- Updates from Day 8 of tennis at Melbourne Park
- Sabalenka and Gauff in action early; Draper v Alcaraz to come
Oh no. Mirra Andreeva has been broken again on centre court. She’s now 5-1 down after just 20 minutes. Sabalenka has served up a potent brew of power and finesse to completely overwhelm her teenage rival so far. On the final shot of this game, a flurry of bludgeoning baseline shots softened Andreeva up before the No 1 brought the velvet hammer down with a sublime drop shot.
The 17-year-old Russian Mirra Andreeva is under early pressure after losing an early break to Aryna Sabalenka who has defied crowd distractions and even a low-flying airplane to surge to a 4-1 lead. The No 1 seed has dropped only one point so far.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2025/jan/19/australian-open-tennis-2025-live-updates-ao-day-8-draper-v-alcaraz-djokovic-gauff-sabalenka-zverev-scores-results-latest
Author : Angus Fontaine (now), Jonathan Howcroft and Daniel Harris (later)
Publish date : 2025-01-19 00:56:14
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