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MELBOURNE, Australia – Not a lot of Canadian content, as three of the four Canucks on the women’s doubles side are out, and there are none in the men’s doubles.

But the juniors get under way on Saturday – with qualifier Ellie Daniels on the girls side, and Keegan Rice – a 2006, just 16 – making his junior Slam debut.

Actually, they both were. But both went out.

There are no other boys in the draw; also there for the girls is Naomi Xu, the younger sister of Annabelle Xu (who is off to college). The two played doubles together at junior Wimbledon last summer.

The core group of young Canadian women was going to play here (Mboko, Cross, et al) – but in the end apparently Tennis Canada decided to take a pass, and they’re playing lower-level pro events instead.

’23 Australian Open – Day 6 women’s singles final results

’23 Australian Open – Day 6 men’s final 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

Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023
Doubles, mixed, juniors final results

Women’s doubles, second round

Marta Kostyuk (UKR) / Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) def [9] Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Ellen Perez (AUS) 36 76 (7) 60
Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) def [12] Asia Muhammad / Taylor Townsend (USA) 62 67 (4) 75

[1] Barbora Krejcikova / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) / Alison Riske-Amritraj (USA) 62 62
[2] Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula (USA) def. [WC] Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) / Wang Xinyu (CHN) 75 61
[6] Desirae Krawczyk (USA) / Demi Schuurs (NED) def [WC] Olivia Gadecki / Priscilla Hon (AUS) 62 36 63
[10] Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (JPN) def. Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) / Kimberley Zimmerman (BEL) 62 62

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) / Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def. Latisha Chan (TPE) / Alexa Guarachi (CHI) 61 60
Caroline Dolehide (USA) / Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) def. Anastasia Potapova / Yana Sizikova (RUS) 60 61
Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) / Alycia Parks (USA) def [ALT] Claire Liu / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) 61 46 62

Men’s doubles, second round

[WC] Alex Bolt / Luke Saville (AUS) def [4] Nikola Mektic / Mate Pavic (CRO) 75 63
[WC] Rinky Hijikata / Jason Kubler (AUS) def [6] Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) / Harri Heliovarra (FIN) 36 75 62

Nikola Cacic (SRB) / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) def [14] Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 76 (1) 76 (4)

[1] Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Neal Skupski (GBR) def. Petros Tsitsipas / Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 76 (6) 46 76 [10-7]
[3] Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) def. Ben McLachlan / Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 76 (3) 64
[8] Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) def. Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) / Andrea Vavassori (ITA) 36 76 (5) 62
[14] Andreas Mies (GER) / John Peers (AUS) def. Andre Goransson (SWE) / Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI) 64 76 (5)

Jiri Lehecka (CZE) / Alex Molcan (SVK) def Alexander Erler / Lucas Miedler (AUT) 75 75
Lloyd Harris / Raven Klaasen (RSA) def Sadio Doumbia / Fabien Reboul (FRA) 64 64

Men’s doubles, first round

[ALT] N Sriram Balaji / Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) def [5] Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Austin Krajicek (USA) 76 (8) 26 64

Mixed doubles, first round

[WC] Olivia Gadecki / Marc Polmans (AUS) def [4] Ena Shibahara (JPN) / Wesley Koolhof (NED) 64 64

[1] Giuliana Olmos (MEX) / Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) def Latisha Chan (TPE) / Hugo Nys (MON) 62 36 [10-6]
[5] Demi Schuurs (NED) / Nikola Mektic (CRO) def. [WC] Samantha Stosur / Matthew Ebden (AUS) 46 63 [10-6]

Sania Mirza / Rohan Bopanna (IND) def. [WC] Jaimee Fourlis / Luke Saville (AUS) 75 63
[WC] Alana Parnaby / Andrew Harris (AUS) def Zhang Shuai (CHN) / Robin Haase (NED) 46 76 (6) [10-8]
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) def. Anna Danilina / Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) 26 76 (5) [10-7]