Tennis
Great qualification for Papamicail, disqualification for Grammatikopoulou in the Australian Open qualifiers
Despina Papamichael, who played excellent tennis, managed to beat Reka Luka Gianni 2-0 in the Australian Open qualifiers. On the contrary, Valentini Grammatikopoulou was defeated 2-0 by Marina Bassol Ribera.
THE Despina Papamichael (158th place in the world rankings) He played excellent tennis and managed to overcome the obstacle of world No. 111 Reka Luca Gianni by winning the Australian Open 1st qualifying round 6-1, 6-0 while also earning his first career win in the tournament.
She needed 73 minutes for her first win at the Australian Open, but also in the 2nd qualifying round, showed consistency in service on the one hand, but also substance in the game and avoided many unforced errors (17).
On the other hand, she took advantage of her opponent’s many mistakes (32), while showing composure, perseverance and patience in points that the tennis player from Hungary could have brought into play.
The 29-year-old sealed qualification for the 2nd qualifying round, where meets Serbian and world No. 153 Olga Danilovic, who in turn defeated Brazilian (No. 216) Carolina Alvez 6-2, 6-4.
exclusion for the Valentini Grammatikopoulou
On the other hand, Valentini Grammatikopoulou (No. 199) was defeated by Spain and world No. 125 Marina Basol Ribera 6-2, 6-1 in 70 minutes for the Australian Open 1st qualifying round and was eliminated early from the competition.
The Greek tennis player had multiple problems from the serve position, winning 45% of the points in the 1st (21/47) and just 27% in the 2nd (6/22) while also making 45 unforced errors.
Basol Ribera started the game with a win in the first three games (3-0) after twice breaking Grammatikopoulou’s serve, who then reduced by taking back one of the two breaks (3-1).
From there, the Spaniard found two more breaks and one for Grammatikopoulou (5-2), with Basol Ribera completing the 1st set on her serve with the 2nd hold of the set.
Grammatikopoulou’s first serve came at the start of the 2nd set, but this was also the last game won for the Greek tennis player who has won 6 games in a row from that point on, giving Basol Ribera the win and qualifying for the 2nd qualifying round reached.
For Grammatikopoulou, this was the 2nd consecutive elimination in the first phase of the Australian Open qualifiers in a total of 5 appearances, as three consecutive qualifiers (2017, 2018, 2019) in the 2nd qualifying round had preceded it.
Source: Tennis24
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Kazakh tennis player Elena Rybakina reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in Melbourne.
Rybakina, who received the fifth seed from the organizers, beat the 21st seed Elise Mertens from Belgium in the fourth round match with a score of 6:1, 6:3. The match lasted 1 hour 17 minutes.
In the quarterfinals, Rybakina will play with the winner of the meeting Maddison Inglis (Australia, Q) / Iga Szwiatek (Poland, 2).
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Women. Fourth circle
Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan, 5) – Elise Mertens (Belgium, 21) – 6:1, 6:3
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Italian Lorenzo Musetti beat US representative Taylor Fritz in the fourth round of the Australian Open.
Musetti, seeded fifth at the tournament, defeated ninth seed Fritz in three sets – 6:2, 7:5, 6:4. The duration of the match was 2 hours 4 minutes.
In the quarterfinals, Musetti will play Novak Djokovic (4). The Serb previously advanced to the next stage without a fight, as his Czech opponent Jakub Mensik withdrew from the tournament due to injury.
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Men. Fourth circle
Lorenzo Musetti (Italy, 5) – Taylor Fritz (USA, 9) – 6:2, 7:5, 6:4
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American tennis player Amanda Anisimova beat Chinese Wang Xin Yu in the fourth round of the Australian Open.
The meeting ended with a score of 7:6 (7:4), 6:4 in favor of the fourth racket of the world. The duration of the match was 1 hour 42 minutes.
In the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam tournament, Anisimova will play with compatriot Jessica Pegula (6th seed).
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Women. Fourth circle
Amanda Anisimova (USA, 4) – Wang Xin Yu (China) – 7:6 (7:4), 6:4
Source: Sportbox
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