After a successful week in the opening of the Australian Championship, the decisive stages of the third round games arrived today (Saturday), and the last opponents were determined for the quarterfinals in the opening Grand Slam of the season.
Russian Danil Medvedev, who is ranked second in the world and first in the tournament in the absence of Novak Djokovic, knows that a victory in the final will also give him the top of the world rankings and he currently looks like he intends to reach the goal.
Last year's finalist and United States champion, he met Dutchman Bottic van de Zandschloop (57th in the world) and defeated him 4-6, 4-6, 2-6.
"I really do not want to stop in the fourth round," the winner said at the end, referring to the incident in his last game with the contempt whistles.
"I was hoping the crowd this time would love me more than the last game, but it's entertaining and we have a complex relationship."
Stefanos Tsitsipas (4) met the 56th ranked Frenchman Benoit Perr, who made life difficult for his opponent and also managed to take the second set at the end of a tiebreaker, but in the end the Greek's hand was on top with 3: 6, 5: 7, (2) 7: 6, 4: 6.
In the women's, the 2nd ranked, the Belarusian Arena Sabalenka, managed to equal her record achievement from last year and advance to the quarterfinals, after beating the Olympic silver medalist Marka Vandrosova Czech 6: 4, 3: 6, 1: 6.
Simona Halp (15) from Romania, who managed to reach the final in Melbourne in 2018, will want to go all the way this time and she looked in great shape, beating Montenegro's Draka Kovinic 2: 6, 1: 6, in a game that lasted only 64 minutes.
Next up, awaits Halp, Frenchwoman Eliza Corne, who defeated Slovenian Tamara Zidnesk (29) 6: 4, 4: 6, 2: 6, thus breaking Nahs' eighth final in Australia, for the first time since 2009.
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