the spaniard will play america s tommy paul in the last 16. he other 30 something is the nine time champion novak djokovic who s continuing to battle a hamstring problem as he reached the fourth round. he needed a medical time out for treatment during his straight sets win over grigor dimitrov. he ll next face the australian 22nd seed alex de minaur, as he hopes to win a record equalling 22nd grand slam title. every season counts, i guess, now, when you come to probably the last stage, the last quarter of your career. you know, obviously, you start appreciating and valuing every single tournament more because you know that you might not have too many left in the tank but, you know, i have been very fortunate to do what i love. i truly love this sport, i love competing, it has been almost 20 years of professional sport, i can t be more grateful than i am. in the women s draw fifth seed aryna sabalenka is through to the fourth round beating her former doubles
earlier in the day, novak djokovic battled through an injury to make it through to the third round once again. he beat french qualifier enzo couacaud, despite losing the second set and struggling with an existing hamstring problem. he ll face grigor dmitrov next. ons jabeur was one of five seeds in the women s draw to be knocked out on day four in melbourne. the tunisian second seed, who is still searching for a first major title after reaching back to back finals last year, was beaten in three sets by marketa vondrousova. jabeur collapsed in tears after the loss. o nto onto football. manchester city came back to defeat tottenham at the end he had. the result closing the gap. keeping their title charge on track. dan reports. 11 months to the day that spurs ignited last season s title race, their north london neighbours were hoping for those in white to light up the etihad once more.after the pre game pyrotechnics, city suffered a defensive powerfailure. roridgo bentacur surged on eders
a wimbledon runner up and got a lot of people thinking he might even be able to win the title. keep an eye on novak djokovic, due to start his campaign on tuesday evening, and for the second time in three days cancelled his practice session on monday, concerns over a hamstring problem. andy murray and dan evans also due to play tomorrow. now, judd trump won snooker s masters final last night. it was a case of not being at his best but still winning as he beat mark williams 10 8 at alexandra palace to lift the trophy for the second time. afterwards he said he d used every one of his nine lives to stay in the tournament. should have been out first round, second round, should have lost this one, so i m like a cat. but honestly, it s easy to say, but i think the way i played this week, not my best, this is my best ever performance to ground out to win
tty his own words he has been troubled by a his own words he has been troubled tty a left his own words he has been troubled by a left hamstring problem for the past ten by a left hamstring problem for the past ten days. it did not stop him winning past ten days. it did not stop him winning the title in adelaide last sundey winning the title in adelaide last sunday and he is clear favourite to win a sunday and he is clear favourite to win a tenth sunday and he is clear favourite to win a tenth australian open. he has had an win a tenth australian open. he has had an excellent reception. the nasty, had an excellent reception. the nasty, iti had an excellent reception. the nasty, ill feeling of 12 months ago seems nasty, ill feeling of 12 months ago seems to nasty, ill feeling of 12 months ago seems to have melted away. if it is not going seems to have melted away. if it is not going to seems to have melted away. if it is not going to be novak djokovic, we cannot n
the first tennis grand slam of the year, the australian open, gets under way in just under 11 hours hours from now. novak djokovic returns to the tournament 12 months after being deported from australia because he hadn t been vaccinated against covid 19. the serb starts his bid for a tenth aussie open title on tuesday novak djokovic cancelled his practice session on sunday. perhaps a precautionary measure because in his own words he s been troubled by a left hamstring problem for the last ten days. that didn t stop him winning the title in adelaide last sunday and he is a clear favourite to win a tenth australian open title. he s had an excellent reception. the nasty ill feeling of 12 months ago seems to have melted away. if it s not going to be djokovic and we can t look after rafael nadal, surely the man who s not in particularly good form having only won one match. since he won the title 12 months ago. if it is not going to be djokovic or nadal who can take advantage of the