L’Australian Open 2025 continues this Friday with the first matches of the third round. Winner at Melbourne in 2019 and 2021, Naomi Osaka will still be entitled to a big shock in the face of Belinda Bencic for a place in the second week. The queen Aryna Sabalenka she mastered the young Clara Tauson and made an appointment with Mirra Andreeva. Paula Badosa et Donna Vekic are also in eighth grade. Lare Americans Coco Gauff et Jessica Pegula will be expected during the night session.
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Osaka-Bencic: a duel between mothers
One became a mother in 2023, the other in 2024, Naomi Osaka et Belinda Bencic will face each other this Friday at Melbourne. At stake, a ticket for the second week of theAustralian Open. If the Japanese experienced ups and downs last year, the protégé of Patrick Mouratoglou found very good feelings at the start of the season. Finalist at Aucklandwhere she had to give up, and fell from Caroline Garcia et Karolina Muchova this week, she intends to continue her crazy journey. But it doesn’t look easy in the face of Bencic. The Swiss, who returned to competition last October, is already at a great level.
Sabalenka and Andreeva meet in 8th, Badosa strong
Who will succeed in stopping Aryna Sabalenka has Melbourne ? If the Belarusian was already on a series of seven victories on the circuit after her title at Brisbaneshe was especially on a series of sixteen consecutive successes in the Australian Grand Slam, having won the last two editions. This Friday, she added a stick to her series by taming Clara Tauson42nd in the world at 22, 7-6(5), 6-4. The Belarusian obtained 17 break points, with 6 converted, and was able to impose her power to dictate her law and slip into the eighth. She will face Mirra Andreeva there. Eighth finalist during her first participation, the 17-year-old player will at least equal this performance since she tamed the Pole Magda Frech, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2.
Paula Badosa won a great victory against the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk to continue the adventure, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Coming out of her physical problems and back to the forefront, the Spaniard intends to settle into the Top 10 and show herself during this fortnight. She will be at least in the second week and can clearly have ambitions. Coco Gauff is also impressive. Titled to WTA Finalsshe carried the United States to victory in United Cup and has still not lost a set this season after seven matches. This Friday, the world No. 3 will have to dismiss Leylah Fernandez A trap match. His compatriot Jessica Pegula6th at the WTA, will face the Serbian Olga Danilovic.
The program and results for this Friday in Melbourne:
Rod Laver Arena
[1] SABALENKA, Aryna (BLR) – TAUSON, Clara (DEN) 7-6(5), 6-4
[7] PEGULA, Jessica (USA) – DANILOVIC, Olga (SRB)
Margaret Court Arena
[18] VEKIC, Donna (CRO) – [12] SHNAIDER, Diana 7-6(4), 6-7(3), 7-5
[3] GAUFF, Coco (USA) – [30] FERNANDEZ, Leylah (CAN)
John Cain Arena
[27] PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia (RUS) – SIEGEMUND, Laura (GER) 6-1, 6-2
OSAKA, Naomi (JPN) – [PR] BENCIC, Belinda (SUI)
KIA Arena
[11] BADOSA, Paula (ESP) – [17] KOSTYUK, Marta (UKR) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
1573 Arena
[14] ANDREEVA, Mirra (RUS) – [23] FRECH, Magdalena (POL) 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
