First came the medical timeouts, one each for Jannik Sinner and Holger Rune with the temperature above 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) at the Australian Open.Then came the bizarre sight of a 20-minute delay because the net at Rod Laver Arena detached from the court after being hit by a big Sinner serve.

They also have a dead-even head-to-head record. Keys won their first two matches, and Rybakina came back to win the next two, including their only meeting of 2024, on hard courts in Miami. Keys has won eight straight matches in Adelaide and Melbourne, while Rybakina, with new coach Goran Ivanisevic, hasn’t dropped a set this week.

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Jannik Sinner comes through a tough physical battle against Holger Rune to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals.

Elina Svitolina has started off proceedings for the day at the Rod Laver Arena against Veronika Kudermetova. Later in the day, Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek will also be in action on Centre Court.

Gael Monfils rallied from a set down to claim a thrilling 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (1), 6-4 win over American Taylor Fritz in a third-round match at the Australian Open.

Twelfth seed Ben Shelton dispatched the French veteran Gaël Monfils on Monday to move into the quarter-finals at the Australian Open for the second time in three years.

Ailing defending champion Jannik Sinner admitted he was fortunate to survive a fourth-round battle with Holger Rune at the Australian Open.

Defending champion Jannik Sinner came through a tough physical battle against Holger Rune to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals .

Jannik Sinner has kept his Australian Open title defence alive with a hard-fought win over Denmark's Holger Rune while Gael Monfils retired against Ben Shelton.

Jannik Sinner will face his trickiest test yet at the Australian Open when the defending champion battles Dane Holger Rune in the fourth round on Monday, while five-times Grand Slam winner Iga Swiatek will be the heavy favourite against lucky loser Eva Lys.

The World No. 1, despite feeling unwell in sweltering conditions, kept up his title defense with a four-set triumph.