Issues are actually heating up on the Australian Open because the fourth spherical motion will get underway on Sunday.
Alex de Minaur is the only real Australian left within the singles draw after a combined day for the native males’s hopes.
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He’ll tackle Novak Djokovic within the spherical of 16 after the Serbian took care of enterprise towards Grigor Dimitrov.
World #1 Iga Swiatek returns to motion after a demolition job within the third spherical. She’ll tackle twenty second seed Elena Rybakina with a quarterfinal spot on provide.
Two-time Australian Open winner Victoria Azarenka continues her outstanding comeback and might be eyeing off a quarterfinal start on Sunday.
Don’t miss any of the motion beneath.
12.50pm – World #1’s early nightmare
Iga Swiatek acquired off to the worst doable begin on Sunday towards Elena Rybakina.
The world primary was handed a code violation earlier than her first serve for not being prepared to begin follwing the one-minute warning.
As soon as the match acquired underway issues solely acquired worse for Swiatek. After racing away to 40-0 on serve, Rybakina bounced again to interrupt the heavy favourites serve and declare the early 1-0 lead.
Swiatek then held two break factors as she seemed to immediately reply, however as soon as once more it was the twenty second seed who had the solutions as she powered by the factors to take the 2-0 lead.
11.30am – Chilly-blooded handshake stuns Aus Open
Native favorite Andy Murray couldn’t produce one other heroic effort as he was knocked out within the third spherical by Roberto Bautista Agut on Saturday evening.
The British star coming off an nearly six-hour, five-set epic towards Thanasi Kokkinakis was feeling the consequences and fell in four-sets as Bautista Agut superior with the 6-1, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 win.
Nevertheless it was a second after the match got here to an finish that captured the attention of followers watching on as the 2 males exchanged a relatively frosty handshake on the web.
The fired up Spaniard and the shattered Brit slapped fingers and barely made eye-contact as the 2 didn’t trade any phrases earlier than shaking the chair umpires hand.
Followers went wild over the footage as hypothesis mounted over the meat between the 2 stars of the sport.
“That was fairly the drive-by handshake from Murray there,” one wrote.
One other added: “Wow! That handshake on the web. Murray & Bautista Agut clearly dislike one another.”
A 3rd wrote: “What was with that handshake between rba and Murray?”
Agut hinted in his press convention the group being fully behind Murray had acquired underneath his pores and skin.
“He understands the sport very nicely and he is aware of methods to play with a crowd, methods to play with the nerves of the opponent,” he mentioned afterwards.
“At present was a troublesome match. I feel I did an awesome job.”
11am – Swiatek chasing extra silverware
Swiatek has received three Grand Slam crowns however by no means at Melbourne Park, the place the 21-year-old reached the semi-finals final 12 months.
The highest seed might be determined so as to add Australia to her US Open and French Open (twice) triumphs, and is scorching favorite to just do that over the approaching week.
However on day seven of the primary main of the 12 months, she faces an actual last-16 problem in Rybakina.
The Moscow-born Kazakh is seeded 22 however defeated final 12 months’s Melbourne runner-up Danielle Collins in spherical three and beat world quantity two Ons Jabeur to win Wimbledon final 12 months.
Rybakina has enormous respect for Swiatek, who has dominated girls’s tennis because the retirement final 12 months of Australia’s Ashleigh Barty.
“For positive she’s very sturdy bodily and mentally,” the 23-year-old mentioned. “I feel that if I’m going to play my recreation, aggressive, I’m going to be stable from the start until the tip, I’ve all the probabilities.”
– AFP
