The Australian Championship enters its fourth day. Already in the second round the reigning champion, Sofia Kanin, Had to go home after not withstanding the pressure, as she puts it, and lost 6: 3, 6: 2 To Kaya Kanfi Estonian.
The American beat only 10 winners against 22 of the 35-year-old Kanfi who did not honor the girl 13 years her junior and was ranked fourth before the tournament. The game is over in 64 minutes and Kanfi will win a meeting with the Croatian Donna and Kitch in the third round.
Ranked first, Ashley Barty Defeated Australian: 1: 6, 6: 7 (7: 9) Daria Gavrilova. Barty who returned to the pitches almost after a year following the Corona, saved a battle point and secured the win with a thrilling tie-breaker. Her next rival will be 29th-ranked Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia).
In men, ranked sixth Stefano Tsitsipas Forced to sweat after a man 7: 6, 4: 6, 1: 6, 7: 6, 4: 6 on Thanasi Kokinakis (267 in the world) Broad Labor Arena. At the end of a thriller that lasted more than 4 and a half hours, the Greek will continue to the next round, the Swedish Mikal Yamar.
Mato Bertini The Italian defeated the Czech Thomas Mahak 3: 6, 2: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6. The world number one will meet the Karen Khachnov The Russian, who has won it in the last three games between them. Khachnov defeated Lithuanian Ricards Brankis 2: 6, 4: 6, 4: 6 in the second round.
