Key events
Brenda Fruhvirtova* 0-0 Aryna Sabalenka (*denotes next server)
Here we go then, will we see another upset today? Or will defending champion Sabalenka blow the teenager away? All the action to come.
A really warm welcome for Sabalenka here as the players finish up their warm-up. Elsewhere, Ben Shelton is close to winning his match against Christopher O’Connell with the score there 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 6-5.
Qualifier Brenda Fruhvirtova and defending champion Aryna Sabalenka are out on court and their match will start imminently. But first here are some top stories from the day’s action so far:
There are multiple matches taking place right now but here is a few score updates:
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Frances Tiafoe 4-6, 1-2 Tomas Machac
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Gael Monfils 1-1 Tomas Martin Etcheverry
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Caroline Garcia 4-6, 1-1 Magdalena Frech
Preamble
Hello and welcome to day four of the Australian Open. Well, I say welcome but the tennis action started a few hours ago and I’ll bring you the headlines of the action so far today shortly.
There are some cracking matches to look forward to for the rest of the day, here are some headline matches:
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Brenda Fruhvirtova v (Aryna Sabalenka
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Novak Djokovic v Alexei Popyrin
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Maria Sakkari v Elina Avanesyan
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Jordan Thompson v Stefanos Tsitsipas
We will of course bring you all of the news from all confirmed results too. Before we get tothe action, just one more piece of housekeeping, a reminder to get in touch. You can email me or contact me via X – @rendellx – on your tennis takes or anything really. I’d love to know where in the world you are right now.
Okay, let’s get to some tennis …