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Zhang-Bopanna and Sabalenka – Photo: Twitter
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Veteran Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna and his Chinese partner Zhang Shuai entered the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles event of the Australian Open tennis tournament after getting a walkover in their second round match here on Sunday. At the same time, in women’s singles, world number one player Aryna Sabalenka continued her brilliant performance at Melbourne Park and took strong steps towards winning her third consecutive title in the Australian Open tennis tournament by registering a straight sets win on Sunday and making it to the quarter-finals. Trending Videos Remove this video/ad
Bopanna and Shuai were up against Taylor Townsend of America and Hugo Nieves of Monaco, but the fourth seeded pair did not get to play. With this, the Indian-Chinese pair reached the last eight without even taking the court. Bopanna and Shuai will next face the winner of the match between Hungary’s Timea Babos and El Salvador’s Marcelo Arevalo and the Australian pair of Olivia Gadecki and John Pearce. The pair of Bopanna and Shuai had earlier defeated Christina Mladenovic of France and Ivan Dodik of Croatia 6-4, 6-4 in their opening match.
Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in quarterfinals
Two-time champion Sabalenka started the day’s play at Rod Laver Arena with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over 14th seed Mira Andreeva, extending her Australian Open winning streak to 18 matches. The last player to win three consecutive Australian Open women’s singles titles was Martina Hingis, who accomplished this feat from 1997 to 1999. After the match Sabalenka hugged Andreeva, waved to the crowd, and took a photo with her Polaroid camera. After winning the match in an hour, Sabalenka said, ‘It was a difficult match but I am very happy to win it in straight sets.’
2025-01-19 11:42:00