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Maria Sakkari broke a personal record making it to the fourth round of 16 in Roland Garros for the first time.

12:45 p.m. Sofia Kenin’s Australian Open title defense got off to a bit of a rocky start before she righted herself and pulled out a two-set win. The 22-year-old American trailed by an early break and took about 45 minutes to actually wrest some semblance of control before eventually beating 133rd-ranked Australian wild-card entry Maddison Inglis 7-5, 6-4. Inglis never has won a tour-level match, falling to 0-6. But she did not make things easy on Kenin, who nevertheless managed to avoid beco...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest from the Australian Open (all times local):10:25 p.m.Fifth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas capped the Day 2 program on Rod Laver Arena by routing French veteran Gilles Simon 6-1, 6-2, 6-1.Tsitsipas has a lot of support within Melbourne's large Greek community and felt at home in an extended on-court interview.Tsitsipas says “I honestly wasn’t expecting it to come so easily. It was a great match from my side,”There will be fans with divided loyalties ...

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest from the Australian Open (all times local): 10:25 p.m. Fifth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas capped the Day 2 program on Rod Laver Arena by routing...

WHIZ News The Latest: No holding back, Nadal advances in 3 sets 5:30 p.m. If Rafael Nadal has bad back, he didn’t show any signs of it in his 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 win over Laslo Djere in the first round at the Australian Open. The No. 2-ranked Nadal is aiming to go one better than Roger Federer and win a men’s-record 21st men’s Grand Slam singles title. He didn’t play for Spain at the ATP Cup last week and has been troubled by stiffness in his lower back. “Well, it’s been a tough 15 days...

WHIZ News The Latest: 2020 finalist Muguruza advances in Australia 12:30 p.m. Garbiñe Muguruza has won her opening match at the Australian Open, where she reached the final last year before losing to American Sofia Kenin. Muguruza, a Spaniard seeded 14th, beat Margarita Gasparyan of Russia, 6-4, 6-0. Muguruza improved to 9-0 in first-round matches at Melbourne Park. The two-time Grand Slam champion lost only 11 points in the second set. ___ 12:20 p.m. Ann Li’s off to quite a start to 2021, ...

Świątek and Rublev recognised as WTA and ATP reveal 2020 prize winners Tuesday, 22 December 2020 Polands history-making French Open champion Iga Świątek and Russias rising star Andrey Rublev were among the prize winners as the Womens Tennis Association (WTA) and the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) held their annual awards. The duo were both named as the Most Improved Player of the Year by the respective organisations. Świątek was recognised after becoming the first Polish playe...