{"id":424800,"date":"2026-01-20T05:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T05:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/424800\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T05:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T05:27:09","slug":"tennis-atp-australian-open-2026-quinn-eliminates-griekspoor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/424800\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis, ATP \u2013 Australian Open 2026: Quinn eliminates Griekspoor"},"content":{"rendered":"

American Ethan Quinn, 21, pulled off a comprehensive upset on Tuesday night at Melbourne Park, dismantling the 23rd seed Tallon Griekspoor 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 to secure his place in the round of 64.<\/p>\n

Quinn, currently ranked number 80 in the world, needed less than two hours to dismiss the Dutchman in what was a remarkably one-sided affair for an opening-round match against a seeded opponent. The young American showcased the aggressive baseline game that has fueled his rapid rise into the top 100, leaving Griekspoor with few answers throughout the three sets.<\/p>\n

The defeat continues an alarming and highly specific trend for Tallon Griekspoor in major tournaments. Despite being a consistent seed over the last twelve months, the Dutchman has now suffered straight-set exits without reaching a single tiebreak in three consecutive Grand Slams.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Griekspoor\u2019s weak track record in Slams<\/p>\n

This pattern began at Wimbledon 2025, where he was seeded 31st and fell in the opening round, followed by a similarly abrupt exit as the 29th seed at the 2025 US Open. His performance as the 23rd seed in Melbourne marks his third straight opening-round failure at a major in 2026, further highlighting a struggle to find his best form on the game\u2019s biggest stages.<\/p>\n

Tallon Griekspoor\u2019s greatest performance in a Grand Slam came at Roland-Garros 2025, where he reached the Round of 16 (fourth round) for the first time in his career. Before this breakthrough, his best results were consistent third-round appearances at the Australian Open (2023, 2024) and the US Open (2024).<\/p>\n

For Quinn, the victory represents a significant milestone in his first full season on the main tour. After a breakout 2025 where he transitioned from the collegiate level at the University of Georgia to the professional circuit, he has now proven he can compete with the world\u2019s elite in a best-of-five format.<\/p>\n


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He moves forward to a second-round encounter where he will face the winner of the match between the Polish veteran Hubert Hurkacz and Belgium\u2019s Zizou Bergs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"American Ethan Quinn, 21, pulled off a comprehensive upset on Tuesday night at Melbourne Park, dismantling the 23rd…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-424800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}