Defending champion Jannik Sinner has moved into the quarterfinals at the Australian Open after beating Holger Rune in a match slowed down by medical timeouts for each player and a delay because the net got knocked loose.
They also have a dead-even head-to-head record. Keys won their first two matches, and Rybakina came back to win the next two, including their only meeting of 2024, on hard courts in Miami. Keys has won eight straight matches in Adelaide and Melbourne, while Rybakina, with new coach Goran Ivanisevic, hasn’t dropped a set this week.
The pragmatic pro in Gael Monfils would like to have finished off his first-round win in straight sets against up-and-coming
Top seed Jannik Sinner and 22-year-old Ben Shelton advance to the Australian Open quarterfinals. Despite fitness struggles and Melbourne's intense heat, Sinner overcame Holger Rune. Shelton triumphed after Gael Monfils retired due to injury.
Jannik Sinner comes through a tough physical battle against Holger Rune to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals.
Elina Svitolina has started off proceedings for the day at the Rod Laver Arena against Veronika Kudermetova. Later in the day, Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek will also be in action on Centre Court.
Twelfth seed Ben Shelton dispatched the French veteran Gaël Monfils on Monday to move into the quarter-finals at the Australian Open for the second time in three years.
Gael Monfils rallied from a set down to claim a thrilling 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (1), 6-4 win over American Taylor Fritz in a third-round match at the Australian Open.
Jannik Sinner will face his trickiest test yet at the Australian Open when the defending champion battles Dane Holger Rune in the fourth round on Monday, while five-times Grand Slam winner Iga Swiatek will be the heavy favourite against lucky loser Eva Lys.
Sinner was joined in the quarter-finals by countryman Lorenzo Sonego, who is through to this stage at a grand slam for the first time after ending the run of 19-year-old American Learner Tien with a 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-1 victory.
The World No. 1, despite feeling unwell in sweltering conditions, kept up his title defense with a four-set triumph.
Jannik Sinner will face his trickiest test yet at the Australian Open when the defending champion battles Dane Holger Rune in the fourth round on Monday, while fivetimes Grand Slam winner Iga Swiatek will be the heavy favourite against lucky loser Eva Lys.