US EditionTien prepares for clash with Medvedev, Sabalenka faces teen titan Mboko
Medvedev and Tien continue a rivalry fueled by long, intense matches while Sabalenka defeats Mboko, who reached her first Grand Slam fourth round this season.
- On Jan 24 in Melbourne the Australian Open begins its fourth round, featuring Aryna Sabalenka v Victoria Mboko on Rod Laver Arena and Daniil Medvedev v 25-Learner Tien on the main showcourts.
- The trilogy between Tien and Medvedev began in 2026 with decisive matches in Beijing and Shanghai as Tien, seeded 25th, returns to Melbourne after a breakthrough year.
- Victoria Mboko, the 19-year-old Canadian and 17th seed, makes her maiden Grand Slam fourth round on Rod Laver Arena after a breakthrough 2025 with a WTA 1000 title, facing her first world number one match.
- Victoria Mboko aims to reach the quarter-finals by toppling world number one Aryna Sabalenka, as other marquee players like Coco Gauff and Alexander Zverev also compete.
- Players warn of long, gruelling rallies, saying `We both don't give up too many free points. I think naturally that makes the rallies very long, games very long`, Tien said and Medvedev predicted `All our matches... it's long, brutal rallies.
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Top-ranked Sabalenka ends Mboko's singles run in Australian Open 4th round
Fast-rising Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko, who has seemed unstoppable during her meteoric rise to the top of women's tennis, found the task against world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka a little too daunting on Sunday at the Australian Open.
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Australian Open: Irvine’s Learner Tien joins Alcaraz, Djokovic (walkover) in quarterfinals
By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia — Irvine’s Learner Tien is the youngest man to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals in 11 years, and the youngest American man to go so far in a Grand Slam event since 2002. And he didn’t have to go the distance again with three-time runner-up Daniil Medvedev to get there. The 20-year-old Tien had a 6-4, 6-0, 6-3 win over Medvedev on Sunday (late Saturday night PT), a year after a second-round…
Belarus' Arina Sabalenka has reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. But the world number one had a tough match. She struggled in the second set of the fourth round against 19-year-old Victoria Mboko before eliminating the Canadian 6-1, 7-6 (1).
HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Australian Open day eight
Jan 24 (Reuters) – Highlights of the eighth day at the Australian Open on Sunday (times GMT): The top seeds are scheduled to appear back-to-back on Rod Laver Arena when Aryna Sabalenka meets Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko for the first time before Carlos Alcaraz faces American Tommy Paul in two compelling fourth-round matches. ROD LAVER ARENA Day session (0030 GMT/1130 AEDT) 1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v 17-Victoria Mboko (Canada) 1-Carlos…
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