MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It wasn't often pretty, but two-time defending Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka extended ...

Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka blamed heavy balls and a slow court Friday as she dropped four serve games in a row before ...

Two-time defending Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka beat Clara Tauson 7-6 (5), 6-4 to open the sixth day of play at ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — It wasn't often pretty, but two-time defending Australian ... In a tougher-than-expected match, Sabalenka beat Clara Tauson 7-6 (5), 6-4 in a poor early serving display ...

The Japanese player was leading Clara Tauson 6-4 in the Auckland final when ... “So saying all that, I’m pretty optimistic about playing my match. I mean, for sure I’m going to play my ...

The Japanese player was leading Clara Tauson 6-4 in the Auckland final when ... "So saying all that, I'm pretty optimistic about playing my match. I mean, for sure I'm going to play my match.

The Japanese star reached her first final since 2022 last week in Auckland, only to retire injured after winning the first set against Denmark's Clara Tauson ... "I'm pretty optimistic about ...

At this stage, she knows that against pretty much every opponent ... won the first set of her final against Clara Tauson before retiring with an abdominal injury. It’s not the way either ...

“Conditions are pretty heavy for servers," Sabalenka told reporters ... On Friday it was even worse and Sabalenka was broken in the opening game by world number 42 Tauson. It was the first of seven ...

Late on Tuesday afternoon, Tauson, who will face Japanese legend Naomi Osaka in Sunday’s final, was starting to contemplate ...