Australian Open 2025 LIVE: Aryna Sabalenka v Sloane Stephens, Alexander Zverev v Lucas Pouille – live text and radio commentary

Daniela Hantuchova
Former world number five on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

Stephens did what she could here really, except for those first three games in the first set, but it has been a very confident performance from Sabalenka.

I was a little bit surprised with Stephens’ approach in the first few games.

You haven’t won a match in a long time, you are playing the number one in the world, at least show a lot of energy in-between the points and try to make the match physical, if nothing else.