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Sakkari: Vekic’s opponents in the Leeds quarter-finals
Donna Vekic defeated Madison Brengle 2-0 and will be the opponent of Maria Sakkari in the quarterfinals of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz.
One of her best friends on the tour, Donna Vekic, meets Maria Sakkari in the quarter-finals of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz on Friday (October 2nd).
The 27-year-old Greek (No. 7), who won back-to-back sets at the 250 tournament in Austria this week, met her next opponent from the pair of Donna Vekic and Madison Brengle.
After 73 minutes of play, the Croatian and No. 33 tennis player in the world beat the American and No. 82 with 6-3, 6-1 and “sealed” her very interesting date with Sakkari, in the “8” best of the institution.
On the WTA Tour, the two have faced each other five times in the past, with the 26-year-old and No. 5 on the board at Leeds holding the H2H by a wide 4-1 in her favour.
Their last meeting last year was in the round of 16 in San Diego, where Vekic won without dropping a set.
In total, Sakkari and Vekic have crossed swords seven times at professional level (including ITF tournaments), with the Croatian counting five wins over the Greek champions’ two.
However, their clash promises to be impressive as Vekic is in superb game form and together with Maria’s good week at Leeds a hard fought match is expected.
SOURCE: Tennis24
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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.
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The first racket of the world, Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, broke Serbian Novak Djokovic’s record for the number of tiebreakers won in a row at Grand Slam tournaments, OptaAce reports on social networks.
On Saturday, Sabalenka beat Canada’s Victoria Mboko 6-1, 7-6 (7-1) to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. Sabalenka won her 20th consecutive tiebreaker at Grand Slam tournaments and set a new record, surpassing Djokovic’s achievement (19).
“I’m upset now,” Djokovic responded to the record on social networks.
In the next round of competition, Sabalenka will meet with 18-year-old American Iva Jovic.
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The men’s singles draw for the last 16 matches at the 2026 Australian Open will be held on January 25.
They will enter the Margaret Court Arena at approximately 09:30 Kyiv time. Daniil Medvedev (ATR 12) and Lerner Tien (USA, ATP 29).
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This will be the fourth head-to-head meeting between the rivals. The score is 2:1 in Tien’s favor.
The winner of the match will face Alexander Zverev or Francisco Cherundolo in the quarter-finals.
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