Jan 21 – Highlights of the fourth day at the Australian Open on Wednesday (times GMT):<\/p>\n
1306 – TEEN JOVIC TAKES OUT HOME HOPE HON<\/p>\n
American teenager Iva Jovic, the 29th seed, made light work of Priscilla Hon, beating the Australian 6-1 6-2.<\/p>\n
1305 – TIAFOE TOPS COMESANA<\/p>\n
American 29th seed Frances Tiafoe, a Melbourne quarter-finalist in 2019, reached the third round with a 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-2 win over Argentina’s Francisco Comesana.<\/p>\n
Tiafoe next faces sixth-seeded home hope Alex de Minaur.<\/p>\n
1246 – PAOLINI CRUSHES FRECH<\/p>\n
Italian seventh seed Jasmine Paolini carved out a comfortable 6-2 6-3 victory over Poland’s Magdalena Frech.<\/p>\n
Paolini, 2024 runner-up at the French Open and Wimbledon, has never got past the fourth round at Melbourne Park.<\/p>\n
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Alcaraz, Sabalenka pass early Australian Open tests<\/p>\n
Alcaraz passes Hanfmann test to make Australian Open third round<\/p>\n
Top seed Sabalenka sees off Bai to progress to third round<\/p>\n
Ruthless Gauff cruises past Danilovic into Australian Open third round<\/p>\n
Zverev overcomes Muller to make third round in Melbourne<\/p>\n
Medvedev survives early scare to reach third round in Melbourne<\/p>\n
Federer’s smooth golf swing in Melbourne leaves Alcaraz impressed<\/p>\n
Opponents have nothing to lose, says top seed Sabalenka<\/p>\n
Turkey’s Sonmez soaks up the support in dream Melbourne run<\/p>\n
Short shift for Sinner, Keys through as Osaka makes bold Melbourne statement<\/p>\n
1141 – ZVEREV PASSES MULLER TEST<\/p>\n
German third seed Alexander Zverev, the 2025 Australian Open runner-up, secured a 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4 win over Frenchman Alexandre Muller.<\/p>\n
1140 – HOME HOPE DE MINAUR KEEPS ON ROLLING<\/p>\n
Australian sixth seed Alex de Minaur, a quarter-finalist in Melbourne last year, fought from a set down to beat Serbian Hamad Medjedovic 6-7(5) 6-2 6-2 6-1.<\/p>\n
1120 – MUCHOVA KNOCKS OUT PARKS<\/p>\n
Czech 19th seed Karolina Muchova, the 2021 Australian Open semi-finalist, recovered from a first-set wobble to beat American Alycia Parks 4-6 6-4 6-4.<\/p>\n
0920 – ANDREEVA BEATS SAKKARI<\/p>\n
Mirra Andreeva appeared to be in cruise control early on, with the eighth seed thumping Greece’s Maria Sakkari 6-0 in the first set of their second round clash.<\/p>\n
Backed by a thunderous crowd, Sakkari came alive to take a lead in the second set, but the Russian teenager regained her composure for a 6-0 6-4 victory.<\/p>\n
0910 – BUBLIK REACHES THIRD ROUND<\/p>\n
Alexander Bublik continued his tremendous form as the 10th seed picked up a straightforward 7-5 6-4 7-5 victory over Hungarian Marton Fucsovics, extending his winning streak to six matches in 2026.<\/p>\n
0725 GMT – ZHENG RETIRES AGAINST MOUTET<\/p>\n
American Michael Zheng retired in the fourth set against 32nd seed Corentin Moutet, who advanced 3-6 6-1 6-3 2-0 to a third-round match-up against world number one Carlos Alcaraz.<\/p>\n
0700 GMT – FIERY DAVIDOVICH FOKINA WINS FIVE-SET THRILLER<\/p>\n
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina battled for nearly four hours against American Reilly Opelka to seal a 6-3 7-6(3) 5-7 4-6 6-4 victory before erupting in a roar of celebration.<\/p>\n
The 14th seed looked frustrated during the match and received a code violation for smashing his racquet.<\/p>\n
0600 GMT – ALCARAZ MARCHES ON<\/p>\n
World number one Carlos Alcaraz took the latest step in his bid for the career Grand Slam with a 7-6(4) 6-3 6-2 victory over a gutsy Yannick Hanfmann.<\/p>\n
0515 GMT – EASY WIN FOR COCO<\/p>\n
Coco Gauff sailed past Serbian Olga Danilovic with a dominant 6-2 6-2 win to set up a third-round clash against her fellow American Hailey Baptiste.<\/p>\n
“I missed a backhand at 40-0 to go up 5-0 (in the first set) but other than that it was pretty perfect,” the third seed said.<\/p>\n
0455 GMT – MEDVEDEV SURVIVES EARLY SCARE<\/p>\n
Daniil Medvedev lost the first set in an intense tiebreaker against Frenchman Quentin Halys but the three-times Melbourne Park finalist hit back to score a 6-7(9) 6-3 6-4 6-2 win.<\/p>\n
0455 GMT – RADUCANU\u00a0ELIMINATED IN SECOND ROUND<\/p>\n
Britain’s Emma Raducanu lost in straight sets to Austria’s Anastasia Potapova, the former U.S. Open champion falling 7-6(3) 6-2 in the second round.<\/p>\n
0400 GMT – TEEN SENSATION MBOKO ADVANCES<\/p>\n
Canadian teen Victoria Mboko defeated American Caty McNally 6-4 6-3 to advance. Trailing 3-0 in the second set, 19-year-old Mboko won six games in a row to complete the comeback.<\/p>\n
0330 GMT – RUBLEV BEATS FARIA<\/p>\n
Russian 13th seed Andrey Rublev overcame issues with his serve to defeat Portuguese qualifier Jaime Faria 6-4 6-3 4-6 7-5 to advance to the next round.<\/p>\n
0225 GMT – EXITS FOR HOME HOPES GIBSON, HUNTER<\/p>\n
Australian wildcard Talia Gibson had three match points but could not finish 23rd seed Diana Shnaider off, the 21-year-old losing 3-6 7-5 6-3.<\/p>\n
Gibson’s compatriot Storm Hunter was also eliminated after losing 6-2 6-1 to Hailey Baptiste.<\/p>\n
0155 GMT – SABALENKA BLAZES PAST BAI<\/p>\n
World number one Aryna Sabalenka cruised to a 6-3 6-1 win over China’s Bai Zhuoxuan to reach the third round.<\/p>\n
0145 GMT –\u00a0SONMEZ, CERUNDOLO ADVANCE<\/p>\n
Turkish 23-year-old Zeynep Sonmez, who emerged as a crowd favourite after helping a ball girl on day one, defeated Hungarian Anna Bondar 6-2 6-4 to progress to the third round.<\/p>\n
In the men’s draw, 18th seed Francisco Cerundolo from Argentina beat Damir Dzumhur 6-3 6-2 6-1.<\/p>\n
0130 GMT – SVITOLINA WINS IN STRAIGHT SETS<\/p>\n
Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina, the 12th seed, cruised past Polish qualifier Linda Klimovicova\u00a07-5 6-1 to become the first player through to the third round.<\/p>\n
0000 GMT – PLAY STARTS ON THE MAIN SHOWCOURTS<\/p>\n
Play started on the main showcourts at Melbourne Park with Ukrainian 12th seed Elina Svitolina taking on qualifier Linda Klimovicova of Poland at John Cain Arena.<\/p>\n
Women’s top seed Aryna Sabalenka was due to start the day on Rod Laver Arena at 0030 against China’s Bai Zhuoxuan while fiery Russian Andrey Rublev, seeded 13th, battles Jaime Faria on Margaret Court Arena, also at 0030.<\/p>\n
ORDER OF PLAY ON WEDNESDAY (prefix number denotes seeding)<\/p>\n
Rod Laver Arena:<\/p>\n
Day session (0030 GMT\/1130 AEDT)<\/p>\n
1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Bai Zhuoxuan (China)<\/p>\n
1-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) v Yannick Hanfmann (Germany)<\/p>\n
Night session (0800 GMT\/1900 AEDT)<\/p>\n
Hamad Medjedovic (Serbia) v 6-Alex de Minaur (Australia)<\/p>\n
Iva Jovic (U.S.) v Priscilla Hon (Australia)<\/p>\n
Margaret Court Arena:<\/p>\n
Day session (0030 GMT\/1130 AEDT)<\/p>\n
Jaime Faria (Portugal) v 13-Andrey Rublev (Russia)<\/p>\n
3-Coco Gauff (U.S.) v Olga Danilovic (Serbia)<\/p>\n
Night session (0800 GMT\/1900 AEDT)<\/p>\n
Maria Sakkari (Greece) v 8-Mirra Andreeva (Russia)<\/p>\n
29-Frances Tiafoe (U.S.) v Francisco Comesana (Argentina)<\/p>\n
John Cain Arena:<\/p>\n
Day session (0000 GMT\/1100 AEDT)<\/p>\n
12-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) v Linda Klimovicova (Poland)<\/p>\n
11-Daniil Medvedev (Russia) v Quentin Halys (France)<\/p>\n
Night session (0600 GMT\/1700 AEDT)<\/p>\n
Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania) v Ajla Tomljanovic (Australia)<\/p>\n
3-Alexander Zverev (Germany) v Alexandre Muller (France) REUTERS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan 21 – Highlights of the fourth day at the Australian Open on Wednesday (times GMT): 1306 –…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-428035","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\/428035","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=428035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}