VIDEO SHOWS: PRESS CONFERENCE COMMENTS FROM JANNIK SINNER AND AUSTRALIAN QUALIFIER MADDISON INGLIS EDITORS NOTE, SWIATEK'S NEWS CONFERENCE WAS NOT AVAILABLE SHOWS: MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (JANUARY 26, 2026) (TENNIS AUSTRALIA – See restrictions) 1. MEN'S SECOND SEED JANNIK SINNER WALKING INTO PRESS CONFERENCE 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SECOND SEED, JANNIK SINNER, ON MATCH: "Yes, I felt like it was a really solid performance. I served very well. Playing against Luciano was the first time in an official match. I was looking forward to. Things got tight in the end, but I'm very happy how I handled it." 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SECOND SEED, JANNIK SINNER, ON THE HEAT AFTER PREVIOUS ROUND: "Yeah, I mean, yesterday was a very, very easy day for me. Just played for nearly half an hour. Yeah, I mean, it's definitely a bit different when there is no sun, even if it's quite warm outside still. But yeah, it's also different opponent. Everything is different in every day. So I felt quite good out there physically. Everything was okay today. Let's see what's coming in the next round." 6. WHITE FLASH 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SECOND SEED, JANNIK SINNER, ON BANNED FITNESS TRACKER: "Yeah, there is certain data what we would like to track a little bit on court. It's not for the live thing. It's more about you can see after the match. These are datas what we would like to use also in practice sessions because from that you can practice on with the heart rate, how much calories you burn, all these kind of things. Yeah, I mean, the umpire asked me straightaway if this is the tracker. I said yes. He said remove. It's fine. There are other things we could use. It's the vest. But it's a bit for me uncomfortable. You feel like you have something on the shoulders. It's a bit different. But rules are rules. I understand. I won't use it again." 8. WHITE FLASH 9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) AUSTRALIAN QUALIFIER, MADDISON INGLIS, ON LOSS TO IGA SWIATEK AND HOME SLAM: "It was a bit of a tough one, but I gave my best. Yeah, I tried to chase down every single ball I could. But, yeah, I think it's going to take a little bit, a little bit of time to look back on this AO and be pretty proud of what I've accomplished. Yeah, from being down match points in the first round to play on Rod Laver today, it was a pretty crazy couple of weeks. Yeah, going to try to take the good from it." STORY: Jannik Sinner became the second Italian into the last eight of the Australian Open on Monday (January 26) with a straight-sets win over compatriot Luciano Darderi. Two days after suffering dramatic cramps in a third round scare against Eliot Spizzirri, Sinner rebounded with a 6-1 6-3 7-6(2) win as the heat returned to Melbourne Park. With the sun having retreated in the late afternoon, the double-defending champion was relieved to play in the shade at Margaret Court Arena on a day when temperatures reached 33 degrees Celsius (94F). "It's definitely a bit different when there is no sun, even if it's quite warm outside still," said Sinner, who booked his ninth successive Grand Slam quarter-final. "So I felt quite good out there physically. Everything was okay today." Sinner will next meet American eighth seed Ben Shelton, who stepped in for the absent Novak Djokovic and overhauled 12th seed Casper Ruud 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 in the late match at Rod Laver Arena. Shelton lost to Sinner in last year's semi-finals, one of a run of eight successive defeats to the Italian. A year after hoisting the women's trophy with a brilliant win over Aryna Sabalenka, Keys' title defense ended with a 6-3 6-4 loss to sixth seed Pegula. Pegula reached her fourth quarter-final at Melbourne Park and will meet Amanda Anisimova, who made it four U.S. players in the women's final eight after beating China's Wang Xinyu 7-6(4) 6-4. Second seed Swiatek will face former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in the other quarter-final in the bottom half of the draw, the resurgent Kazakh having blitzed Elise Mertens 6-1 6-3. (Production: Lucy Thomson)
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