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Australian Open: Osaka and Brady to meet in women’s final
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – A glance at the Australian Open:
LOOKAHEAD TO SATURDAY
Naomi Osaka is trying to win her 4th Grand Slam songs title and her 2nd at the Australian Open when she plays Jennifer Brady in the ladies’s final. The No. 3-seeded Osaka subdued Serena Williams in the semifinals and is on a 20-match winning streak. Brady pressed Osaka to 3 sets prior to losing to her in the 2020 U.S. Open semifinals. Brady had to go through a two-week tough quarantine after getting here in Melbourne due to the fact that of Australia’s rigorous COVID-19 pandemic policies. She wasn’t permitted to leave her space throughout that time. However the 25-year-old American has actually reached her very first Grand Slam final in spite of the additional difficulties. American Rajeev Ram and Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic will play Australians Matthew Ebden and Sam Stosur in the blended doubles final later on Saturday. The 36-year-old Ram will have a hectic final weekend in Australia. He and Britain’s Joe Salisbury will be trying to safeguard their males’s doubles title in Sunday’s final versus Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek.
SATURDAY’S PROJECTION
Bright, high of 32 degrees Celsius (89 degrees Fahrenheit)
FRIDAY’S WEATHER CONDITION
Bright, high of 33 Celsius (91 Fahrenheit).
FRIDAY’S OUTCOMES
Male’s Songs Semifinal: No. 4 Daniil Medvedev beat No. 5. Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-2, 7-5.
Women’s Doubles Final: No. 2 Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka beat No. 3 Barbora Krejicikova and Katerina Siniakova 6-2, 6-3.
Male’s Doubles Semifinal: No. 5 Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury beat No. 6 Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares 6-4, 7-6 (2).
Mixed Doubles Semifinal: Samantha Stosur and Matthew Ebden beat Desirae Krawczyk and Joe Salisbury 7-5, 5-7, 10-8.
STAT OF THE DAY
20: variety of successive matches won by Medvedev, consisting of 12 versus gamers ranked in the Leading 10.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“First of all, I like that I don’t have a lot of pressure because he never lost in eight times that he was here in the finals. It’s he who has all the pressure. He has for sure more experience, but more things to lose.” – Medvedev reacting to a concern about the secret to him winning Sunday’s final versus eight-time champ and top-ranked Novak Djokovic.
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – A glance at the Australian Open:
LOOKAHEAD TO SATURDAY
Naomi Osaka is trying to win her 4th Grand Slam songs title and her 2nd at the Australian Open when she plays Jennifer Brady in the ladies’s final. The No. 3-seeded Osaka subdued Serena Williams in the semifinals and is on a 20-match winning streak. Brady pressed Osaka to 3 sets prior to losing to her in the 2020 U.S. Open semifinals. Brady had to go through a two-week tough quarantine after getting here in Melbourne due to the fact that of Australia’s rigorous COVID-19 pandemic policies. She wasn’t permitted to leave her space throughout that time. However the 25-year-old American has actually reached her very first Grand Slam final in spite of the additional difficulties. American Rajeev Ram and Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic will play Australians Matthew Ebden and Sam Stosur in the blended doubles final later on Saturday. The 36-year-old Ram will have a hectic final weekend in Australia. He and Britain’s Joe Salisbury will be trying to safeguard their males’s doubles title in Sunday’s final versus Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek.
SATURDAY’S PROJECTION
Bright, high of 32 degrees Celsius (89 degrees Fahrenheit)
FRIDAY’S WEATHER CONDITION
Bright, high of 33 Celsius (91 Fahrenheit).
FRIDAY’S OUTCOMES
Male’s Songs Semifinal: No. 4 Daniil Medvedev beat No. 5. Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-2, 7-5.
Women’s Doubles Final: No. 2 Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka beat No. 3 Barbora Krejicikova and Katerina Siniakova 6-2, 6-3.
Male’s Doubles Semifinal: No. 5 Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury beat No. 6 Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares 6-4, 7-6 (2).
Mixed Doubles Semifinal: Samantha Stosur and Matthew Ebden beat Desirae Krawczyk and Joe Salisbury 7-5, 5-7, 10-8.
STAT OF THE DAY
20: variety of successive matches won by Medvedev, consisting of 12 versus gamers ranked in the Leading 10.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“First of all, I like that I don’t have a lot of pressure because he never lost in eight times that he was here in the finals. It’s he who has all the pressure. He has for sure more experience, but more things to lose.” – Medvedev reacting to a concern about the secret to him winning Sunday’s final versus eight-time champ and top-ranked Novak Djokovic.
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question, you know it's been at least
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
