Australian Open 2021 LIVE updates: Naomi Osaka, Serena Williams to headline day session as Djokovic prepares for blockbuster with Zverev
Summary
- It’s Ashleigh Barty at the double
- Nadal and Tsitsipas to clash in quarters
- Meet the Aussie beat who beat Kenin
Schedule for day nine
Women’s singles quarter-finals:
Hsieh Su-wei v Naomi Osaka, from 12.30pm at Rod Laver Arena.
Serena Williams v Simona Halep, from 7pm at Rod Laver Arena.
Men’s singles quarter-finals:
Novak Djokovic v Alexander Zverev, from 8.15pm at Rod Laver Arena.
Grigor Dimitrov v Aslan Karatsev, from 3pm at Rod Laver Arena.
Eerily quiet at Melbourne Park again
It’s a lovely summer day in Melbourne, certainly not too hot.
But walking into the surrounds at Melbourne Park and you can’t ignore the strangeness of it all. Only a few workers around and absolutely no spectators. It’s still very hard to get your head around that.
Nadal, Tsitsipas to clash in quarters as Berrettini succumbs to injury
Rafael Nadal booked a ticket to his 13th Australian Open quarter-final with a straight-sets win against Fabio Fognini on Monday night.
The Spaniard will face rising star Stefanos Tsitsipas – who was the beneficiary of a Matteo Berrettini abdominal strain – after a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 victory against his Italian rival, as Sam Phillips reports.
It’s Barty at the double with win over Shelby Rogers
Some of the biggest names in tennis will take to Rod Laver Arena today in the first round of quarter-finals but last night it was Australian Ashleigh Barty making the headlines. To recap, it took Barty just more than an hour to defeat capable American Shelby Rogers 6-3, 6-4. It was classic Barty, a kindly thrashing, as Greg Baum writes.
Schedule for day nine
Women’s singles quarter-finals:
Hsieh Su-wei v Naomi Osaka, from 12.30pm at Rod Laver Arena.
Serena Williams v Simona Halep, from 7pm at Rod Laver Arena.
Men’s singles quarter-finals:
Novak Djokovic v Alexander Zverev, from 8.15pm at Rod Laver Arena.
Grigor Dimitrov v Aslan Karatsev, from 3pm at Rod Laver Arena.
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