Rafael Nadal repels Karen Khachanov to reach Australian Open fourth round
Rafael Nadal dropped his first set at this year's Australian Open, but still powered through to the fourth round with a 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 defeat of Karen Khachanov.
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Rafael Nadal dropped his first set at this year's Australian Open, but still powered through to the fourth round with a 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 defeat of Karen Khachanov.
¡Tiempo para Rafa Nadal! El español busca los octavos ante Khachanov. En esa ronda se han clasificado y. Se quedó a las puertas .
Alexander Zverev maintained his routine start at the Australian Open by easing past Moldova's Radu Albot 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the last-16. The third seed is yet to drop a set in his opening three matches in Melbourne, and his victory secured a blockbuster fourth-round tie with Canadian 14th seed Denis Shapovalov.
Seventh seed Matteo Berrettini overcame Spanish prospect Carlos Alcaraz in an enthralling five-set battle to reach the Australian Open fourth round.
Stefanos Tsitsipas is not bothered if he is deemed not to be a member new ‘Big Three’ but John McEnroe insists that Novak Djokovic remains light years ahead of the chasing pack. Tsitsipas beat Sebastian Baez in four sets on Thursday to progress to the third round where he will face Benoit Paire on Saturday. Ad/> The Greek star has reached the semi-final twice at Melbourne Park (2019, 2021) and the final of the French Open in 2021.
MELBOURNE: The Australian Open was under growing pressure on Thursday (Jan 20) to make COVID-19 tests mandatory as some top players said testing was lax at the first Grand Slam of 2022.
MELBOURNE : Australian Open organisers insisted on Thursday their COVID-19 protocols have been "really successful" despite some top players pointing to lax testing at the first Grand Slam of 2022.