MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — 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.
Coco Gauff, fresh off a fourth-round victory at the Australian Open, expressed disappointment over the U.S. TikTok ban that took effect while she competed in Melbourne. After her 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 win against Belinda Bencic, Gauff wrote “RIP TikTok USA” on a TV camera lens, accompanied by a broken heart.
Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka raced into the Australian Open quarter-finals while Coco Gauff recovered from a set down to defeat Belinda Bencic.
Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff headline the tennis players who have the best TikTok dances recorded on the app.
Aryna Sabalenka is a prominent user of the app who posts on it quite often. The ban is likely to affect her as well because she lives in the US. Her base has been Miami for a while and if the app gets banned, then she won't be able to use it as easily as she has been so far.
Naomi Osaka, a two-time champion in Australia, stopped playing because of a strained abdominal muscle after dropping the first set of her match against Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Belinda Bencic.
Donna Vekic, Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and Beatriz Haddad Maia lit up Day 8 of the Australian Open with their hot shots.
While there have been plenty of surprises in the men’s bracket so far, most of the top women have progressed through the draw without an issue.
The top brass of world tennis returned to the status quo on day eight of the Australian Open, with the big names picking up wins.
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka continued her quest for her third consecutive Australian Open title, defeating Russia's Mirra Andreeva 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday to reach the quarterfinals.
Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, where she's three wins from achieving something no woman has done since the 1990s. The two-time defending champion extended her winning streak at Melbourne Park to 18 matches with a 6-1,