Australian Open 2023 - Day 9 Recap

Day 9 of the Australian Open featured two males’s quarter-final matches, which had been comparatively easy.

Karen Khacahnov progressed when Sebastian Korda retired early within the third set, and the Russian will face Stefanos Tsitsipas, who noticed off Jiri Lehecka in a barely trickier three-setter.

You possibly can see the scores under.

Day 9 Australian Open 2023 Outcomes

Winner	Loser	Scoreline
Karen Khachanov	Sebastian Korda	7-6(5), 6-3, 3-0 (RET)
Stefanos Tstisipas	Jiri Lehecka	6-3, 7-6(2), 6-4

Korda Retires In opposition to Khachanov

Seb Korda’s Australian Open run ended disappointingly as he retired whereas trailing by two units and a break to Karen Khachanov.

The American had recorded some spectacular wins to this point in Melbourne, however after selecting up a wrist harm in set two that required remedy, he threw within the towel when the 18th-seeded Khachanov was main 7-6(5), 6-3, 3-0.

For positive, back-to-back semi-finals in a Grand Slam feels nice. Clearly not the best way you need to end the match. I believe till a sure level it was very aggressive, an excellent battle. Sebastian beat one in all my mates, Daniil [Medvedev], in three units and received in 5 units towards Hurkacz. He’s enjoying nice tennis. I’m feeling good, to be trustworthy. I’m actually comfortable about my degree, about the best way I compete, and searching ahead to the semi-finals right here in Australia for the primary time. Khachanov on making the semi finals in Australia

Talking after his retirement, Korda mentioned he felt the wrist in Adelaide final week, however up till at this time, he hadn’t felt it once more till a mishit return triggered it to flare up.

Khachanov has now made the semi-finals on the final two Grand Slams and appears to have recaptured a few of his type from a number of years in the past that noticed him land the Masters 1000 title in Bercy.

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Tstisipas Takes Down Lehecka

Stefanos Tsitsipas continued his unbeaten begin to 2023 with a 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-4 victory over shock package deal Jiri Lehecka.

Regardless of the straightforward-looking scoreline, Lehecka provided respectable resistance, and solely due to Tsitsipas’s massive serving to avoid wasting eight break factors prevented him getting extra of a foothold within the match.

The Greek has impressed me immensely on this event, as he can win low-cost factors when he wants them.

The likes of Thiem, Dimitrov and so on., all struggled with that a part of the sport, whereas Tsitsipas has been ready to make use of some go-to performs to bail himself out of bother. Spectacular stuff.

It felt completely different this time from another match, however an important factor is that on the finish I discovered an answer. It was a really troublesome three-setter, one of the troublesome ones I had to this point within the competitors. I believe Jiri had an excellent event. He’s somebody who began enjoying properly just lately and I want him the very best sooner or later, as a result of he is a superb participant. I needed to cope with the groundstrokes that had been coming off the racquet from the opposite facet of the court docket, a lot heavier, a lot deeper. In order that was a activity the place I needed to put my coronary heart on the market and provides it my finest. I do know the tie-break grew to become a really essential tie-break for who was going to get again into the match. The way in which I noticed it, that was my alternative to take a large lead there, and I’m very pleased with the best way I closed the second set. Tsitsipas on his quarter remaining victory