2022 AUSTRALIAN OPEN DAY 10 MEN’S NOTES

2022 AUSTRALIAN OPEN DAY 10 MEN’S NOTES Wednesday 26 January Quarterfinals Bottom Half No. 2 Daniil Medvedev (RUS) v No. 9 Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) Page 2 No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) v No. 11 Jannik Sinner (ITA) Page 6 A look at the quarterfinalists… Player Age Ranking Best Australian Open performance Best Grand Slam performance No. 2 Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 25 2 Final 2021 Won 2021 US Open No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 23 4 SF 2019, 2021 Final 2021 Roland Garros No. 6 Rafael Nadal (ESP) 35 5 Won 2009 Won 20 titles No. 7 Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 25 7 SF 2022 Final 2021 Wimbledon No. 9 Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 21 9 QF 2022 SF 2021 US Open No. 11 Jannik Sinner (ITA) 20 10 QF 2022 QF 2020 Roland Garros; 2022 Australian Open No. 14 Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 22 14 QF 2022 SF 2021 Wimbledon No. 17 Gael Monfils (FRA) 35 20 QF 2016, 2022 SF 2008 Roland Garros; 2016 US Open On court today… • Today’s quarterfinals are both all-Top 10 clashes – and the first of them sees world No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas up against Jannik Sinner, who is ranked No. 10 but seeded No. 11. Tsitsipas is the moreexperienced at this level, having reached his 5th Grand Slam quarterfinal – and he has won all 4 of his previous quarterfinal matches at the Grand Slams. Sinner has equalled his best Grand Slam result by reaching the last 8 here, having also reached the quarterfinals at 2020 Roland Garros, and he will be determined to go one better here and join compatriot Matteo Berrettini in the semifinals. Should he win today, Sinner will also become the youngest man to reach the semifinals at the Australian Open since Andy Roddick in 2003. He is one day younger than Tsitsipas was when he reached his first Grand Slam semifinal here in 2019. • Following Tsitsipas and Sinner will be world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev against world No. 9 Felix AugerAliassime. Like Tsitsipas, Medvedev is bidding to reach his 5th Grand Slam semifinal – and, also like Tsitsipas, he is aiming to record his 5th Grand Slam victory against a Top 10 player today. AugerAliassime is looking to become the 3rd Canadian player, man or woman, to reach multiple Grand Slam semifinals, after Eugenie Bouchard and Milos Raonic – but if he is to reach the last 4 here, he must record his first win over Medvedev on his 4th attempt. The Canadian won the first set the pair contested but Medvedev has won the subsequent 7 sets that they have played, including his win in straight sets over Auger-Aliassime in the semifinals at the US Open last year