Australian Open 2022, Day 7, Tennis Highlights: Barty, Mirza, Nadal in Quarters; Shapovalov Upsets Zverev

Seventh seed Matteo Berrettini defeated 19th seed Pablo Carreno Busta 7-5, 7-6(4), 6-4.

17th seed Gael Monfils beats Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic 7-5, 7-6(4), 6-3 to make the quarter-finals.

Since the turn of the year, Monfils’ form has been top-notch.

Ashleigh Barty marched into the quarter-final of her home Grand Slam with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Naomi Osaka-conqueror Amanda Anisimova.

Anisimova made Barty work a little but the Australian wrapped up the win without much fuss.

17th seed Gael Monfils took the first set 7-5 against Miomir Kecmanovic but trails in the second set.

World No.1 Ashleigh Barty is a break up in the first set against Amanda Anisimova, who beat Naomi Osaka in the previous round.

Nick Kyrgios-Thanasi Kokkinakis knock out 15th seed Gonzalo Escobar-Ariel Behar to move into the men’s doubles quarter-finals.

Party atmosphere at the Show Court Arena.

14th seed Canadian Denis Shapovalov knocks out third seed Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3 to make his first Australian Open quarter-finals.

An absolutely brilliant, calm and mature performance from Shapovalov!

Rafael Nadal beats Adrian Mannarino 7-6(14), 6-2, 6-2 to make the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.

After a battling first set, Nadal cruised through.

Major Upset Brewing! Denis Shapovalov leads 6-3, 7-6(5) against Alexander Zverev. Zverev’s serve is just not working and Shapovalov has executed his game plan to good effect.

Do we have an upset on the cards? Canadian star Denis Shapovalov takes the first set against third seed Alexander Zverev 6-3.

Rafael Nadal took the first set against Adrian Mannarino after a massive tiebreak battle 7-6(14). Now, he has an early lead in the second set.

Fifth seed Maria Sakkari was the second upset of the day as she fell 6-7(0), 3-6 to 21st seed Jessica Pegula in the fourth round.

Sania Mirza-Rajeev Ram entered the quarter-finals of mixed doubles with a 7-6(6), 6-4 win over Matwe Middelkoop-Ellen Perez. Sania and Rajeev were broken in the first set but when Middelkoop-Perez were serving for the first set, they broke back and took the first set in the tiebreak.

In the second set, they always stayed on top of their opponents and smoothly made it though.

Rafael Nadal is now taking the court against Adrian Mannarino. This is the first men’s singles match of the day.

Sania Mirza-Rajeev Ram took the first set 7-6(6) against Matwe Middelkoop-Ellen Perez and are up a break in the second set.

Barbora Krejcikova moves into the quarter-finals with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Victoria Azarenka. Azarenka tried extremely hard to fight back and did so for a brief while but the pain in her neck meant she wasn’t a 100 per cent and Krejcikova wasn’t goint to let up.

Barbora Krejcikova took the first game against Victoria Azarenka 6-2. Trailing 1-0, Azarenka took a medical time-out to get her shoulder and neck treated. She is trailing 2-0.

Men’s Singles:

Pablo Carreno Busta [19] vs Matteo Berrettini [7]

Former US Open finalist Madison Keys advanced to the quarter-finals in Melbourne with an upset win over much-higher ranked Paula Badosa 6-3, 6-1.

Keys will next take on the winner of Barbora Krejcikova vs Victoria Azarenka.

Hello and welcome to News18Sports’ live coverage of the Australian Open. The action in Melbourne has already begun. Today, Ashleigh Barty, Rafael Nadal and Alexander Zverev are the big names in action.