The Grand Slam champion was eliminated, and the Chinese star advanced 2-0 to bring good news
On January 23, 2024, the Australian Open tennis tournament continued, and two places were decided in the semifinals, with the men's singles Djokovic and Sinner advancing, and the women's singles Sabalenka and Gauff passing.
The reigning men's singles champions won all the games as Serbia's Novak Djokovic eliminated 12th seed American Fritz 7-6(3)/4-6/6-2/6-3, Djokovic lived up to expectations, winning all nine matches against Fritz and advancing to the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the 11th time in his career, winning 33 consecutive Australian Open victories while remaining just two rounds away from winning the title.
The two top five seeds met, with No.4 seed Italian teenager Sinner defeating No.5 seed Russian Rublev 6-4/7-6(5)/6-3 to reach the Australian Open men's singles semifinals for the first time in his career and the Grand Slam singles semifinals for the second time, becoming the second Italian player to reach the Australian Open semi-finals after Berrettini, and next up to challenge defending champion Novak Djokovic.
There was no upset in the women's singles this time, No. 2 seed Belarusian Sabalenka swept No. 9 seed Czech star Krejcikova 6-2/6-3, Sabalenka is the defending champion of the Australian Open, Krejcikova won the women's singles and women's doubles double at the French Open, Sabalenka won 12 consecutive Australian Open victories, and advanced to the semifinals of six consecutive Grand Slam tournaments.
The American youngster made another great achievement, No. 4 seed Gauff defeated dark horse Kostyuk 7-6(6)/6-7(3)/6-2, advanced to the Australian Open women's singles semifinals for the first time in his career, advanced to the semifinals of Grand Slam singles for the third time, and faced defending champion Sabalenka in the next round.
The men's doubles field brought good news, China's Zhang Zhizhen partnered with Czech Republic's Makhac, 6-3/6-1 to beat Behar/Pavlasek, Zhang Zhizhen advanced to the men's doubles semi-finals to create a new history, although the gold content of men's doubles is far less than singles, but this result for the Chinese men's tennis, is undoubtedly exciting news, if can win the championship, its influence is undoubted.
In addition to Zhang Zhizhen's men's doubles, there is also the women's singles Zheng Qinwen that needs to be focused on, there is only one seeded player in the entire top half of the region, Noskova, Karinskaya, and Yaltremska are all dark horses, as long as Zheng Qinwen plays at a normal level, there is still a lot of hope for getting a place in the finals, the two Chinese celebrities are looking forward to it, Zhang Zhizhen and Zheng Qinwen strive to break through themselves, come on!