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MELBOURNE, Australia – We don’t know if Canadian Leylah Fernandez put herself on a Craiglist item as a player willing to jump in there for the all-star doubles sweepstakes. But after playing with Venus Williams at the US Open, she played with Nick Kyrgios at the Australian Open.
What’s next? Gaël Monfils at RG? You never know (although there’s probably a talented Ukrainian at the top of that depth chart).
And, with some bumps on the way, she carried Kyrgios to victory. Not even being hyperbolic here.e
(Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of ET)
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Australian Open
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Category: Grand Slam
Dates: Jan. 18 – Feb. 1, 2026
Prize money: $111,500,000 (AUD)
Draws: S128 – D64 – X32
Friday, Jan. 23, 2026
Final results
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Women’s doubles, second round
[5] DABROWSKI, Gabriela (CAN) / STEFANI, Luisa (BRA) def ARANGO, Emiliana (COL) / JACQUEMOT, Elsa (FRA) 62 64
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[1] SINIAKOVA, Katerina (CZE) / TOWNSEND, Taylor (USA) def XU, Yifan / YANG, Zhaoxuan (CHN) 76 (7) 61
[3] HSIEH, Su-Wei (TPE) / OSTAPENKO, Jelena (LAT) def. DANILOVIC, Olga (SRB) / POTAPOVA, Anastasia (AUT) WALKOVER
[7] DANILINA, Anna (KAZ) / KRUNIC, Aleksandra (SRB) def [WC] KASATKINA, Daria / RODIONOVA, Arina (AUS) 63 64
[8] PEREZ, Ellen (AUS) / SCHUURS, Demi (NED) def KICHENOK, Nadiia (UKR) / NINOMIYA, Makoto (JPN) 75 61
[9] BUCSA, Cristina (ESP) / MELICHAR-MARTINEZ, Nicole (USA) def OLMOS, Giuliana (MEX) / SUTJIADI, Aldila (INA) 61 76 (6)
[15] Miyu (JPN) / STOLLAR, Fanny (HUN) def MALECKOVA, Jesika / SKOCH, Miriam (CZE) 26 75 76 [10-8]
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SHIBAHARA, Ena (JPN) / ZVONAREVA, Vera (RUS) def [WC] CABRERA, Lizette / PRESTON, Taylah (AUS) 64 63
HOZUMI, Eri (JPN) / WU, Fang-Hsien (TPE) def KOZYREVA, Mariia (RUS) / SANTAMARIA, Sabrina (USA) 62 63
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Men’s doubles, second round
[WC] MCCABE, James / TU, Li (AUS) def [1] CASH, Julian / GLASSPOOL, Lloyd (GBR) 76 (5) 64
LUZ, Orlando / MATOS, Rafael (BRA) def [5] KRAWIETZ, Kevin / PUETZ, Tim (GER) 63 76 (5)
PAVLASEK, Adam (CZE) / SMITH, John-Patrick (AUS) def [9] CABRAL, Francisco (POR) / MIEDLER, Lucas (AUT) 64 64
NOUZA, Petr / RIKL, Patrik (CZE) def [13] GONZALEZ, Maximo / MOLTENI, Andres (ARG) 62 63
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[6] HARRISON, Christian (USA) / SKUPSKI, Neal (GBR) def. MARTINEZ, Pedro / MUNAR, Jaume (ESP) 63 62
[14] CASH, Robert / TRACY, JJ (USA) def DEMOLINER, Marcelo (BRA) / ROJER, Jean-Julien (NED) 75 62
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GRIEKSPOOR, Tallon / VAN DE ZANDSCHULP, Botic (NED) def EBDEN, Matthew (AUS) / RAM, Rajeev (USA) 63 63
JOHNSON, Luke (GBR) / ZIELINSKI, Jan (POL) def HO, Ray (TPE) / JEBENS, Hendrik (GER) 67 (6) 64 64
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Women’s doubles, first round
BOUZKOVA, Marie (CZE) / KLEPAC, Andreja (SLO) def LAMENS, Suzan (NED) / LYS, Eva (GER) 50 retd
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Mixed doubles, first round
[WC] FERNANDEZ, Leylah (CAN) / KYRGIOS, Nick (AUS) def KRAWCZYK, Desirae (USA) / SKUPSKI, Neal (GBR) 67 (6) 64 [12-10]
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SIEGEMUND, Laura (GER) / ROGER-VASSELIN, Edouard (FRA) def [1] ERRANI, Sara / VAVASSORI, Andrea (ITA) 64 62
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[2] STEFANI, Luisa (BRA) / AREVALO, Marcelo (ESA) def [WC] PRESTON, Taylah / HEWITT, Cruz (AUS) 62 63
[4] TOWNSEND, Taylor (USA) / MEKTIC, Nikola (CRO) def STOLLAR, Fanny (HUN) / KRAWIETZ, Kevin (GER) 61 26 [10-6]
[8] MIHALIKOVA, Tereza (SVK) / GLASSPOOL, Lloyd (GBR) def [WC] INGLIS, Maddison / KUBLER, Jason (AUS) 64 61
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SINIAKOVA, Katerina (CZE) / VERBEEK, Sem (NED) def PANOVA, Alexandra (RUS) / PEL, David (NED) 36 62 [10-2]
HUNTER, Storm (AUS) / NYS, Hugo (MON) def PEREZ, Ellen (AUS) / CABRAL, Francisco (POR) 16 63 [10-4]
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