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At the Australian Open, the first grand slam tennis tournament of the season, the second-seeded Norwegian Casper Ruud said goodbye to the tournament in men's singles.
The tournament, which was held in Melbourne, Australia, continued with morning session matches on the fourth day.
After the elimination of Spanish Rafael Nadal, the last champion of the tournament with 22 grand slam victories in men's singles, yesterday, one of the favorite tennis players, Ruud, said goodbye.
In the second round of the tournament, world number 39 US Jenson Brooksby beat 24-year-old Ruud, who played in the finals of the French Open and the US Open last year, 3-1, 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 and 6-2. defeated.
5th seeded Russian Andrey Rublev beat Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori 3-1 after 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 and 6-3 sets, and 25th seeded defeating French Jeremy Chardy 3-0 He was paired with Great Britain's Daniel Evans in the third round.
Taylor Fritz, Alexander Zverev and Diego Schwartzman, among the seeded tennis players, also failed to make their mark in the third round.
World number 113 Australian Alexei Popyrin, who participated in the tournament with a special invitation (wildcard), defeated 8 seeded US Fritz 3-2 in 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 6-7 and 6-2 sets. he did.
USA's Michael Mmoh, 107th in the world rankings, beat 12th seeded German Zverev 3-1 (6-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2), 2020 US Open finalist; world number 67 USA's J.J. Wolf, on the other hand, surprised the 2020 French Open semi-finalist by beating 23 seeded Argentinian Diego Schwartzman 3-0 (6-1, 6-4 and 6-4).
Two seeded tennis players eliminated in women's singles
In women's singles, 4th seeded French Caroline Garcia defeated 2021 US Open finalist Canadian Leylah Fernandez 2-0 after 7-6 and 7-5 sets.
5th seeded Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka defeated world number 51 US Shelby Rogers 2-0 with 6-3 and 6-1 sets.
Veronika Kudermetova and Anett Kontaveit, who are seeded tennis players, had to say goodbye to the tournament in the second round.
9th seeded Russian Kudermetova to qualifying USA's Katie Volynets; The 16th seeded Estonian Kontaveit lost 2-1 to Poland's Magda Linette and was eliminated.
19th seeded Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova and 26th seeded Elise Mertens defeated their opponents and entered the third round.