MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka has advanced to the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, where she's three wins from achieving something no woman has done since the 1990s.

Australian Open marks the first Grand Slam of the tennis season. Much has changed since the most recent Slam, the U.S. Open last summer.Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, bidding to be the first woman to three-peat in Melbourne since Martina Hingis,

Aryna Sabalenka bids to become the first woman to win three consecutive Australian Open singles titles since Martina Hingis from 1997-99. Sabalenka, seeded first at a Slam for the first time, opened the first Grand Slam of 2025 with consecutive straight-set wins.

Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka knocks out teenager Mirra Andreeva on Rod Laver Arena; Coco Gauff battles back to set up showdown with Spaniard Paula Badosa; watch all the action from the ATP and WTA Tours on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+,

Mirra Andreeva is tipped to be a future winner at the majors, but the 17-year-old Russian is looking to the past as she climbs the rankings.

Martina Hingis once distanced her outgoing personality from the more reserved nature of Steffi Graf and some other players on tour.

In January 2000, 17 of the WTA top 100 were under 20. In 2025, Mirra Andreeva is the sole teenager — and the last one standing in Melbourne.

The world No. 1 dropped just three games against Mirra Andreeva to win an eighteenth straight match in Melbourne, commemorating the result with an on-court snapshot.

It was the Belarusian's 18th consecutive win at Melbourne Park, where temperatures reached up to 34 degrees Celsius (93 Fahrenheit).

MELBOURNE, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Top seed Aryna Sabalenka continued her march towards a third consecutive Australian Open title after disposing of Russian rising star Mirra Andreeva in the fourth round on Sunday. The 26-year-old Sabalenka handed the 14th seed a 6-1, 6-2 lesson in warm conditions on Rod Laver Arena.

The 2025 Australian Open is in full swing, and there have already been matches that carry major implications for the season ahead of us. Below are five takeaways from the first two rounds of this year's first Grand Slam.

Sabalenka is attempting her third Australian Open title in as many years – if she's successful, she'll be the first woman since Martina Hingis to win three consecutive Australian Open titles.