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Defending champion Keys beats the heat and Pliskova to reach fourth round
MELBOURNE, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Australian Open defending champion Madison Keys raised her game in the Melbourne Park heat to beat Karolina Pliskova 6-3 6-3 and reach the fourth round of the Grand Slam ...

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Defending champion Keys reaches the Australian Open third round, fellow American Pegula joins her
Defending Champion Madison Keys Reaches the Third Round at the Australian Open
Djokovic rolls back years, Sinner supreme, Keys books third round berth
Novak Djokovic rolled back the years to reach the Australian Open third round on Thursday but Jannik Sinner, the man who has usurped him as king of Melbourne Park, showed why he is favourite to claim ...

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Novak Djokovic Says No to Son’s Wish at Australian Open As He Lays Down Clear Family Rule
Day 5 as it happened: Osaka stunned by frosty handshake; Wawrinka breaks record
Wawrinka, 40, joins Djokovic & Cilic in third round
While Djokovic, 38, and Cilic, 37, breezed through in straight sets against Francesco Maestrelli and 21st seed Denis Shapovalov respectively, 40-year-old Wawrinka battled through a four-and-a-half-hou...

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Novak Djokovic easily advances to Australian Open third round
Novak Djokovic's 399th Grand Slam match win propels him into Australian Open third round
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Defending champion Keys surges into Australian Open last 16

Defending champion Madison Keys powered into the Australian Open last 16 on Saturday with a statement straight-sets win over former world number one Karolina Pliskova. She did not win another tournament in 2025 and while she won her two opening matches in Melbourne this year in straight sets,

Defending champs too much for shorthanded Cavs to handle

The Oklahoma City Thunder won with ease in Cleveland on MLK Day. Here's how it all went down.

Defending champ Sepp Straka feeling heat of competition at The American Express

As the defending champion of The American Express, Sepp Straka may be the one the others are all looking to beat, but the Austrian says he feels the intensity of the competition coming out to kick off the 2026 PGA Tour schedule on Thursday in La Quinta,

Defending champion Nick Taylor tied for Sony Open lead

HONOLULU (AP) — Defending champion Nick Taylor was sharp with his irons and handled the par 3s at Waialae Country Club for an 8-under 62, giving him a share of the lead Thursday with Kevin Roy as the PGA Tour season started at the Sony Open.
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Defending a Grand Slam title is one of the hardest things in tennis. Coco Gauff faces it down

The three Grand Slams this year to date have showcased the extremes of being a defending champion. Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek made use of their auras in Melbourne and Paris respectively to retain their titles, before Marketa Vondrousova suffered the ...
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