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Top seeds safely through in Oz
The Citizen
|January 19, 2026
MELBOURNE: NO FAIRY TALE FOR VETERAN WILLIAMS
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SAFE LANDING. Spain's Carlos Alcaraz celebrates after beating Australia's Adam Walton during the first round of the Australian Open in Melbourne yesterday. Picture: AFP
(AFP)
Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka launched their Australian Open title bids with straight-sets wins but there was no fairytale for 45-year-old Venus Williams yesterday.
On a hot Melbourne day in which a ball girl fainted, last year’s men’s beaten finalist Alexander Zverev dropped a set before easing into the second round.
This story is from the January 19, 2026 edition of The Citizen.
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