“Australian Open”: Sinner reaches the final eight… and a landslide victory for defending champion Sabalenka
Italian Jannik Sinner, ranked fourth in the world, reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, the first of the four major tennis tournaments, without losing a set, by defeating Argentine Sebastian Paes 6-0, 6-1, 6-3 (Friday). ) in the third floor.
Sinner (22 years old) will face Russian Karen Khachanov (15) in the next round in order to reserve a place in the quarter-finals.
Sinner will face Russian Karen Khachanov in the next round (Reuters)
“I’m playing well, and I feel good here,” said Sinner, who, like the previous round, spent less than two hours on the court.
Sinner is the only player who succeeded in defeating Serbian Novak Djokovic, the number one ranked player in the world, after the Wimbledon Championship until the end of last year. He achieved this on two occasions in the group stage of the final ATP tournament, before losing in the final to Dioko himself, and in the Davis Cup.
Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, runner-up in the tournament last year and seventh in the world, continued his career successfully by defeating Frenchman Luca Van Assche (79) 6-3, 6-0, 6-4.
In the next round, Tsitsipas will play with American Taylor Fritz XII, who overcame a set deficit against Hungarian Fabian Marojan (67) to win 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.
For women, Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the defending champion and ranked second in the world, defeated Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko (33) 6-0, 6-0 in 52 minutes.
Tsurenko during the match (Reuters)
Sabalenka performed amazingly in Melbourne, where she played 3 matches without losing only 6 games in total, and spent less than 3 hours on the court. In the first round, she defeated German Ella Seidl 6-0, 6-1 in 53 minutes, and in the second, she defeated Czech Brenda Frohervitova 6-3, 6-2 in 67 minutes.
Sabalenka (25 years old) said: “I am very happy with the level at which I play tennis. “I hope to continue in this vein or better.”
In the eighth final, the Belarusian faced off with American Amanda Anisimova, formerly ranked 21st in the world, who fell in the rankings until the 400th place after returning from a difficult period during which she suffered from mental problems.
Anisimova defeated Spanish Paula Badosa 7-5, 6-4.
The 22-year-old, who reached the Roland Garros semi-finals and won her first WTA title when she was 17 years old, said: “It is unbelievable after I stopped playing, but I feel good.”
American Coco Gauff, the defending US champion, easily qualified for the quarter-finals by defeating her compatriot Alicia Parks 6-0, 6-2.
The fourth-ranking player in the world has not lost a set so far in her first Grand Slam tournament, and she appears to be on her way to achieving good results in Melbourne, where she has never gone beyond the fourth round at all.
Gauff (19 years old) will face either Polish Magdalena Fritsche or Russian Anastasia Zakharova, who qualifies from the qualifiers.
Russian teenager Mira Andrea (16 years old) kept her dream of winning the title alive after she fought hard to beat Frenchwoman Diane Barry 6-1, 1-6, 7-6 (10-5).
Andrea achieved a major surprise by defeating Tunisian Ons Jabeur, sixth in the world, in less than an hour in the second round.
2024-01-19 12:49:22
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