{"id":2744,"date":"2025-01-17T06:55:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T07:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=2744"},"modified":"2025-01-17T17:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T17:45:08","slug":"alexander-zverev-hails-incredible-british-star-jacob-fearnley-after-australian-open-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/17\/alexander-zverev-hails-incredible-british-star-jacob-fearnley-after-australian-open-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Zverev hails \u2018incredible\u2019 British star Jacob Fearnley after Australian Open win"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alexander Zverev has tipped Britain’s Jacob Fearnley for a big future (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alexander Zverev<\/a> heaped praise on Jacob Fearnley after beating the rising British tennis star 6-3 6-4 6-4 at the Australian Open<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n

British No.3 Fearnley enjoyed a remarkable run to the third round<\/a> at Melbourne Park this year at his first overseas Grand Slam tournament.<\/p>\n

Fearnley, ranked world No.92, impressively beat Nick Kyrgios and Arthur Cazaux but his dream is now over after losing to second-seed Zverev.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old, who made his major debut at Wimbledon<\/a> last year, leaves Melbourne Park with his head held high in a glowing start to the season.<\/p>\n

The future looks very bright for Fearnley – with his climb\u00a0from\u00a0646th to 98th\u00a0in\u00a0the world rankings\u00a0in\u00a02024 the fifth biggest annual rise into the top 100 since 2000.<\/p>\n

‘Jacob is an incredible player,’ German superstar Zverev said about the Briton’s performance.<\/p>\n

‘He went through all the stages – going to university, playing Futures, Challengers – and now he is playing on the big stage.<\/p>\n

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Jacob Fearnley was ranked world No.646 this time last year (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘I have massive respect for him. [And I think] he will get better over the next few years.’<\/p>\n

Fearnley’s defeat leaves two British players standing across the men’s singles and women’s singles.<\/p>\n

British No.1 Jack Draper, seeded 15th, faces Australian world No.68 Aleksandar Vukic later today (Friday, January 17) at Margaret Court Arena.<\/p>\n

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Alexander Zverev has booked his spot in the fourth round (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Emma Raducanu, meanwhile, locks horns with second-seed Iga Swiatek at Rod Laver Arena<\/a> on Saturday around 12.30am UK time.<\/p>\n

‘I really relish [big occasions],’ Raducanu said ahead of the showdown. ‘I love the big \u00adstadiums, the big matches. It\u2019s something that I just really enjoy doing.<\/p>\n

‘And it\u2019s so nice to also just go a round further than I did in the last three years that I played here. Australia is somewhere where I really like playing. <\/p>\n

‘I like the conditions, I like the crowd and the support here has been amazing, with a lot of union jacks in the crowd as well, which is great. It\u2019s a match that I\u2019m looking forward to.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alexander Zverev has tipped Britain’s Jacob Fearnley for a big future (Picture: Getty) Alexander Zverev heaped praise on Jacob Fearnley after beating the rising British tennis star 6-3 6-4 6-4 at the Australian Open on Friday. British No.3 Fearnley enjoyed a remarkable run to the third round at Melbourne Park this year at his first…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2744"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2750,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2744\/revisions\/2750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}