Australian Open 2025: Gauff v Bencic under way. Draper v Alcaraz to come – live | Australian Open 2025

Bencic He has a second chance to finish this set on serve. Can she do that? Gauff back finds the tape for 15-0. JoveSensing danger, he digs deep into the next point. But she can’t find the corner kicks like the Swiss and after 20+ shots, she sends a backhand long. 30-0. Make that 40-0! Bencic calmly races down the middle before Gauff picks up some frame. The Swiss swoops into space and hits a forehand down the line.

But Jove resists! First with a choppy diagonal backhand and then a thunderous 137km/h forehand down the line. But once again, Bencic remains calm, finding the angles and controlling space as Gauff presses. She hits the winner and wins the set 7-5!

Belinda Bencic He presses hard against Coco Jouf. The 11th game of the set ended tied again, and with Bencic ripping a backhand winner to win the advantage, Gauff must conjure her fastest serve of the match – 189 kilometers per hour – to restore parity. She breaks it by scoring the next goal but quickly regains her composure with a smash. Or is it? A double fault puts it back in the hole. This is her second double fault of the group…

Oh dear, make it the third. The second double fault in a row gives Bencic the break. The Swiss will now serve for the set at 6-5.

Just when Belinda Bencic He looked like he was suffering from a brewing disorder at Rod Laver Arena, Coco Jouf It breaks again! That was great stuff by the young American. The Swiss star started to win, converting 55% of her second serves into 40% for Gauff. But Gauff upped the ante in that match, hitting two explosive 30-point backhand winners to win the match. We were up 5-5 in the first set and then came back on serve.

In the other women’s singles match at Margaret Court Arena, she is ranked No. 11 in Spain Paola Badosa She won her first service match against Serbia Olga Danilovich.

Now it is Coco Jouf Under pressure! Down 30-40 she should hit her backhand down the court to save the deuce. She benefits from a precise drop shot but loses it with a lazy forehand down the middle of the court into the net. Belinda Bencic He does the same to concede the advantage but wins the next time by bombing back down the line. What a shot!

The two players walk a tightrope, trading winners and fouls to take them to a fourth tie and make this the longest match in the group yet. Bencic pounces on a drop shot to whip it into the corner and steps up on Gauff’s counter to capitalize. She presses the next ball, pinning Gauff on the baseline and forcing her to hit a forehand long.

Bencic gets the break and will serve for the set at 5-4!

Bencic held on again, fighting from 0-30 to hold serve and take the first set to 4-4. The Swiss is in good form and Gauff feels she is in a real fight here.

Coco Jouf He has yet to drop a first serve in this first set of their fourth-round encounter. The 2023 US Open champion – who reached the semi-finals at Melbourne Park last year – leads 4-3 and turns up the pressure Belinda Bencic Which was taken to a draw in her last service game and was only narrowly broken.

It’s a punch to punch and still on serve in the first set of Coco Jouf against Belinda Bencic The confrontation at Rod Laver Arena. Gauff has had a great start to 2025, winning eight matches and 16 sets in a row. She leads 3-2 here.

27 years old Bencic Not easy. She may not be seeded at the Australian Open, but the Swiss star rose to world No. 4 in February 2020 and has won eight singles titles, including a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

A fourth-round confrontation between the No. 3 seed in America Coco Jouf And the unclassified Swiss veteran Belinda Bencic In progress, with Goff delivering first place in 32°C heat.

Gauff is yet to drop a set in this tournament, and the early signs are good as the 20-year-old wins the first match he likes with a sloppy serve that does damage.

While Team GB fans await the brutal match between Draper and Alcaraz this evening, they can lick their wounds after yesterday’s women’s singles win was dashed 6-1 6-0. Emma Radacano by Iga Swatic They face them in the third round. This was the biggest defeat of the young Briton’s career, but despite the setback, she showed the level we love her for.

We await the arrival of the No. 3 seed in America Coco Jouf – Who will compete at Rod Laver Arena with the unseeded Swiss veteran Belinda Bencic – Let’s prepare ourselves for the senior men’s singles match tonight: Jack Draper vs. Carlos Alcaraz.

That fourth round victory Mira Andreeva It makes it 18 straight wins for Aryna Sabalenka At Melbourne Park. She has now reached the most women’s singles quarter-finals (10) at Grand Slam events since 2020.

Aryna Sabalenka defeats Mira Andreeva 6-1, 6-2

Aryna Sabalenka He’s in for the kill. After losing the first point in the seventh game, she punished herself, went onto the court and unleashed a powerful comeback that aroused the appetites of the crowd, which was almost full. It was a shot that hit Andreeva off the scoreboard. The Russian teenager is shaken and double-faults the next time around and the defending champion takes the next two points with ease.

Sabalenka will thus earn her serve for the match and a place in the quarter-finals.

Three break points and four deuces later, Mira Andreeva She failed at her first real chance to break Aryna Sabalenka. Once again, though the teen made an accurate comeback, she was undone by the cunning of her older rival, shutting her down with a shot.

Sabalenka maintains the advantage on the break and He now leads this match 6-1 and 4-2.

At Margaret Court Arena, Italian Stallions Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavasori You have a Spanish husband Pedro Martinez and Jaume Munar On the shelf after taking their first 6-3 lead in the third round game.

Mira Andreeva She earned her first break point in the match against Aryna Sabalenka In the round of 16, women’s singles match on the main court. Can she convert?

Andreeva responds! Sabalenka was going strong in that match, responding strongly in an attempt to break the young player for a second time. Instead, Andreeva remained calm and scored five straight points to bring things back to 3-2 in the second set. This was the Russian’s best match of the match so far. Is it a turning point?

Double trouble for Mira Andreeva. She lost her second game on serve and collapsed on Rod Laver Arena with apparent foot faults.

The gift of two easy mistakes Aryna Sabalenka She took an early 30-0 lead in this fourth game of the second set but swung wildly on corner kicks, bringing things back to 30-30. Sabalenka, who has a serve rate of 72 percent, broke her second serve to reach 40-30, but Andreeva held strong, evading Sabalenka’s backhand.

But when the teenager forces the longest drive of the match so far, she sends two balls wide to concede the match. Sabalenka leads 6-1, 3-1.

Where to now? Mira Andreeva? She was beaten badly in the first set and must turn things around and start swinging for the fences if she wants to upset Sabalenka. Showing composure, Andreeva leads the first game – a good start. Can she keep it up?

Cruelly Aryna Sabalenka wins the first set 6-1.

That set was a 24-minute demolition Mira Andreeva And the 17-year-old will have to find something very special if she wants to force her way into this match.

Oh no. Mira Andreeva It was broken again in the center court. They are now 5-1 down after just 20 minutes. Aryna Sabalenka She has delivered a potent brew of power and prowess to completely overwhelm her teenage rival thus far. In the final shot of this match, a series of powerful shots wore down Andreeva before the No. 1 brought the Velvet Hammer down with a stunning shot.

The 17-year-old Russian player, Mira Andreeva, is under early pressure after losing an early break to Aryna Sabalenka, who braved the distraction of the crowd and even a low-flying plane to take a 4-1 lead. The No. 1 seed has dropped just one point so far.

Seed number 1 Aryna Sabalenka And number 14 Mira Andreeva They are at it at Rod Laver Arena. The maids have dominated so far with both players winning their opening games to their credit and Sabalenka taking second place to take a 2-1 lead in the first set.

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