Melbourne: Wimbledon champion Jelena Rybakina entered the semi-finals of the Australian Open tennis Grand Slam tournament. Rybakina defeated Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia in the women’s singles quarter-finals. Score: 6-2, 6-4.
The match lasted one hour and 19 minutes. Rybak, a Russian, plays for Kazakhstan. Ostapenko, the former champion of the French Open, was completely pale yesterday. Victoria Azarenka of Belarus is the opponent in the semi-finals. Azarenka defeated Jessica Pegula. Score: 6-4, 6-1.
2020 U.S. Azarenka is playing in the semi-finals for the first time since the Open. Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced to the men’s singles semi-finals. Tsitsipas defeated Czech’s Jiri Lehka. Score: 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Karen Khachanov of the US also made it to the semi-finals. Khachanov is playing in the Grand Slam semi-finals for the second time in a row.
Khachanov directly entered the semi-finals following Sebastian Korda withdrew with an injury during the quarter. Korda withdrew following the match was 7-6 (7/5), 6-3, 6-0. The opponent in the semi is Tsitsipas. U.S. Khachanov was defeated by Kasper Ruud of Norway even though he played in the Open semi-finals. Serbia’s former world number one Novak Djokovic made it to the quarterfinals. Jocko defeated local Alec de Minaur in the pre-quarters. Joko played without treating the leg injury. Joko is aiming for his 10th Australian Open and 22nd Grand Slam title. Joko comes with a record of not losing in the pre-quarters since 2018 at Melbourne Park.
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