In case you missed it, tennis followers, which might be a outstanding feat, the ladies’s world No.1, Iga Swiatek, was eradicated from the Australian Open yesterday by teenager, Linda Noskova.
Swiatek’s exit is the primary time a world No.1 has been eradicated by a teen in Melbourne since 1999.
Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic reacts after defeating Iga Swiatek.Credit score: AP
And her exit from the event – together with different large names, equivalent to Naomi Osaka – earlier than the quarter-finals has blown the ladies’s important draw broad open.
Within the prime half of the ladies’s singles draw, just one grand slam champion, Victoria Azarenka, is left, and the best seed is Zheng Qinwen (12).
On the different finish, defending champion Aryna Sabalenka and reigning US Open champion Coco Gauff stay.
However different title contenders have been taken out by children, too, together with Ons Jabeur, overwhelmed by Russian 16-year-old, Mirra Andreeva, within the second spherical. Andreeva has now surged into the second week of the Open after one other large win over Diane Parry.
It makes issues very, very thrilling for the second week of the event.
