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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 will follow in the footsteps of Margaret Court, Evonne Goolagong, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles and Martina Hingis if she wins a third consecutive title in Melbourne Australian Open ...

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 ...

Aryna Sabalenka has launched her bid for a third successive Australian Open title with a 6-3 6-2 demolition of former US Open champion Sloane Stephens ... major at Melbourne Park this year and ...

Aryna Sabalenka, who is going for a third straight title at Melbourne Park, faces Sloane Stephens while men's world No 2 Alexander Zverev launches another bid for his first Grand Slam crown when ...

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 ...