MELBOURNE: Iga Svyatech, Danielle Collins, Stephens Citibas and Danil Medvedev have qualified for the singles semifinals of the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament. In the quarterfinals in Melbourne yesterday, Polish athlete Ika Sviedek (aged 20, 9th) and Estonia’s Kaiya Canebi (36, aged 115) clashed. The first set lasted 64 minutes and was won by Canepi 6-4. The Swedech fought hard to win the 2nd set 7-6 (7-2), which lasted 69 minutes until the tiebreaker.
Swedech won the 3rd set 6-3 in 48 minutes. So Swedech advanced to the semifinals for the first time, winning the game 2-1 in 3 hours and one minute. In the other quarter, American Danielle Collins (28, 30th rank) advanced to the semifinals for the 2nd time, beating France’s Alice Cornett (32nd, 61st) 7-5, 6-1 in straight sets in one hour and 28 minutes.
In the men’s quarterfinals yesterday, Italy’s Janic Sinner (20, 10th rank) clashed with Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas (23, 4th rank). In a match that lasted about 2 hours and 6 minutes, Chitsibas won 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in straight sets and qualified for the semifinals for the 3rd time. Also in the quarterfinals were Canada’s Felix Akur (21, 9th rank) and Russia’s Danil Medvedev (25th, 2nd rank). Medvedev was expected to win easily. But Felix posed a formidable challenge. So in a marathon-long match of 4 hours and 42 minutes, Medvedev won 6-7 (4-7), 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 7-5, 6-4 and will play in the semifinals for the 2nd time in a row. .