Simona Halep, Sapalenka suffered a shock defeat.
Record: January 25, 2022 03:58
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Melbourne,
Medvedev advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open tennis tournament. Simona Halep, Sapalenka suffered a shock defeat.
Melbourne is hosting the Australian Open, one of the Grand Slam tournaments. In the 4th round match of the men’s singles division on the 8th day yesterday, the US Open champion and world number 2 Daniel Medvedev of Russia 6-2, 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (4 -7), advanced to the quarterfinals for the 2nd time in a row, beating 70th seed Maxim Gracie of the United States 7-5. The game lasted 3 hours and 30 minutes.
In another match, former US Open champion Marin came out on top 2-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) after 9th-ranked Felix Azer Aliasim of Canada. He shocked Cilic (Croatia) and stepped into the quarterfinals for the first time. The match lasted 3 hours and 35 minutes. Aliasim faces Medvedev in the quarterfinals.
In another match, No. 10 seed Jonic Sinner of Italy defeated Alex de Minar of Australia 7-6 (7-3), 6-3, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals for the first time. In another match, No. 4 seed Gitschipas of Greece battled it out 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals for the third time, beating Taylor Bridge of the United States.
Former No. 1 seed and 2-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep of Romania fell to No. 61 seed Alice Gornett (France) 4-6, 6-3, 4-6 in the fourth round of the women’s singles. The match lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes. Alice Gornett enters the quarterfinals for the first time in her 63rd attempt at a Grand Slam. Similarly, No. 2 seed Belarusian Sabalenka suffered a shock 7-5, 2-6, 6-7 (7-10) set loss to Estonia’s Gaya Kanepi.
Former French Open champion and 9th-ranked Polish player Sviatech lost the first set, but narrowly escaped defeat by trailing 38th seed Sorna Sirsty (Romania) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time. . In the quarterfinals SwiTech meets Gaya Kanepi.
In another match, American Danielle Collins defeated Elysee Mertens (Belgium) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals for the 2nd time.