Australia will host Kazakhstan and Colombia in a three-day qualifier as the Billie Jean King Cup, the women's tennis World Cup, gets a makeover.

Two years after the WTA boycotted playing events in China fearing for the safety of a star player, a major event has been moved there.

The five-time Grand Slam champion dispatched Rebecca Sramkova 6-0, 6-2 in a clean hour at the Australian Open on Thursday.

She did everything at pace in the second round, including quick claps of her racket to acknowledge the crowd after ... also advanced 6-2 6-0 over Wang Yafan and faces No. 24 Yulia Putintseva in the ...

REUTERS MELBOURNE — Last year's runner-up Daniil Medvedev smashed his racquet and avoided a huge ... Zhang next plays 24th seed Yulia Putintseva from Kazakhstan in the singles second round.

She did everything at pace in the second round, including quick claps of her racket to acknowledge ... 6-0 over Wang Yafan and faces No. 24 Yulia Putintseva in the third round.

At other moments of anger, Medvedev hit a ball against the back wall, toppled a camera behind a baseline and punched his racket bag ... Yafan and faces No. 24 Yulia Putintseva in the third ...