Melbourne, Jan 20 (IANS) Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina, seeded No. 5, defeated Slovenian Kaja Juvan 6-4, 6-3, to advance to the second round of the Australian Open in the second match of the day at Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne Park on Tuesday. Rybakina matched the performance of other Top 10 players who have played so far at this year’s Australian Open, moving on to the second round. She is set to play against France’s Varvara Gracheva next.Kaja Juva, ranked No. 100 in the world, fought v…
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Melbourne, Jan 15 (IANS) World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka’s road to a third Australian Open title in four years could include passing her rivals Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek after the draw for the season’s first major was revealed on Thursday.The 27-year-old Sabalenka and third seed Gauff are on a semifinal collision course, but the Belarusian may first need to move past 2021 US Open champion and 28th seed Emma Raducanu, big-hitting Danish 14th seed Clara Tauson and seventh seed, two-time major fina…
Melbourne, Jan 14 (IANS) Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka are the top seeds for the Australian Open 2026, headlining the men’s and women’s singles draws to be revealed on Thursday, with the main draw action commencing on Sunday. In men’s singles, Alcaraz heads the seedings following a strong 2025 season. Two-time defending champion Jannik Sinner of Italy is seeded second. A seeding position ensures that, should Sinner and Alcaraz keep winning, they can only meet in the final.Should Alcar…
Brisbane, Jan 8 (IANS) World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka continued her impressive run at the Brisbane International, storming into the quarter-finals with a dominant straight-sets victory over Romania’s Sorana Cirstea on Thursday.From the beginning, the defending champion appeared in full command, breaking Cirstea’s serve three times in the first set to establish dominance. Sabalenka kept up her aggressive strategy throughout and secured a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 victory in only 70 minutes, advancing…