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.
Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka raced into the Australian Open quarter-finals while Coco Gauff recovered from a set down to defeat Belinda Bencic.
Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff headline the tennis players who have the best TikTok dances recorded on the app.
Aryna Sabalenka is a prominent user of the app who posts on it quite often. The ban is likely to affect her as well because she lives in the US. Her base has been Miami for a while and if the app gets banned, then she won't be able to use it as easily as she has been so far.
Naomi Osaka, a two-time champion in Australia, stopped playing because of a strained abdominal muscle after dropping the first set of her match against Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Belinda Bencic.
The top brass of world tennis returned to the status quo on day eight of the Australian Open, with the big names picking up wins.
“There’s a lot of talk about Coco Gauff and her serve and her forehand ... the biggest being that she lost her No. 1 ranking to Aryna Sabalenka,” Wilander told Eurosport.
While there have been plenty of surprises in the men’s bracket so far, most of the top women have progressed through the draw without an issue.
Coco Gauff moved into the fourth round at Melbourne Park with a straightforward victory over Leylah Fernandez.
With a 6-1, 6-2 victory over 14th-seeded Mirra Andreeva to open play Sunday at Rod Laver Arena, Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. She'll be joined there by Coco Gauff.
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka continued her quest for her third consecutive Australian Open title, defeating Russia's Mirra Andreeva 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday to reach the quarterfinals.