Difficult as the loss was to digest at the moment, the result probably won’t be painful for too long for the 26-year old runner-up.

She began her campaign with a commanding victory over Sloane Stephens and followed it up with wins against Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, Clara Tauson, Mirra Andreeva, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova ...

She can play really great tennis.” Sabalenka faces Russian veteran Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who ran away with a 7-6(0), 6-0 win over Donna Vekic after the Croatian 18th seed injured her knee ...

Second seed Alexander Zverev continued his sizzling form by beating Ugo Humbert 6-1, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 before Alcaraz eased into his second Australian Open quarterfinal after injury-hampered opponent Jack ...

Pavlyuchenkova responded ... He doesn't take water, there is no towel. He looks ill.' Jim Courier claimed that the Italian looked as though he was sucking in air heavily before saying: 'He ...