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Tennis

Filipino tennis star Eala eyes first WTA 500 title at site of career breakthrough

The rising star faces wildcard Zeynep Sonmez in opening round as she targets milestone season ABU DHABI: Alexandra Eala returns to the Mubadala Abu Dhabi...

Power battle as Sabalenka clashes with Rybakina for Australian Open title

Showdown pits two players who are on rampaging form and yet to drop a set in Melbourne in the past fortnight MELBOURNE: Fire meets fire...

Serena Williams refuses to rule out return to tennis

The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion has not competed since a third-round loss at the 2022 US Open She re-entered the tennis anti-doping testing pool in December,...

Rampant Sabalenka sweeps past Jovic into Australian Open semifinals

MELBOURNE: Relentless top seed Aryna Sabalenka muscled past American teenager Iva Jovic and into the Australian Open semifinals Tuesday to accelerate her bid for a third Melbourne title. The...

Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka powers her way into the quarterfinals at the Australian Open

Aryna Sabalenka rolls over the 19-year-old Canadian in just 31 minutes on Rod Laver Arena Sabalenka will be up against an even younger player in the quarterfinals,...

Twice champion Naomi Osaka out of Australian Open

Osaka said ‌on ⁠social media ‌that her body needed attention following her previous match against Sorana Cirstea MELBOURNE: Twice Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka has...

Inconsistent Sabalenka advances to the fourth round at the Australian Open

Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka is chasing her third Australian Open title in four years Daniil Medvedev rallies from two sets down to beat Fabian Marozsan of Hungary

Paolini races into round two to kickstart Australian Open

MELBOURNE: Jasmine Paolini powered into the Australian Open second round with a straight-sets demolition to kickstart the action in a hot and sunny Melbourne on Sunday. The seventh-seeded Italian...

Andreeva vs. Shnaider: All-Russia semifinals at 2026 WTA Adelaide International

In the other semifinals match in Adelaide, Australia’s own Kimberly Birrel will square off versus 8th-seeded Victoria Mboko of Canada MOSCOW - One half of...

Coco Gauff and Venus Williams could clash in Australian Open second round

Third-seeded Gauff first played Williams at Wimbledon in 2019 when she was just 15 Williams, 45, has a wild-card entry and will be the oldest woman to...