For the first time in the history of the Open era, we will not have the opportunity to watch the top two seeds in the men’s and women’s Grand Slam quarterfinals.
The last in a series of surprises was Iga Swiatek’s elimination from Elena Rybakina. The Kazakh tennis player made history as she was the first player from her country in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.
On the other hand, another historic thing happened with her elimination – for the first time in history, neither in the men’s nor in the women’s competition will we see the top two seeds in the quarterfinals.
Let us remind you that before Swiatek, Ons Jabeur did not find her way into the top eight, and was eliminated in the second round.
The men were also left without the first two seeds already in the second round, with the elimination of Rafael Nadal, while Carlos Alcaraz did not even play in the tournament due to injury. In his absence, the second seed was Kasper Rud, who finished the competition in the second round.
