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Patna : Fifth seed Andrey Rublev, 24,Russia, and 15th seed Roberto Bautista Agut, 33, Spain, crashied out of Australian Open (AO) 2022 on jauary 22, 2022, losing their respective third round matches Second seed Daniil Medvedev, 25, Russia, and 4th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece, advanced to the 4th round.
2018 Australian Open & 27th seed Marin Cilic, 33, Croatia, beat World No 6 Andrey Rublev in four sets 7-5, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 in 3rd round on Margaret Court Srea, Melbourne Park,Australia, on January 22, 2022. Cilic, the 2014 USOPen champion and 2017 Wimbledon finalist, hammered 24 Aces during the match to 17 by Rublev. Cilic won 4 break points during the match to 3 by the Russian 5th seed. Rublev though won 5 games in a row during the match to 3 by the Croatia. Cilic will face 9th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime, 21, Canada, in 4th round on January 24, 2022.
20th seed Taylor Fritz, 24, USA, beat 15th seed Agut in five sets 6-0, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in 3rd round on Show Court Arena. Fritz won 10 break points during the match to 7 by World No 18 Agut, The American hammered 19 Aces during the match to 10 by the Spaniard. Both the players committed 6 double faults each. Fritz, in all, won 141 points in the match to 124 points by Agut. The American also won 6 games in a row in the match t 4 by Agut. The American will face 4th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 23, Greece, in 4th round on January 24, 2022.
World No 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Benoit paire, France, in four sets 6-3, 7-5, 6-7, 6-4 in 3rd round on Rod Laver Arena winning 3 break points and 3 games in a row during the match. The Greek fired 21 Aces during the match to 11 by the Frenchman. Paire committed 9 double faults in the match to 2 by Tsitsipas.
World No 2 Medvedev beat Botic van de Zandschulp, 26, Netherlands, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 in 3rd round on Margaret court Arena winning 4 break points and 5 games in a row during the match. Medvedev fired 10 Aces during the match to 3 by Botic.