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.
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 Australian Open 2025 is delivering intense action as Iga Swiatek dominates with her 24th 6-0 Grand Slam set, Emma Raducanu makes an incredible comeback, and Coco Gauff continues her winning streak.
At On, the soon-to-be 18-year-old joins an impressive line-up of big names like Iga Świątek, Ben Shelton, and Flavio Cobolli and rising stars Joao Fonseca (BRA), Julia Stusek (GER), Reda Bennani (MAR) and Yeri Hong (KOR).
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.
The five-time Grand Slam champion coasted into the third round of the Australian Open in straight sets on Thursday.
Coco Gauff led the United States to its second United Cup title with a statement 6-4, 6-4 win over world No. 2 Iga Świątek a week before the start of the Australian Open.
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.
Eva Lys is making a habit of changing her travel plans, with the German advancing to the fourth round after initially failing to qualify for the main draw in Melbourne.
Elina Svitolina (WTA No. 27), Ukraine's second seed, received strong ovations from the spectators at the stadium in Melbourne after her confident victory in the third round of the Australian Open. The 30-year-old Odesa native defeated World No. 4, Italian player Jasmine Paolini 2:6, 6:4, 6:0.
Ukraine's second seed Elina Svitolina (WTA No. 27) won a hard-fought victory in the third round of the Australian Open tennis tournament. The match of the 1/8 finals with Italian Jasmine Paolini (WTA No. 4) ended with a score of 2:6, 6:4, 6:0.