Australian Open 2024: Top seed Iga Swiatek upset by Linda Noskova, plus other notable results

The 2024 Australian Open is underway and has given us loads of surprises already. Probably the most gorgeous upset of the match thus far got here on the ladies’s facet Saturday when unseeded Linda Noskova defeated No. 1 seed Iga Swiatek, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

After the primary set, it seemed like every little thing would go in response to plan. Nonetheless, Noskova got here again with a vengeance and took the second set earlier than ending off Swiatek within the decisive third set. It was a stunner in an Australian Open that has seen a number of of these within the girls’s bracket. Because the fourth spherical begins, solely three of the highest 10 girls seeds stay.

This match has been large open for the ladies, however there are a few clear favorites now that different heavy hitters have been eradicated. No. 4 seed Coco Gauff marched previous Alycia Parks in straight units, 6-0, 6-2. Then, No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka made fast work of Lesia Tsurenko, 6-0, 6-0, within the third spherical.

However, all however one of many top-10 seeded males are nonetheless competing, with No. 8 Holger Rune being the one exception. The third spherical did not precisely present a lot resistance for these gamers both. Seven of the remaining top-10 seeds superior to the fourth spherical in straight units. No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz was about to do the identical factor in opposition to his opponent, Shang Juncheng, however Juncheng was compelled to retire within the third set.

With so many large names left within the match, there shall be some marquee matchups within the males’s bracket right through to the ultimate. Within the fourth spherical, No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic will go head-to-head in opposition to No. 20 seed Adrian Mannarino. Maybe probably the most notable conflict of this upcoming spherical options No. 7 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas taking over No. 12 seed Taylor Fritz.

One notable absence on this 12 months’s match is 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal, who withdrew after suffering a micro tear in his hip throughout the Brisbane Worldwide. Australian star Nick Kyrgios can be absent due to damage, which makes it the second consecutive Australian Open he hasn’t performed.

Right here is all it’s good to know in regards to the 2024 US Open:

Find out how to watch the 2024 Australian Open

• Dates: Jan. 13-27
• The place: Melbourne Park, Australia
• Watch: ESPN, ABC, Tennis Channel
• Stream: fubo (try for free)

Males’s seeding

1. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
2. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)
3. Daniil Medvedev (N/A)
4. Jannik Sinner (ITA)
5. Andrey Rublev (N/A)
6. Alexander Zverev (GER)
7. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
8. Holger Rune (DEN)
9. Hubert Hurkacz (POL)
10. Alex De Minaur (AUS)
11. Casper Ruud (NOR)
12. Taylor Fritz (USA)
13. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
14. Tommy Paul (USA)
15. Karen Khachanov (N/A)
16. Ben Shelton (USA)
17. Frances Tiafoe (USA)
18. Nicolas Jarry (CHL)
19. Cameron Norrie (GBR)
20. Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
21. Ugo Humbert (FRA)
22. Francisco Cerundolo (ARG)
23. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)
24. Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)
25. Lorenzo Musetti (ITA)
26. Sebastian Baez (ARG)
27. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)
28. Tallon Griekspoor (NLD)
29. Sebastian Korda (USA)
30. Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG)
31. Alexander Bublik (KAZ)
32. Jiri Lehecka (CZE)

Girls’s seeding

1. Iga Swiatek (POL)
2. Aryna Sabalenka (N/A)
3. Elena Rybakina (KAZ)
4. Coco Gauff (USA)
5. Jessica Pegula (USA)
6. Ons Jabeur (TUN)
7. Marketa Vondrousova (CZE)
8. Maria Sakkari (GRE)
9. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE)
10. Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA)
11. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)
12. Qinwen Zheng (CHN)
13. Liudmila Samsonova (N/A)
14. Daria Kasatkina (N/A)
15. Veronika Kudermetova (N/A)
16. Caroline Garcia (FRA)
17. Ekaterina Alexandrova (N/A)
18. Victoria Azarenka (N/A)
19. Elina Svitolina (UKR)
20. Magda Linette (POL)
21. Donna Vekic (HRV)
22. Sorana Cirstea (ROU)
23. Anastasia Potapova (N/A)
24. Anhelina Kalinina (UKR)
25. Elise Mertens (BEL)
26. Jasmine Paolini (ITA)
27. Emma Navarro (USA)
28. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)
29. Zhu Lin (CHN)
30. Wang Xinyu (CHN)
31. Marie Bouzkova (CZE)
32. Leylah Fernandez (CAN)

Notable males’s fourth-round matches:

• No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 20 Adrian Mannarino
• No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz vs. Miomir Kecmaovic
• No. 3 Daniil Medvedev vs. Nuno Borges
• No. 4 Jannik Sinner vs. No. 15 Karen Khachanov
• No. 5 Andrey Rublev vs. No. 10 Alex de Minaur
• No. 6 Alexander Zverev vs. No. 19 Cameron Norrie
• No. 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. No. 12 Taylor Fritz
• No. 9 Hubert Hurkacz vs. Arthur Cazaux

Notable girls’s third-round matches:

• Linda Noskova def. No. 1 Iga Swiatek, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka def. Lesia Tsurenko, 6-0, 6-0
• No. 4 Coco Gauff def. Alycia Parks, 6-0, 6-2
• No. 9 Barbora Krejcikova def. Storm Hunter, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
•  Maria Timofeeva def. No. 10 Beatriz Haddad Maia, 7-6 (9-7), 6-3

Notable girls’s fourth-round matches

• No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka vs. Amanda Anisimova
• No. 4 Coco Gauff vs. Magdalena Frech
• No. 9 Barbora Krejcikova vs. Mirra Andreeva
• No. 12 Qinwen Zheng vs. Oceane Dodin
• No. 18 Victoria Azarenka vs. Dayana Yastremska
• No. 19 Elina Svitolina vs. Linda Noskova