Australian Open: Alcaraz-Zverev headlines Wednesday

In the evening, Alcaraz will try at 20 years old to reach the last four for the first time, after his withdrawal in 2023 due to an injury and two first attempts ended in early eliminations. Zverev, at 26, will play the third quarter-final of his career in Melbourne, where he has only reached the semi-finals once, in 2020.

In the afternoon, the other men's semi-final will pit world No.3, Russian Daniil Medvedev, double finalist of the event in 2021 and 2022, against Pole Hubert Hurkacz (9th), a novice at this level. Australian Open and who, at 26, has only reached the semi-finals of a Grand Slam once, at Wimbledon in 2021. In the women's draw, the Belarusian Dayana Yastremska, 93rd in the world, from qualifying, will have the honor of opening the day in the Rod Laver Arena, where all the matches of the day will take place, against the Czech Linda Noskova (50th).

Before this Australian Open, Yastremska, 23, had never done better than eighth finalist (twice) in Grand Slam tournaments. Noskova, who is playing her first Australian Open at 19, has never gone beyond the second round of a Major. Just like the Russian Anna Kalinskaya (75th), who will challenge Qinwen Zheng (15th and seeded N.12) in the other women's quarter on today's program. The Chinese will be playing the second quarter of her career at age 21, the second in a row after that at the US Open last September.

The program of the main matches for the 11th day, Wednesday:

(from 12 p.m. local time, 2 a.m. in Paris): Linda Noskova (CZE) - Dayana Yastremska (BLR)

(not before 1:30 p.m. local time, 3:30 a.m. in Paris): Hubert Hurkacz (POL/N.9) - Daniil Medvedev (RUS/N.3)

(from 7:15 p.m. local time, 9:15 a.m. in Paris): Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) - Qinwen Zheng (CHN/N.12) Alexander Zverev (GER/N.6) - Carlos Alcaraz (ESP/N.2)