Tennis
Sakkari lost 2-1 sets to Pegula in Doha semifinals after a big fight
Maria Sakkari had a great fight with Jessica Pegula but lost 2-1 sets to end her run at the Doha Open in the semifinals.
Maria Sakkari put up another great fight but this time she was defeated 2-1 by Jessica Pegula. The two tennis players, who struggled with the strong winds, battled for about two hours, with the American emerging victorious.
Maria Sakkari ended her course in Doha in the semi-finals and will find herself in seventh place in the world rankings next Monday. On the other hand, Jessica Pegula will win the cup against the winner of the pair Sviontek-Kuntermetova.
The match: The match started in the worst possible way for Maria Sakkari. Pegula broke serve right in the first game and then managed a second break to take a 4-1 lead.
Sakkari had a big problem with her serve and the American took full advantage of it. Shaq got the second break back straight away, but Pegula broke again and then held to end the set 6-2.
In the second set, Pegula broke again in the first game and then held to take a 2-0 lead.
Sakkari immediately clawed back the break but Pegula grabbed another break and then held to return to a 4-2 lead. However, Sac did not give up.
Unlike in the first set, she managed to grab her second break and bring the set back to 4-4 and then take a 5-4 lead for the first time in the match.
Pegula served to stay alive in the set and Sakkari managed to get her third break of the set to make it 6-4 and send the match to a third set.
The third set started with three consecutive breaks, with Pegula holding at love first to take a 3-1 lead. Then the American made a third break.
This proved crucial as Pegula used the next two games to close the set 6-1 and qualify for the final.
Source: sport 24
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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The first racket of the world, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.
In the fourth round, Alcaraz defeated American Tommy Paul with a score of 7:6 (8:6), 6:4, 7:5. The meeting lasted 2 hours 44 minutes.
The next opponent of the 22-year-old Spaniard will be the winner of the match Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan, 10) – Alex De Minaur (Australia, 6).
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Men. Fourth circle
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain, 1) – Tommy Paul (USA, 19) – 7:6 (8:6), 6:4, 7:5
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American Jovic, at the age of 18, reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the first time, where she will play Sabalenka.
American tennis player Iva Jovic has reached the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam tournament in Australia.
In the 1/8 final match, Jovich, who received the 29th seed, beat the representative of Kazakhstan, Yulia Putintseva, with a score of 6:0, 6:1. The meeting lasted 54 minutes.
According to Opta Ace, 18-year-old Jovic repeated the result of her eminent compatriot Venus Williams from 1998, reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in women’s singles without losing games. Earlier, the young athlete knocked out the representative of the top 10, Italian Jasmine Paolini, from the tournament bracket. In the next round of the competition, Jovic will play against world number one Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus.
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Women. Fourth circle
Iva Jovic (USA, 29) – Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) – 6:0, 6:1
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