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Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka move closer to an Australian Open rematch. Djokovic and Alcaraz win
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Coco Gauff still hasn't lost a match or even at set at the Australian Open — or, actually, this season. She moved into the fourth round at Melbourne Park with a straightforward 6-4, 6-2 victory over 2021 U.S. Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez on Friday night. ...
Learner Tien beats Daniil Medvedev and is the youngest US man in Australia's 3rd round since Sampras
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Learner Tien, a 19-year-old qualifier from California, became the youngest American man to reach the Australian Open's third round since Pete Sampras in 1990, upsetting a racket-tossing Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (8), 1-6, 7-6 (10-7) in a match that began...
Iga Swiatek moves into a 3rd-round match against Emma Raducanu at the Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Iga Swiatek tends not to waste time in the first week of Grand Slams. When the five-time Grand Slam champion dispatched Rebecca Sramkova 6-0, 6-2 in a clean hour at the Australian Open on Thursday, Swiatek was living a habit of advancing quickly through...
Coco Gauff is into the Australian Open's 3rd round and still unbeaten in 2025
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Coco Gauff stretched her unbeaten start to 2025 to seven matches and 14 sets by moving into the third round at the Australian Open with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over 173rd-ranked Jodie Burrage of Britain at Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday. Gauff, the 2023 U.S....
Daniil Medvedev destroys a TV camera attached to the net during his 5-set Australian Open win
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Daniil Medvedev used his racket to smash a tiny camera attached to the net at the Australian Open while he was trailing someone ranked 418th before eventually avoiding a monumental upset and winning 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the first round at Rod Laver Arena on...
Frances Tiafoe picks up a tough victory after throwing up at the Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Frances Tiafoe threw up during his first-round match at the Australian Open on Monday along the way to a five-set victory and said afterward he might have quit if this had been just a run-of-the-mill tournament. The 17th-seeded Tiafoe, who turns 27 in a...
Daniil Medvedev might skip the video-game celebration if he wins a 2nd Slam title in Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Daniil Medvedev's “Dead Fish” celebration at the end of the 2021 U.S. Open final stands out as among the most unusual and unexpected reactions to a major tennis championship. His slow flop to the blue court in Arthur Ashe Stadium after ending Novak Djokovic's bid...
Australian Open: Olympic champ Zheng Qinwen starts her bid for another final on a rainy Day 1
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Zheng Qinwen's tennis resume is quite different from what it was when she showed up at the Australian Open a full year ago. No matter everything she accomplished in 2024 — a runner-up finish at Melbourne Park; an Olympic gold medal for China — she felt jitters...
Aryna Sabalenka beats Sloane Stephens to begin her bid for a third Australian Open title
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka began her bid to become the first woman in a quarter-century to win three consecutive Australian Open titles, eliminating 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday night in just 71 minutes. Sabalenka is seeded No. 1 at a...
Coco Gauff has worked on her serve and her forehand heading into the 2025 Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It was a meaningless hit-and-giggle session, a mixed doubles exhibition at Rod Laver Arena just for fun and charity in front of fans a few days ahead of the Australian Open, so Coco Gauff was calling out how fast she would try to hit some serves. Her...
