Australian Open marks the first Grand Slam of the tennis season. Much has changed since the most recent Slam, the U.S. Open last summer.Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, bidding to be the first woman to three-peat in Melbourne since Martina Hingis,
We're down to the final eight at the Australian Open. Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff will look to continue their strong runs and set up a blockbuster semifinal showdown. We break down the matchups.
Aryna Sabalenka bids to become the first woman to win three consecutive Australian Open singles titles since Martina Hingis from 1997-99. Sabalenka, seeded first at a Slam for the first time, opened the first Grand Slam of 2025 with consecutive straight-set wins.
Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka has moved into the Australian Open quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-2 win over 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva.
Mirra Andreeva is tipped to be a future winner at the majors, but the 17-year-old Russian is looking to the past as she climbs the rankings.
Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka will step up their bids for tennis history at the Australian Open on Wednesday, where Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka will also be in second-round action.
Martina Hingis once distanced her outgoing personality from the more reserved nature of Steffi Graf and some other players on tour.
Then, Rafael Nadal wrote the history of men's tennis, winning his 2nd AO title and his 21st Slam, while Ashleigh Barty won a Slam for the Australian, in Melbourne, after years, in 2022. Then it was the turn of Nole and Sinner, in the last two years, of Sabalenka both in 2023 and 2024.
The world No. 1 dropped just three games against Mirra Andreeva to win an eighteenth straight match in Melbourne, commemorating the result with an on-court snapshot.
Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the Australian Open quarter-finals, decisively defeating Mirra Andreeva 6-1, 6-2 in just 62 minutes. This victory marks Sabalenka’s 18th consecutive win at Melbourne Park.
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka began her Australian Open title defense by defeating Sloane Stephens 6-3 6-2 in the first round on Sunday.
Given everything she has already achieved in her fledgling career – and the weight of expectation she has borne as one of tennis’ rising superstars – it’s sometimes easy to forget that Coco Gauff is still only 20 years old.