Close enough to touch. Close enough to feel real. Also right there was her opponent, No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka, the two-time defending champion at Melbourne Park, who would not make things easy ...

Caroline Garcia defeated Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets at the Hengqin Life WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, but Ashleigh Barty progressed to the semifinals due to her favorable head-to-head record. Why not ...

Qualifier Dominika Salkova posted her first Top 100 win with a straight-sets defeat of Erika Andreeva in the Singapore Tennis Open first round. The 20-year-old Czech had lost to Andreeva in two ...