GUADALAJARA: Top seed Ons Jabeur was sent crashing out of the WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open on Wednesday, losing a grueling three-hour battle to Italy’s Martina Trevisan. Tunisian star Jabeur, the losing finalist at Wimbledon for the past two years, was downed 6-7( 4/ 7), 7-5, 6-3 by the unseeded Trevisan, currently ranked 54th in the world. Jabeur looked to have taken a grip on the match after taking the first set on a tie-break and then surging into a 30-0 lead as she served for the match at 5-4 i

Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur in action during the Australian Open match against Mirra Andreeva of Russia at Melbourne Park on Wednesday. —Reuters MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic fought off anot-her feisty challenge to reach the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday after women’s champion Aryna Sabalenka made more serene progress and Ons Jabeur crashed out at the hands of a schoolgirl. Top 10 seeds Coco Gauff, Barbora Krejci-kova, Beatriz Haddad Maia, Jannik Sinner, Andrey Rublev and Stefanos Tsitsip

Join our Whatsapp channel LONDON: Novak Djokovic showed signs that he is easing into the old routine at Wimbledon as the seven-times champion sauntered into the third round on Thursday and Barbora Krejcikova also made it through as her title defence continued. This year’s Championships have been littered with seeds biting the dust early but day four offered some big statements from those fancied for deep runs on the lawns. Former women’s champion Elena Rybakina may have arrived very much under t