Jan 26 (Reuters) – Highlights of the ninth day at the Australian Open on Monday (times GMT):
0630 CLINICAL WIN FOR RYBAKINA
Fifth seed Elena Rybakina, a former finalist at Melbourne Park, stormed past 21st seed Elise Mertens 6-1 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals.
0615 KYRGIOS EXITS AFTER MIXED DOUBLES DEFEAT
Nick Kyrgios and Leylah Fernandez lost 6-3 6-1 to James Tracy and Anna Danilina in the mixed doubles event at Melbourne Park. Former Wimbledon finalist Kyrgios, who did not play in the singles draw, was earlier knocked out in the first round of the men’s doubles alongside Thanasi Kokkinakis.
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0515 MUSETTI DEFEATS FRITZ
Italian fifth seed Lorenzo Musetti set up a quarter-final matchup against 10-times champion Novak Djokovic after a dominant 6-2 7-5 6-4 win over American Taylor Fritz.
0450 ANISIMOVA THROUGH TO QUARTERS
American Amanda Anisimova, a finalist at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open last year, booked a spot in the quarter-finals at Melbourne Park for the first time with a 7-6(4) 6-4 victory against China’s Wang Xinyu.
0200 PEGULA OUSTS DEFENDING CHAMPION KEYS
Sixth seed Jessica Pegula reached the quarter-finals after a 6-3 6-4 win over fellow American and defending champion Madison Keys.
0044 – PLAY STARTS ON THE MAIN SHOWCOURTS
First up at Rod Laver Arena is an all-American showdown between Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys, co-hosts of “The Player’s Box” podcast who had promised some trash talk ahead of their fourth-round match.
After that, big-serving American Taylor Fritz, who had struggled with a knee injury coming into the tournament that he said bothered him during his third-round win over crowd-favourite Stan Wawrinka, battles Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti for a chance to face Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals.
AUSTRALIAN OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON MONDAY
Order of play on the main showcourts on the ninth day of the Australian Open (prefix number denotes seeding):
ROD LAVER ARENA
Day session (0030 GMT/1130 AEDT)
6-Jessica Pegula (U.S.) v 9-Madison Keys (U.S.)
5-Lorenzo Musetti (Italy) v 9-Taylor Fritz (U.S.)
Night session (0800 GMT/1900 AEDT)
Maddison Inglis (Australia) v 2-Iga Swiatek (Poland)
8-Ben Shelton (U.S.) v 12-Casper Ruud (Norway)
MARGARET COURT ARENA
Day session (0500 GMT/1600 AEDT)
5-Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) v 21-Elise Mertens (Belgium)
22-Luciano Darderi (Italy) v 2-Jannik Sinner (Italy)
JOHN CAIN ARENA
Day session (0230 GMT/1330 AEDT)
Wang Xinyu (China) v 4-Amanda Anisimova (U.S.)
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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