Australian Open 2023: Jiri Lehecka stuns Felix Auguer-Aliasssime, Jessica Pegula into quarters

Australian Open 2023: 21-year-old Jiri Lehecka took out sixth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime in 4 units to progress to his maiden Grand Slam quarter-final. Jessica Pegula reached the ladies’s singles quarters after hammering Barbora Krejcikova.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 22, 2023 14:09 IST

Australian Open: 21-year-old Jiri Lehecka continues giant-killing spree (AP Photo)

By India Today Web Desk: sixth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime was proven the door in males’s singles fourth spherical whereas third seed Jessica Pegula marched into the quarter-finals of ladies’s singles on the Australian Open 2023 on Sunday, January 22.

Felix Auger-Aliassime, who was scratchy all through the primary week in Melbourne, was overwhelmed in 4 units by 21-year-old Jiri Lehecka of Czech Republic within the fourth-round match.

On the opposite hand, third seed Jessica Pegula, the highest-ranked ladies’s singles participant left within the draw, overcame a troublesome battle in opposition to Barbora Krejcikova, the French Open champion from 2021.

Jiri Lehecka reached the quarter-final of a Grand Slam for the primary time and notched up his first win over a high 10 participant on the tour. He will face Karen Khachanov within the quarter-final on Tuesday.

Jiri has been on a giant-killing spree, very like 22-year-old Sebastian Korda, on the Australian Open. The Czech teenager defeated eleventh seed Cameron Norrie earlier than taking out Felix within the 4th spherical. Korda, alternatively, took out tenth seed Hubert Hurkacz, days after beating former US Open champion Daniil Medvedev.

Auger-Aliassime, 22, broke within the third recreation on the best way to taking the opening set in 35 minutes however an enormous momentum shift noticed unseeded Lehecka take management.

After profitable the second set to degree the match, a fragile volley on the web helped Lehecka maintain serve and arrange a third-set tiebreak the place he pounced on 2022 quarter-finalist Auger-Aliassime’s errors to maneuver forward.

Jiri will meet the winner of one other fourth-round match between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jannik Sinner within the quarter-final.

Jessica Pegula needed to work onerous for her first set win however she dominated Krejcikova after discovering high gear within the 2nd set. She defeated Krejcikova 7-5, 6-3 in lower than 2 hours.

Pegula’s compatriot and seventh seed Coco Gauff was knocked out earlier within the day by Jelena Ostapenko.

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Jan 22, 2023