Alex De Minaur, Taylor Fritz and Elena Rybakina reached the 3rd round of the Australian Open 2025 with straight set wins on Thursday, January 16. De Minaur saw off Tristan Boyer to make it to the next round in Melbourne.
Alex de Minaur went viral on Wednesday after destroying a tennis critic with an epic reply.
Emma Raducanu suffered her worst ever loss at a Grand Slam at the hands of Iga Swiatek. The five-time Major winner thrashed Raducanu 6-1 6-0 in just 70 minutes. But Raducanu defended herself, claiming the scoreline was "harsh".
No. 19 seed Madison Keys scored the big upset on Day 9 of the Australian Open, defeating No. 6 Elena Rybakina 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 at Margaret Court Arena to advance to the tournament quarterfinals.
As much as any top player, Sinner has been able to expose De Minaur’s lack of first-strike weaponry. The Aussie’s strength is his scrambling and counterpunching, but Sinner serves too well, hits too hard, places the ball too precisely for his defense to be effective. De Minaur hasn’t found a way to hurt, rattle, of disrupt him.
As we head towards the Quarter-Final line-up being set, the schedule of the main matches to watch on Monday 20 January at the 2025 Australian Open is here as the second week begins in Melbourne.
Jannik Sinner’s journey to defend his Australian Open crown advances as he dispatched hometown hero Alex de Minaur in straight sets, booking his place in the semi-finals.
US qualifier Learner Tien stunned No.5 seed Daniil Medvedev beating him in five sets while Danielle Collins made an enemy of the crowd and the Special Ks, who retired hurt.
Swiatek, Svitolina, Keys, Sonego and Shelton also make it through to the last-eight stage on a hot day in Melbourne.
Alex de Minaur won his first round match in straight ... Daniil Medvedev, Jasmin Paolini and Elena Rybakina. But ninth seed Andrey Rublev fell to exciting Brazilian 18-year-old João Fonseca ...
Elsewhere, sixth seed Elena Rybakina has dominated the first set 6-0 against American wildcard Iva Jovic. Big cheers for Alex de Minaur as he steps out onto Rod Laver Arena for his second-round ...
Elsewhere, sixth seed Elena Rybakina has dominated the first set 6-0 against American wildcard Iva Jovic. Big cheers for Alex de Minaur as he steps out onto Rod Laver Arena for his second-round ...