Tiger Girl advanced the egg-free calf to the semifinals, Zhang Shuai reached the women's doubles quarterfinals while the mixed doubles ended early; in their third match, Ziwei stayed cautious despite the challenge.

Three minutes daily to stay updated on global tennis news. Hello tennis fans, today is Tuesday, January 27, 2026. Welcome to the midday news report brought to you by "Tennis Home."

Early this morning Beijing time, the tenth day of the 2026 Australian Open was underway. Today’s singles matches include the upper half quarterfinals for both men and women. In the first match, top seed and world number one Sabalenka faced the 29th seed, young American Jovic. Tiger Girl showed excellent form, delivering a 6-3, 6-0 victory without dropping a game to the fearless newcomer, extending her new season winning streak to 10 matches and reaching the Australian Open semifinals for the fourth consecutive year. This marks the 14th time in her career she has reached a Grand Slam semifinal.

Next, Sabalenka will await the winner between Gauff and Svitolina, a match scheduled for around 4 PM. In their head-to-head record, Gauff leads Svitolina 2-1.

Doubles court: Around 9:30 AM Beijing time, in the last third-round women's doubles match, the Chinese veteran Zhang Shuai paired with Belgian Mertens showed steady performance, defeating the American duo Baptiste/Sterns 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals. They will next compete against the team of Hozumi/Wu for a spot in the semifinals.

In mixed doubles, Zhang Shuai and Pütz were upset in the second round by Siniakova and Farber with a score of 6-4, 2-6, 8-10, unfortunately missing the quarterfinals. Currently, Zhang Shuai is the only remaining player from mainland China at the Australian Open; we wish her the best for a deeper run!

Men's singles: Around 10:30 AM Beijing time today, third seed and German star Zverev faced American rising star Learner Chen. This was their third encounter, with the previous two matches last season—Learner Chen won 2-0 in Acapulco, while Zverev avenged with a 3-0 victory in the first round of the French Open. For this third meeting, the German is taking nothing for granted, praising his opponent as one of the best performers of their age group: “Learner Chen is a fantastic player and very humble. Although he is about the same age as some other young players who get more attention, I believe he is currently performing the best.”

Learner Chen also acknowledges Zverev’s strong hard-court skills and his own significant improvements, expecting an exciting match. At the time of writing, the first set of this key battle ended with Zverev taking it 6-3. However, Learner Chen will not give up easily, so the outcome remains uncertain.

Another match will start around 5:30 PM Beijing time, featuring top seed and world number one Alcaraz against local favorite Deminal. Both players are aiming for their first Australian Open semifinal. Who do you think will ultimately win?

In yesterday’s fourth-round singles matches, world number two Sinner, Italy’s second-ranked Musetti, and America’s top player Shelton each defeated Daldery, Fritz, and Ruud respectively to reach the quarterfinals. Sinner beat compatriot Daldery 6-1, 6-3, 7-6(2), and will face Shelton next, who came back from a set down to defeat 12th seed Ruud 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4, marking his third time reaching the Australian Open men’s singles quarterfinals.

On the women’s side, world number two Swiatek and Kazakhstan’s star Rybakina also won their matches to meet in the quarterfinals. Their head-to-head record is close, with Swiatek narrowly leading 6-5.

Here is some good news: last night Beijing time, former world number one and Spanish star Muguruza announced on her social media that she has become a mother! She named her son Marcos. Congratulations to Muguruza!

Finally, let’s play a guessing game. The image below shows a player diving to save a ball. Without any hints, can you identify who she is?

Last time’s guess was correctly answered by tennis fan “Liu Yang” from Shanghai. Indeed, the person in the picture is American Kessler.

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Independent Thinker)