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Venus Williams returns to the “Aussie summer” in Auckland, where she’ll play singles but first, on Monday, teamed up with Elina Svitolina in doubles. It didn’t go great.

They played a young team that, when you combined their ages, still fell a decade short: Alexandra Eala and Iva Jovic.

There wasabsolutely NO way to know if Williams, who hardly plays and just wrapped up wedding festivities, was in any kind of shape to play. Let’s just say her reflexes didn’t look too sharp.

She has a busy schedule – she also has a wild card into Hobart and into the Australian Open.

ATP Tour – Monday, Jan. 5, 2026 final results

United Cup – Monday, Jan. 5, 2026 final results

(Brisbane is 15 hours ahead of EST, Auckland is 18 hours ahead)

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Brisbane International
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Category: WTA 500 (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Dates: Jan. 4 – 11, 2025
Prize money: $1,206,446
Draws: S48 – D16

Monday, Jan. 5, 2026
Final results

Singles, second round

 

[WC] Kimberly Birrell (AUS) def [Q] Rebecca Sramkova (SVK) 64 36 63

Cristina Bucsa (ESP) def [Q] Anna Bondar (HUN) 46 76 (4) 62

Magdalena Frech (POL) def Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 75 67 (3) 76 (0)

[Q] Olivia Gadecki (AUS) def Ann Li (USA) 64 64

[WC] Emerson Jones (AUS) def Tatjana Maria (GER) 63 63

Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) def Tereza Valentova (CZE) 64 64

[PR] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) [LL] Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def Hailey Baptiste (USA) 62 64

[Q] Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) def Anna Blinkova (RUS) 75 61

Dayana Yastremska (UKR) def [WC] Talia Gibson (AUS) 76 (3) 76 (4) 

[Q] Zhang Shuai (CHN) def Ashlyn Krueger (USA) 64 57 64 

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Doubles, first round

[1] Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def Olivia Gadecki (AUS) / Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) 61 64

[2] Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) def. Sofia Kenin / Desirae Krawczyk (USA) 76 (5) 64

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ASB Classic
Location: Auckland, NZ
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Category: WTA 250
Dates: Jan. 5 – 11, 2022
Prize money: $283,347
Draws: S32 – D16

Monday, Jan. 5, 2026
Final results

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Singles, first round

Francesca Jones (GBR) def [2] Emma Navarro (USA) 75 26 64

[Q] Kaitlin Quevedo (ESP) def [8] Peyton Stearns (USA) 62 75

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[3] Iva Jovic (USA) def. [Q] Gabriela Knutson (CZE) 46 61 60

[7] Wang Xinyu (CHN) def Caty McNally (USA) 26 63 75

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Sara Bejlek (CZE) def Panna Udvardy (HUN) 75 61

[Q] Sofia Costoulas (BEL) def [Q] Whitney Osuigwe (USA) 64 36 61

[Q] Sinja Kraus (AUT) def Julia Grabher (AUT) 63 63

Renata Zarazua (MEX) def [WC] Sloane Stephens (USA) 75 46 62 

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Doubles, first round

[3] Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) def [WC] Monique Barry / Elyse Tse (NZL) 60 61

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Alexandra Eala (PHI) / Iva Jovic (USA) def [WC] Elena Svitolina / Venus Williams (USA) 76 (7) 61

Isabelle Haverlag (NED) / Maia Lumsden (GBR) def. Ingrid Gamarra Martins / Laura Pigossi (BRA) 62 67 (1) [12-10] 

Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Magda Linette (POL) def Sabrina Santamaria (USA) / Tiang Qiang (CHN) 63 75 

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United Cup – Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026 final results

WTA Tour – Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026 final results

ATP Tour – Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026 final results

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