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MELBOURNE, Australia – Along with No. 2 seed and reigning champion Aryna Sabalenka, and No. 4 seed Coco Gauff, come a host of surprises as the bottom half of the women’s draw goes into the second week.
Mirra Andreeva, the 16-year-old who made a great escape in her previous round against Diane Parry (with some help from Parry, ’tis true) gets the solid No. 9 seed Krecjikova and gets a bit of a Grand Slam tennis lesson.
Sabalenka had a bit of the challenge of the unknown in facing Amanda Anisimova, who paused her career last year, is playing great tennis upon her return this week – and is 4-1 career vs Sabalenka – but remains an unknown quantity as to consistency and stamina. Sabalenka had little trouble.
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Australian Open
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Jan. 14 – 28, 2024
Prize money: $86.5 million AUD
Draws: S128 / D64
Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024
Final results
Women’s singles, fourth round
[2] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) def. [PR] Amanda Anisimova (USA) 63 62
[4] Coco Gauff (USA) def Magdalena Frech (POL) 61 62
[9] Barbora Krejcikova (SVK) def. Mirra Andreeva (RUS) 46 63 62
Marta Kostyuk (UKR) def. [Q] Maria Timofeeva (RUS) 62 61
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Great pic of Andreeva, “who made a great escape in her previous round against Anna Blinkova.” Perhaps against Diane Parry. Great match though – perhaps the greatest of the tournament, we’ll have to see.
Wasn’t great. But it was dramatic.