Coco Gauff has extended her unblemished start to the season with a straight-sets win over Leylah Fernandez on Friday to roll into the second week of the Australian Open. The American world number three,

Belinda Bencic will face either Coco Gauff or Leylah Fernandez in the third round on her return to Grand Slam action at the Australian Open. Albeit it was in unfortunate circumstances as Naomi Osaka had to retire injured from their tie.

The American tennis player had no trouble defeating the Canadian in two sets. Coco Gauff achieved a comfortable victory over Canadian Leylah Fernandez, whom she defeated in two sets (6-4, 6-2) to reach the round of 16,

MELBOURNE, Australia — Naomi Osaka’s second-round match at the Australian ... No. 14 Mirra Andreeva and No. 30 Leylah Fernandez. Gauff, the 2023 U.S. Open champion who has won all seven matches she’s played this season, now faces Fernandez, the ...

Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka stopped playing because ... Open champion Coco Gauff or 2021 U.S. Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez, who were scheduled to face each other on Friday ...

Novak Djokovic, Coco Gauff roll to Australian Open's 4th round. Naomi Osaka retires due to injury and Jessica Pegula was upset in the third round.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Naomi Osaka is out of the Australian Open ... blockbuster showdown with Coco Gauff, who plays Leylah Fernandez later on Friday, when it flared up again and ended her ...

A four-time Grand Slam champion, Osaka returned from maternity leave last year and lost in the first or second round of all four major tournaments. The 27-year-old Japan native has not won any event on the WTA Tour since capturing her second Australian Open title to start 2021.

Canadian Leylah Fernandez overcame a first-set loss ... 6-3 victory over Americans Danielle Collins and Desirae Krawczyk. Naomi Osaka's second-round match at the Australian Open could not possibly ...

MELBOURNE--Swiss Belinda Bencic advanced to the last 16 of the Australian Open after two-time champion Naomi Osaka retired ... U.S. Open champion beat Leylah Fernandez in straight sets.

Naomi Osaka, ranked just No. 51 in the world ... 7-6 (8); 30th-seeded Canadian Leylah Fernandez overtook Spain's Cristina Bucsa 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; and 23rd-seeded Magdalena Frech of Poland recovered ...

“Leylah is a great competitor ... who advanced when Naomi Osaka retired injured, for a place in the quarterfinals. World number 29 Fernandez, the losing finalist in the 2021 US Open, was ...