Magda Linette to face Aryna Sabalenka in women's semi-finals.

Four spectators questioned as Russia flags waved.

Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas will meet Russian Karen Khachanov in Friday's other semi-final.

Paul, 25, ended Ben Shelton's surprise run to reach a first major semi-final.Īmerican world number 35 Paul won 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 5-7 6-4 against 20-year-old compatriot Shelton on Rod Laver Arena. Rankings and points before are as of 8 February 2021.The fourth seed, who again had his left thigh strapped, will play American Tommy Paul in the last four on Friday.

Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 1 February 2021. Adrian Mannarino (third round)Ĭlick on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section. Pablo Carreño Busta (third round, retired) 16. Matteo Berrettini (fourth round, withdrew) 10. This was the first major in the Open Era to feature three Russian men in the quarterfinals, those being Karatsev, Medvedev and Andrey Rublev.Ġ 1. He was also the lowest-ranked player to reach a major semifinal since Goran Ivanišević (ranked 125) at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, the lowest ranked to do so at the Australian Open since Patrick McEnroe (also ranked 114) in 1991, and the first man to reach a major semifinal in the Open Era on his main draw debut. At 17 years old, Alcaraz became the youngest man to win a main-draw match at the Australian Open since Bernard Tomic in the 2009 Australian Open, defeating fellow qualifier Botic van de Zandschulp in the previous round.Īslan Karatsev became the first male qualifier to reach a major semifinal since Vladimir Voltchkov in the 2000 Wimbledon Championships, and the first since Bob Giltinan in December 1977 to do so at the Australian Open. 1 Carlos Alcaraz he lost to Mikael Ymer in the second round. This marked the first major main-draw appearance for future world No. With his fourth round win against Milos Raonic, Djokovic joined Roger Federer as only the second man with 300 or more match wins in major singles competitions. It was his record-extending ninth Australian Open title and his 18th major title overall. Two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final, 7–5, 6–2, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2021 Australian Open.

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