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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Venus Williams showed off one of her latest designs and dug deep for a three-set victory Wednesday at Melbourne Park. (Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wednesday's weather: Cloudy and cool with sunny breaks. High of 74 degrees.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;h4&gt;What Happened?&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Venus Williams digs deep. &lt;/strong&gt;After raising eyebrows with her latest fashion statement -- the &lt;em&gt;Associated Press&lt;/em&gt; called it a \"revealing peek-a-boo lattice-style top with a multicolored satiny short skirt\" -- Williams made an even bigger impression with her gutsy performance against Sandra Zahlavova. The 30-year-old American suffered a muscle injury on the final point of the first-set tiebreak and appeared in agony during a 10-minute medical timeout between sets. Naturally, she won the next set at love before coasting to the 6-7(6), 6-0, 6-4 victory.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;More disappointment for the Americans.&lt;/strong&gt; After three days, Venus is the lone Yank remaining in the women's draw. Just four American men remain after virus-stricken Mardy Fish's come-from-ahead loss to Tommy Robredo.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;The upsets that didn't happen. &lt;/strong&gt;Second-seeded Roger Federer held a two-sets-to-none lead over Gilles Simon, but was pushed to the limit in a 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3 victory. Earlier, No. 9 seed Fernando Verdasco rallied from two sets down to beat chronic giant-killer Janko Tipseravic, who was unable to capitalize on three match points in the fourth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Top seeds march on.&lt;/strong&gt; Many doubt Caroline Wozniacki's claim to the top ranking, but she's played like a No. 1 so far. With her 6-1, 6-0 victory over American Vania King, Wozniacki has dropped just eight games through two rounds. Other women's winners included No. 6 Francesca Schiavone, No. 8 Victoria Azarenka, No. 9 Li Na, No. 11 Justine Henin and No. 14 Maria Sharapova, with No. 3 Novak Djokovic, No. 6 Tomas Berdych and No. 12 Gael Monfils among the men to advance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Oz Clicks&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Guardian &lt;/em&gt;writer Kevin Mitchell on the sad decline of Dinara Safina ... The &lt;em&gt;Telegraph &lt;/em&gt;calls Venus the Lady Gaga of tennis and looks back at the Williams' sisters most memorable outfits ... &lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;In his post-match press conference, Andy Roddick said he's prepared to go the distance in Melbourne ... Billie Jean King opines for the Huffington Post ... 2K Sports has unveiled a new tennis video game ... From the Worst Kept Secret department: The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports Andre Agassi will be inducted to the International Tennis Hall of Fame on July 9.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Photo of the Day&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Li Na signs autographs for fans after beating Evgeniya Rodina (from SI.com's Best Shots from Day 3 at the Australian Open).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Go Figure&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;166-0 ... Career record of Roger Federer when leading by two sets at a major after Wednesday's second-round victory over Gilles Simon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3 ... Number of active ATP Tour players with a winning record against Federer: Rafael Nadal (14-8), Andy Murray (8-6) and Simon (2-1).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;19 ... Consecutive points lost by Janko Tipseravic during the third set of his five-set loss to Fernando Verdasco.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;257 ... Number of consecutive matches completed by Venus Williams at Grand Slam events without a retirement.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Must-See Video&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Staring down match point against Tipseravic, Verdasco delivered the shot of the day.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[youtube=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amxg6Gt3yyc\"]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;h4&gt;What's Happening Today&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tennis Channel's live coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET, with ESPN2 picking it up from 11 p.m. through 8 a.m. (Clip and save the complete TV schedule.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Top-seeded Rafael Nadal will face American Ryan Sweeting around 9 p.m. ET. No. 20 John Isner is the last match on Court 3 against Radek Stepanek (around 3 a.m. ET), while Juan Martin del Potro faces No. 21 Marcos Baghdatis in the day's marquee men's match (around 5 a.m. ET).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Other top men's seeds in action include No. 1 Rafael Nadal, No. 4 Robin Soderling and No. 5 Andy Murray, with No. 2 Vera Zvonareva, No. 3 Kim Clijsters, No. 5 Sam Stosur, No. 7 Jelena Jankovic in action on the women's side.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The complete order of play for Day 4 can be found here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;h4&gt;They Said It&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"The outfit is inspired by Alice in Wonderland. It's kind of about a surprise, because when Alice goes down the rabbit hole, she finds all these things that are so surprising. This outfit is about having a surprise in tennis a dress, and showing some skin and then just having a print. Prints don't happen that often in tennis. So it's called the Wonderland dress.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;--Venus Williams, on her much-talked-about outfit after Wednesday's victory&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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