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“Obviously today was not the way I had planned to win,” Nosková said.
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“I feel sorry for Elina, I hope she gets very well soon.”
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A sad end to the action on MCA as Elina Svitolina retires with injury at 0-3.
Linda Noskova advances to the quarterfinals.
Speedy recovery, Elina 💙#AusOpen pic.twitter.com/mFcJuu7GAX
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Belarusian veteran and former world No 1 Victoria Azarenka was knocked out earlier this afternoon by 23-year-old Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska in straight sets.
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“It feels like my heart is going to jump out of my body,” Yastremska said after her victory.
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From qualifying to QUARTERFINALS 🙌@D_Yastremska delivers her best-ever Grand Slam result!#AusOpen • @wwos • @espn • @eurosport • @wowowtennis pic.twitter.com/wCR1plg9Ea
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 22, 2024
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Howdy one and all, welcome to the Australian Open 2024, day nine – afternoon session.
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In singles action already under way in Melbourne, Daniil Medvedev is up a set over Nuno Borges on Rod Laver Arena, while Arthur Cazaux and ninth-seed Hubert Hurkacz are locked in a tight battle in the first set of their meeting on John Cain.
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But the main focus at the commencement of this afternoon’s blog will be on Margaret Court Arena, where Germany’s Alexander Zverev will be taking on British No 1 Cameron Norrie with a spot in the quarter-finals on the line.
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Norrie downed Casper Ruud in the third round on Saturday to book a place among the last 16 for the first time in his career, but he’s working against an even greater weight of history in this one; not only has the 19th seed fallen to defeat the last four times he’s faced off with Zverev, but he’s also done so without taking a set off him.
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Zverev, for his part, dispatched American teenager Alex Michelson in straight sets on Saturday to advance to the fourth round, a mercifully straightforward affair after being forced to come from a set down against countryman Dominik Koepfer in the first round and needing nearly five hours to get past Slovakian qualifier Lukas Klein in the second.
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important events
It's a break. Zverev serves for the first set.
Norrie found the net 15-for-30, but the German responded with a great passing shot that led to two break points. Zverev's mistake saves a point, but Norrie hits his forearm into the net!
Medvedev is starting to run away from Borges Rod Laver broke his opponent twice in the third set and now leads 6-3, 7-6 (4), 4-2.
Norrie takes the lead However, Zverev responded and held on to 30 points to make it 5-5, and Norrie sent a return serve just over the baseline to take control of the match. It wouldn't be surprising if this first set went into a tiebreak again.
Norrie holds serve until 30 The score was 5-4 in the first. Both players were very strong with their first serves to start this match, Norrie by this point he had delivered 86% with his four aces and Zverev had his 73%.
Zverev has 30 serves The goal was to make it 4 wins and 4 losses, and to ensure that neither player dropped their service games in this first set.
Medvedev was brought to deuce again against Rod Laver, but this time he held against Borges for a 2-1 lead, while Hurkas led Cazeau 7-6 (6), 3-2 against John Cain. did.
Borges can't catch an early rest of Medvedev made a series of mistakes and was broken himself, making it 1-1 in the third match against Rod Laver.
Norrie held serve to take the first set 4-3. The commentators are Norrie tried something new to overcome the advantage presented by Germany's unbeaten record against Zverev, boasting that Norrie needed to find the net against Zverev.
A tense tie-break. But the first set is in the Polish pocket 🔒 @HubertHurkacz Leading to 7-6(6). #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/WLhd0QJMjF
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Borges steals Medvedev In the first game of the third set, he went to deuce with Rod Laver, but then held and broke! It was an important match for the Portuguese as he looked to overturn a two-set deficit.
Meanwhile, Zverev held his serve and made it 3-3.
Noli's other ace Neither player has blinked yet in this early stage of the match to hold serve to 30, but have yet to concede a break point.
Zverev's solid reaction Holding on to 15, he double-faulted on his first serve-out attempt and ended the game with a powerful ace.
The octopus has its tentacles wrapped around this match 🐙@DanielMedwed Borges led 6-3, 7-6 (4).#AusOpen • #AO2024 pic.twitter.com/8ccDyRKmjD
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Tie breakout with John Cain At the end of the match, it was Furkas who rallied from an early break to take the first set from Cazeau and win the tiebreaker 8-6.
zverev He stays comfortably on his serve, but Nolly responds and continues to love himself.
Medvedev took the second set After winning the tiebreak 7-4, he defeated Borges vs. Rod Laver, increasing his lead to 6-3 and 7-6 after two sets.
Norrie serves first. He held 30 and reached the net, forcing Zverev to scramble and lob for an easy return and take the first game.
During this time, we entered a tie-break. At John Cain Arena, the first set between Cazeau and Furkas, this time against Rod Laver, with Medvedev holding on to take it 6-6 against Borges.
Borges holds In the second set, Rod Laver made it 6-5 against Medvedev.
zverev and nolly They are heading to Margaret Court Arena and the action is expected to begin soon.
Zverev is back He has risen to the top of the tennis world since recovering from torn ligaments in his right ankle in June 2022, but his presence in Melbourne will be marred by his presence in Germany as he faces a public trial on charges of physically abusing his ex-girlfriend. It is largely overshadowed by the news. In 2020, he denied the charges.
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Norrie was caught off guard. She deviated from her usual basic match against Ruud and instead went aggressive and found the net often, defeating the Norwegian in four sets.
However, Zverev can be counted among those who were not surprised by the change in approach, having been practicing for Game 4 during the pre-season in Monte Carlo.
“I actually thought he played the way he worked on it in the offseason,” Zverev said.
“We obviously spent the offseason together in Monaco, so I was seeing him every day. This is exactly what he was working on.”
“When you think of Cameron Nolley, you usually think of a guy who does a lot of grinding, a big fighter. But in the offseason, he really worked on his game and really focused on his offensive style of play. He was serious about coming forward.
“That was very noticeable in December, and now you can see it on the court as well. This work is paying off for him.”
Alex de Minaur said he was devastated. After losing to Andrei Rublev in a tense five-set match last night.
Hopes for home glory at the Australian Open were dashed on a windy Sunday night in Melbourne when fifth-seeded Rublev used a late barrage to defeat De Minaur in the last 16.
“I'm a different player day and night,” De Minaur said after the game.
Maybe a few years ago or last year, I would have sat here and been happy with the result and probably wouldn't have won, he's ranked higher than me, I took him to five sets, You might say it was quite an effort.
But that has completely changed. Because right now I'm sitting here and I'm completely devastated because I thought this was a great opportunity and a game that I really believed we could win. But it just slipped away.
Here it is jack snape's Full report from Rod Laver Arena:
Linda Noskova and Elina Svitolina (19) return after injury retirement
Elina Svitlona suffered a back injury and was forced to withdraw from her fourth-round match against Ukraine's Linda Noskova, bringing a sad end to her Australian Open campaign.
“Obviously I wasn't going to win today,” Noskova said.
“I'm sorry Elina. I hope you get better soon.”
The match at MCA came to a sad end as Elina Svitolina retired due to injury with 0 wins and 3 losses.
Linda Noskova advances to the quarterfinals.
Erina, please recover quickly 💙#AusOpen pic.twitter.com/mFcJuu7GAX
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Dayana Yastremska defeats Victoria Azarenka (18) 7-6 (8-6), 6-4
Belarusian veteran and former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka lost in straight sets to 23-year-old Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine earlier this afternoon.
“I feel like my heart is going to jump out of my body,” Yastremska said after her win.
From qualifying to quarterfinals🙌@D_Yastremska The best result in Grand Slam history!#AusOpen • @wwos • @espn • @Eurosport • @wowowtennis pic.twitter.com/wCR1plg9Ea
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preamble
Hello everyone. Welcome to the afternoon session of Day 9 of the 2024 Australian Open.
In the singles matches already taking place in Melbourne, Daniil Medvedev leads Nuno Borges by one set at Rod Laver Arena, while Arthur Cazeau and No. 9 seed Hubert Hurkas take on John Cain. The first set of the match was a close one.
But the main focus at the start of this afternoon's blog will be on the Margaret Court Arena, where Germany's Alexander Zverev takes on British number one Cameron Norrie for a place in the quarter-finals.
Norie defeated Casper Roode in the third round on Saturday to reach the last 16 for the first time in his career, but he is also battling an even greater weight of history in this match. The 19th seed not only lost in the previous four times he faced Zverev, he also won without conceding a set.
Zverev dispatched American teenager Alex Michaelson in straight sets on Saturday to reach the fourth round. Thankfully, it was an easy result after coming from a set down against compatriot Dominique Koepfer in the first round and taking nearly five hours to complete. He passed Slovakia's qualifier Lukas Klein for second place.
