Australian Open quarter-finals: Gauff v Badosa; Djokovic v Alcaraz later – live
Important events
Gauff (3) vs Badosa* (11) (1-1): Badosa starts with an ace, after which Gauff sends a return long. The Spaniard quickly completes a few rallies to race through her serve to love.
Gauff* (3) vs Badosa (11) (1-0): Gauff starts with a comfortable grip while the 20-year-old’s powerful serve causes Badosa problems from the start.
Coco Gauff is ready to serve against first Paula Badosa. Let the quarter-finals begin…
Australia Alex de Minaur is another to achieve a personal best at his home grand slam, pushing aside the young American Alex Michelsen in straight sets last night to set up a quarterfinal showdown with Jannik Sinner.
Jack Snape was at Melbourne Park to cover No. 8 when he reached the last eight for the first time at the Australian Open.
Great And Badosa are familiar opponents, having met eight times before with the score tied at 4-4. Badosa showed signs of being back to her best, especially in a three-set win when she was challenged by 17th seed Marta Kostyuk in the third round. This is the first time the Spaniard has reached the last eight at Melbourne Park as she now looks for a breakthrough in the grand slam semi-finals.
Coco Gauff dropped a set for the first time at the 2025 Australian Open during the round of 16, before eventually overwhelming the returning Belinda Bencic 5-7, 6-2, 6-1. The No. 3 seed can expect another tough battle today against former world No. 2 and 11th seed Paula Badosa who is quickly getting back into shape after her career was threatened by a chronic back injury. Both players arrive with plenty of bounce as they head to RLA.
Coco Gauff And Paula Badosa are warming up far away from the heat and in the caverns of Melbourne Park, but a reminder of how the third seed advanced to the last eight and came within one step of a highly anticipated match with world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka.
The temperature is rising along with the action on the show courts with an expected high of 33C at Melbourne Park and sure to test the players during the day’s session.
The forecast for the rest of the week is a much more tennis-friendly low to mid 20s.
☀️A warm and partly cloudy day, although cooler on the coast.
⛈️Isolated showers in the far east in the afternoon and a chance of thunderstorms.
🌬️Light winds, moderate south to southwest in the western and central districts during the afternoon. pic.twitter.com/X2rtsACjSx
— Bureau of Meteorology, Victoria (@BOM_Vic) January 20, 2025
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Preamble
Martin Pegan
Hello and welcome to live coverage of Day 10 of the Australian Open 2025 and the start of the women’s and men’s singles quarter-finals.
First up at center court from 11.30am will be AEDT Coco Gauff (3) And Paula Badosa (11) meeting for a place in the last four to face the winner of the Ariana Sabalenka (1) or Anastasia Pavlyutsenkova (27) quarter finals tonight at 7pm.
In men’s singles Alexander Zverev (2) faces Tom Paul (12) this afternoon to decide who will face the mouth-watering victor Novak Djokovic (7) And Carlos Alcaraz (3) collision later in the evening.
I’ll focus on all the shots and scores at Rod Laver Arena, but if you have anything to share during or outside the main events, please let us know via email or @martinpegan on Blue sky or X. Let’s get into it!