Defending champion Jannik Sinner has moved into the quarterfinals at the Australian Open after beating Holger Rune during a match slowed down by medical timeouts for each player and a delay because the net got knocked loose.

Day nine of the Australian Open saw Lorenzo Sonego and Elina Svitolina advance to the quarter-finals with impressive wins. Jannik Sinner overcame a medical timeout to beat Holger Rune, while Madison Keys stunned Elena Rybakina.

Elina Svitolina advances to Australian Open quarterfinals, to face Madison Keys after defeating Veronika Kudermetova.

They also have a dead-even head-to-head record. Keys won their first two matches, and Rybakina came back to win the next two, including their only meeting of 2024, on hard courts in Miami. Keys has won eight straight matches in Adelaide and Melbourne, while Rybakina, with new coach Goran Ivanisevic, hasn’t dropped a set this week.

First came the medical timeouts, one each for Jannik Sinner and Holger Rune with the temperature above 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) at the

The Australian Open's fifth day witnessed intense competition. American teenager Learner Tien upset Daniil Medvedev, while Jasmine Paolini and Elina Svitolina advanced smoothly. Holger Rune and Frances Tiafoe also faced tough battles.

Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek are eyeing a place in the Australian Open quarter-finals on Monday while golden couple Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina hope to extend their family odyssey.

Elina Svitolina chases a first Australian tennis Open quarter-final since 2019 in the opening singles match on day nine She meets Russian Veronika Kudermetova from 1:30pm. Craig Gabriel previews the women's draw.

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As much as any top player, Sinner has been able to expose De Minaur’s lack of first-strike weaponry. The Aussie’s strength is his scrambling and counterpunching, but Sinner serves too well, hits too hard, places the ball too precisely for his defense to be effective. De Minaur hasn’t found a way to hurt, rattle, of disrupt him.

The World No. 1, despite feeling unwell in sweltering conditions, kept up his title defense with a four-set triumph.

Jannik Sinner cruised into the Australian Open semi-finals on Day 11, January 22, after defeating home favourite Alex de Minaur in straight sets at Rod Laver Arena. The Italian, who didn’t look well in his previous match against Holger Rune,