Emma Raducanu facing friend as they plot their routes back to the top - The former US Open champion will take on American Amanda Anisimova at Melbourne Park on Thursday.

Highlights of the seventh day of the Australian Open on Saturday (all times GMT):0015 ACTION UNDERWAY ON DAY SEVEN AT MELBOURNE PARKThird round action got underway as scheduled under sunny skies on day seven of the championships.

Emma Raducanu overcame serving woes to upset 26th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova and reach the second round of the Australian Open. The 22-year-old hit 15 double faults but edged an erratic match to post her best win at Melbourne Park, seeing off 31st-ranked Russian Alexandrova 7-6 (4) 7-6 (2).

Emma Raducanu has been left with a swollen hand and ankle after being ‘badly bitten by ants’ at the 2025 Australian Open in dramatic scenes. The British tennis star, world No.60, is unseeded at Melbourne Park and is set to face Russian 26th-seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in the first round.

Here are three questions after Iga Swiatek needed just an hour to advance to the third round of the. She'll face a familiar foe next.

Iga Swiatek, Jannik Sinner, Jasmine Paolini, Elena Rybakina and N Sriram Balaji are amongst the big players who will be in action on Day 7 of the hard court major at Melbourne Park.

She racks up 15 double faults in a first-round victory over Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Iga Swiatek romped into a showdown with Emma Raducanu in early Australian Open second-round action Thursday ahead of Jannik Sinner stepping up the defence of his Melbourne Park title.

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MELBOURNE - Second-seed Iga Swiatek waltzed into the third round of the Australian Open on Thursday with fellow Grand Slam champions Emma Raducanu and Elena Rybakina also winners on a bright and sunny day at Melbourne Park.

Emma Raducanu upsets 26th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova at Australian Open but Cameron Norrie is knocked out former Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini; British No 1 Katie Boulter survived an intense en