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.

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

Elina Svitolina delivered a stunning first-set comeback before overwhelming Veronika Kudermetova to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals on Monday, but the Ukrainian did not shake hands with her Russian opponent.

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

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.

In a new Daily Dose of Social Media, we explore the behind-the-scenes moments of Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina supporting each other after achieving big upsets against the World No. 4 players,

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.

Melbourne: Elina Svitolina was 4-1 down before she went on a roll and took 11 of the next 12 games in a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Veronika Kudermetova on Monday to reach the Australian Open

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Follow Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score and game-by-game updates as defending champion Jannik Sinner takes on Alexander Zverev in the men's final of the 2025 Australian Open .

Follow Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score and game-by-game updates as defending champion Jannik Sinner takes on Alexander Zverev in the men's final of the 2025 Australian Open .