Australian Open 2021: Day 7 options Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic, different Grand Slam winners

Image Source : AP United States’ Serena Williams gestures as she is interviewed following her third spherical win over Russia’s Anastasia Potapova on the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Feb. 12
A fast take a look at the Australian Open:
LOOKAHEAD TO SUNDAY

Serena Williams continues her quest for a record-tying twenty fourth Grand Slam singles title when she performs No. 7 seed Aryna Sabalenka within the fourth spherical. Williams’ final Grand Slam singles title got here on the 2017 Australian Open, her seventh championship at Melbourne Park. She’s hardly the one lady with main trophies at dwelling who will probably be in motion on Sunday. Garbiñe Muguruza, winner of the French Open in 2016 and Wimbledon in 2017, faces Naomi Osaka, whose three Slam titles embody the 2019 Australian Open. Reigning French Open champion Iga Swiatek meets two-time main champ Simona Halep. In males’s play, eight-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic is scheduled to play Milos Raonic at night time, however Djokovic injured a facet muscle in his five-set win over American Taylor Fritz on Friday. U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem will tackle Grigor Dimitrov, whereas 20-year-old Felix Auger-Aliassime goes up in opposition to Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev, who’s making his Grand Slam singles debut. Alexander Zverev, who misplaced to Thiem in final yr’s U.S. Open closing, performs Dusan Lajovic, to finish the fourth-round matches within the prime half of the lads’s draw.
SUNDAY’S FORECAST
Mostly sunny, excessive of 21 levels Celsius (68 Fahrenheit)
SATUDAY’S WEATHER
Mostly sunny, excessive of 21 Celsius (68 Fahrenheit).

SATURDAY’S KEY RESULTS
Women’s Third Round: No. 5 Elina Svitolina beat No. 26 Yulia Putintseva 6-4, 6-0; No. 18 Elise Mertens beat No. 11 Belinda Bencic 6-2, 6-1; No. 22 Jennifer Brady beat Kaja Juvan 6-1, 6-3; No. 25 Karolina Muchova beat No. 6 Karolina Pliskova 7-5. 7-5; No. 28 Donna Vekic beat Kaia Kanepi 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-4; Jessica Pegula beat Kristina Mladenovic 6-2, 6-1.
Men’s Third Round: No. 4 Daniil Medvedev beat No. 28 Filip Krajinovic 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-0; No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Mikael Ymer 6-4, 6-1, 6-1; No. 7 Andrey Rublev beat Feliciano Lopez 7-5, 6-2, 6-3; No. 24 Casper Ruud beat Radu Albot 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4; Mackenzie McDonald beat Lloyd Harris 7-6 (7), 6-1, 6-4.
STAT OF THE DAY
17 — Consecutive matches gained by Medvedev.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“It was, for certain, a bit disturbing, I’d say. In some methods, unhappy.” — Svitolina on taking part in with out spectators due to a COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne.