Thiem is already out, Williams is chasing a record

The message on her T-shirt was clear. “Unstoppable queen” was written in gold letters on the dark top that Serena Williams wore in the press conference after reaching the quarterfinals at the Australian Open.

On her way to her longed-for 24th Grand Slam title, the top favorite did not allow herself to be stopped by Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus, who has been in great form recently in Melbourne on Sunday. The 39-year-old American won 6:4, 2:6, 6:4 in the round of XNUMX and is only three wins away from equaling Australia's Margaret Court's Grand Slam record. In the quarterfinals, Williams will face the winner of the duel between Simona Halep from Romania and Poland's Iga Swiatek. Serena Williams is in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. © APA/afp / VINCE CALIGIURI

Before Williams, Naomi Osaka from Japan and Hsieh Su-Wei from Taiwan had already made it through the round of 4 at the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. US Open champion Osaka defeated last year's finalist Garbiñe Muguruza from Spain 6:6, 4:7, 5:35 in a high-class game. She will now face Hsieh Su-Wei on Tuesday. The 6-year-old had no trouble in her 4:6, 2:1968 against Czech Marketa Vondrousova and is in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. Never before since the introduction of professional tennis in XNUMX has a player been older in her quarterfinal debut at a Grand Slam tournament. Thiem weak: out in three sentences The first highlight of the tennis season for the Austrian Dominic Thiem came to a surprising end. The US Open champion lost his round of 4 against the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6:4, 6:0, 6:XNUMX and had largely no chance. Grigor Dimitrov gave Dominic Thiem no chance. © APA/afp / BRANDON MALONE

Two days after his five-set win against Australian Nick Kyrgios, the 27-year-old world number three appeared battered and weak. Last year Thiem was in the final in Melbourne.

Completely unexpectedly, the Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev made it to the quarterfinals. The 27-year-old defeated number 20 seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime 3:6, 1:6, 6:3, 6:3, 6:4 and is the first qualifier in ten years at a grand final. Slam tournament in the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, the number 114 in the tennis world will now face Thiem's conqueror Dimitrov.

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Thiem is already out, Williams is chasing a record

The Australian Open is over for last year's finalist Dominic Thiem. The Lower Austrian suffered a bitter defeat in the round of 16. Meanwhile, Serena Williams, in her hunt for a record, didn't let a strong Belarusian stop her.

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