MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA—Sofia Kenin stopped Coco Gauff’s latest Grand Slam run, beating the 15-year-old American 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-0 in the Australian Open’s fourth round on Sunday. Halep appeared to be cruising after winning the first set and going up a service break in the second, but Mertens broke back to level the second set at 4-4. 4-seeded Halep reached the Australian Open final in 2018 and won her first major title at the French Open that year. On the men’s side, two-time French Open runner-up Dominic Thiem beat Gael Monfils 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals for the first time. Thiem has lost the last two French Open finals to Nadal and is 4-13 in their career meetings.

Source: thestar January 27, 2020 04:30 UTC