Tennis
Sakkari 2-0 Gratseva: Maria reached the quarter-finals of the Austrian tournament
Maria Sakkari equalized Russian and No. 84 tennis player in the world Varvara Gratseva in 2-0 sets (6-4, 6-2) to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Indoor 250 tournament in Austria.
After Paritha Dias, Maria Sakkari (No. 7) also passed the obstacle the Russian and No. 84 tennis player in the world Varvara Gratseva with a 2-0 set (6-4, 6-2) and advanced to the “8”. at the 250m indoor tournament in Leeds.
There she meets Donna Vekic (No. 33) and Madison Brengle (No. 82), who meet on Thursday (September 2nd).
The Greek tennis player celebrated her 7th win in 2023 and this week her 2nd in a row in Austria.
The 27-year-old Greek, who has won eight of the game’s last ten games, showed she is in good shape and continued her convincing performances a few hours after her successful debut in the tournament against Spain’s Nuria Parithas Diath.
The match was contested for a set, with the world No. 7 tennis player stepping on the gas at 4-4 in the opening set to celebrate a comfortable win over world No. 84.
Sakkari ended the match with just 14 effortless penalties that didn’t allow her opponent to break!
Her serve worked beautifully for the 2nd day in a row and with 42/61 points won behind her she had no further trouble and erased all six break chances created by Gracheva.
The No. 1 on the board used 3/12 break points to earn her 412th win of her career.
Source: Tennis24
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38-year-old Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic (ATP 4) reached the quarter-finals of the 2026 Australian Open ahead of schedule.
On January 26, Novak was supposed to play in the fourth round against the representative of the Czech Republic, Jakub Mensik (ATP 17). However, the meeting will not take place – Meshik withdrew from the fight due to an abdominal muscle injury.
“After doing everything we could to continue my performance, I had to withdraw from the Australian Open due to an abdominal muscle injury that got worse in the last matches. Despite the disappointment, I will remember for a long time my debut in the fourth round of this tournament. I felt great energy from the fans and the atmosphere in Melbourne was really special,” said Yacoub.
The winner of the match between Lorenzo Musetti (Italy, ATP 5) and Taylor Fritz (USA, ATP 9) will be Novak’s next opponent.
Djokovic will play in the quarter-finals of the major tournament in Melbourne for the 16th time in his career and will compete in the semi-finals for the 13th time.
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The third racket of the world, German Alexander Zverev, reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.
In the fourth round, Zverev defeated Argentinean Francisco Cerundolo with a score of 6:2, 6:4, 6:4. The meeting lasted 2 hours 12 minutes.
The next opponent of the 28-year-old German will be the winner of the match Daniil Medvedev (Russia, 11) – Lerner Thien (USA, 25).
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Men. Fourth circle
Alexander Zverev (Germany, 3) – Francisco Serundolo (Arentina, 18) – 6:2, 6:4, 6:4
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Number three in the ATP rankings Alexander Zverev He reached the quarter-finals of the 2026 Australian Open, played on the hard courts of Melbourne Park.
In the fourth round of the major, Zverev confidently defeated the representative of Argentina in three sets Francisco Cherundolo (ATR 21) in 2 hours 12 minutes.
Australian Open 2026. 1/16 finals
Alexander Zverev (Germany) [3] – Francisco Cherundolo (Argentina) [18] – 6:2, 6:4, 6:4
Zverev played against Cherundolo for the sixth time and defeated his opponent for the third time.
Last year Alexander lost to Jannik Sinner in the Australian Open final. Zverev’s next opponent will be either Daniil Medvedev or Lerner Thien.
Zverev became the second quarterfinalist of AO-2026. Previously, Carlos Alcaraz reached this stage by beating Tommy Paul.
Photo gallery of the match
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