Australian Open 2022: Aryna Sabalenka, Daniil Medvedev Wins Highlight Day 6 Results

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No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka continued
her impressive display of overcoming adversity Saturday with her
third straight three-set victory, this time over No. 31 seed Marketa
Vondrousova, to reach the fourth round of the 2022 Australian Open.

Two top-five seeds, No. 2 Daniil
Medvedev and No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas, were among the winners on the
men’s side on Day 6 of the season’s first Grand Slam tournament.

Let’s check out the full list of the day’s third-round singles results from Melbourne Park. That’s followed by a recap of
the action.

Women’s Draw

(2) Aryna Sabalenka d. (31) Marketa Vondrousova; 4-6, 6-3, 6-1

(7) Iga Swiatek d. (25) Daria Kasatkina; 6-2, 6-3

Sorana Cirstea d. (10) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova; 6-3, 2-6, 6-2

(14) Simona Halep d. Danka Kovinic; 6-2, 6-1

(19) Elise Mertens d. Shuai Zhang; 6-2, 6-2

(27) Danielle Collins d. Clara Tauson; 4-6, 6-4, 7-5

Alize Cornet d. (29) Tamara Zidansek; 4-6, 6-4, 6-2

Kaia Kanepi d. Maddison Inglis; 2-6, 6-2, 6-0

Men’s Draw

(2) Daniil Medvedev d. Botic van de Zandschulp; 6-4, 6-4, 6-2

(4) Stefanos Tsitsipas d. Benoit Paire; 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (2), 6-4

(27) Marin Cilic d. (5) Andrey Rublev; 7-5, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3

(9) Felix Auger-Aliassime d. (24) Daniel Evans; 6-4, 6-1, 6-1

(11) Jannik Sinner d. Taro Daniel; 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 6-1

(20) Taylor Fritz d. (15) Roberto Bautista Agut; 6-0, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3

(32) Alex de Minaur d. Pablo Andujar; 6-4, 6-4, 6-2

Maxime Cressy d. Christopher O’Connell; 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-2

Day 6 Recap

Sabalenka has dropped the opening set
in each of her first three matches in the Australian Open, in large
part because of her struggles with consistency from the service line.
She’s already recorded 41 double-faults in the tournament, including
10 against Vondrousova.

The 23-year-old Belarusian rising star
has been a depiction of resiliency as she’s bounced back each time,
typically in pretty dominant fashion. Here’s a look at the breakdown
of her performance by set:

• First Set: 17 games lost
• Second Set: 10 games lost
• Third Set: 5 games lost

So she’s lost more games in the first
set than the rest of the match combined, and she’s been in firm
control of the deciding third set on each occasion.

“Feels like I’m warming up in the
first set and then I start playing,” Sabalenka said Saturday. “I don’t know. I really want to win it in two
sets, and I think that’s why I’m getting, like, so emotional in the
first set, and that’s why I’m like over-trying and I’m missing a
lot.”