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2021 Australian Open live stream, Quarterfinals live coverage, start time, featured matches, how to watch

The Quarterfinals of the Australian Open will resume on Tuesday evening from Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia.

The Quarterfinals of the Australian Open will resume on Tuesday night and we have some great matches to look forward to.

We’ll see the No. 1 ranked women’s tennis player in the world, Ashleigh Barty this evening along with two American women, Jennifer Brady and Jessica Pegula taking the court.

On the Men’s side, we’ll see Andrey Rublev facing Daniil Medvedev as well as a late morning match with Rafa Nadal and Stefano Tsitsipas at 3:30 a.m. ET.

Here is everything you need to know to catch all the action this evening and for the rest of the tournament.

Australian Open, Quarterfinals

  • When: Tuesday, February 16
  • Live Coverage: 9:00 p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: ESPNEWS, ESPN2
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)

Tuesday, Quarterfinal Matches

Women’s Singles

  • Ashleigh Barty and Karolina Muchova, 7 p.m. ET
  • Jennifer Brady vs. Jessica Pegula, 9 p.m. ET

Men’s Singles

  • Andrey Rublev vs. Daniil Medvedev, 11 p.m. ET
  • Rafa Nadal vs. Stefano Tsitsipas, 3:30 am ET

2021 Australian Odds and Betting Lines

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Novak Djokovic furiously smashed his racket in anger during Australian Open win

Here we go again.

We’ve been over this before, and fairly recently too: Novak Djokovic has a history of taking out his frustration on the court, from racket smashes to hitting a line judge with a ball he hit out anger at the 2020 U.S. Open, which led to an immediate default.

Has he learned from that? In this case, at the 2021 Australian Open, he’s at least not smashing a ball out of anger, but he’s destroying a racket violently in a match he’d eventually win, a quarterfinal victory over Alexander Zverev.

Here’s the clip of the smash that wasn’t penalized beyond a warning (and which required a cleanup):

(Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)

Ridiculous that this is still happening for Djokovic (even if it helps him win matches).

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2021 Australian Open live stream, Round 2 Schedule, TV channel, start time

The second round of the Australian Open begins on Tuesday evening from Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia.

The second round of the Australian Open begins on Tuesday evening from Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. With both Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams taking the court tonight this should be a good night for tennis fans.

Here is everything you need to know to catch all the action this evening and for the rest of the tournament.

Australian Open, Second Round

  • When: Tuesday, February 9
  • Live Coverage: 7:00 p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: Tennis Channel
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)

Tuesday, Round 2 Matches

  • Serena Williams vs. Nina Stojanovic, 9 p.m. ET

2021 Australian Odds and Betting Lines

Australian Open odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. 

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Watch: Novak Djokovic hits another linesperson with tennis ball

Novak Djokovic accidentally hit a linesperson with a ball at the French Open.

This would be too hard to make up. Grand Slam event, same round, similar incident.

After being defaulted out of the US Open for hitting a linesperson with an errant ball during some frustration, Novak Djokovic managed to repeat the process, this time in the French Open.

Check it out as Djokovic played Russian Karen Khachanov in the fourth round Monday.

 

My gosh, it was very awkward déjà vu,” Djokovic said in reference to his US Open fourth-round default last month. “I’m actually trying to find the linesperson and see if he’s OK because I saw he had a little bit of a bruise, like redness, in that place in the head where the ball hit him. I hope he’s fine. I mean, he definitely dealt with it in a very strong and brave way.”

Djokovic went on to sweep the 15th seed Khachanov 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. The top seed is now onto the quarterfinals.

 

Djokovic en 2020 pasó del niño bueno, al ‘bad boy’ del ATP

La buena reputación que mantuvo el serbio Novak Djokovic este 2020 ha dado un giro inesperado, pasó de ser el niño bueno al ‘bad boy’.

La buena reputación que mantuvo el serbio Novak Djokovic en sus 33 años de vida, este 2020 ha dado un giro inesperado, pues pasó de ser el niño bueno al ‘bad boy’ del ATP.

El serbio ha intentado que sus acciones no dañen a terceros, ha pedido respetar a Laura Clark, la jueza que recibió el pelotazo en el US Open quien ha recibido amenazas de muerte, quien pasa por momentos difíciles después del golpe.

Sin embargo, esta no es la primera falta de Djokovic. El tenista lleva años cometiendo faltas en la cancha y generando controversias que debieron catalogarlo como “chico malo” desde hace años. Hagamos un repaso de algunas de estas acciones controversiales:

La primera del año en Australia

Todo comenzó con el primer Grand Slam del Año, el Australian Open, el tenista serbio tuvo un incidente con un juez de línea durante la final del torneo. Tras consumir los 25 segundos establecidos para hacer su servicio, primero recibió una advertencia y después perdió el saque a lo que el serbio se acercó al banco del juez y tocando su pie en tres ocasiones le dijo “Buen trabajo, te has hecho famoso hoy. Bien hecho”. No hubo castigo.

El papá Djokovic a meter su cuchara

Le siguieron unas polémica declaraciones del padre del tenista sobre Roger Federer. “Váyase ya a criar a sus hijos, esquiar y hacer cosas interesantes. Su tiempo ha pasado” comentó Srdjan Djokovic sobre la leyenda suiza.

Críticas por oponerse a las vacunas

Luego vino la pandemia y ante la opción de hacer obligatoria la vacuna para participar en torneos, la postura de Djokovic fue muy polémica al declararse en contra de las vacunas:

“Mi posición personal es oponerme a las vacunas y no quisiera que nadie me obligara a vacunarme para poder viajar por el mundo y competir. En caso de que se vuelva obligatorio estaré en una posición delicada. Tengo mi postura ideológica muy formada respecto a este asunto y no veo posible cambiarla a corto plazo”. Recibió muchas críticas.

¿El Aria Tour o el ‘coronavirus Tour’?

Luego, por qué no, organizó un torneo benéfico cuando las actividades empezaron a retomarse en Europa, el Aria Tour que terminó siendo un foco de contagios en los balcanes.

Tras concluir el evento, se organizó una fiesta de celebración sin ningún tipo de medida sanitaria, evidentemente resultó en decenas de contagios tras el torneo entre los que estuvieron algunos tenistas y el propio Djokovic.

Propone crear asociación de tenistas independiente del ATP

Su cambio de personalidad se hizo muy evidente al finalizar el Masters 1000 de Cincinnati en agosto. Tras ganar el torneo, el tenista anunció la creación de una asociación de jugadores paralela a la ATP.

Los propios Roger Federer y Rafael Nadal se opusieron a la idea asegurando que los tiempos difíciles requieren unidad y no separación. No respaldaron la propuesta de Djokovic.

El pelotazo en el US Open

Y luego vino el incidente que todos conocemos con el pelotazo accidental pero indebido a una jueza de línea. La prensa serbia calificó la decisión como “Chocante y exagerada” y coincidimos totalmente, una llamada de atención o una multa económica hubiera sido suficiente, pero la ATP se apegó al reglamento.

La ATP parece haber mandado un mensaje claro a Novak Djokovic, ¿quieres ser el bad boy del tour? a la primera te expulsamos. Mucho cuidado Djokovic que hay muchísimo talento aún en esa raqueta y los aficionados queremos seguirlo viendo.

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John McEnroe on Novak Djokovic’s U.S. Open default: He’ll be ‘the bad guy the rest of his career’

Some thoughts from a fellow all-time great champion.

Novak Djokovic hit a line judge with a ball he hit out of frustration on Sunday at the 2020 U.S. Open, leading to him defaulting from the tournament (which is completely justified given what’s written in the rulebook about “physical abuse”).

It’s not the first time we’ve seen this kind of angry behavior on the court from the star men’s player, and ESPN’s John McEnroe said after the incident that he thinks it’s an incident that will stain Djokovic’s career forever.

But McEnroe — infamous for his verbal abuse of officials during his career, something he alluded to in what he said  — did say Djokovic could come back from it and continue trying to break the record for most Grand Slams ever.

“The pressure just got to him, I think. I think a lot’s been going on off the court, it’s obviously affected him. And now, whether he likes it or not, he’s going to be the bad guy the rest of his career. It’ll be interesting to see how he handles it. …

“I didn’t say he couldn’t recover. If he embraces that role, I think he could recover, absolutely. He’s chasing history, he’s trying to pass Rafa and Roger, we all know that, he’s younger. He’s got a lot of things going for him, obviously, but this is obviously a stain that he’s not going to be able to erase, whether he likes it or not. … It’s emotionally how he’s going to handle it. It’s not about the physical part and him getting older.”

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Novak Djokovic was asked in 2016 if his angry on-court behavior ‘could cost you dearly’

And it did, four years later.

Sunday wasn’t the first time we’ve seen Novak Djokovic express his frustration and anger on a tennis court.

He’s been known to smash his racket, and his actions on Sunday during a match at the 2020 U.S. Open — he hit a ball out of frustration that hit a line judge — lead to the No. 1 seed on the men’s side to default, which was completely justified given the rules in the ITF rulebook.

People on Twitter also unearthed video from a press conference in 2016, when Djokovic was asked about behavior like that, which included hitting a ball into the crowd at the ATP Finals in London and throwing his racket at the French Open that same year (the video of that incident is below).

“Does it concern you one day that will cost you dearly? If it hit someone …” a reporter asked, to which Djokovic scoffed.

“You guys are unbelievable,” he remarked at the time.

It did end up costing him, four years later.

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Novak Djokovic defaulted from US Open for hitting line judge with ball

Top seed Novak Djokovic has been defaulted from the US Open after hitting a line judge with a ball.

Stunning news Sunday in the round of 16 at the US Open in New York. Top seed Novak Djokovic hit as lineswoman with a tennis ball while hitting to the back of the court after losing a point.

Djokovic was defaulted when trailing 5-6 in the first set in the fourth round against Pablo Carreño Busta. He had just lost his serve after being treated for pain in his left shoulder earlier in the game.

After losing the final point of the game, he pulled a ball from his pocket and smacked it with his racket toward the back of the court. It hit the lineswoman, who was standing, in the throat. She dropped to the ground. Djokovic rushed to see if the lineswoman was okay.

However, he was defaulted from the match for the incident.

Djokovic was undefeated in 2020 to this point.

 

Nick Kyrgios rips Novak Djokovic’s ‘boneheaded’ Adria Tour amid coronavirus outbreak

Bad look for Djokovic.

As the rest of the sports world was either in lockdown or cautiously returning with closed-door matches, tennis star Novak Djokovic instead opted to host an exhibition tournament, the “Adria Tour,” that basically ignored the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

On Sunday, the reality of the pandemic hit the Adria Tour.

The final of the exhibition event in Croatia was canceled after Bulgarian tennis star Grigor Dimitrov announced that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. Dimitrov had played on Saturday and traveled back to Monaco after experiencing symptoms. He played in a pickup basketball game with Djokovic and other tennis stars on Thursday. Borna Coric later announced that he also contracted COVID-19.

The tennis world heavily criticized the tournament — which has already included stops in Belgrade and Zadar — as it was being planned. Once the worst-case scenario unfolded, Nick Kyrgios took to Twitter to criticize Djokovic once again.

Djokovic’s fitness coach Marco Panichi was also among the Adria Tour participants to test positive for the coronavirus. But despite Djokovic’s close contact with COVID-positive people, Djokovic has elected to not be tested.

None of this is a good look for Djokovic. And let’s hope the situation doesn’t get any worse.

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Grigor Dimitrov played basketball with Novak Djokovic days before coronavirus diagnosis

Not ideal.

The scheduled final of Sunday’s exhibition tournament, the Adria Tour, in Croatia was abruptly canceled after Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov announced that he had tested positive for the coronavirus.

While Dimitrov was not scheduled to play on Sunday, he had appeared in a tournament match Saturday against Borna Coric. And with Dimitrov, specifically, he came into close contact with other top tennis players including Novak Djokovic.

The Adria Tour faced criticism over the past week for operating with no protective measures amid the coronavirus pandemic. Matches were held with fans in the stands, and players neither wore masks nor practiced social distancing.

Dimitrov even participated in a pickup basketball game on Thursday with Djokovic and other tennis players.

Health experts warn that those infected with the coronavirus can spread the virus to others before symptoms appear. Hence, protective measures like masks, avoiding large crowds and social distancing have been encouraged. A pickup basketball game in a closed-air environment would put the health of every player at risk.

On Instagram, Dimitrov said that he was back home in Monaco and urged those who came into contact with him to get tested. He wrote:

Hi Everyone-I want to reach out and let my fans and friends know that I tested positive back in Monaco for Covid-19. I want to make sure anyone who has been in contact with me during these past days gets tested and takes the necessary precautions. I am so sorry for any harm I might have caused. I am back home now and recovering. Thanks for your support and please stay safe and healthy.

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