World number one player Serbia Novak Djokovic, second seed Romania’s Simona Halep, 23-time Grand Slam winner US Serena Williams and US Open winner Japan’s Naomi Osaka won the first Grand Slam Australian Open tennis tournament on Sunday. The quarter-finals of the World Cup, and third-seeded Austrian Dominic Thiem lost in the fourth round.
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Eight-time winner and top seed Djokovic alleviated injury concerns, defeating 14th-seeded Canadian Milos Raonic in two sets of 56 minutes, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-1, 6 in four sets. Reached the final. It was Djokovic’s 300th win in four Grand Slam tournaments. Djokovic became the second player to win 300 at Grand Slam tournaments.
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Roger Federer of Switzerland holds the record for 365 victories. Djokovic will face Germany’s Alexander Zverev for sixth place in the quarter-finals. Zverev beat Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic 23rd, 6-4, 7-6, 6-3 in two hours and 21 minutes. Serena defeated seventh seed Arena Sabalenka of Belarus 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in two hours and nine minutes for her 24th Grand Slam title.
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