Jannik Sinner will face his trickiest test yet at the Australian Open when the defending champion battles Dane Holger Rune in the fourth round on Monday, while five-times Grand Slam winner Iga Swiatek will be the heavy favourite against lucky loser Eva Lys.

Rune simply believes he belongs on the same court as Sinner. That’s a start.

Highlights from the 1st round of the Australian Open match between Holger Rune and Zhizhen Zhan which took place at Melbourne Park, Melbourne.

Denmark's Holger Rune played a gritty 4-set match in the second round to beat Italy's Matteo Berrettini on Thursday, 16 January. With the win, Rune qualified for the third round of the tournament.

The father of Matteo Berrettini has somehow escaped sanction after being shamelessly sprung with the item courtside.

In the Australian Open Round of 16 on Sunday, No. 1-ranked Jannik Sinner takes on No. 13 Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune.Sinner enters the Round of 16 after his three-set win on Saturday over Marcos

The former world No. 4 is into the second week of a hard-court major for the first time since 2023, rallying from two sets to one down to defeat Miomir Kecmanovic on Margaret Court Arena.

It will be the fifth battle on court between the two, who will face each other on Thursday on the gard-courts of Melbourne Park. After his first success at Indian Wells 2022, the Dane has won all the other previous matches: once by retirement, the recent two occasions fighting for three sets.

This was one of the great matches of the second round of the Australian Open. Number 13 seed Holger Rune challenged Matteo Berrettini, a former

Defending champion Jannik Sinner raced to victory at the Australian Open on Saturday to sweep into the last 16 as Iga Swiatek demolished Emma Raducanu.

Jannik Sinner will face his trickiest test yet at the Australian Open when the defending champion battles Dane Holger Rune in the fourth round on Monday, while fivetimes Grand Slam winner Iga Swiatek will be the heavy favourite against lucky loser Eva Lys.

MELBOURNE - Jannik Sinner will face his trickiest test yet at the Australian Open when the defending champion battles Dane Holger Rune in the fourth round on Monday, while five-times Grand Slam winner Iga Swiatek will be the heavy favourite against lucky loser Eva Lys.