By Shrivathsa Sridhar MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Zheng Qinwen was the first big name to exit the women's draw at the Australian Open on Wednesday after the Olympic champion was stunned by Laura Siegemund while top seed Aryna Sabalenka made heavy weather of her second-round match before going through.

“I tried not to do too many fancy things, but really stick with my clear plan,” is how Laura Siegemund explained her second-round upset of Zheng Qinwen, the second-place finisher at last year’s Australian Open.

Laura Siegemund of Germany plays a backhand return ... Zheng lost the 2024 championship match at Melbourne Park to Aryna Sabalenka and went on to win the Olympic gold medal in Paris and finish ...

Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner continue to impress, while a band of young talent announces themselves Down Under.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (AP) _ Results Sunday from Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses): Tommy Paul (12), United States, def. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Spain, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1. Carlos Alcaraz (3), Spain, def. Jack Draper (15), Britain, 7-5, 6-1, ret.

Naomi Osaka, a two-time champion in Australia, stopped playing because of a strained abdominal muscle after dropping the first set of her match against Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Belinda Bencic.

Naomi Osaka’s second-round match at the Australian Open could not possibly have started in a worse way. All of 21 minutes in,

Coco Gauff still hasn't lost a match or even a set at the Australian Open -- or, actually, this season. She moved into the fourth round at Melbourne Park with a straightforward 6-4, 6-2 victory over 2021 U.

While there have been plenty of surprises in the men’s bracket so far, most of the top women have progressed through the draw without an issue.

Coco Gauff still hasn't lost a match or even a set at this year's Australian Open. Or this season, actually, early as it is.

MELBOURNE - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova wrote \"Too old but still here!\" on the camera as she left court after beating Donna Vekic to reach her fourth Australian Open quarter-final on Sunday, a signoff she said was only half a joke.