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MELBOURNE, Australia – Leylah Fernandez is out of the Australian Open in singles in the third round.
But she’s still alive in doubles with Nadiia Kichenok. And they have a very winnable match to get into the third round.
There’s more mixed doubles, more men’s and women’s doubles. And even the juniors get under way.
(And no, no Canadians in the junior mix – which is beginning to become a feature, not a bug of the Tennis Canada program).
(Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of ET.
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Australian Open
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Jan. 12-26, 2025
Prize Money: $96,500,000 AUD
Draws: S128 – D64 – X32
Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025
Final results
Mixed doubles, first round
[2] ROUTLIFFE, Erin / VENUS, Michael (NZL) def OSTAPENKO, Jelena (LAT) / SALISBURY, Joe (GBR) 36 63 [10-1]
[1] ERRANI, Sara / VAVASSORI, Andrea (ITA) def. [WC] AIAVA, Destanee / JASIKA, Omar (AUS) 63 64
[3] PEREZ, Ellen (AUS) / KRAWIETZ, Kevin (GER) def KICHENOK, Lyudmyla (UKR) / DOUMBIA, Sadio (FRA) [ALT] STOJANOVIC, Nina (SRB) / PAVIC, Mate (CRO) 64 67 (3) [10-2]
[4] TOWNSEND, Taylor (USA) / NYS, Hugo (MON) def [WC] INGLIS, Maddison / KUBLER, Jason (AUS) 61 75
[WC] GADECKI, Olivia / PEERS, John (AUS) def MELICHAR-MARTINEZ, Nicole / GALLOWAY, Robert (USA) 76 (11) 61
Women’s doubles, second round
[16] FERNANDEZ, Leylah (CAN) / KICHENOK, Nadiia (UKR) def CRISTIAN, Jaqueline (ROU) / ROSATELLO, Camilla (ITA) 46 62 63
KOSTYUK, Marta (UKR) / RUSE, Elena-Gabriela (ROU) def [6] MERTENS, Elise (BEL) / PEREZ, Ellen (AUS) 64 64
[5] CHAN, Hao-Ching (TPE) / KICHENOK, Lyudmyla (UKR) def DART, Harriet (GBR) / PARRY, Diane (FRA) 60 63
[9] MLADENOVIC, Kristina (FRA) / ZHANG, Shuai (CHN) def. STEARNS, Peyton (USA) / STEFANI, Luisa (BRA) 62 62
KATO, Miyu (JPN) / ZARAZUA, Renata (MEX) def COCCIARETTO, Elisabetta (ITA) / SAMSONOVA, Liudmila (RUS) 46 63 63
[15] HADDAD MAIA, Beatriz (BRA) / SIEGEMUND, Laura (GER) vs. BRONZETTI, Lucia (ITA) / KALININA, Anhelina (UKR) – postponed
Men’s doubles, second round
BEHAR, Ariel (URU) / GALLOWAY, Robert (USA) def [7] LAMMONS, Nathaniel / WITHROW, Jackson (USA) 62 67 (4) 75
GORANSSON, Andre (SWE) / VERBEEK, Sem (NED) def [10] SALISBURY, Joe / SKUPSKI, Neal (GBR) 62 64
[11] CASH, Julian / GLASSPOOL, Lloyd (GBR) def GONZALEZ, Santiago (MEX) / MIEDLER, Lucas (AUT) 64 46 64
[13] GILLE, Sander (BEL) / ZIELINSKI, Jan (POL) def JACQ, Gregoire (FRA) / LUZ, Orlando (BRA) 76 (2) 46 63
[15] NYS, Hugo (MON) / ROGER-VASSELIN, Edouard (FRA) def. DODIG, Ivan (CRO) / MANSOURI, Skander (TUN) 67 (4) 63 75
[16] DOUMBIA, Sadio / REBOUL, Fabien (FRA) def ARENDS, Sander (NED) / JOHNSON, Luke (GBR) 76 (3) 76 (7)
MACHAC, Tomas (CZE) / ZHANG, Zhizhen (CHN) def. SCHNAITTER, Jakob / WALLNER, Mark (GER) 57 64 64
[WC] SAVILLE, Luke / TU, Li (AUS) def [WC] DUCKWORTH, James / VUKIC, Aleksandar (AUS) 61 75
KRAJICEK, Austin / RAM, Rajeev (USA) def [WC] SCHOOLKATE, Tristan / WALTON, Adam (AUS) 62 64
BORGES, Nuno / CABRAL, Francisco (POR) def BALAJI, N.Sriram (IND) / REYES-VARELA, Miguel (MEX) 76 (1) 46 63
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