In the Australian Open, the first grand slam tennis tournament of the season, world number 2 Spanish racket Carlos Alcaraz reached the fourth round in men’s singles.
The third round matches continued in the morning session of the 7th day of the tournament held in Melbourne.
In men’s singles, world number 2 Spanish player Carlos Alcaraz took a 2-0 lead against his Chinese opponent Juncheng Shang with sets of 6-1, 6-1.
While the Spanish tennis player was leading 1-0 in the 3rd set of the match, he won the match and went to the 4th round because his Chinese opponent was injured and could not continue the game.
In men’s singles, the number 14 seed, USA’s Tommy Paul, bid farewell to the tournament, losing 3-2 to Serbian player Miomir Kecmanovic.
Polish Hubert Hurkacz, the number 9 seed, advanced to the 4th round by beating the French Ugo Humbert, the number 21 seed, 3-1.
AZARENKA AND ZHENG IN WOMEN’S 4TH ROUND
In women’s singles, Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the number 18 seed, beat the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the number 11 seed, 2-0 with sets of 6-1, 7-5 in the 3rd round and advanced to the next round. In the match between two Chinese female tennis players, the number 12 seed Qinwen Zheng advanced to the next round by beating Yafan Wang 2-1 with sets of 6-4, 2-6, 7-6.