No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka will face No. 54 Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in the Australian Open Round of 64 on Tuesday, January 14.Sabalenka’s last match was a win, 6-2, 6-2, over Ashlyn Krueger

Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus cruises to easy win over USA's Sloane Stephens as other matches are delayed by wet weather.

Can Aryna Sabalenka defend her Australian Open title this year? Watch as she plays Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in the second round of the tournament.

World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka began her Australian Open title defense by defeating Sloane Stephens 6-3 6-2 in the first round on Sunday.

Aryna Sabalenka has retirement on her mind. The world No. 1 revealed in a video posted right before the start of her quest to three-peat at the 2025 Australian Open that she wants to have kids sooner rather than later, and at age 26, that could mean retiring earlier than perhaps many expected.

By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Aryna Sabalenka launched her bid for a third successive Australian Open title with a storm of power hitting and a 6-3 6-2 demolition of former U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens on Sunday.

Aryna Sabalenka has started her bid to become the first woman in a quarter-century to win three consecutive Australian Open titles with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over 2017 U.S. 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens 6-3,

Aryna Sabalenka took her first step Sunday toward a third consecutive Australian Open title as the top-seeded Belarusian breezed to a 6-3, 6-2 win over Sloane Stephens in a first-round match in Melbourne.