Brisbane Worldwide introduced by Evie—Australia
Djokovic Storms into Brisbane Quarterfinals; Keys Wins in Auckland; Rublev Ousted in Hong Kong
All-time Main chief Novak Djokovic superior to the quarterfinals of the Brisbane Worldwide on Thursday, defeating Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-3.
Enhancing to 20-0 towards Monfils in lifetime conferences, Djokovic wanted one hour and 13 minutes to safe his victory.
The 37-year-old Serb will subsequent face Reilly Opelka for a spot within the semifinals. The towering American dispatched Matteo Arnaldi 7-6(9), 7-6(4).
Different winners on the day included Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard taking out Frances Tiafoe 6-4 7-6(4) and Jakub Mensik dismissing Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-2.
On the ladies’s facet, high seed Aryna Sabalenka hit six aces throughout her 7-6(2), 6-4 victory over Yulia Putintseva. The world No. 1 will subsequent face Marie Bouzkova within the quarterfinals. Bouzkova dismissed No. 10 seed Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 6-4.
Different winners on the day noticed Ons Jabeur defeating Elina Avanesyan 6-4, 1-6, 6-4, and No. 8 seed Mirra Andreeva dispatching Linda Noskova 6-3, 6-0.
Andreeva will face Jabeur on Friday.
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ASB Basic—Auckland, New Zealand
Thursday’s motion in Auckland, New Zealand featured high seed Madison Keys reaching the quarterfinals, defeating Jaqueline Cristian 6-1, 6-2.
Keys, who hit three aces throughout her straight-forward victory, will subsequent face No. 5 seed Clara Tauson within the ultimate eight.
Different winners on Thursday included Hailey Baptiste, Alycia Parks and Robin Montgomery.
Friday’s schedule in Auckland will function Naomi Osaka taking up Baptiste. Osaka, who’s presently ranked No. 56 on this planet, was ranked No. 1 on the pc in January of 2019.
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Financial institution of China Hong Kong Tennis Open—Hong Kong
Prime seed Andrey Rublev continued his poor play on Tour on Thursday, dropping his first match of the 2025 season to Fabian Marozsan.
Dropping the close to two hour contest 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, Rublev will drop to No. 9 within the rankings after his defeat.
The Russian captured two titles in 2024.
Marozsan will subsequent face Juncheng Shang, who was a 6-3, 6-1 winner over No. 7 seed Pedro Martinez.
Different winners on the day included No. 2 seed Lorenzo Musetti and Spaniard Jaume Munar.
The pair will face one another within the quarterfinals.
Friday’s motion in Hong Kong will function No. 4 seed Arthur Fils taking up Alexandre Muller and Kei Nishikori going up towards Cameron Norrie.
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