Australian Open 2012 live stream

Their flashing racquets do all the talking but many of the stars at AO2012 talk a good game too. Here’s a sound byte serve of the top 10 quotes.

1. ‘Probably the whole country hates me right now.’ - Romanian Sorana Cirstea after her shock first-round defeat of local hope and No.6 seed Sam Stosur

2. ‘My father told me all the time: “If you broke the racquet, I broke you.”’ - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, on why he’s never emulated racquet pulper Marcos Baghdatis

3. ‘Falla on fire.’ - Channel 7’s Matt White during the straight-sets upset of No.8 seed Mardy Fish by Alejandro Falla (pronounced ‘fire’)

4. ‘No. I prepare for that.’ - Victoria Azarenka, not bothered by the crowd mocking her grunt

5. ‘I was hoping my body would hold up for one match. I didn’t look past my first match. I didn’t look past Andy (Roddick), I didn’t look past Milos (Raonic). Now I’ve got Novak.’ - Lleyton Hewitt didn’t need to check the draw to know his fourth-round opponent

6. ‘The harder I hit it, the ball comes back and ends up always being a winner. It’s very strange. It’s good to watch.  Even for me, playing, I enjoy watching it.’ - Bernard Tomic on the pleasure of playing Roger Federer, his fourth-round conqueror

7. ‘I played her in Beijing and I really afraid her because she’s a great player and it’s really tough to play against her. But this time, I don’t know, I just feeling so good. I played my game and that’s it. I won against Serena. That’s amazing.’ - World No.54 Ekaterina Makarova after pulling off the upset of the women’s event, 6-2, 6-3 over five-time champion Serena Williams

8. ‘Well, 1000 matches, not 1000 wins. Big difference. I wish it was 1000 wins. But a big milestone. It’s a lot of matches and a lot of tennis. Either I have been around a long time or I’m extremely fit. You decide which way you want to describe it. But I’m happy.’ - Roger Federer after his 1000th professional match, an emphatic quarterfinal win over Juan Martin Del Potro

9. ‘It’s a fantastic victory for me. Very, very happy playing against the greatest of history in semifinals, big match on Rod Laver. It’s one of the victories that’s gonna stay in my mind forever.’ -  Rafa Nadal after trumping Roger Federer 6-7, 6-2, 7-6, 6-4 and extending to 8-2 his Grand Slam dominance of his illustrious rival

10. ‘A different player, a different attitude to this time last year. Yeah, I’m proud of the way I fought.’ - Andy Murray has reason to believe the Grand Slam breakthrough is not far off, after losing a brutal semifinal epic to his 2011 final conqueror Novak Djokovic, 7-5 in the fifth