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Jastremska, who is ranked 93rd in the WTA rankings, defeated Belarusian Victoria Azarenka (WTA 22nd) 7:6 (8:6), 6:4 in the round of 16.
Azarenka, a two-time Australian Open Championship winner, previously defeated Latvian No. 1 Alon Ostapenko (WTA No. 10) 6-1, 7-5 in the third round.
In the quarterfinals, Jastremska will face Noskova (WTA 50), who defeated Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina (WTA 23) in her round of 16. The match between Noskova and Svitolina lasted less than 20 minutes, because after the Czech took a 3-0 lead, Svitolina left the game due to back pain.
The Russian Anna Kalinska (WTA 75) also reached the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam for the first time in her career. Kalinska won the round of 16 6:4, 6:2 against the Italian tennis player Jasmine Paolini (WTA 31st).
In the next round, Kalinska will face the French Oceana Doden (WTA 95th) or the Chinese athlete Jen Qinwen (WTA 15th).
On Sunday, last year’s tournament winner from Belarus Arina Sabalenka (WTA 2nd), the Czech Barbora Krejcikova (WTA 11th), the American Coco Goff (WTA 4th) and the Ukrainian representative Marta Kostyuk (WTA 37th) also reached the quarterfinals.
Meanwhile, in the men’s category, four tennis players from the world’s top ten reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. The Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the second-ranked player in the world, defeated the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (ATP 60) 6:4, 6:4, 6:0 and reached the quarterfinals of the “Grand Slam” tournament for the seventh time in his career . His best success so far in Australia was a third round two years ago.
He will face German tennis player Alexander Zverev (ATP No. 6) in the quarterfinals, who lost 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, in the most intense match in men’s singles on Monday. The British tennis player Cameron Norrie (ATP 22nd) defeated 7-6 (10:3).
This was Zverev’s fifth win in five games between the two. He has never won a Grand Slam tournament, he has only reached the final once, and in 2020 he reached the final of the US Open.
In another quarter-final pair, the world’s third-placed Russian Daniil Medvedev and the Pole Hubert Hurkach (ATP 9th) meet.
Medvedev stayed on the court for four sets in the game against the Portuguese Nuna Borges (ATP 69) and won 6:3, 7:6 (7:4), 5:7, 6:1.
Medvedev, a two-time finalist in the tournament, will face Hurkača, who is ranked 122nd in the French rankings, in the quarterfinals. Artur defeated Cazo in three sets, but had to complete two tiebreaks, but won the third set thanks to the success in the first game in which Cazo served.
On Tuesday, Serbian world number one Novak Djokovic will face American Taylor Fritz (ATP 12th), while Italian tennis player Yannick Siner (ATP 4th) will meet Russian Andrei Rublev (ATP 5th) in the quarterfinals.
The main competition of the Australian Open Championship will take place until January 28th.
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