It promises to be an entertaining first day at the Australian Open with 16 intriguing matches on the slate at Melbourne Park ... Tope: Sloane Stephens went on a seven-match win streak last ...

Aryna Sabalenka began her bid to become the first woman in a quarter-century to win three consecutive Australian Open titles, eliminating 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens 6-3, 6-2 on ...

World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka began her Australian Open title defense by defeating Sloane Stephens 6-3 6-2 in the ... 1999 to win three titles in a row in Melbourne.

while Aryna Sabalenka's bid for a hat-trick of titles starts on Sunday against Sloane Stephens. The first Grand Slam of the year gets under way at Melbourne Park as a 15-day event for the second ...

Sabalenka faces 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens, followed by Zverev against ... The tournament takes place on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park, featuring best-of-three-set matches ...