SNAPSHOT FROM DAY SIX OF THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN AT MELBOURNE PARK
PLAYER OF THE DAY: Samantha Stosur – the retiring nice mentioned a teary farewell to skilled tennis after the eight-times grand slam champion and 2011 US Open singles winner misplaced her first-round combined doubles match with Matt Ebden.
STAT OF THE DAY: Nine-times champion Novak Djokovic is the final remaining main winner within the males’s draw after dispatching his “Balkan brother” Grigor Dimitrov in a troublesome 7-6 (9-7) 6-3 6-4 third-round win.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “He helped me with some energy for sure – I win an extra two games because I eat the banana.” – Andrey Rublev made probably the most of Dan Evans’ mid-match generosity after being handed a much-needed piece of fruit from his British opponent.
TOURNAMENT SUMMARY: While Djokovic superior to the second week for a fifteenth time, five-times finalist Andy Murray was knocked out, shedding to twenty fourth seed Roberto Bautista Agut in 4 units. Alex de Minaur and Rublev had been joined within the final 16 by ninth-seeded teenager Holger Rune. Former world No.1 Karolina Pliskova, Tokyo Olympic champion Belinda Bencic and fourth and fifth-seeded 2022 season-ending championship finalists, Caroline Garcia and Aryna Sabalenka, all made the ladies’s final 16.
