MELBOURNE: Taylor Fritz induced a serious shock on the Australian Open on Sunday, the American beating final yr’s runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(7-3), 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 to succeed in the quarterfinals.
The twelfth seed produced sensible tennis all through as he wrapped up victory in simply over three hours to arrange a conflict with 10-time champion Novak Djokovic within the final eight.
Fritz struck 50 winners and dedicated simply 19 unforced errors, whereas Tsitsipas held a 41/33 mark.
The 26-year-old has now superior to the final eight at three of the 4 majors, having reached that stage at Wimbledon in 2022 and the US Open in 2023. The six-time tour-level titlist has by no means superior to the semifinals at a Slam.
The American holds a 14-7 report on the Australian Open, having earned extra wins on the first main of the season than any of the opposite three.
In different motion, Jannik Sinner secured a gritty 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 win straight-sets win over Karen Khachanov to advance to final eight.
Sinner will subsequent play the winner of Andrey Rublev (whom he leads 4-2 of their Lexus ATP Head2Head sequence) and Alex de Minaur (6-0).
The Italian reached the quarterfinals at Melbourne Park in 2022 and final yr fell to Stefanos Tsitsipas within the fourth spherical. He has reached the quarter-finals or higher in 5 of the previous 9 majors.
Within the ladies’s singles, Barbora Krejcikova ended 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva spectacular run with 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 come-from-behind and entered the Australian Open quarterfinals for the second time in her profession.
After a come-from-behind win, the Roland-Garros 2021 champion has earned a ultimate eight showdown in opposition to defending champion Aryna Sabalenka, who blasted previous Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 6-2.
Krejcikova had beforehand reached the quarterfinals in Australia in 2022 — and this might be her first look within the final eight of a serious since then. After successful her first Grand Slam singles title in Paris in 2021, she additionally reached the quarterfinals of the US Open later that yr.