Defending Australian Open champions Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka have each superior to the 2024 semifinals at Melbourne Park, and the following spherical is shaping as much as be an thrilling one.
American teenager Coco Gauff punched a ticket to her first ever Australian Open semifinal, the place she’s going to face Sabalenka. This might be a rematch of the 2023 US Open ladies’s singles remaining, which Gauff gained in three units towards the Belarusian star.
Their quarterfinals in Melbourne could not have been extra totally different. Gauff survived an error-filled recreation towards Marta Kostyuk with a 7-6 (6), 6-7 (3), 6-2 win that took three hours and eight minutes. In the meantime, Sabalenka took lower than an hour to say her 6-2, 6-3 victory over Barbora Krejcikova. Sabalenka has been a pressure to be reckoned with on this event, dropping simply 16 video games and enjoying a mixed 5.25 hours by way of 5 rounds.
Sabalenka stated she’s wanting ahead to going through Gauff as a result of she “actually needed that revenge” and is aware of it will likely be a “nice match.”
On the lads’s aspect, Djokovic reached his record-extending forty eighth Grand Slam semifinal with a 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win towards American Taylor Fritz. The ten-time Australian Open champion has now gained 32 consecutive matches at Melbourne.
After his quarterfinal win, Djokovic was interviewed by Australian star Nick Kyrgios, who missed his second consecutive Australian Open due to ongoing accidents. It was a fun interview, however the gamers gave us a hilarious spotlight lengthy earlier than they donned the microphones. As a part of his celebration for profitable some extent after a protracted rally towards Fritz, Djokovic discovered Kyrgios within the commentary sales space and blew him a kiss.
Djokovic’s subsequent opponent might be Jannik Sinner, who beat Andrey Rublev 6-4,7-6 (7-5), 6-3 to succeed in his first ever Australian Open semifinal. This might be a rematch of the 2023 Wimbledon males’s singles semifinal, which Djokovic gained in three units earlier than dropping the championship recreation to Carlos Alcaraz.
Talking of Alcaraz, the No. 2 seed remains to be very a lot alive on this competitors. He’s on the brink of tackle sixth-seeded Alexander Zverev, who survived an exciting five-set battle towards No. 19 Cameron Norrie and pulled off a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 4-6, 7-6 (10-3) win.
One other notable absence on this yr’s event is 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal, who withdrew after suffering a micro tear in his hip through the Brisbane Worldwide.
Right here is all you could know concerning the 2024 US Open:
How one can 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)
Girls’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 semifinal matches:
- No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 4 Jannik Sinner
- TBD
Males’s quarterfinal matches:
- No. 1 Novak Djokovic def. No. 12 Taylor Fritz, 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
- No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz vs. No. 6 Alexander Zverev
- No. 3 Daniil Medvedev vs. No. 9 Hubert Hurkacz
- No. 4 Jannik Sinner def. No. 5 Andrey Rublev, 6-4,7-6 (7-5), 6-3
Girls’s semifinal matches:
- No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka vs. No. 4 Coco Gauff
- TBD
Girls’s quarterfinal matches:
- No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka def. No. 9 Barbora Krejcikova, 6-2, 6-3
- No. 4 Coco Gauff def. Marta Kostyuk, 7-6 (8-6), 6-7 (3-7), 6-2
- No. 12 Qinwen Zheng vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Linda Noskova
