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MELBOURNE, Australia – There was disappointment on the singles side for Canadian Leylah Fernandez, but she got right back on the horse Friday for her first-round match with women’s doubles partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

They were up a set and 4-1 (two breaks, if memory serves), before going down in three.

Rebecca Marino and Madison Brengle, rather a funky pairing, also were in action along with Gabriela Dabrowski and Giuliana Olmos (the No. 3 seeds).

Dabrowski is in the mixed with Max Purcell again; at the US Open, they had the rather unfortunate draw of coming up against Fernandez and Jack Sock.

She got through in both.

’23 Australian Open – Day 5 women’s results

’23 Australian Open – Day 5 men’s results

Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of Eastern time.

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AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Jan 16 – 29, 2023
Draw size: S128 / D64 / XD32

Friday, Jan. 20, 2023
Doubles, mixed final results

Men’s doubles

Second round

Tomislav Brkic (BIH) / Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) def [11] Jamie Murray (GBR) / Michael Venus (NZL) 76 (5) 64

[12] Juan Sebastian Cabal / Robert Farah (COL) def. Andrey Golubev / Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) 46 63 61
[16] Robin Haase / Matwe Middelkoop (NED) def. Julian Cash / Henry Patten (GBR) 64 76 (6)

First round

Sadio Doumbia / Fabien Reboul (FRA) def [9] Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini (ITA) 63 63
Alexander Erler / Lucas Miedler (AUT) def [10] Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Matthew Ebden (AUS) 63 75

[3] Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) def Diego Hidalgo (ECU) / Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) 61 76 (1)
[6] Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) / Helio Heliovaara (FIN) def Nathaniel Lammons / Jackson Withdrow (USA) 76 (3) 63

Mel Purcell / Jordan Thompson (AUS) def Guillermo Duran (ARG) / Philipp Oswald (AUT) 63 64
[WC] Alex Bolt / Luke Saville (AUS) def Federico Coria / Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 62 64
Benjamin Bonzi / Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) def. [WC] John Millman / Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) 62 76 (3)
[WC] Alex Bolt / Luke Saville (AUS) def Federico Coria / Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 62 64
Andre Goransson (SWE) / Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI) def Quentin Halys / Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 64 64
[WC] Marc Polmans / Alexei Popyrin (AUS) def. [ALT] Facundo Bagnis (ARG) / Robert Galloway (USA) 64 63
Jérémy Chardy / Fabrice Martin (FRA) def Maxime Cressy (USA) / Albano Olivetti (FRA) 76 (3) 64

Women’s doubles

Second round

[16] Miyu Kato (JPN) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) def. Marie Bouzkova (CZE) / Camila Osorio (COL) 63 67 (4) 63

Viktorija Golubic (SUI) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) def. Anna Bondar (HUN) / Greet Minnen (BEL) 64 61

First round

[3] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX) def. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) / Shelby Rogers (USA) 46 62 62
[7] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) def. Leylah Fernandez (CAN) / Bethanie-Mattek-Sands (USA) 67 (5) 64 63
Belinda Bencic / Jil Teichmann (SUI) def. Madison Brengle (USA) / Rebecca Marino (CAN) 62 62

Anastasia Potapova / Yana Sizikova (RUS) def [13] Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) / Laura Siegemund (GER) 76 (2) 64

[4] Storm Hunter (AUS) / Elise Mertens (BEL) def. Veronika Kudermetova / Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 26 76 (6) 61
[9] Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Ellen Perez (AUS) def. Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) / Vivian Heisen (GER) 62 61
[10] Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (JPN) def Magda Linette (POL) / Wang Xiyu (CHN) 75 36 63
[12] Asia Muhammad / Taylor Townsend (USA) def. Nadia Podoroska (ARG) / Mayar Sherif (EGY) 61 62

Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) / Alison Riske-Amritraj (USA) def Natela Dzalamidze (GEO) / Alexandra Panova (RUS) 67 (4) 64 75
[ALT] Claire Liu / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) def [WC] Jaimee Fourlis / Astra Sharma (AUS) 26 76 (6) 64
Cristina Bucsa (ESP) / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) def Sofia Kenin (USA) / Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 62 63

Mixed doubles, first round

[8] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Max Purcell (AUS) def. Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) / Jan Zielinski (POL) 62 75

Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) / Mate Pavic (SRB) def [2] Jessica Pegula / Austin Krajicek (USA) 67 (4) 75 [10-8]
[WC] Maddison Inglis / Jason Kubler (AUS) def [7] Alicja Rosolska (POL) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) 76 (8) 16 [11-9]

[3] Desirae Krawczyk (USA) / Neal Skupski (GBR) def. Storm Hunter / John Peers (AUS) 67 (3) 76 (12) [10-8]

[WC] Kimberly Birrell / Rinky Hijikata (AUS) def Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) 61 76 (5)
Taylor Townsend (USA) / Jamie Murray (GBR) def. Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 62 36 [10-7]
[PR] Luisa Stefani / Rafael Matos (BRA) def. [WC] Han Xinyun / Zhang Zhizhen (CHN) 62 60
Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) / David Vega Hernandez (ESP) def. Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Michael Venus (NZL) 62 67 (5) [10-6]
[WC] Lizette Cabrera / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) def Kimberley Zimmerman (BEL) / Tim Puetz (GER) 75 63