Pablo Carreño Busta (third round, retired) 16. Matteo Berrettini (fourth round, withdrew) 10. This was the first major in the Open Era to feature three Russian men in the quarterfinals, those being Karatsev, Medvedev and Andrey Rublev.Ġ 1. He was also the lowest-ranked player to reach a major semifinal since Goran Ivanišević (ranked 125) at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, the lowest ranked to do so at the Australian Open since Patrick McEnroe (also ranked 114) in 1991, and the first man to reach a major semifinal in the Open Era on his main draw debut. At 17 years old, Alcaraz became the youngest man to win a main-draw match at the Australian Open since Bernard Tomic in the 2009 Australian Open, defeating fellow qualifier Botic van de Zandschulp in the previous round.Īslan Karatsev became the first male qualifier to reach a major semifinal since Vladimir Voltchkov in the 2000 Wimbledon Championships, and the first since Bob Giltinan in December 1977 to do so at the Australian Open. 1 Carlos Alcaraz he lost to Mikael Ymer in the second round. This marked the first major main-draw appearance for future world No. With his fourth round win against Milos Raonic, Djokovic joined Roger Federer as only the second man with 300 or more match wins in major singles competitions.
It was his record-extending ninth Australian Open title and his 18th major title overall. It was anything but easy, as Osaka acknowledged after the match: "In the stressful points, I feel like I just had to go within myself.Two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final, 7–5, 6–2, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2021 Australian Open. The win was Osaka's 18th consecutive victory and has her in the position to win a second straight Grand Slam. The 23-year-old dropped the first set 4-6 before battling back and winning the final two sets to continue her run in Melbourne. 1 Garbine Muguruza, but she also had to come from behind to do it. In order to advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament, Naomi Osaka not only had to overcome fellow former world No.
Dimitrov will have the opportunity to continue his impressive run in the quarterfinals when he battles the unseeded Aslan Karatsev, himself fresh off an upset of world No.
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