packing too much power for Sloane Stephens to clinch her 15th consecutive victory at Melbourne Park. Returning to Rod Laver Arena, the incoming Brisbane champion handed Stephens her ninth ...

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 12: Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus reacts while playing against Sloane Stephens of the United States during the first round on Day 1 of the 2025 Australian Open at Melbourne ...

Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka will lock horns with Sloane Stephens in the first round of the 2025 Australian Open on Sunday, January 12. Sabalenka enters the Melbourne Major on the back of a title ...

World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka began her Australian Open title defense by defeating Sloane Stephens 6-3 6-2 in the ... 1999 to win three titles in a row in Melbourne.

Less than an hour of play was possible on the outside courts before a huge thunderstorm hit Melbourne Park ... over former US Open champion Sloane Stephens. While it was a tough draw on paper ...

Aryna Sabalenka, who is going for a third straight title at Melbourne Park, faces Sloane Stephens while men's world number two Alexander Zverev launches another bid for his first Grand Slam crown ...

MELBOURNE :Aryna Sabalenka launched her bid for a third successive Australian Open title with a storm of power hitting and a 6-3 6-2 demolition of former U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens on Sunday.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP ... eliminating 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday night in just 71 minutes. Sabalenka is seeded No. 1 at a Grand Slam tournament for the ...

6-2 victory over 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens Credit: AP Credit: AP MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka began her bid to become the first woman in a quarter-century to win ...