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☆ Korda retires to send Khachanov into Australian Open semis, Rybakina through
  + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Shrivathsa Sridhar | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/3] Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 24, 2023 Russia's Karen Khachanov in action during his quarter final match against Sebastian Korda of the U.S. REUTERS/Jaimi JoyMELBOURNE, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Karen Khachanov reached the Australian Open semi-finals for the first time on Tuesday after Sebastian Korda retired injured while trailing 7-6(5) 6-3 3-0, dashing the American's hopes of emulating his father Petr's 1998 Melbourne Park triumph. Khachanov had also reached the last four of the 2022 U.S. Open and said it felt great to be back in a Grand Slam semi-final. "I'm super happy to be in the semi-finals for the first time," said Rybakina. "Of course, I was nervous, particularly in the last game, but I'm happy I managed my emotions. Rybakina will take on third seed Jessica Pegula or twice Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka next.
☆ Lehecka high on belief after Australian Open heroics
  + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Shrivathsa Sridhar | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
"I didn't expect that," world number 71 Lehecka, who made his breakthrough last year by reaching the Rotterdam semi-finals as a qualifier, told reporters. Hopefully we'll go one more step, step after step. "To be in those moments and be cool under pressure, play well the right points, serve well to close the match, it's a good sign of a good player," Auger-Aliassime said. "Yeah, I'm sure for those reasons he'll be a good player in the future." Up next for Lehecka is a potential meeting with third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, his conqueror in the Rotterdam semi-finals, if the Greek gets past Jannik Sinner.
☆ Top seed Swiatek crashes out, Gauff exits Australian Open in tears
  + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Ian Ransom | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
"I felt the pressure, and I felt that I don't want to lose instead of I want to win," said Swiatek, who dominated last season with two Grand Slam wins. Rybakina, the 22nd seed, might have expected to face Gauff in the quarter-finals but the much-hyped American teen was upset 7-5 6-3 by Jelena Ostapenko, the forgotten Grand Slam winner of women's tennis. The win secured a first Australian Open quarter-final for hard-hitting Ostapenko, as well as the first at a Grand Slam since her run to the Wimbledon semi-finals in 2018. Latvia's first - and only - Grand Slam champion stunned the world when she hoisted the trophy at Roland Garros as an unseeded 20-year-old. Third seed Pegula will face the winner of Victoria Azarenka and China's Zhu Lin for a place in the semi-finals.
☆ Greek Tsitsipas feels at home in Melbourne
  + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
MELBOURNE, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas described the Australian Open as his "home slam", saying the conditions in Melbourne remind him of the Attic Peninsula. Tsitsipas, a three-time semi-finalist at the Australian Open, reached the quarter-finals on Sunday after he held firm to beat Italy's Jannik Sinner 6-4 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3. With Melbourne boasting the largest Greek population in Australia, Tsitsipas said he always felt at home when competing at the season-opening major. "Another reason, another plus is wherever I look I see Greek faces, I see Greek people speaking Greek. For me it's the Australian Open."
☆ ATP roundup: Frances Tiafoe battles back in Stockholm
  + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
3 seed Frances Tiafoe won two tiebreakers to complete a 3-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) comeback win over Swedish wild card Elias Ymer in the second round of the Stockholm Open on Thursday in Sweden. Despite Ymer winning 47 of his 59 first-service points (80 percent) and holding a 20-11 advantage in aces, Tiafoe controlled both tiebreakers. Second seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada was spared, as he bested Frenchman Manuel Guinard 6-3, 6-3. 4 Lorenzo Musetti defeated Serbia's Laslo Djere 7-5, 6-3 to ensure two Italians reached the quarterfinals in Naples, Italy. McDonald beat Italian qualifier Francesco Passaro 6-3, 7-5 before surprising No.
☆ ATP roundup: Three-time champ Gilles Simon advances in Metz
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Emil Ruusuvuori of Finland beat the Czech Republic's Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-4. San Diego OpenIn a matchup of two American qualifiers, Mitchell Krueger took down Christopher Eubanks 6-4, 6-4 in the first round at San Diego. Krueger, who will face Australian seventh seed James Duckworth in the second round, won a hefty 34 of his 39 first-service points (87.2 percent). Japan's Taro Daniel dispatched American qualifier Emilio Nava 6-4, 6-3. 1 seed Daniel Evans of Great Britain in the next round.
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