Australian Open 2021 Ash Barty, Alex De Minaur, Alexei Popyrin all in action on Day 4

MELBOURNE, Australia — Seven Aussies are in motion on Day 4 of the Australian Open with the likes of Ash Barty, Alex De Minaur and Alexei Popyrin main the cost in direction of the ultimate 32.

Preserve observe of how all of the locals are faring within the first Grand Slam of the yr, proper right here with ESPN.

Males’s singles:

Alex De Minaur (AUS) vs. Pablo Cuevas

Australia’s top-ranked male is again in motion on Wednesday night when he battles Cuevas on Margaret Courtroom Area. ‘The Demon’ was in scintillating contact in his opening match, simply accounting for Melbourne Park specialist Tennys Sandgren in three units. Cuevas knocked off Italian journeyman Andreas Seppi within the first spherical.

Alexei Popyrin (AUS) vs. Lloyd Harris

Popyrin is proving to be a tough opponent for anybody on the ATP tour. His energy and rangy play makes him tough to get ahold of, as thirteenth seed David Goffin found within the opening spherical. Popyrin will hope to make it three years in a row within the third spherical of his house Slam when he takes on the unheralded Harris of South Africa.

Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas

Kokkinakis will play a uncommon match on centre courtroom on the Australian Open when he takes on fifth seed Tsitsipas. The pair have by no means met in skilled competitors, however all indicators level to the Greek man, who’s ranked 261 locations increased, getting the job completed.

Christopher O’Connell (AUS) vs. Radu Albot

He entered the event as a wildcard however is rapidly making a reputation for himself. O’connell, who dispatched German Jan-Lennard Struff on Day 2, is trying to find his first third spherical berth at a serious. So as to take action, he should discover a well beyond 31-year-old Moldovan Albot on Courtroom 3.

Girls’s singles:

Ash Barty (AUS) vs. Daria Gavrilova (AUS)

It is an all-Aussie affair second up on Rod Laver Area, as world No. 1 Barty appears to be like to again up her dominant first spherical win over Danka Kovinic. In the meantime, Gavrilova can be hoping to succeed in the third spherical of her house Slam for the primary time since 2017.

Sam Stosur (AUS) vs. Jessica Pegula

On Tuesday, Stosur received her first match at Melbourne Park in six years. You would not precisely say she’s discovered kind, however it’s actually one thing for the veteran Aussie to smile about. Stosur, who’s a wildcard at this yr’s event, might want to enhance once more if she’s to problem American Pegula.