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Carlos Alcaraz is one of those who will fight for the title at the Australian Open
The Spaniard said after the match: “This is not the way anyone wants to advance, but this qualification is special as it is the first time it went to the second week in Australia”.
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Carlos Alcaraz, who was eliminated in 2022 (2023 was not due to injury) by the Italian Matteo Berrettini, will now play ante el serbio Miomir Kecmanovic (60) who has just eliminated the American Tommy Paul (14) in a grueling four-hour match by 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 (9-7) and 6-0.
Other results of the day were the victories of the British Cameron Norrie against the Norwegian Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-7 (7-9), 6-4 and 6-3 and the surprising French Arthur Cazaux He beat Tallon Griekspoor (Netherlands) 6-3, 6-3, 6-1.
Later, the Portuguese Nuno Borges he surprised the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-7, 6-4, 6-2 and 7-6; the russian Daniil Medvedev, 3rd. favorite, beat the Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 and 6-3 and the German Alexander Zverev He beat Alex Michelsen, from the United States, 6-2, 7-6 and 6-2.
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Zverev is one of the candidates to go far in Melbourne
The round of 16 of the Australian Open
Masculine
Saturday 1/20
- At 11:30 p.m., Novak Dojokovic (Serbia) – Adrian Mannarino (France)
- At 11:30 p.m., Taylor Fritz (United States) – Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
Domingo 21/1
- At 2, Jannik Sinner (Italy) – Karen Khachanov (Russia)
- At 5, Alex de Minaur (Australia) – Andrey Rublev (Russia)
Monday 1/22 (schedule to be confirmed)
- Arthur Cazaux (Francia) – Hubert Hurkacz (Polonia)
- Carlos Alcaraz (España) – Miomir Kecmanovic (Serbia).
- Nuno Borges (Portugal) – Daniel Medvedev (Russia)
- Alexander Zverev (Germany) – Cameron Norrie (Great Britain)
Female
Saturday 1/20
- At 22, Coco Gauff (United States) – Magdalena Frech (Poland)
- Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) – Amanda Anisimova (USA)
Domingo 21/1
- Mirra Andreeva (Russia) – Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic)
Monday 1/22 (to be confirmed)
- Linda Noskova (Czech Republic) – Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)
- Viktoria Azarenka (Belarus) – Dayana Yastremska (Ukraine)
- Jasmine Paolini (Italy) – Anna Kalinskaya (Rusia)
- Qinwen Zheng (China) – Oceane Dodin (Francia)
- Maria Timofeeva (Russia) – Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine)
2024-01-20 14:08:17
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