Barbora Krejcikova will subsequent play two-time Australian champion Victoria Azarenka, who ousted Fifteenth-seeded Elina Svitolina 6-0, 6-2. Australian Open: Barbora Krejcikova strikes into 4th spherical towards Victoria Azarenka at Melbourne Park (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSBarbora Krejcikova, Victoria Azarenka arrange 4th spherical conflictBarbora Krejcikova beat Jelena Ostapenko 2-6, 6-4, 6-4Azarenka ousted Fifteenth-seeded Elina Svitolina 6-0, 6-2French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova will tackle two-time Australian champion Victoria Azarenka after reaching the fourth spherical of the Australian Open for the primary time on Friday. Krejcikova fought again from going a set behind handy Jelena Ostapenko a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 defeat, whereas Azarenka ousted Fifteenth-seeded Elina Svitolina 6-0, 6-2.
In different outcomes on Day 5, fifth-seeded Maria Sakkari beat No. 28 Veronika Kudermetova 6-4, 6-1 to maneuver right into a fourth-round match towards American Jessica Pegula, who beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz 7-6 (3), 6-2.The Czech, seeded quantity 4, clawed her manner again from a set and a breakdown halfway via the second set to see off the 2017 French Open winner.” Today’s match was really tough, really difficult. I had to really dig deep to get this win,” mentioned Krejcikova.”I’m really pleased about it and also proud of myself. I’m never going to leave without a fight and I’m really happy that I’m able to show that on the court.”Ostapenko gained the opening set due to a pair of service breaks and Krejcikova appeared to be exiting the match when her Latvian opponent opened up a 3-1 lead within the second set.However, two breaks of serve noticed Krejcikova stage the match.Krejcikova was then given a time violation for returning to court docket late forward of the beginning of the decider, claiming she was delayed attributable to a damaged necklace.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.
