Coco Gauff moved into the fourth round at Melbourne Park with a straightforward victory over Canada's Leylah Fernandez on Friday.

The American is yet to drop a set this season in eight matches and is on an overall 12-match winning streak. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Down 5-0 in the first set, the former No. 1 player beats Karolina Muchova in three sets to make a Grand Slam third round for the first time in three years

The 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 victory over Karolina Muchova allowed Osaka to reach the third round at a major tournament for the first time since the 2022 season.

Naomi Osaka is out of the Australian Open after the abdominal injury that forced her out of the ASB Classic final in Auckland, New Zealand recurred during her third-round match against Belinda Bencic.

Naomi Osaka, ranked just No. 51 in the world ... 7-6 (8); 30th-seeded Canadian Leylah Fernandez overtook Spain's Cristina Bucsa 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; and 23rd-seeded Magdalena Frech of Poland recovered ...

Much like the second-rounder between Emma Raducanu and Amanda Anisimova, this will be a battle between two sneaky-young veterans—Coco is still just 20, Leylah 22. In one of those pro-tour quirks, they had never played until United Cup; now they’ll meet twice in three weeks.

Born on September 6, 2002, Leylah Fernandez is a Canadian tennis ... and defending champion Naomi Osaka. In doubles, she finished finalist at the 2023 French Open with Taylor Townsend.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Naomi Osaka's second-round match at ... No. 14 Mirra Andreeva and No. 30 Leylah Fernandez, with 2023 U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff in action during the night session.

Sabalenka's fourth-round challenge will be the 14th seed Mirra Andreeva, who she leads 3-1 in head-to-head record. Andreeva secured her first win against Sabalenka at the French Open quarterfinals last year.

Gauff, who hasn’t lost a set in Melbourne, could face the No. 1 player in the semifinals after their 3rd-round wins; Osaka leaves with injury and Pegula falls