The 2024 Australian Open quarterfinals are underway with defending champions Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka nonetheless competing. Nonetheless, this event has additionally given us some very surprises.
Essentially the most gorgeous upset to date got here on the ladies’s aspect through the third spherical when unseeded Linda Noskova defeated No. 1 seed Iga Swiatek, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
After the primary set, it seemed like every thing would go in keeping with 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 event has been large open for the ladies, however a few clear favorites have emerged 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, the defending champion, made fast work of Lesia Tsurenko, 6-0, 6-0, within the third spherical.
Some of the spectacular runs got here from 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva, who was only one set away from being the youngest participant to succeed in the Australian Open quarterfinals since Martina Hingis in 1997. As an alternative, ninth-seeded Barbora Krejcikova took a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory and shall be dealing with Sabalenka.
On the boys’s aspect, Djokovic has superior to his 58th Grand Slam quarterfinal after a straight-set victory over No. 20 seed Adrian Mannarino. That was the Serbian star’s one hundredth Australian Open match and his thirty first consecutive win at Melbourne.
Djokovic will subsequent be taking over American Taylor Fritz, who’s showing in his first-ever Australian Open quarterfinal. Fritz, seeded No. 12, earned his quarterfinal ticket after a 7-6 (7-3), 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 win over No. 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas — his first ever win in opposition to a top-10 opponent in any of the 4 main tournaments. Fritz is 0-8 all-time in opposition to Djokovic, however he was capable of take him to 5 units within the third spherical of the 2021 Australian Open.
Sixth-seeded Alexander Zverev survived an exhilarating five-set battle in opposition to No. 19 Cameron Norrie, successful 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 4-6, 7-6 (10-3). Zverev shall be dealing with No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz within the quarterfinal spherical.
One notable absence on this 12 months’s event is 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal, who withdrew after suffering a micro tear in his hip through 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 you could know concerning the 2024 US Open:
The best way 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
- Novak Djokovic (SRB)
- Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)
- Daniil Medvedev (N/A)
- Jannik Sinner (ITA)
- Andrey Rublev (N/A)
- Alexander Zverev (GER)
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
- Holger Rune (DEN)
- Hubert Hurkacz (POL)
- Alex De Minaur (AUS)
- Casper Ruud (NOR)
- Taylor Fritz (USA)
- Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
- Tommy Paul (USA)
- Karen Khachanov (N/A)
- Ben Shelton (USA)
- Frances Tiafoe (USA)
- Nicolas Jarry (CHL)
- Cameron Norrie (GBR)
- Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
- Ugo Humbert (FRA)
- Francisco Cerundolo (ARG)
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)
- Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)
- Lorenzo Musetti (ITA)
- Sebastian Baez (ARG)
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)
- Tallon Griekspoor (NLD)
- Sebastian Korda (USA)
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG)
- Alexander Bublik (KAZ)
- Jiri Lehecka (CZE)
Ladies’s seeding
- Iga Swiatek (POL)
- Aryna Sabalenka (N/A)
- Elena Rybakina (KAZ)
- Coco Gauff (USA)
- Jessica Pegula (USA)
- Ons Jabeur (TUN)
- Marketa Vondrousova (CZE)
- Maria Sakkari (GRE)
- Barbora Krejcikova (CZE)
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA)
- Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)
- Qinwen Zheng (CHN)
- Liudmila Samsonova (N/A)
- Daria Kasatkina (N/A)
- Veronika Kudermetova (N/A)
- Caroline Garcia (FRA)
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (N/A)
- Victoria Azarenka (N/A)
- Elina Svitolina (UKR)
- Magda Linette (POL)
- Donna Vekic (HRV)
- Sorana Cirstea (ROU)
- Anastasia Potapova (N/A)
- Anhelina Kalinina (UKR)
- Elise Mertens (BEL)
- Jasmine Paolini (ITA)
- Emma Navarro (USA)
- Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)
- Zhu Lin (CHN)
- Wang Xinyu (CHN)
- Marie Bouzkova (CZE)
- Leylah Fernandez (CAN)
Males’s quarterfinal matches:
- No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 12 Taylor Fritz
- No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz vs. No. 6 Alexander Zverev
- No. 3 Daniil Medvedev vs. No. 9 Hubert Hurkacz
- No. 4 Jannik Sinner vs. No. 5 Andrey Rublev
Notable males’s fourth-round matches:
- No. 1 Novak Djokovic def. No. 20 Adrian Mannarino 6-0. 6-0, 6-3
- No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz def. Miomir Kecmaovic 6-4, 6-4 6-0
- No. 3 Daniil Medvedev def. Nuno Borges 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 5-7, 6-1
- No. 4 Jannik Sinner def. No. 15 Karen Khachanov 6-4, 7-5, 6-3
- No. 5 Andrey Rublev def. No. 10 Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-0
- No. 6 Alexander Zverev def. No. 19 Cameron Norrie 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 4-6, 7-6 (10-3)
- No. 12 Taylor Fritz def. No. 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (7-3), 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
- No. 9 Hubert Hurkacz def. Arthur Cazaux 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-3), 6-4
Ladies’s quarterfinal matches:
- No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka vs. No. 9 Barbora Krejcikova
- No. 4 Coco Gauff vs. Marta Kostyuk
- No. 12 Qinwen Zheng vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Linda Noskova
Notable girls’s fourth-round matches
- No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka def. Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 6-2
- No. 4 Coco Gauff def. Magdalena Frech 6-1. 6-2
- No. 9 Barbora Krejcikova def. Mirra Andreeva 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
- No. 12 Qinwen Zheng def. Oceane Dodin 6-0, 6-3
- Dayana Yastremska def. No. 18 Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (8-6), 6-4
- Linda Noskova def. No. 19 Elina Svitolina 3-0 walkover
