Elina Svitolina beats fourth seed Jasmine Paolini hours after her husband Gael Monfils beat men's fourth seed Taylor Fritz to reach the Australian Open fourth round.
Svitolina reached the quarter-finals at Melbourne Park for a third time, but her first for six years. She has reached the last four in Grand Slams on three previous occasions, at Wimbledon in 2019 and 2023, and the US Open in 2019, but never in Australia.
After his historic win, Monfils returned to Margaret Court Arena and sat in the stands to watch his wife, Svitolina, eliminate the women's No. 4 seed, two-time major finalist Jasmine Paolini 2-6, 6-4, 6-0 at night.
Highlights of the 11th day of the Australian Open on Wednesday(times GMT):0233 KEYS OVERCOMES SVITOLINA TO BOOK SEMIS BERTHKeys battled from a set down to beat Svitolina 3-6 6-3 6-4 and advance to the semi-finals for the third time at Melbourne Park.
Ukraine's Elina Svitolina recovered from a sub-par first 20 minutes to charge past Russian Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 6-1 on Monday and reach the last eight of the Australian Open for the third time.
Record crowds roamed Melbourne Park, new stars emerged, and old ones wound back the clock. Revellers had fun at the party court, but the same conduct was not welcomed by the players as it bled into the big matches.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Elina Svitolina was 4-1 down before she went on a roll and took 11 of the next 12 games in a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Veronika Kudermetova on Monday to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals for the third time.
Melbourne, Jan 20 : No. 28 seed Ukrainian Elina Svitolina reached the Australian Open quarterfinals for the first time in six years with a 6-4, 6-1 fourth-round victory over Veronika Kudermetova in Rod Laver Arena on Monday. Former World No. 3 Svitolina ...
Madison Keys is back into the Australian Open semifinals for a third time after her 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win Wednesday over Elina Svitolina of Ukraine.
Elina Svitolina has opened up about the winning formula for her and husband, French veteran Gael Monfils, after the tennis power couple charged into the fourth round at the Australian Open with upset wins over No.
MELBOURNE - A rampaging Iga Swiatek stormed into her second Australian Open semi-final with a 6-1 6-2 centre court demolition of eighth seed Emma Navarro on Wednesday as the world number two underlined her title credentials once again at Melbourne Park.
Highlights of the ninth day of the Australian Open on Monday (times GMT):0045 ACTION UNDERWAY ON ANOTHER HOT DAY IN MELBOURNEFourth round action got underway as scheduled when Veronika Kudermetova and Elina Svitolina took to Rod Laver Arena on another hot day at Melbourne Park.