MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Coco Gauff’s consecutive-set streak ended at the Australian Open. Her bid for a second Grand Slam title continued on Sunday with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 comeback victory over Belinda Bencic in the fourth round.
Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka has stopped playing because of an injury after dropping the opening set of her third-round match against Belinda Bencic.
Thirty-nine-year-old Hsieh, who last year retired from singles, is also defending her mixed doubles title with partner Jan Zielinski of Poland, with whom she won at Wimbledon last year. The sixth seeds are today to play Irina Khromacheva of Russia and Jackson Withrow of the US in the second round.
Eight women remain in the 2025 Australian Open, and three of them are Americans. That group of quarterfinalists is headlined by No. 3 seed Coco Gauff and includes No. 8 Emma Navarro and No. 19 Madison Keys. Sofia Kenin in 2020 was the last American woman to hoist the trophy in Melbourne.
Coco Gauff got over the speed bump that tripped her up in the past two Grand Slams, beating Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in three sets Sunday to advance to the Australian Open quarterfinals. Gauff, one of the biggest stars in the sport,
Coco Gauff rallied from a set down to beat Belinda Bencic 5-7 6-2 6-1 on Sunday to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open and extend her winning streak from the start of the season to nine matches.
Coco Gauff added that 34 degrees Celsius temperatures during her match on Sunday against Belinda Bencic did not bother her.
Iga Swiatek's one-month suspension for failing a drug test will not be appealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
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The business end is fast approaching at Melbourne Park, as the first fourth-round matches were played on Sunday (January 19, 2025) with quarter-final spots up for grabs. Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka raced into the quarter-finals thanks to an 18th successive Australian Open victory,
Coco Gauff wrote "RIP TikTok USA" and drew a broken heart on a camera lens shortly after reaching the Australian Open quarter-finals on Sunday after the popular app used by 170 million Americans stopped working in the United States.
Third seed Coco Gauff survived a massive scare from Belinda Bencic, winning 5-7 6-2 6-1 to tee up a quarter-final with 11th seed Paula Badosa, who reached the final eight for the first time. Badosa beat unseeded Serb Olga Danilovic 6-1 7-6 (7-2) on Margaret Court Arena.