Melbourne, Jan 26 (IANS) World No. 2 Iga Swiatek defeated qualifier Maddison Inglis on Monday and reached her 14th career Grand Slam quarterfinal and third at the Australian Open. The second seed dropped just three games in her 6-0, 6-3 win.This was the first time that Swiatek has played an Aussie at the Australian Open. She has faced Inglis on her home turf before, though, winning 6-1, 6-2 in the 2021 Adelaide second round en route to her first hard-court title.Swiatek broke serve to claim th…
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Melbourne, Jan 26 (IANS) Jannik Sinner experienced a short dip in performance but quickly regained control to secure his spot in the Australian Open quarter-finals on Monday, defeating fellow Italian Luciano Darderi here at the Margaret Court Arena. Sinner, who suffered cramp in Saturday’s conditions during that four-set victory over the American Eliot Spizzirri, raised his game when it mattered to beat fellow Italian Luciano Darderi 6-1 6-3 7-6(2). The 2024 and 2025 champion has now won 18 Au…
Melbourne, Jan 26 (IANS) India’s top-ranked men’s doubles tennis player Yuki Bhambri and his Swedish partner Andre Goransson crashed out of the Australian Open after losing to the Brazilian pair of Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos in the third round here on Monday. Luz and Matos won the first set despite winning a lower number of points than Bhambri/Goransson by raising their game during crucial points in the set. The Brazilians edged Bhambri-Goransson in the short rallies (19-16), committing fe…
Melbourne, Jan 26 (IANS) Amanda Anisimova defeated China’s Wang Xinyu 7-6(4) 6-4 at John Cain Arena to advance to her third consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal and booked a last-eight clash against fellow American, No. 6 seed Jessica Pegula at the Australian Open on Monday.Last year’s Wimbledon and US Open finalist, Anisimova is yet to drop a set at the season’s first Grand Slam. Her quarterfinal opponent, Pegula, who ended Madison Keys’ title defence in the Rd-16 clash, leads their head…
Melbourne, Jan 26 (IANS) Italian tennis star Lorenzo Musetti registered a convincing 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 victory against the ninth-seeded American Taylor Fritz in the fourth round of the Australian Open, prevailing into his fourth major quarter-final and first here in Melbourne. The Italian was in control for most of the contest, using his variety and consistency to keep Fritz under pressure. Musetti served efficiently throughout the match, winning 84 per cent of points on his first serve and 74 per c…
Melbourne, Jan 26 (IANS) Jessica Pegula ended Madison Keys’ title defense at the Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-4 victory and sailed into the quarterfinals on Monday.The sixth seed prevailed over her countrywoman, friend in one hour and 18 minutes on Monday, and improved to 8-2 in Grand Slam fourth-round matches overall.Pegula’s triumph in the first all-American women’s singles fourth round battle at Melbourne Park since Australian Open 2020 champion Sofia Kenin defeated Coco Gauff grants her…
Melbourne, Jan 25 (IANS) The 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic received a walkover in the fourth round of the Australian Open after an abdominal injury forced rising Czech star Jakub Mensik to withdraw on Sunday.Mensik withdrawal means Djokovic advanced to his 16th quarterfinal at the Australian Open, a tournament he has gone on to win a men’s record 10 times.Their highly anticipated fourth-round clash was a rematch of their 2025 Miami Open final, which Mensik won to hoist his first M…
Melbourne, Jan 25 (IANS) Daniil Medvedev’s Australian Open campaign came to a shocking end on Sunday as the world No. 11 was knocked out in the fourth round by 25th seed Learner Tien in straight sets. The Russian struggled to find his rhythm throughout the contest and went down 4-6, 0-6, 3-6 in a one-sided encounter that lasted just over an hour. It marked one of Medvedev’s earliest exits at the season’s first Grand Slam in recent years.After posing some challenge to Tien in the first set,…
Melbourne, Jan 25 (IANS) World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz overcame the stern test of Tommy Paul to maintain his commanding start and reach his third consecutive Australian Open quarterfinal here on Sunday.Alcaraz registered a 7-6(6), 6-4, 7-5 win over 19th seed Paul in two hours and 44 minutes to maintain his commanding start to the hard-court major in Melbourne.At just 22 years old, Alcaraz is a six-time major champion and is chasing more history. Should he claim his maiden Australian Open title, Alc…
Melbourne, Jan 25 (IANS) World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka beat Victoria Mboko with a 6-1, 7-6 (1) victory at the Australian Open to reach the quarterfinals for the fourth consecutive year.She booked her 13th consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal and has taken a crucial step towards having her name engraved on the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup for a third time.Sabalenka won her 20th consecutive tiebreak at the Grand Slam level, eclipsing an almost two-decade-old record owned by Novak Djokovic, who won 19 …