Belinda Bencic impressively reached the Australian Open fourth-round in only her sixth tournament after giving birth to her daughter. Her match victory came as Naomi Osaka, also a new mom, retired due to injury.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka stopped playing because of a strained abdominal muscle after dropping the opening set of her third-round match against Belinda Bencic.

MELBOURNE - Aryna Sabalenka brushed aside teenager Mirra Andreeva and Coco Gauff rallied past Belinda Bencic to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open and extend winning streaks as Melbourne Park stifled in the summer heat on Sunday.

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

MELBOURNE (AFP) – World number one Aryna Sabalenka swept into the Australian Open quarter-finals on Sunday and was joined by Coco Gauff, while Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz can later set up a blockbuster clash.

MELBOURNE, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Returning to the tennis circuit as a new parent can pose plenty of challenges but Belinda Bencic said on ... that's a whole different situation," Bencic told reporters at Melbourne Park on Saturday. "I saw them at the Hopman ...

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.

Coco Gauff stayed on course Sunday for a heavyweight Australian Open semi-final clash against Aryna Sabalenka, despite dropping a set for the first time this season.

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