Coco Gauff rallied from a set down to beat Belinda Bencic 5-7 6-2 6-1 on Sunday to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open and extend her winning streak from the start of the season to nine matches.

Highlights of the eighth day of the Australian Open on Sunday (times GMT): 1057 DJOKOVIC BOOKS QUARTER-FINAL WITH ALCARAZ Ten-times champion Novak Djokovic breezed past Czech Jiri Lehecka 6-3 6-4 7-6(4) after navigating a tight third set.

Coco Gauff said Sunday she felt "invincible" after the recent United Cup and is not fazed about dropping her first set in nine matches this season in reaching the Australian Open quarter-finals.

Coco Gauff’s consecutive-set streak ended at the Australian Open. Her bid for a second Grand Slam title continued on Sunday with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 comeback victory over Belinda Bencic in the fourth round.

Jessica Pegula dropped just five games to romp past Maria Sakkari at the Adelaide International on Wednesday in a delayed start to her season days before the Australian Open.

Eight women remain in the 2025 Australian Open, and three of them are Americans. That group of quarterfinalists is headlined by No. 3 seed Coco Gauff and includes No. 8 Emma Navarro and No. 19 Madison Keys. Sofia Kenin in 2020 was the last American woman to hoist the trophy in Melbourne.

Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka has stopped playing because of an injury after dropping the opening set of her third-round match against Belinda Bencic.

World number one Aryna Sabalenka swept into the quarter-finals at a scorching-hot Australian Open on Sunday and was joined by Coco Gauff, while Carlos Alcaraz advanced when Jack Draper retired.

The business end is fast approaching at Melbourne Park, as the first fourth-round matches were played on Sunday (January 19, 2025) with quarter-final spots up for grabs. Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka raced into the quarter-finals thanks to an 18th successive Australian Open victory,

Thirty-nine-year-old Hsieh, who last year retired from singles, is also defending her mixed doubles title with partner Jan Zielinski of Poland, with whom she won at Wimbledon last year. The sixth seeds are today to play Irina Khromacheva of Russia and Jackson Withrow of the US in the second round.

The world No 3 was not at her best but outlasted Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 on the hottest day in Melbourne so far.

Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic advanced to the last 16 of the Australian Open after two-time champion Naomi Osaka retired during yesterday’s third-round match with an abdominal strain that has affected her since the start of the season.