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.
World number four Jasmine Paolini and former U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu hit the training courts in Melbourne ahead of the first Grand Slam of the year.
Elina Svitolina produced a stunning comeback to upset Jasmine Paolini in Melbourne, beating the No. 4 seed 2-6 6-4 6-0.
Jannik Sinner and young tyro Learner Tien will look to reach the second week of the Australian Open on Saturday while the women's third round is headlined by Iga Swiatek taking on Emma Raducanu.
Against Raducanu, who won the 2021 US Open as a teenage qualifier, Swiatek played at a level she called “perfect.”
MELBOURNE — Everything came so easily for Iga Swiatek during a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Raducanu Saturday in the only Australian Open women’s third-round match between two past Grand Slam champions — if you thought that meant it would be close, you’d have been rather wrong — that this was how she described it:
Iga Swiatek romped into a third-round showdown with Emma Raducanu in the Australian Open on Thursday while Taylor Fritz was just as emphatic in his pursuit of a maiden Grand Slam title.
Apart from Raducanu, Swiatek still has fourth seed Jasmine Paolini, sixth seed Elena Rybakina and eighth seed Emma Navarro as possible opponents in her half of the draw. "I only know that I'm ...
Everything came so easily for Iga Swiatek during a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Raducanu on Saturday in the only Australian Open women's third-round match between two past Grand Slam champions — if you thought that meant it would be close,
Emma Raducanu, Katie Boulter and Cameron Norrie all start their Australian Open campaigns on Day Three. Check out the order of play for the show courts.
Follow live text and radio commentary featuring Emma Raducanu, Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner in the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia.