Cov Neeg Qhab Asmeskas saum toj kawg nkaus Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff, Madison Keys Poised For Deep Runs at Australian Open

Ib tug poj niam Asmeskas tau mus txog qhov kawg ntawm Australian Open hauv txhua peb lub xyoos dhau los.

Sofia Kev yeej tau lub npe xyoo 2020 thiab Jennifer Brady thiab Danielle Collins: XNUMX Lab tus kiv cua tos koj rau Webtalk! ua qhov kawg hauv 2021 thiab '22, feem.

Nrog rau xyoo 2023 kev sib tw pib rau hnub Monday, lub ntiaj teb No. 3 Jessica Pegula, 28, No. 7 Coco Gauff, 18, thiab No. 10 Madison Keys, 27, zoo li npaj txhij ua kom sib sib zog nqus hauv qab. Collins, lwm tus hitter loj, yog qeb thib 14.

Tiv thaiv tus yeej Ash Barty ua rau lub ntiaj teb ntaus pob tesniv los ntawm kev so thaum lub Peb Hlis, txhais tau tias yuav muaj tus yeej tshiab hauv 2023.

"Kuv xav tias cov poj niam Asmeskas tau ua si zoo heev thaum lig, feem ntau Jessica Pegula," ESPN tus kws tshuaj ntsuam Mary Joe Fernandez tau hais rau hnub Wednesday hauv kev sib tham nrog cov neeg sau xov xwm.

"Kuv zoo siab heev rau nws txoj kev txhim kho, nws qhov kev txiav txim siab," Fernandez ntxiv. "Nws yeej ib txwm saib xyuas ntawm Australian Open."

Pegula, uas yog tus thawj coj Asmeskas pab pawg uas tau lees paub cov pab pawg sib xyaw United Cup hauv Sydney lub lim tiam dhau los, ntsib Jaqueline Cristian los ntawm Romania thawj zaug.

Tnws tus ntxhais ntawm Buffalo Bills tus tswv Terry thiab Kim Pegula, Pegula tau mus txog lub quarter kawg ntawm peb qhov loj hauv 2022 - Australian Open, French Open thiab US Open - poob rau qhov kev sib tw txhua zaus. Nws tab tom tawm los yeej WTA 500 United Cup hauv Australia qhov chaw uas nws yeej ntiaj teb No. 1 Iga Świątek, 6-2, 6-2, hauv semifinals.

"Kuv xav tias qhov ceev ntawm lub tsev hais plaub uas nws ua si Iga Świątek yog qhov tseem ceeb," ESPN's Patrick McEnroe tau hais hauv xov tooj. "Kuv xav tias Australian Open yuav nrawm heev, tab sis feem ntau nws tsis nrawm, yog li ntawd rau kuv yog qhov X yam rau nws vim kuv xav tias yog lub tsev hais plaub qeeb me ntsis, uas ua rau nws nyuaj me ntsis rau. nws ua si hom kev nkag mus uas nws tuaj yeem ua si tau zoo. "

Gauff, uas yeej qhov kev sib tw hauv Auckland lub lim tiam dhau los, ntsib kev sim thawj zaug nyuaj tawm tsam Katerina Siniakova, uas tau kov yeej nws hauv Billie Jean King Cup kawg thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis. Nws yeej tsis tau dhau qhov thib plaub hauv Melbourne.

Fernandez hais ntawm Gauff hais tias "Nws tseem yog ib tug hluas thiab nws tseem txhim kho thiab ua haujlwm ntawm nws qhov kev ua si," "Kuv xav tias nws yog lub sijhawm ua ntej nws tawg ntawm qhov loj. Nws tau mus txog qhov kawg ntawm French Open, yog li ntawd zoo. "

Ntxiv McEnroe: "Kuv xav tias rau Coco xyoo no, nws yog hais txog kev tswj hwm nws lub sijhawm zoo dua, nce siab rau cov kev sib tw loj tshaj plaws, vim tias tsis muaj kev ntseeg tias nws tau khob qhov rooj."

Keys, leej twg poob rau Barty nyob rau hauv semifinals xyoo tas los, ntsib Lavxias teb sab Anna Blinkova nyob rau hauv thawj round, thaum Collins ntsib Lavxias teb sab Anna Kalinskaya. Lwm tus neeg Asmeskas, Amanda Anisimova, ranked 29th hauv ntiaj teb, ntsib Ukraine tus Marta Kostyuk thawj zaug.

Fernandez tau hais tias "Kuv zoo siab heev uas pom Madison Keys ua si zoo npaum li cas ntawm United Cup," Fernandez tau hais. “Nws yeej tsib qhov kev sib tw, thiab nws ib txwm muaj kev nco zoo hauv Australia, ib txwm zoo li ua si zoo nyob ntawd. Yog li nws muaj peev xwm.

“Tom qab ntawd peb yuav pom txog Danielle Collins, tus neeg kawg xyoo tas los. Nws yuav muaj zog lub lim tiam no hauv kev sib tw sov so. Yog nws kub, saib tawm; ib qho zoo tshaj plaws backhands hauv qhov kev ua si. Nws tuaj yeem ua qee qhov kev puas tsuaj nyob ntawd. "

Cov poj niam muaj peev xwm lub quarterfinals yog: Swiatek vs. Gauff nyob rau hauv dab tsi yuav yog ib tug rematch ntawm xyoo tas los lub French Open zaum kawg, yeej los ntawm Swiatek, thiab Pegula vs. No. 6 Maria Sakkari nyob rau sab saum toj ib nrab ntawm lub bracket; thiab Jabeur vs. No. 5 Aryna Sabalenka, thiab No. 4 Caroline Garcia vs. No. 8 Daria Kasatkina nyob rau hauv qab ib nrab.

Lwm qhov kev sib tw loj thawj zaug yog ob zaug Australian Open tau yeej Victoria Azarenka tawm tsam Kenin, uas yeej lub npe ntawm Melbourne Park hauv 2020.

Fernandez tau hais tias "Rau ob tus txiv neej thiab poj niam [Asmeskas], nws zoo siab heev los saib lawv txhim kho, nkag mus rau hauv 10 sab saum toj, thiab tam sim no xav tias lawv yeej nkag mus rau hauv Grand Slams nrog kev txhaj tshuaj," Fernandez tau hais.

(Cov AP pab qhia)