Australian Open 2024 results: Carlos Alcaraz through to fourth round ...
Associated Press
Medvedev can catch up on sleep after a contrasting 3rd-round win at the Australian OpenBack in the day, Daniil Medvedev would go out for a late night and get up just hoping everything would be OK when he picked up the racket. Turns out, that was good practice for an Australian Open campaign where he was still playing his second-round match until almost 4 a.m. on Friday and had to prepare for a big third-round match against Felix Auger-Aliassime on Saturday. “When I was very young, maybe till 21, I was going out,” he said, recounting his youth after beating Auger-Aliassime in straight sets.
The Canadian Press
Canada's Auger-Aliassime falls to Medvedev at Australian OpenMELBOURNE, Australia — Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime's journey at the Australian Open ended in the third round after a straight-set loss of 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 to Daniil Medvedev on Saturday. Medvedev needed just over two hours to defeat Auger-Aliassime. The third-seeded Russian will now face Nuno Borges in the fourth round after he downed the 13th-seeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov by 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (6). There are no Canadians left in the singles draws at Melbourne Park. All eyes are now on
The Canadian Press
Yankees GM Brian Cashman apologized to Marcus Stroman, who says they laughed about 2019 remarksNEW YORK (AP) — Brian Cashman apologized to Marcus Stroman over 2019 remarks by the Yankees general manager before New York negotiated a $37 million, two-year contract with the 32-year-old right-hander. Cashman discussed trading for Stroman with Toronto before the Blue Jays dealt the pitcher to the New York Mets in July 2019. “We were interested in Stroman but we didn’t think he would be a difference-maker,” Cashman told Yahoo Sports in 2019. “We felt he would be in our bullpen in the postseason
Reuters
WRAPUP 2-Tennis-Swiatek shunted out of Australian Open, Alcaraz breaks new groundWorld number one Iga Swiatek crashed out of the Australian Open at the hands of Czech teenager Linda Noskova in the third round on Saturday to further deplete an already weakened women's draw heading into the second week at Melbourne Park. While only three of the top 10 women's seeds remain, the main contenders for the men's title have all breezed into the fourth round with Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev joining the charge on day seven. Swiatek's bid for a maiden title at Melbourne Park was brought to an abrupt halt when 19-year-old Noskova became the first teenager to down the top seed since Amelie Mauresmo beat Lindsay Davenport in 1999.
The Telegraph
Thunder thighs are a sign of robust health – here’s how to keep yours super strongIt’s a freezing cold winter’s day in 1992 and I’m shivering at the edge of the school playing field in tiny maroon polyester gym knickers, clutching a hockey stick, rain lashing down from the big, bleak Fenland skies onto my blue, goosebumped legs. “Oi, thunder thighs!” shouts a willowy classmate as they thwack the ball straight towards my shins. Mortified, I obviously miss the pass, but luckily nobody notices my humiliated tears through the downpour.
The Canadian Press
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek is out of the Australian Open after a 3rd-round loss to Linda NoskovaMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek is out of the Australian Open after a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 third-round loss to 50th-ranked Linda Noskova on Saturday. Swiatek is a four-time major winner but has never been past the semifinals at Melbourne Park. The 19-year-old Noskova is playing in the main draw of the Australian Open for the first time. Swiatek beat 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin and 2022 finalist Danielle Collins in the first two rounds and was on an 18-match winning stre
