{"id":391391,"date":"2026-01-26T14:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/391391\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T14:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:48:10","slug":"australian-open-live-shelton-through-to-quarters-sinner-and-swiatek-claim-dominant-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/391391\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open LIVE: Shelton through to quarters, Sinner and Swiatek claim dominant wins"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Australian Open is close to reaching the last-eight stage, with the last quarter-finalists set to be known today. Jannik Sinner, Iga Swiatek and defending champion Madison Keys are just some of the players who will be in action.<\/p>\n

15:10 CET –\u00a0The stage is now set for the 2026 Australian Open quarter-finals, which will begin in around 10 hours. We’ll be back with a brand new tracker just before then to bring you coverage of all the action, so see you there!<\/p>\n

13:40 CET – Here’s the full quarter-final lineup on the men’s side of the tournament in Melbourne:<\/p>\n

Carlos Alcaraz (1) vs Alex de Minaur (6)<\/a><\/p>\n

Alexander Zverev (3) vs Learner Tien (25)<\/a><\/p>\n

Lorenzo Musetti (5) vs Novak Djokovic (4)<\/a><\/p>\n

Ben Shelton (8) vs Jannik Sinner (2)<\/a><\/p>\n

13:27 CET – Eighth seed Ben Shelton<\/a> is the final man through to the quarter-finals, with the American recovering from a set down to see off the challenge of Casper Ruud<\/a>, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Next up for Shelton is the small matter of\u00a0two-time defending champion Jannik Sinner<\/a> in the last eight.<\/p>\n

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10:44 CET –\u00a0The women’s quarter-final lineup in Melbourne is now complete, and what a couple of days we have to look forward to on Tuesday and Wednesday!<\/p>\n

Aryna Sabalenka (1) vs Iva Jovic (29)<\/a><\/p>\n

Coco Gauff (3) vs Elina Svitolina (12)<\/a><\/p>\n

Jessica Pegula (6) vs Amanda Anisimova (4)<\/a><\/p>\n

Elena Rybakina (5) vs Iga Swiatek (2)<\/a><\/p>\n

10:37 CET –\u00a0Iga Swiatek<\/a>‘s pursuit of a Career Grand Slam moves a step closer after the Pole ruthlessly dispatched home favourite Maddison Inglis<\/a> 6-0, 6-3<\/a> in just 73 minutes.<\/p>\n

Next up for 24-year-old Swiatek, who has become the youngest player to reach the last eight in six consecutive women’s singles majors since Serena Williams in 2003, is a blockbuster quarter-final clash with Elena Rybakina<\/a>.<\/p>\n

10:26 CET – Defending champion Jannik Sinner<\/a> is safely into the last eight, with the Italian proving too strong for compatriot Luciano Darderi<\/a> in a convincing 6-1, 6-3, 7-6(2)<\/a> victory.<\/p>\n

He’ll next face either eighth seed Ben Shelton<\/a> or Norway’s Casper Ruud<\/a> in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

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07:53 CET – Fifth seed Elena Rybakina<\/a> has cruised into the quarter-finals in Melbourne after a clinical 6-1, 6-3<\/a> triumph over Belgium’s Elise Mertens<\/a> in just 78 minutes.<\/p>\n

The 2023 runner-up, who has now won 17 of her last 18 competitive matches, will face either second seed Iga Swiatek<\/a> or home favourite Maddison Inglis<\/a> in the last eight.<\/p>\n

07:29 CET –\u00a0What a performance from Lorenzo Musetti<\/a>! The Italian has swept aside Taylor Fritz<\/a> in straight sets, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4<\/a>, to set up a fascinating quarter-final with Novak Djokovic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s a first-ever straight-sets victory against a top-10 opponent on a hard court for Musetti, who has now reached the last eight at every Grand Slam.<\/p>\n

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06:00 CET – Lorenzo Musetti<\/a> is currently up on Taylor Fritz<\/a> 6-2, 7-5, 3-2<\/a> as things are heating up in the third set!<\/p>\n

05:55 CET –\u00a0Amanda Anisimova<\/a> defeats Xinyu Wang<\/a> in straight sets 7-6(4), 6-4<\/a> to advance to the quarter-finals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This makes her first-ever Australian Open quarter-finals, where she’ll be taking on Jessica Pegula. Anisimova has now won 16 of her last 18 Grand Slam matches.<\/p>\n

03:10 CET –\u00a0Jessica Pegula<\/a> takes down defending champion Madison Keys<\/a> in straight sets 6-3, 6-4<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She will now be advancing to her first Australian Open quarter-finals since 2023 as she remains perfect so far this year.<\/p>\n

23:25 CET –\u00a0Welcome back to the Tennis Tracker this evening, as the fourth round comes to an end in Melbourne, and our quarter-finalists will finally be known.<\/p>\n

Up first on the Rod Laver Arena at 01:30 CET is a mega, all-American clash between defending champion Madison Keys<\/a> and Jessica Pegula<\/a> – who also happen to be extremely good friends and podcast co-hosts!<\/p>\n

That is followed by another massive match between Lorenzo Musetti<\/a> and Taylor Fritz<\/a>, and the winner will take on Novak Djokovic<\/a>, after the Serb was given a free pass into the last eight following Jakub Mensik<\/a>‘s withdrawal.<\/p>\n

The night session gets underway at\u00a009:00 CET, with Iga Swiatek<\/a> continuing her quest for the Calendar Grand Slam when she meets surprise package, qualifier Maddison Inglis<\/a>, who will have the support of her home crowd.<\/p>\n

Ben Shelton<\/a> and Casper Ruud<\/a> will round out proceedings in what should be a big-hitting battle.<\/p>\n

The singles begins on the Margaret Court Arena at\u00a005:00 CET, as former finalist Elena Rybakina<\/a> faces Elise Mertens<\/a>, followed by two-time defending champion Jannik Sinner<\/a>, who comes up against fellow Italian Luciano Darderi<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Finally, at\u00a003:30 CET, Amanda Anisimova<\/a> goes head-to-head with Xinyu Wang<\/a> on the John Cain Arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Australian Open is close to reaching the last-eight stage, with the last quarter-finalists set to be known…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-391391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}