014
Australian Open women's third round:

Casey Dellacqua vs Jie Zheng

Start (possible): 3.00pm AEDT
Venue: Rod Laver Arena
Head to head: First meeting
Betting: Zheng $2.22, Dellacqua $1.67
TV: Channel 7 (LIVE)
Australia's Casey Dellacqua has made the US Open round of 16. AAP Image/Julian Smith
Roar Guru
17th January, 2014
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Aussie Casey Dellacqua will look to continue her strong run at the Australian Open when she takes on China’s Jie Zheng for a place in the fourth round. Join us for live scores and commentary from 3.00pm AEDT.

With no Australians left in the men’s draw, Dellacqua and Samantha Stosur are now charged with flying the flag for the Australian contingent at Melbourne Park.

Thankfully, both Dellacqua and Stosur are in terrific form at the moment, and Dellacqua in particular should fancy her chances of progressing to the fourth round today.

Dellacqua has shown that she means business this year at the Australian Open after thrashing 18th seed Kirsten Flipkens 6-3, 6-0 in just over an hour in the second round.

Zheng however also comes into the third round in strong form, having defeated 12th seed Roberta Vinci before ousting talented American Madison Keys in a tough three setter.

Form wise, Zheng should present Dellacqua with her toughest challenge yet in the tournament. Zheng is a former Australian Open semi-finalist and she is also an accomplished doubles player just like Dellacqua.

With both players expected to play under a closed roof on Rod Laver Arena, the heat factor may not provide Dellacqua with any significant advantage today so we should expect a close match here.

While Zheng should certainly test Dellacqua, the Australian at the moment is hitting the ball very well and looks to have found nice range from the backhand side.

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With the backing of the home crowd, Dellacqua certainly has what it takes to progress to the fourth round of the Australian Open.

Dellacqua in three sets.

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