SNAPSHOT FROM DAY NINE OF THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN AT MELBOURNE PARK
PLAYER OF THE DAY: Elena Rybakina – the reigning Wimbledon champ from Kazakhstan made brief work of Latvian No.17 seed Jelena Ostapenko to be the primary lady by to the semis.
STAT OF THE DAY: The United States had three males by to the final eight at a significant for the primary time in 18 years. A wrist damage damage cruelled the hopes of Sebastian Korda, who was compelled to tug out halfway by the third set towards Russian Karen Khachanov..The focus now shifts to unseeded duo Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton, who sq. off on Wednesday.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The conditions were different, but then we expected that it can happen in Australia. You never know,” mentioned Rybakina, after a flash storm halted her quarter-final romp towards Ostapenko, which needed to be accomplished below a closed roof on Rod Laver Arena.
TOURNAMENT SUMMARY: Russian fifth seed Andrey Rublev would be the subsequent man to face Mission Near Impossible on Wednesday when he takes on nine-time Open champ Novak Djokovic within the final eight. On the ladies’s aspect, unseeded duo Magda Linette and Donna Vekic will look to proceed their dream runs within the ladies’s quarters.
