The quarter-final image shall be accomplished on Monday because the Australian Open begins to succeed in the sharp finish of the event.
The begin of the second week is headlined by Aussie Alex de Minaur’s monster showdown with nine-time champion Novak Djokovic.
The upsets and drama stored approaching Sunday and it was virtually midnight by the point Stefanos Tsitsipas gained a dramatic 5 set thriller over fifteenth seed Jannik Sinner. It was previous 2am AEDT when two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka accomplished a miraculous comeback to eradicate World No. 87 Zhu Lin.
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The motion started on Monday with No. 5 seed Aryna Sabalenka sending a message to the remainder of the draw with a robust 7-5 6-2 win over No. 12 seed Belinda Bencic.
No. 4 seed Caroline Garcia is now on court docket dealing with Poland’s Magda Linette.
In the boys’s draw, which has misplaced six of its high 10 seeds, Russia’s Andrey Rublev performs Danish teenager Holger Rune in an encounter between the fifth and ninth seeds.
12.45pm — ‘Holy s***’: Star blows tennis world away
Aryna Sabalenka has made a press release in a straight-sets win over Belinda Bencic on Rod Laver Arena.
Sabalenka fired 30 winners within the 7-6 6-2 match the place she got here again from 4-2 down within the first set earlier than successful 11 of the ultimate 14 service video games.
She was taking part in virtually flawless tennis and outstanding tennis journalist Jose Morgado has described her exhibiting as “by far” the very best efficiency the ladies’s singles draw has seen throughout your entire event.
She is but to lose a set on the Open this yr and likewise gained 4 matches with out dropping a set in Adelaide, giving her a perfct document of successful all 16 units she has performed in 2023.
As reported by Twitter profile @tennisaddiction, Sabalenka has fired off 121 winners and simply 76 unforced errors at Melbourne Park. Morgado described the her stats sheet as “ridiculous”.
11am — Demon’s hilarious TV cameo
Alex de Minaur has ambushed John Millman on dwell TV.
Just hours earlier than his blockbuster towards Novak Djokovic de Minaur answered a telephone name from Millman when the Aussie veteran referred to as him throughout a dwell section on Channel 9 on Monday morning.
Millman clearly didn’t anticipate the Aussie No. 22 seed to choose up, however the Demon confirmed he’s simply as fast along with his banter as he’s scurrying across the court docket.
Millman held his telephone to his broadcast microphone so the viewers might hear his responses and de Minaur might be heard telling his Davis Cup teammate: “You look really good on TV. I love the way you did your hair today”.
It left Aussie greats Alicia Molik and Todd Woodbridge guffawing.
De Minaur additionally joked Millman has given him the proper gameplan to defeat Djokovic regardless of Millman holding a 0-4 document towards the 21-time grand slam champion.
The 23-year-old, nicknamed Demon, is the one Australian left in males’s or girls’s singles and can want all the assistance he can get when he faces Djokovic within the final 16.
“Look, it’s no secret that I love playing here in my backyard,” stated De Minaur, who was born in Sydney however whose father is Uruguayan and his mom Spanish.
“I think the Aussie crowd is amazing. They’ve had my back from day dot, so I’ll always cherish that,” added De Minaur.
It is the second yr in a row that De Minaur has made it to the fourth spherical at Melbourne. His greatest efficiency at a Grand Slam was the US Open quarter-finals in 2020.
11am — Coco Gauff in tears after fourth spherical Aus Open loss
Coco Gauff broke down in tears throughout an emotional press convention following her shock exit from the Australian Open on the last-16 stage on Sunday.
The 18-year-old normally cuts a composed determine below the glare of the world’s media, regardless of her tender age.
But all of it turned an excessive amount of when requested in regards to the frustration she felt throughout her 7-5 6-3 fourth-round defeat to Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open champion.
“I worked really hard and I felt really good coming into the tournament, and I still feel good,” Gauff instructed reporters.
“I still feel like I’ve improved a lot. But, you know, when you play a player like her and she plays really well, it’s like there’s nothing you can do.”
The prodigiously proficient American, who should now wait a minimum of a bit longer for a primary main crown, added: “I feel like today I would say nothing because every match you play a part in, but I feel like it was rough.
“So it’s a little bit frustrating on that part.”
Her voice abruptly started to crack, the tears flowed and {the teenager} was provided a tissue, earlier than saying: “I’m OK. We can keep going.”
Gauff gathered herself to say she would now be supporting her doubles companion Jessica Pegula, who was later taking part in one other former French Open champion, Barbora Krejcikova, for a spot within the final eight.
“I hope that she continues well in the tournament now that I’m out,” Gauff smiled. “I hope she wins it.”
— with AFP
