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Japan s Naomi Osaka makes a forehand return to Britain’s Katie Boulter during a tuneup event ahead of the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, on Feb. 3. (AP Photo) Ash Barty looked like the world No. 1 in the first set, then struggled the rest of the way against No. 52-ranked Marie Bouzkova before completing a 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 win in an Australian Open tuneup tournament on Wednesday. In the third set, the 2019 French Open champion exchanged three service breaks early before breaking Bouzkova in the eighth game. She ended it with a service winner in the next game. “Coming off a night match, I m an early riser to I didn t get a lot of sleep last night,” Barty said. “I felt in the middle of the match I pressed a little bit. but I was happy to get the win on my terms at the end.” ....
Serena Williams is finally feeling happy: Find out why Agencies Melbourne: It’s a rare thing for Serena Williams to play a tournament the week leading into one of the tennis Grand Slams. Now that Serena Williams is at Melbourne Park here, she’s making the most of her time in the Yarra Valley Classic to prepare for next week’s Australian Open. The 23-time Grand Slam champion is just happy to be playing tennis again. Serena beat Tsvetana Pironkova 6-1, 6-4 Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals. She’s still on track for a semifinal match against top-ranked Ash Barty. She had a tough win over Pironkova at last year’s US Open. Then Serena withdrew from her scheduled match at the French Open because of an Achilles injury. It kept Serena from playing competitive tennis until last week. ....
MELBOURNE (AP) All competition at six Australian Open tuneup events scheduled for Thursday was called off and 520 people who flew to Melbourne for the year s first tennis major were ordered to isolate after a worker at one of the tournaments’ quarantine hotels tested positive for COVID-19. The Australian Open is scheduled to begin Monday. Any players, coaches or officials who quarantined at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Melbourne were deemed to be casual contacts of the 26-year-old infected man and required to remain in their accommodation until they test negative. “We will work with everyone involved to facilitate testing as quickly as possible,” Tennis Australia said in a statement announcing the postponement of all matches at Melbourne Park. A dedicated facility will be used to get players, coaches, officials and staff tested as quickly as possible. ....