Australian Open 2025 LIVE updates: Sabalenka dominates in 62 minutes; Djokovic eyes quarter-finals

Aryna Sabalenka and Mirra Andreeva will open Rod Laver Arena at 11:30am this morning, and that match is sure to be a spectacle.

Sabalenka is the two-time Australian Open champion, while Andreeva is the 17-year-old wonder kid.

The Belarusian world No. 1 is obviously the favourite today, there’s no doubt about that, but fun fact, the one and only time these two have played at a grand slam, Andreeva walked away victorious.

That was in the quarter-finals at the 2024 French Open, where Andreeva beat Sabalenka 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-4.

Obviously, that tournament was on clay, and Sabalenka has beaten Andreeva every other time they’ve played – most recently in the semi-finals at the Brisbane International – but she certainly won’t roll over today. We’re in for a fight.