But their best rallies saw Sabalenka and Wang foil opponents with brilliant switch-ups to showcase their finesse as well. For Sabalenka, pummeling the ball from side to side had failed to get it past ...

World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka began her Australian Open title defense by defeating Sloane Stephens 6-3 6-2 in the first round ...

Aryna Sabalenka has started her bid to become the first woman in a quarter-century to win three consecutive Australian Open ...

"I enjoyed my off-season," Sabalenka said. "And then I was back to work, back to the things I love. Not that I loved the preseason, but I love to play tennis and I love to ... as the WTA year-end ...

World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka will be hot favourite to secure an Australian Open hat-trick, having won the past two years at Melbourne Park.In-form Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek are her biggest threats, but ...

Former world No.1 Justine Henin backed Aryna Sabalenka to retain her Australian Open crown while she assessed Emma Raducanu's chances in Melbourne.

Sabalenka, who started her season by winning an 18th career WTA title in Brisbane on Sunday, has reached at least the ...

Sabalenka’s father, Sergey, passed away suddenly in 2019. He was just 43. He introduced her to tennis when she was six and hoped she would one day be the world’s best player. And the new world ...

Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing ... of the 16 seeded players exited at the first opportunity. It wasn’t as straightforward as her record in Australia suggests. Sabalenka had to ...

The Australian Open begins at Melbourne Park. Follow along for all the major moments, matches and some fun as we cover the ...