VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM AUSTRALIAN OPEN FOURTH ROUND – WINS FOR CARLOS ALCARAZ AND IVA JOVIC RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPTÂ SHOWS: MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (JANUARY 25, 2026)(TENNIS AUSTRALIA – See restrictions) 1. AERIAL MELBOURNE PARKÂ CARLOS ALCARAZ (SPAIN) V TOMMY PAUL (USA) 1ST SET 2. PAUL WITH BACKHAND WINNER TO BREAK SERVE AND TAKE 1-0 LEAD 3. ALCARAZ WITH NICE RETURN TO GET AD, HE WOULD GO ON TO BREAK SERVE AND EVEN SET 4-4 4. UMPIRE TELLING ALCARAZ THERE IS A MEDICAL ISSUE AND THEY ARE STOPPING PLAY 5. WOMAN BEING HELPED DOWN STAIRS BY MEDICAL STAFF WHILE ALCARAZ AND PAUL PREPARE TO RESUME PLAY 6. ALCARAZ SERVING ON MATCH POINT BUT PAUL WITH NICE BACKHAND WINNER TO EVEN TIEBREAKER 6-6 7. ALCARAZ WITH SLAM WINNER TO TAKE 7-6 LEAD, HE WOULD GO ON TO WIN TIEBREAKER 7-6(6) 2ND SET 8. ALCARAZ WITH FOREHAND WINNER TO BREAK SERVE AND TAKE 2-1 LEAD 9. ALCARAZ WITH FOREHAND WINNER TO WIN GAME AND TAKE 4-2 LEAD 10. ALCARAZ BRINGS UP TWO BREAKPOINTS WITH A FOREHAND DROP SHOT 11. ALCARAZ TAKES SET 6-4 AS PAUL PUTS FOREHAND LONG 3RD SET 12. ALCARAZ WINNING INTERESTING RALLY WITH NET APPROACH 13. ALCARAZ BREAK PAUL TO SERVE FOR THE MATCH 14. ALCARAZ SEALS MATCH WITH SERVE DOWN THE MIDDLE 15. PLAYERS AT NET 16. CROWD CHEERING 17. VARIOUS OF ALCARAZ TAKING APPLAUSE AND WAVING TO CROWD IVA JOVIC (USA) V YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZAKHSTAN) 1ST SET PUTINTSEVA DOUBLE FAULTS, JOVIC BREAKS SERVE TO WIN SET 6-0 2ND SET PUTINTSEVA HITS INTO NET ON MATCH POINT, JOVIC WINS 6-0 6-1 STORY: Carlos Alcaraz eased into his third successive Australian Open quarter-finals on Sunday (January 25), doling out another Grand Slam beatdown for American Tommy Paul in a match disrupted by a medical emergency in the crowd. Having thrashed Paul in last year's French Open quarter-finals and beaten him in four sets at Wimbledon in 2024, the world number one gave the 19th seed a hard-court humbling with a 7-6(6) 6-4 7-5 win in the afternoon sunshine at Rod Laver Arena. The first set was halted for some 14 minutes at 3-3 in the tiebreak as medical staff attended to a stricken fan high up in the terraces. The elderly woman was able to get to her feet and was helped out of the arena. When play resumed, Paul ended up double-faulting to lost the set, setting the tone for a match that saw him squander hard work with momentary lapses. A single service break in each of the last two sets was all Alcaraz needed to claim the match, having given Paul virtually nothing on his own serve. Alcaraz, who next faces the winner of sixth seed Alex de Minaur and 10th seed Alexander Bublik. In women's singles, American 18-year-old Iva Jovic dished out a dominant 6-0 6-1 win over Yulia Putintseva in just 53 minutes to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time. Fans at John Cain Arena had barely settled in as 29th seed Jovic swept aside Putintseva in a display of precision and relentless pressure. Jovic set the tone from the first game, dictating play with clean winners off both wings while Putintseva struggled to find any rhythm, plagued by a cascade of errors. Putintseva, who had taunted a raucous crowd of Turkish supporters after winning her last match, won only nine points in a brutal opening set, handing it to the American with a double fault on set point. Her frustration began to boil over in the second set as she glared at her team while Jovic continued to rack up games, though the Kazakh player could not help but smile when she finally got on the board to make it 4-1. However, Putintseva handed Jovic victory with her 19th unforced error on match point. Up next for Jovic is a quarter-final against top seed and twice champion Aryna Sabalenka. (Production: David Grip & Bhagya Ayyavoo)
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