Tennis

Tennis player Gabriela Dabrowski felt a connection "right away" when she started playing doubles with fellow Canadian Erin Routliffe last season. Results quickly followed as the duo won the U.S. Open in just their fourth tournament together.

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Jiri Lehecka defeated third-seeded Sebastian Korda 6-2, 6-1 on Friday to advance to the Adelaide International final.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Now that the pressure to win a Grand Slam singles title as a teenager is over, Coco Gauff feels liberated enough to discuss her next target: a career tally in double digits. Could be 10, 11 or more ... no limits.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Top-seeded American Ben Shelton has been knocked out of the ATP Auckland Classic in the semifinals Friday by unseeded Taro Daniel who reached his second career final six years after the first. Daniel won 7-5, 7-6 (9).

MELBOURNE, Australia — Rebecca Marino has advanced past fellow Canadian Katherine Sebov in qualifying to make the first round of the Australian Open.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — The BNP Paribas Open is increasing its total prize money by over $1.4 million to $19 million for the two-week combined men’s and women’s tournament in the Southern California desert.

Here are some of the men to watch at the Australian Open , which is scheduled to start at Melbourne Park on Sunday morning (Saturday night ET): NOVAK DJOKOVIC Seeding: 1 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Serbia Age: 36 Career Titles: 98 Grand Slam Titl

Here are some of the women to watch at the Australian Open , which is scheduled to start at Melbourne Park on Sunday morning (Saturday night ET): IGA SWIATEK Seeding: 1 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Poland Age: 22 Career Titles: 18 Grand Slam Title

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Third-seeded Sebastian Korda advanced to the Adelaide International semifinals for the second year in a row after beating Australian wild-card entry Christopher O’Connell 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Top-ranked Briton Cameron Norrie faces an injury battle ahead of next week’s Australian Open after withdrawing from the ATP Auckland Open with a wrist injury.