
The resilience, the determination, he inspires me a lot.”Īzarenka had a classy message for Dylan Alcott. Those guys, the wheelchair tennis deserve so many recognition. I’m so proud how much involvement there is for him in Australia. She outpaced the Czech in winners and made far fewer unforced errors to take the set and looked on course for a big scalp after breaking Krejcikova in the second set for a 3-1 lead.īut the Czech broke back twice to take the match into a decider, where her first serve percentage improved and error count diminished as she broke Ostapenko early to set up the win. I was just telling myself ‘just keep going, you want to stay here’.” Krejcikova beat Ostapenko last year in Dubai, the tournament that truly began her singles ascent, but it was the Latvian 26th seed who started strongly in Melbourne, getting an early break to take a 4-1 lead on a scorching day. I felt I found the fighting spirit in me and as was just going for every ball. “Today’s match was really tough, difficult, I had to really dig deep to get this win,” said Krejcikova, who has won the last three Australian Open mixed doubles titles.

The 34-year old is currently tied with Rafael Nadal, who is competing in the 2022 Australian Open, and Roger Federer for the most Grand Slam titles in the history of the sport.It set up an attractive fourth-round clash with two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka, who swept past Elina Svitolina for the loss of just two games. It was stated that Djokovic being unvaccinated would be a risk to public health in Australia and "may be counterproductive to efforts at vaccination by other in Australia."ĭjokovic has previously won the Australian Open nine times and was in search of his 21st career Grand Slam title. In addition, there's still a possibility that the Australian government could hand Djokovic a three-year ban from entering the country. As a result, Djokovic was forced to leave the country after a three-judge panel ruled in favor of the Australian government. 1 seed at the Aussie Open, lost his appeal with the Australian government on Sunday morning regarding an earlier ruling to cancel his visa. However, the world's top-ranked men's tennis player, Novak Djokovic, isn't among them. Over 60 of the world's best tennis players competing at Melbourne Park.


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