Auger-Aliassime suffers 1st career loss to de Minaur, exits Italian Open in 3rd round
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime was knocked out of the Italian Open after falling 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 to Australia's Alex de Minaur on Monday.
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Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime was knocked out of the Italian Open after falling 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 to Australia's Alex de Minaur on Monday.
Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime continued his successful run on clay with a 6-1, 7-6 (8) win over Dutch qualifier Botic van de Zandschulp in second-round action Saturday at the Italian Open.
Ireland are keen to build on the recent Davis Cup home tie against Austria as they switch focus to their next assignment which will be away against Tunisia in September.
Fresh from their Davis Cup win over Pakistan, four Indians including Ramkumar Ramanathan and N Sriram Balaji will be in action in the Bengaluru Open slated to be held from February 12-18. India's top singles player Sumit Nagal, who opted out of the Davis Cup, will also be seen in action, having earned a direct entry by virtue of his 137th rank. The cut-off for the Bengaluru Open was 257. At the Australian Open last month, Nagal had knocked out world number 27 Alexander Bublik in the first round of the main draw.
It's not all that often that Irish tennis has got a day out in the sun since the high point of 1983.
Novak Djokovic branded his defeat by Jannik Sinner to end his long unbeaten Australian Open run as one of the worst performances of his career.
Jannik Sinner claimed a huge statement win to announce himself as a Grand Slam force and become the first player in six years to beat Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open.
Novak Djokovic vs Jannik Sinner Live, Aus Open Semi-Final 1: Defending champion and top seed Novak Djokovic takes on Jannik Sinner in the first semi-final of the Australia Open at the Rod Laver Arena. Djokovic overcame American Taylor Fritz in the previous round while in-form Sinner thrashed Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals. While Djokovic leads head-to-head meetings against Sinner, the Italian defeated him in the group stage at the ATP Finals -- though the Serb came out on top in the final -- and at the Davis Cup. In the second semi-final later today, third seed Daniil Medvedev will take on sixth seed Alexander Zverev.