VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM AUSTRALIAN OPEN FOURTH ROUND - WINS FOR CARLOS ALCARAZ AND IVA JOVIC COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (JANUARY 25, 2026)(TENNIS AUSTRALIA - See restrictions) SHOTLIST TO FOLLOW 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) (The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.)
