![]() PARIS - Defending champion Daniil Medvedev stayed in contention for the year-end No. In the Adelaide International men’s final, Gael Monfils beat Karen Khachanov 6-4, 6-4. Second-seeded Simona Halep beat Veronika Kudermetova 6-2, 6-3 to win the WTA 500 event in Melbourne. There were six tournaments decided, with Canada winning the ATP Cup team event in the final over Spain.Įlsewhere, top-seeded Rafael Nadal beat American Maxime Cressy, 7-6 (6), 6-3 at Melbourne and another American, Amanda Anisimova, beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 7-5, 1-6, 6-4 to win her second WTA title. There are joint ATP-WTA tournaments this week in Adelaide and Sydney ahead of the Australian Open. ![]() “I feel good leading up to an Australian Open,” said Barty, who has been a prolific winner on the women’s tour since the start of 2019, winning 11 of the 32 tournaments she has contested. But she hardly looked rusty in Adelaide, beating Coco Gauff, Kenin and 2020 French Open winner Iga Swiatek en route to the title. Open in September to American Shelby Rogers. It was Barty’s first tournament since losing in the third round at the U.S. She won the doubles with her Billie Jean King Cup teammate Storm Sanders. She reached the quarterfinals last year.īarty won the Adelaide International singles title for the second time in three years, 6-3, 6-2 over Elena Rybakina. Her best finish at Melbourne Park was in 2020, when she lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Sofia Kenin. That’s a 44-year drought, and one that Barty hears about all the time. No Australian woman has won the title since Chris O’Neill in 1978. The 25-year-old Barty has two Grand Slam singles titles – the 2019 French Open and last year’s Wimbledon – but she dearly wants to win a major on home soil. Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova beat Arantxa Rus 3-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5 at the Sydney tournament.Īt the Adelaide International 2 tournament, Australian qualifier Alexsandar Vukic beat sixth-seeded Alexander Bublik 7-6 (5), 6-2. “I am feeling healthy at the moment with no symptoms.” ![]() “I just want to be open and transparent with everyone, the reason I have had to pull out of Sydney is because I tested positive for COVID,” Kyrgios posted on Instagram. Nick Kyrgios also pulled out of the Sydney tournament after contracting the coronavirus, placing him in doubt for the Australian Open. “We’ve had plenty of court time, which is great.” We’ve been able to play lots of matches in singles and doubles,” Barty said. But from a career standpoint, having a week off to fine-tune ahead of the first Grand Slam tournament of the year is more important. Geographically, that makes sense - it’s much easier to get directly from Adelaide to Melbourne. The eighth seed will take on Frances Tiafoe, who defeated Alex De Minaur 6-3 7-6 (7-5).After winning both the singles and doubles titles at the Adelaide International, top-ranked Ash Barty has decided she doesn’t need any more tournament action before the Australian Open.īarty announced that she’d travel directly from Adelaide to Melbourne Park and skip the Sydney Tennis Classic. There, he will play Holger Rune after the Stockholm champion defeated seventh seed Andrey Rublev in straight sets.įifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas overcame Corentin Moutet 6-3 7-6 (7-3) to reach his 14th quarter-final of the season, where he will face Tommy Paul after the American denied Pablo Carreno Busta 6-4 6-4.įelix Auger-Aliassime was a commanding 6-1 6-3 victor over Gilles Simon. Meanwhile, world number one Carlos Alcaraz won five out of seven break points as he breezed past Grigor Dimitrov 6-1 6-3 to reach the last eight in Paris for the first time. ![]() The Naples champion recorded his maiden top-five victory at the seventh attempt, while he hit 37 winners to advance to his first ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final. The Serbian, who has triumphed in Tel Aviv and Astana during that streak, set up a last-eight clash with Lorenzo Musetti after the Italian came from behind to stun third seed Casper Ruud 4-6 6-4 6-4. ![]()
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