Australian Open 2026
本日はロッド・レーバー・アリーナ最終試合に柴原瑛菜選手がダブルスで登場。
女子シングルス，第5シードのリバキナ選手が第2シードのシフィオンテク選手に
2-0(7-5, 6-1)のストレート勝ち。シフィオンテク選手の生涯グランドスラムは
持ち越しとなりました。
第6シードのペグラ選手が第4シードのアニシモバ選手相手にストレート勝ち。
男子シングルス，第5シードのムゼッティ選手は第4シードのジョコ選手相手に
第1セット，第2セットを連取するも，第3セット第4ゲームを終えたところで，
棄権となり，ジョコビッチ選手が準決勝進出となりました。
第2シードのシナー選手が第8シードのシェルトン選手相手にストレート勝ち，
ジョコビッチ選手との準決勝となりました。
女子シングルス
(サバレンカvsスビトリーナ)vs(ペグラvsリバキナ)
男子シングルス (アルカラスvsズベレフ)vs(ジョコビッチvsシナー)
明日は女子シングルス準決勝がナイトセッションで行われます。
本日の将棋棋戦
竜王戦1組ランキング戦，菅井竜也八段が三浦弘行九段に勝利。
竜王戦3組ランキング戦，及川拓馬七段が狩山幹生五段相手に
逆転勝ちをおさめました。
棋王戦予選，上野裕寿五段が黒田尭之五段相手に逆転勝ち。
順位戦A級
7勝1敗 永瀬拓矢九段(1), 糸谷哲郎八段(10)
5勝3敗 豊島将之九段(6), 近藤誠也八段(9)
4勝4敗 佐々木勇気八段(4), 増田康宏八段(5)
3勝5敗 千田翔太八段(8);千田八段は4勝5敗で今期終了
2勝6敗 佐藤天彦九段(2), 中村太地八段(7)
1勝7敗 渡辺明九段(3);渡辺九段は1勝8敗で今期終了
最終局，永瀬九段vs天彦九段戦，糸谷八段vs近藤八段戦，増田八段vs中村八段戦，
この対局が注目局ですね。名人三期の天彦九段が意地を見せて，自力残留を決めるか，
その場合には，糸谷八段が勝利すれば，糸谷八段が名人戦挑戦者となりますね。
最終局，千田八段は解説で参加してくれるのではないかと期待しています。
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on edge phrase
C2 nervous and not relaxed:
Is something wrong? You seem a bit on edge this morning.
Everyone present was on edge, waiting to hear what the judge would say.
The announcement of job cuts means all the workers are on edge.
The government is cracking down on dissent and everyone is on edge.
She is very argumentative and I always feel on edge when she's around.
dismantle verb
uk /dɪˈsmæn.təl/ us /dɪˈsmæn.t̬əl/
to take a machine or something complicated apart, usually to make it unable to work:
The government voted to dismantle its nuclear warheads.
They worried that dismantling the welfare state would increase poverty.
unwind verb
uk /ʌnˈwaɪnd/ us /ʌnˈwaɪnd/
unwound | unwound
[I or T] to change or remove the effects of something:
Financial markets believe that these imbalances can be unwound gradually, allowing the economy to land softly.
People's ability to service debt is unwinding.
settle a score idiom (also settle old scores)
to punish someone for something wrong that they did to you in the past and that you cannot forgive:
Police believe the killer was a gang member settling a score with a rival gang.
He is using his wealth and power to settle old scores.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)
score-settling
Noun score-settling (countable and uncountable, plural score-settlings)
Synonym of revenge.
(from Wiktionary)
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