/ 24 January 2022

A quick sports news wrap

Image source: Getty
Image source: Getty

• Tennis – Ash Barty is through to the quarterfinals of the Aussie Open after beating American Amanda Anisimova in straight sets last night. Anisimova had knocked out Naomi Osaka in an exciting match on Friday night. Barty will face Jessica Pegula tomorrow. And on the men’s side of the draw, cross your fingers for Alex de Minaur this afternoon – he’s up against Italian Jannik Sinner and is hoping to become the first Aussie bloke to make quarterfinals since Nick Kyrgios in 2015. Also advancing is Dylan Alcott after a wobble yesterday, and high-energy pair Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis are through to the men’s doubles quarterfinal.

• Women’s cricket – Australia’s ahead in the Ashes campaign against England despite 2 of the 3 T20 matches in Adelaide being washed out. The show moves on to Canberra for the only Test match of the series starting on Thursday. Also washed out – the team’s hope of an equal run when it comes to the broadcast of this year’s World Cups…

• And Sam Kerr, what a legend – The Matildas captain/Chelsea megastar can claim another title… She’s now Australian rep soccer’s greatest-ever goalscorer. Kerr kicked 5 of Australia’s 18 goals against Indonesia on Friday night. That took her to 51 goals, overtaking fellow footballing legend Tim Cahill on 50. He graciously tweeted his congrats.  

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