Tour 4 of Australian Open 2025 is halfway, and the next stop is the quarter-finals. For those who hit their ticket on Sunday, the trophy is in sight.
The number of Americans on the ground has decreased, but Coco Gauff continues to do the work in the field. The seeded n ° 3 dropped his first set against Belinda Bencic, but rugged to conquer the second and third sets, winning 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 in two hours and 26 minutes.
At the end of the match, Gauff used his message written on the camera to cry (perhaps temporary) death of the Tiktok social platform in the United States
Tommy PaulSelected seeded No. 12 and the best classified American man in the tournament, took care of business against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, fighter 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 in just 87 minutes. His next match against Alexander Zverev will only be his third appearance in a quarter -final of the Grand Chelem, although he succeeded in the Aussie Open before. His best result of the Grand Slam came to the Australian Open 2023 when he reached the semi-finals.
Carlos AlcarazThe seeded n ° 3 in simple male, took a little break in his match of the Round 4 when his opponent, Jack Draper, retired after two sets with a hip injury. Draper had a blow to win the first set before Alcaraz won 7-5, but his level of play fell sharply in the second set as his “time bomb” A hip injury hampered him sufficiently to force his retirement after an hour and 35 minutes.
N ° 1 Seed and defending champion Aryna Sabalenka Before Mirra Andreeva, winning 6-1, 6-2 in just 62 minutes. She has not yet lost a single set in the tournament. N ° 2 seed of men Alexander Zverev We spent a especially easy time against Ugo Humbert, winning 6-1, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 but dropping his first set of competition. The quarter -finals are also n ° 11 Paula Badosa and n ° 27 Anastasia pavlyuchenkovawhich upset the n ° 18 gave Vekić.
Novak Djokovic Boycotts after-match maintenance
Novak Djokovic Alcaraz will face in the quarter-finals after defeating Jiri Lehecka 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4), but faithful to the form, the non-tennis behavior of Djokovic has again made the headlines. Djokovic ignored the traditional post-Victofromane interview as a protest against the Channel Nine broadcaster, Tony Jones, who aroused last week for a television segment in which he made fun of Serbian fans and Djokovic himself.
“Welcome to Melbourne Park, where you can see the Novak Djokovic fans, they are in the middle of the voice. The songs are quite extraordinary,” said Jones to open the segment. He then turned to the Serbian fans, who sang in a crowd behind him, and began to sing with them.
“Novak, he's surface. Novak is a has-Been. Novak, the spear. Boy, I'm glad they can't hear me,” said Jones.
Djokovic spoke to the crowd after his victory for Round 4 without the help of a microphone, and when interviewer Jim Courier tried to give him the microphone, Djokovic refused him.
“A few days ago, the famous sports journalist, who works for the official broadcaster Channel Nine here in Australia, made fun of Serbian fans and also made insulting and offensive comments,” Djokovic told the crowd via the goalkeeper. “And since then, he has chosen not to present any public excuse. Neither nor nor. So, as they are official broadcasters, I chose not to give interviews for Channel Nine.”
