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MELBOURNE, Australia – Only 10 of the 16 seeds in this half of the women’s draw made it.
Notably, that included Canadian Victoria Mboko, who was up against the hard-hitting – and higher ranked – Clara Tauson of Denmark and posted an impressive win.
And Mboko’s fellow teen queen (and doubles partner) Iva Jovic was also up on John Cain Arena looking for a fourth-round spot against Jasmine Paolini. And she got there, too.
As did Mirra Andreeva. Teens representing.
(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
Friday, Jan. 23, 2026
Final results
Women’s singles, third round
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Canadian content
[17] MBOKO, Victoria (CAN) def [14] TAUSON, Clara (DEN) 76 (5) 57 63
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Upsets
[29] JOVIC, Iva (USA) def [7] PAOLINI, Jasmine (ITA) 62 76 (3)
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Seeds advancing
[1] SABALENKA, Aryna (BLR) def POTAPOVA, Anastasia (AUT) 76 (4) 76 (7)
[3] GAUFF, Coco (USA) def BAPTISTE, Hailey (USA) 36 60 63
[8] ANDREEVA, Mirra (RUS) def RUSE, Elena-Gabriela (ROU) 63 64
[12] SVITOLINA, Elina (UKR) def [23] SHNAIDER, Diana (RUS) 76 (4) 63
[19] MUCHOVA, Karolina (CZE) def LINETTE, Magda (POL) 61 61
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Other results
PUTINTSEVA, Yulia (KAZ) def [Q] SONMEZ, Zeynep (TUR) 63 67 (3) 63
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