After breaking the tie from the movies: Nadal qualified for the quarterfinals, Zebrav was eliminated Israel today

The second week of the Australian Open tennis championship, the first Grand Slam of the season, kicked off tonight (Saturday to Sunday) with the distribution of the first tickets to the quarter-finals.

Rafael Nadal continues sixth in the world, although he worked hard in his first set against 33-year-old Adrian Manarino, who is ranked 69th in the world on the safe path towards the Grand Slam 21 career title, which will establish his status at the top of the winners.

Ranked, but took it at the end of a long and dramatic 28-minute tiebreaker !!, with the following systems being much easier for him on the way to a 6: 7 (14), 2: 6, 2: 6 victory.

For the Spaniard, it will be the 14th time in his career in the quarter-finals in Melbourne, where a fascinating game awaits him, the Canadian Dennis Shapovalov (14) who reaches the last eight in the Grand Slam for the third time in total, after beating 3: 6, 6: 7 (5), 3: 6 over the German Alexander Zebrav (3).

Nadal parted ways with Manarino.

A particularly close first act, Photo: Reuters

Czech Roland Garros champion Barbara Krajicikova continues to establish her place at the top of the world and after never going through the second round in Australia, her great year continues, when she took her place in the last eight.

Kreichikova, ranked fourth in the world, met an not-so-simple opponent at all, the experienced Belarusian Victoria Azarenka (25), who played great from the start of the tournament but here stopped after 2: 6, 2: 6 at the end of an hour and 24 minutes.

Victoria Azarenka receives treatment.

The heat also affected her, Photo: AP

Her next opponent, in the battle for the ticket to the semi-finals, will be the American Madison Keys, from the top of the 51st place, who sent home Paula Badusa (8) of Spain with 3: 6, 1: 6 easy.

For the second time in a row the American Jessica Pegola (21) advanced to the quarterfinals, after beating Maria Scari of the fifth-ranked Greece 6: 7 (0), 3: 6 and waiting to see who her next rival will be in the match against senior runner Ashley Barty who will meet Amanda Anisimova .

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