The number one tennis player in the world, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, secured a place in the quarterfinals of the first Grand Slam of the Australian Open season, and the number one tennis player in the world, Arina Sabalenka from Belarus, also managed to do so.
In the fourth round, the Spaniard beat American Tommy Paul 7-6 (6), 6-4, 7-5.
Alcaraz, who else he did not lose a set in this year’s tournamentnever made it past the quarter-finals in Melbourne. If he manages to win the tournament, he will become the youngest player in history to win all four Grand Slam titles.
Carlos Alcaraz will play against the Australian in the quarterfinals Alex de Minaur who beat Kazakhstan’s tenth seed Alexander Bublik 6-4, 6-1, 6-1. For the best Australian tennis player, this is the second consecutive quarterfinal of the Australian Open.
One swing and it’s done.
Back-to-back-to-back QFs for Carlitos Down Under 😤@wwos • @espn • @tntsports • @wowowtennis • #AO26 pic.twitter.com/JxJbFdvCiY
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 25, 2026
Djokovic in the quarterfinals without a fight after Menšik’s withdrawal
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, fourth in the ATP rankings, also made it to the quarterfinals without a fight after Czech tennis player Jakub Menšik withdrew due to injury.
It’s an unfortunate decision. After the last two matches, I feel more and more pain, and the problem is in the left side of the abdominal musclesthe 17th player in the world explained his decision to quit.
On Wednesday, Djokovic will play in the quarterfinals against the winner of the round of 16 match between Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the fifth player in the world, and American Taylor Fritz, ninth in the ATP ranking.
Tien kicked out Medvedev
An American reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career Learner Tien, 29th in the ATP rankings, who defeated Russian Daniil Medvedeva 6-4, 6-0, 6-3 after one hour and 42 minutes. Last year, in a five-set match that lasted almost five hours, the Russian knocked out Tien in the second round at Melbourne Park.
This victory made Tien the youngest quarter-finalist Australian Open from Nick Kyrgios in 2015, and will next play against third seed Alexander Zverev, who defeated Francisco Cerundolo 6-2 6-4 6-4.
In female tennis, she is the number one player in the world Arina Sabalenka with 6-1, 7-6 (1) defeated the 19-year-old To Victoria Mboko. Her next opponent is the even younger American Iva Jović, who turned 18 last month.
After her first victory over a player from the Top 10 against the Italian Jasmine Paolini, Jović outplayed the Kazakh Julia Putintseva 6-0, 6-1 in the round of 16 in just 53 minutes.
Top seed, top form 💪#AO26https://t.co/q479lxF1Af
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