“I tried not to do too many fancy things, but really stick with my clear plan,” is how Laura Siegemund explained her second-round upset of Zheng Qinwen, the second-place finisher at last year’s Australian Open.

By Shrivathsa Sridhar MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Zheng Qinwen was the first big name to exit the women's draw at the Australian Open on Wednesday after the Olympic champion was stunned by Laura Siegemund while top seed Aryna Sabalenka made heavy weather of her second-round match before going through.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It wasn't often pretty, but two-time defending Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka extended a few impressive ... In another early match Friday, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Laura Siegemund 6-1, 6-2 to also advance ...

That includes wins on Friday for No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, who is the two-time ... the 27th seed, defeated Laura Siegemund 6-1, 6-2. Siegemund took a big step back after beating No. 5 Qinwen Zheng ...

Zheng lost the 2024 decider at Melbourne Park to Aryna Sabalenka and went on to win ... some pressure on her own serve with five breaks. Laura Siegemund celebrates with her coach and partner ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — It wasn’t often pretty, but two-time defending Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka extended ... Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Laura Siegemund, 6-1, 6-2, to also ...

MELBOURNE – Aryna Sabalenka insisted that early exits ... the second round with Zheng Qinwen’s defeat by world No. 97 Laura Siegemund. The Belarusian sealed a battling 6-3, 7-5 victory over ...

Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus owns the ... and No. 27 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia routed Germany's Laura Siegemund 6-1, 6-2. The later Friday slate was due to ...

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus celebrates after defeating Clara Tauson of Denmark in their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

Madison Keys may have won the title at the 2025 Australian Open but there were a myriad of players leaving Melbourne who can leave with their heads held high.

During the first week of the year’s inaugural major, it’s fitting that youthful energy coursed through the 2025 Australian Open. The conventional wisdom is (was?) that the modern game is so physical that only fully mature tennis players are capable of success—no more.

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