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Top dogs have stern quarterfinal tests

By Ravi Ubha
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, January 26, 2009

MELBOURNE, Australia -- It's crunch time at the Australian Open, and the stakes couldn't be higher for the leading contenders. One more Grand Slam title and Roger Federer ties Pete Sampras' men's record of 14. Rafael Nadal hopes to capture an inaugural major on hard courts, while Novak Djokovic wants a repeat. How right Federer and Djokovic were when it came to denouncing Andy Murray as a favorite, incidentally. The first big step is the quarterfinals, and here's a preview of the four clashes ...

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