Key events
Elsewhere in the tournament Paula Badosa defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in staright sets 6-2, 6-3.
Brenda Fruhvirtova* 0-1 Aryna Sabalenka (*denotes next server)
Sabalenka starts the match quickly and races to 30-0 with some mistakes from 16-year-old Fruhvirtova. The defending champion then hits the net on a return, but Fruhvirtova goes long on a forehand to gift Sabalenka 40-15. Two double faults follow and Sabalenka looks at the crowd in frustration and sighs before letting go.
A nice shot into the right corner of the field gives Fruhvirtova the advantage, but Sabalenka sends the ball left and right to reduce the ball to deuce. She finishes the game, but her serve causes some concern in the early stages.
Brenda Fruhvirtova* 0-0 Aryna Sabalenka (*denotes next server)
Here we go, will we see another disruption today? Or will defending champion Sabalenka blow the teenager away? All the action to come.
A very warm welcome for Sabalenka here while the players complete their warm-up. Elsewhere, Ben Shelton is close to winning his match against Christopher O’Connell with the score there 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 6-5.
Qualifier Brenda Fruhvirtova and defending champion Aryna Sabalenka are on the field and their match starts soon. But first, here are some top stories from the day’s action so far:
Several competitions are currently taking place but here are a few score updates:
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Frances Tiafoe 4-6, 1-2 Tomas Machac
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Gaël Monfils 1-1 Tomas Martin Etcheverry
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Caroline Garcia 4-6, 1-1 Magdalena Frech
Preamble
Hello and welcome to day four of the Australian Open. Well, I say welcome, but the tennis action started a few hours ago and I’ll soon bring you the headlines from the action so far today.
There are some great matches to look forward to for the rest of the day, here are some of the main matches:
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Brenda Fruhvirtova vs. (Aryna Sabalenka
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Novak Djokovic vs Alexei Popyrin
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Maria Sakkari vs. Elina Avanesyan
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Jordan Thompson vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
Of course we will also bring you all the news of all confirmed results. Before we take action, just a little housekeeping, a reminder to contact us. You can email me or contact me at X – @rendellx – about your tennis recordings or whatever. I’d like to know where in the world you are now.
Okay, let’s play tennis…