{"id":391448,"date":"2026-01-26T15:36:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/391448\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T15:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:36:41","slug":"australian-open-2026-recap-jannik-sinner-iga-swiatek-and-ben-shelton-among-fourth-round-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/391448\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open 2026 recap: Jannik Sinner, Iga Swiatek and Ben Shelton among fourth-round winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Currently selected: All Event Types<\/p>\n

Australian OpenRod Laver ArenaJessica Pegula (United States) (Seed ranking 6) beat Madison Keys (United States) (Seed ranking 9)Set 1: 6 – 3Set 2: 6 – 4Set 3: no score – no score\"United<\/p>\n

Pegula<\/p>\n

Jessica Pegula<\/p>\n

(6)Seed ranking 6\"United<\/p>\n

Keys<\/p>\n

Madison Keys<\/p>\n

(9)Seed ranking 9Lorenzo Musetti (Italy) (Seed ranking 5) beat Taylor Fritz (United States) (Seed ranking 9)Set 1: 6 – 2Set 2: 7 – 5Set 3: 6 – 4Set 4: no score – no scoreSet 5: no score – no score\"Italy\"<\/p>\n

Musetti<\/p>\n

Lorenzo Musetti<\/p>\n

(5)Seed ranking 5\"United<\/p>\n

Fritz<\/p>\n

Taylor Fritz<\/p>\n

(9)Seed ranking 9Iga Swiatek (Poland) (Seed ranking 2) beat Maddison Inglis (Australia)Set 1: 6 – 0Set 2: 6 – 3Set 3: no score – no score\"Australia\"\"Poland\"<\/p>\n

Swiatek<\/p>\n

Iga Swiatek<\/p>\n

(2)Seed ranking 2Walkover: Novak Djokovic (Serbia) (Seed ranking 4) beat Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic) (Seed ranking 16)Set 1: no score – no scoreSet 2: no score – no scoreSet 3: no score – no scoreSet 4: no score – no scoreSet 5: no score – no score\"Czech<\/p>\n

Mensik<\/p>\n

Jakub Mensik<\/p>\n

(16)Seed ranking 16\"Serbia\"<\/p>\n

Djokovic<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic<\/p>\n

(4)Seed ranking 4Walkover:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Djokovic (Ser) beat Mensik (Cze)<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic (Ser) beat Jakub Mensik (Cze)<\/p>\n

Margaret Court ArenaJason Kubler (Australia) and Marc Polmans (Australia) beat James McCabe (Australia) and Li Tu (Australia)Set 1: 6 – 4Set 2: 6 – 4Set 3: no score – no scoreKimberly Birrell (Australia) and Talia Gibson (Australia) beat Hanyu Guo (China) (Seed ranking 16) and Kristina Mladenovic (France) (Seed ranking 16)Set 1: 3 – 6Set 2: 6 – 4Set 3: 6 – 2\"China\"<\/p>\n

Guo<\/p>\n

Hanyu Guo<\/p>\n

(16)Seed ranking 16\"France\"<\/p>\n

Mladenovic<\/p>\n

Kristina Mladenovic<\/p>\n

(16)Seed ranking 16\"Australia\"\"Australia\"Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) (Seed ranking 5) beat Elise Mertens (Belgium) (Seed ranking 21)Set 1: 6 – 1Set 2: 6 – 3Set 3: no score – no score\"Kazakhstan\"<\/p>\n

Rybakina<\/p>\n

Elena Rybakina<\/p>\n

(5)Seed ranking 5\"Belgium\"<\/p>\n

Mertens<\/p>\n

Elise Mertens<\/p>\n

(21)Seed ranking 21Jannik Sinner (Italy) (Seed ranking 2) beat Luciano Darderi (Italy) (Seed ranking 22)Set 1: 6 – 1Set 2: 6 – 3Set 3: 7 – 6, tie break 7 – 2Set 4: no score – no scoreSet 5: no score – no score\"Italy\"<\/p>\n

Darderi<\/p>\n

Luciano Darderi<\/p>\n

(22)Seed ranking 22\"Italy\"<\/p>\n

Sinner<\/p>\n

Jannik Sinner<\/p>\n

(2)Seed ranking 2KIA ArenaOrlando Luz (Brazil) and Rafael Matos (Brazil) beat Yuki Bhambri (India) (Seed ranking 10) and Andre Goransson (Sweden) (Seed ranking 10)Set 1: 7 – 6, tie break 9 – 7Set 2: 6 – 3Set 3: no score – no score\"Brazil\"\"Brazil\"\"India\"<\/p>\n

Bhambri<\/p>\n

Yuki Bhambri<\/p>\n

(10)Seed ranking 10\"Sweden\"<\/p>\n

Goransson<\/p>\n

Andre Goransson<\/p>\n

(10)Seed ranking 10Su-Wei Hsieh (Taiwan) (Seed ranking 3) and Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) (Seed ranking 3) beat Sofia Kenin (United States) (Seed ranking 13) and Laura Siegemund (Germany) (Seed ranking 13)Set 1: 6 – 3Set 2: 6 – 2Set 3: no score – no score\"Taiwan\"<\/p>\n

Hsieh<\/p>\n

Su-Wei Hsieh<\/p>\n

(3)Seed ranking 3\"Latvia\"<\/p>\n

Ostapenko<\/p>\n

Jelena Ostapenko<\/p>\n

(3)Seed ranking 3\"United<\/p>\n

Kenin<\/p>\n

Sofia Kenin<\/p>\n

(13)Seed ranking 13\"Germany\"<\/p>\n

Siegemund<\/p>\n

Laura Siegemund<\/p>\n

(13)Seed ranking 13Petr Nouza (Czech Republic) and Patrik Rikl (Czech Republic) beat Harri Helioevaara (Finland) (Seed ranking 2) and Henry Patten (Great Britain) (Seed ranking 2)Set 1: 7 – 6, tie break 7 – 4Set 2: 7 – 6, tie break 8 – 6Set 3: no score – no score\"Czech\"Czech\"Finland\"<\/p>\n

Helioevaara<\/p>\n

Harri Helioevaara<\/p>\n

(2)Seed ranking 2\"Great<\/p>\n

Patten<\/p>\n

Henry Patten<\/p>\n

(2)Seed ranking 2Aleksandra Krunic (Serbia) (Seed ranking 5) and Mate Pavic (Croatia) (Seed ranking 5) beat Maya Joint (Australia) and Matthew Romios (Australia)Set 1: 6 – 4Set 2: 6 – 3Set 3: no score – no score\"Australia\"\"Australia\"\"Serbia\"<\/p>\n

Krunic<\/p>\n

Aleksandra Krunic<\/p>\n

(5)Seed ranking 5\"Croatia\"<\/p>\n

Pavic<\/p>\n

Mate Pavic<\/p>\n

(5)Seed ranking 5John Cain ArenaEna Shibahara (Japan) and Vera Zvonareva (Russian athlete) beat Asia Muhammad (United States) (Seed ranking 6) and Erin Routliffe (New Zealand) (Seed ranking 6)Set 1: 7 – 5Set 2: 3 – 6Set 3: 6 – 1\"United<\/p>\n

Muhammad<\/p>\n

Asia Muhammad<\/p>\n

(6)Seed ranking 6\"New<\/p>\n

Routliffe<\/p>\n

Erin Routliffe<\/p>\n

(6)Seed ranking 6\"Japan\"\"RussianAmanda Anisimova (United States) (Seed ranking 4) beat Xinyu Wang (China)Set 1: 7 – 6, tie break 7 – 4Set 2: 6 – 4Set 3: no score – no score\"China\"\"United<\/p>\n

Anisimova<\/p>\n

Amanda Anisimova<\/p>\n

(4)Seed ranking 4Anna Danilina (Kazakhstan) and James Tracy (United States) beat Leylah Fernandez (Canada) and Nick Kyrgios (Australia)Set 1: 6 – 3Set 2: 6 – 1Set 3: no score – no score\"Kazakhstan\"\"United\"Canada\"<\/p>\n

Fernandez<\/p>\n

Leylah Fernandez<\/p>\n

\"Australia\"Ben Shelton (United States) (Seed ranking 8) beat Casper Ruud (Norway) (Seed ranking 12)Set 1: 3 – 6Set 2: 6 – 4Set 3: 6 – 3Set 4: 6 – 4Set 5: no score – no score\"United<\/p>\n

Shelton<\/p>\n

Ben Shelton<\/p>\n

(8)Seed ranking 8\"Norway\"<\/p>\n

Ruud<\/p>\n

Casper Ruud<\/p>\n

(12)Seed ranking 12ANZ ArenaMarcelo Arevalo (El Salvador) (Seed ranking 4) and Mate Pavic (Croatia) (Seed ranking 4) beat Austin Krajicek (United States) (Seed ranking 16) and Nikola Mektic (Croatia) (Seed ranking 16)Set 1: 7 – 5Set 2: 4 – 6Set 3: 7 – 6, tie break 10 – 7\"El<\/p>\n

Arevalo<\/p>\n

Marcelo Arevalo<\/p>\n

(4)Seed ranking 4\"Croatia\"<\/p>\n

Pavic<\/p>\n

Mate Pavic<\/p>\n

(4)Seed ranking 4\"United<\/p>\n

Krajicek<\/p>\n

Austin Krajicek<\/p>\n

(16)Seed ranking 16\"Croatia\"<\/p>\n

Mektic<\/p>\n

Nikola Mektic<\/p>\n

(16)Seed ranking 16Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) and Sem Verbeek (Netherlands) beat Shuai Zhang (China) (Seed ranking 6) and Tim Puetz (Germany) (Seed ranking 6)Set 1: 4 – 6Set 2: 6 – 2Set 3: 10 – 8\"China\"<\/p>\n

Zhang<\/p>\n

Shuai Zhang<\/p>\n

(6)Seed ranking 6\"Germany\"<\/p>\n

Puetz<\/p>\n

Tim Puetz<\/p>\n

(6)Seed ranking 6\"Czech<\/p>\n

Siniakova<\/p>\n

Katerina Siniakova<\/p>\n

\"Netherlands\"Kristina Mladenovic (France) and Manuel Guinard (France) beat Demi Schuurs (Netherlands) (Seed ranking 3) and Julian Cash (Great Britain) (Seed ranking 3)Set 1: 7 – 6, tie break 7 – 3Set 2: 5 – 7Set 3: 10 – 2\"France\"<\/p>\n

Mladenovic<\/p>\n

Kristina Mladenovic<\/p>\n

\"France\"\"Netherlands\"<\/p>\n

Schuurs<\/p>\n

Demi Schuurs<\/p>\n

(3)Seed ranking 3\"Great<\/p>\n

Cash<\/p>\n

Julian Cash<\/p>\n

(3)Seed ranking 3<\/p>\n

All times are UK and subject to change. BBC is not responsible for any changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Filter by Event Type:All EventsWomen’s SinglesMen’s SinglesMen’s DoublesWomen’s DoublesMixed Doubles Filter by tournament: Currently selected: Australian Open Filter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-391448","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\/391448","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=391448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}