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Australian Open: Djokovic seeks 18th major, Medvedev 1st
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – A glance at the Australian Open:
LOOKAHEAD TO SUNDAY
Novak Djokovic is intending to win his ninth Australian Open champion and 18th Grand Slam title in general when he handles Daniil Medvedev in the males’s last at Rod Laver Arena. The No. 1-seeded Djokovic is 8-0 in finals at Melbourne Park and is attempting to close the space with competitors Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for a lot of Slam trophies won by a guy. They each have actually 20. Djokovic appears to have gotten rid of an abdominal muscle issue that he got in his third-round match. The No. 4-seeded Medvedev remains in his 2nd major last. He lost to Nadal at the 2019 U.S. Open. Medvedev is on a 20-match winning streak that consists of 12 wins versus Leading 10 challengers, with among those coming versus Djokovic last season.
SUNDAY’S PROJECTION
Partially cloudy, high of 22 degrees Celsius (72 degrees Fahrenheit)
SATURDAY’S WEATHER CONDITION
Mainly cloudy, high of 24 Celsius (75 Fahrenheit).
SATURDAY’S OUTCOMES
Women’s Songs Final: No. 3 Naomi Osaka beat No. 22 Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-3 to win her 2nd Australian Open champion and 4th Grand Slam title in general.
Mixed Doubles Final: No. 6 Barbora Krejcikova and Rajeev Ram beat Sam Stosur and Matthew Ebden 6-1, 6-4.
STAT OF THE DAY
4-0 – Osaka’s record in Grand Slam finals, the very first female to begin her profession that method because Monica Seles won her very first 6 major championship.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Thank you for opening your hearts and your arms towards us. For sure, I feel like playing a Grand Slam right now is a super privilege and it’s something that I won’t take for granted.” – Osaka, attending to the crowd of more than 7,000 at Rod Laver Arena, which was at 50% percent capacity because of COVID-19 restrictions. There were no spectators allowed when she won the U.S. Open in September.
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – A glance at the Australian Open:
LOOKAHEAD TO SUNDAY
Novak Djokovic is intending to win his ninth Australian Open champion and 18th Grand Slam title in general when he handles Daniil Medvedev in the males’s last at Rod Laver Arena. The No. 1-seeded Djokovic is 8-0 in finals at Melbourne Park and is attempting to close the space with competitors Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for a lot of Slam trophies won by a guy. They each have actually 20. Djokovic appears to have gotten rid of an abdominal muscle issue that he got in his third-round match. The No. 4-seeded Medvedev remains in his 2nd major last. He lost to Nadal at the 2019 U.S. Open. Medvedev is on a 20-match winning streak that consists of 12 wins versus Leading 10 challengers, with among those coming versus Djokovic last season.
SUNDAY’S PROJECTION
Partially cloudy, high of 22 degrees Celsius (72 degrees Fahrenheit)
SATURDAY’S WEATHER CONDITION
Mainly cloudy, high of 24 Celsius (75 Fahrenheit).
SATURDAY’S OUTCOMES
Women’s Songs Final: No. 3 Naomi Osaka beat No. 22 Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-3 to win her 2nd Australian Open champion and 4th Grand Slam title in general.
Mixed Doubles Final: No. 6 Barbora Krejcikova and Rajeev Ram beat Sam Stosur and Matthew Ebden 6-1, 6-4.
STAT OF THE DAY
4-0 – Osaka’s record in Grand Slam finals, the very first female to begin her profession that method because Monica Seles won her very first 6 major championship.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Thank you for opening your hearts and your arms towards us. For sure, I feel like playing a Grand Slam right now is a super privilege and it’s something that I won’t take for granted.” – Osaka, attending to the crowd of more than 7,000 at Rod Laver Arena, which was at 50% percent capacity because of COVID-19 restrictions. There were no spectators allowed when she won the U.S. Open in September.
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More AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
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15 years since I've been following the news, no 10 my folks do that, hmm. what was the question again !?
where you read about this ?
of course I can, it was here
on U-S-NEWS.COM
