Aryna Sabalenka has started her bid to become the first woman in a quarter-century to win three consecutive Australian Open ...

Aryna Sabalenka, the two-time defending champion and the World No. 1, takes on fellow Grand Slam winner Sloane Stephens in a first-round match of the Australian Open 2025 at Melbourne Park ...

Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka beats Sloane Stephens 6-3 6-2 Men's ... rain disrupts earlier play on outside courts at Melbourne Park Harry Poole, Jess Anderson and Millie Sian ...

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 Park on January 12, 2025 in ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Aryna Sabalenka ... 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 ...

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 ...

Aryna Sabalenka picked up where she left off at the 2024 Australian Open, as she downed Sloane Stephens in straight ... opener at a grand slam was at Melbourne Park in 2020, when she was defeated ...

Sloane Stephens of the U.S. plays a forehand return ... (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) She won her first major championship at Melbourne Park in 2023, then added another last January, before raising ...