By Nick Georgandis
TennisNow.com

One big upset in a tournament is pretty standard for any Grand Slam event. When the same player does the same thing in the next round, well, we start calling  that destiny.

Twenty-two-year old Ukranian Alexandr Dolgopolov overcame a first-set thrashing to shock fourth-seeded Robin Soderling 1-6, 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 and advance to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open Monday.

Ranked 46th in the world, Dolgopolov is the first Ukranian to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal since Andrei Medvedev in 1999. Medvedev, ironically, was coach by Dolgopolov's father, a former pro himself.

After connecting on a horrifyingly-low 23 percent of his serves in the first set, Dolgopolov shook it off like it never happened, finishing the game with 11 aces and watching Soderling commit error after error.

The big Swede, who had a chance to move up to No. 3 in the world if he could advance farther than Novak Djokovic, instead bombed out with 50 unforced errors and six double faults, and was broken nine times by his young adversary. Three of those breaks came in the fifth set after Dolgopolov himself had been broken.

"I'm trying to get his weak side and play uncomfortable for him - then If I have chances to make winners, that's my game," Dolgopolov, who now faces Andy Murray in the quarterfinals, said. "I saw his shots pretty well, so it paid off."

Andy Murray def. Jurgen Melzer, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1

Playing like a man possessed with finally achieving Grand Slam success, Scotland's Andy Murray torched Austria's Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 on Monday to push on to the Australian Open quarterfinals.

A finalist here a year ago, Murray moves on to red-hot Alexandr Dolgopolov, who upset Robin Soderling, in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

Ironically, Dolgopolov and Murray faced each other five years ago as teenagers during a Davis Cup match. Melzer, seeking entry into the Top 10, was at Murray's mercy, broken seven times and drummed out of the competition in just 1 hour, 44 minutes.

Murray improved his record to 42-1 against all left-handers except Rafael Nadal. Murray beat Melzer for a fifth straight time, chalking up 13 aces (Melzer had one) and comitting only 10 unforced errors (Melzer had 27). In addition, Murray converted 7 of 14 break points, and was only broken once himself.

With famous UK comedian Billy Connolly on hand to root for the United Kingdom's No. 1 bloke, Murray acknowledged how well he has played of late.

"Today, I hit the ball the best I had done of the first few matches," he said. "it's been a very good start, but it's going to get much tougher."

Rafael Nadal def. Marin Cilic, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
It's starting to not really matter who Rafael Nadal lines up against on the tennis court. He's going to win, and he's going to win big.

No. 15 Marin Cilic became Nadal's latest victim on Monday in the fourth round of the Australian Open, with the world's No. 1 player cruising to a 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 victory to advance to the quarterfinals.

He broke Cilic twice in the first match to take the win in just under an hour, then got a key break to go up 4-3 in the second. Cilic had more winners, but vastly more errors, committing 48 to Nadal's 21.

Nadal called the win his best at the Australian Open to date. "I know how aggressive he can play, this kind of player he is very very dangerous. I'm very happy because I think I played my best match here at Australian Open," Nadal said. "I'm not sweating so much, the other days I was sweating like crazy, so today was the first day I really felt perfect physically, so that's the most important thing."

It's Nadal's fifth straight time through to the quarterfinals, and he will match up against David Ferrer on Wednesday.

David Ferrer def. Milos Raonic, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4

For one beautiful set, the legend of Canada's Milos Raonic was swelling so large, it seemed to eclipse the bright sun above in the crystal blue Australian sky.

But an old pro like David Ferrer wasn't dazzled by the big serves coming off Raonic's racquet in the first set, and bounced back to a four-set victory that put the Spaniard into a quarterfinal showdown with countryman Rafael Nadal.

Attempting to become the first qualifier to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals since Goran Ivanisevic did so 22 years ago, Raonic bombed out to the tune of 68 unforced errors, greatly offsetting his 15 aces, a number he doubled in his upset of Mikhail Youzhny over the weekend.

Ferrer meanwhile, was meticulous, committing only 10 errors and nailing 78 percent of his first serves and 16 of 17 net approaches for winners. It's Ferrer's first Australian Open quarterfinal since 2008, when he lost to eventual champion Novak Djokovic in this round.

Raonic, who was playing an F2 in Great Britain at this time last year, will see his ranking jump some 50 spots for his effort, putting him just outside the Top 100 by our math.