World number five Venus Williams and US Open champion Sloane Stephens were high-profile casualties on day one of the Australian Open Monday, but Roland Garros winner Jelena Ostapenko survived. With her win over Venus Williams, @BelindaBencic has now won 16 straight @WTA matches. This is despite a chequered lead-up that prevented him playing a warm-up tournament for the first time ever ahead of the opening Grand Slam of the year. READ | Yuki Bhambri qualifies for Australian Open tennis, Ramkumar Ramanathan misses out“It’s a new situation for me. @BelindaBencic upsets 2017 finalist Venus Williams 6-3 7-5.

Source: Hindustan Times January 15, 2018 04:30 UTC