It's an up-and-down day for favorites and the husband-and-wife duo of Gaël Monfils and Elina Svitolina wo their singles matches.

The final match of the day saw American Learner Tien, playing in his first major outside of the U.S. Open, upset No. 5 seed Daniil Medvedev in a five-set classic, 6-3, 7-6, 6-7, 1-6, 7-6, that ended at 2:54 a.m. local time. Medvedev had reached three of the past four Australian Open finals, but could not fend off a ferocious Tien.

In Saturday's Australian Open 3rd round women's singles match, the Pole crushed her rival in an almost flawless fashion - losing just one game and confidently advancing to the fourth round of the Grand Slam tournament.

Coco Gauff led the United States to its second United Cup title with a statement 6-4, 6-4 win over world No. 2 Iga Świątek a week before the start of the Australian Open.

Eva Lys is making a habit of changing her travel plans, with the German advancing to the fourth round after initially failing to qualify for the main draw in Melbourne.

Heading into the Australian Open, which runs from January 12 to ... Crucially, too, she appears to have ended her Iga Świątek jinx; Gauff won just one of her first 12 matches against the Pole ...

Here are the seeds for the Australian Open: Fourth round: Coco Gauff (3) vs. Naomi Osaka Quarterfinals: Iga Świątek (2) vs. Emma Navarro (8) Semifinals: Coco Gauff (3) vs. Aryna Sabalenka (1 ...

Poland’s Iga Świątek has entered the third round of the women’s singles competition at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne.

Given everything she has already achieved in her fledgling career – and the weight of expectation she has borne as one of tennis’ rising superstars – it’s sometimes easy to forget that Coco Gauff is still only 20 years old.

From Sabalenka to Gauff, these are the top female tennis players poised to make an impact on the court during this year's Australian Open.

Iga Swiatek has made it to round 3 with relative ease, dispatching Sramkova 6-0, 6-2. Ons Jabeur was able to overcome a wobble in the first set to beat Camila Osorio and make it to the next round. World No.