It's an up-and-down day for favorites and the husband-and-wife duo of Gaël Monfils and Elina Svitolina wo their singles matches.
Iga Swiatek has joined an exclusive group of players by reaching the Round of 32 in 20 consecutive women’s singles Grand Slam draws. Only three other players have achieved this feat: Martina Navratilova,
In Saturday's Australian Open 3rd round women's singles match, the Pole crushed her rival in an almost flawless fashion - losing just one game and confidently advancing to the fourth round of the Grand Slam tournament.
The five-time Grand Slam champion coasted into the third round of the Australian Open in straight sets on Thursday.
MELBOURNE — Everything came so easily for Iga Swiatek during a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Raducanu Saturday in the only Australian Open women’s third-round match between two past Grand Slam champions — if you thought that meant it would be close, you’d have been rather wrong — that this was how she described it:
Poland’s Iga Świątek has entered the third round of the women’s singles competition at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne.
Emma Raducanu had to battle against rival and close friend Amanda Anisimova to reach the third round of the Australian Open.
The final match of the day saw American Learner Tien, playing in his first major outside of the U.S. Open, upset No. 5 seed Daniil Medvedev in a five-set classic, 6-3, 7-6, 6-7, 1-6, 7-6, that ended at 2:54 a.m. local time. Medvedev had reached three of the past four Australian Open finals, but could not fend off a ferocious Tien.
World No.2 Iga Świątek draws boos from the Melbourne Park crowd after claiming Sydney has the better coffee shops.
Tennis purists felt unsettled as Danielle Collins went right at a rowdy Australian crowd after taking out a hometown favourite in incredible scenes. But the exchange is actually healthy for the sport.
From Sabalenka to Gauff, these are the top female tennis players poised to make an impact on the court during this year's Australian Open.