Sam Stosur

Australian Open: Barbora Krejcikova and Rajeev Ram won their second Australian Open mixed doubles title in three years on Saturday with a 6-1, 6-4 win over home pairing Sam Stosur and Matthew Ebden.

Sam Stosur had no answer to Angelique Kerber's power as the German fired 15 winners in a 6-4, 6-4 victory.

Ashleigh Barty will rise from 11th to number nine in the world rankings and become the first Australian woman since Sam Stosur in June 2013 to crack the top 10.

Former champion Garbine Muguruza reached the French Open last 16 with a comfortable 6-0, 6-2 win over Australia's Sam Stosur

Leander Paes and Martina Hingis were beaten 3-6 2-6 by the local pair of Sam Groth and Samantha Stosur in a quarterfinal match that lasted 55 minutes.

Australia had registered a 3-2 win over Germany two years ago and are looking to avenge their 3-1 semi-final defeat to the Germans in Brisbane last April.

Andrea Petkovic opened with a 6-1, 7-6 (7) win over Sam Stosur while top-ranked German player Kerber had little difficulty beating Casey Dellacqua 6-1, 6-0 in 51 minutes on outdoor hard courts at Pat Rafter Arena.

Seventeenth seed Sam Stosur defeated Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic 6-3 6-4 to make it to the second round.

Duval, roared on a by a packed Louis Armstrong court, beat 2011 champion Sam Stosur in Round 1 of the 2013 US Open.

17-year-old qualifier Victoria Duval, a daughter of Haitian parents and ranked at 296, beat the 11th seed and 2011 champion 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.

Stosur will play the event for the first time since 2010, while Tomic returns after beating world No. 1 Novak Djokovic at last year's tournament.

Azarenka, the Belarus player ranked No. 3, won a sloppy match against the Serb as both players committed more unforced errors than hit winners. The two-time Australian Open champ will face fifth-seeded Sam Stosur of Australia, a 7-6 (2), 6-3 winner over Virginie Razzano of France.

The second-seeded Wozniacki breezed past Spaniard Silvia Soler-Espinosa 6-1, 6-1 just under an hour, while the third-seeded Aussie Stosur routed New Zealand's Marina Erakovic 6-1, 6-2 on the green clay at Daniel Island Tennis Center.

The first three days of main-draw play have seen five of the eight seeds depart, after Caroline Wozniacki and Sam Stosur while Maria Sharapova withdrew injured.

Maria Sharapova swept past Sam Stosur 6-0, 6-3 at the WTA Championships on Friday to retain a small chance of finishing the year as the No. 1-ranked player.

Australian Open: Barbora Krejcikova and Rajeev Ram won their second Australian Open mixed doubles title in three years on Saturday with a 6-1, 6-4 win over home pairing Sam Stosur and Matthew Ebden.

Sam Stosur had no answer to Angelique Kerber's power as the German fired 15 winners in a 6-4, 6-4 victory.

Ashleigh Barty will rise from 11th to number nine in the world rankings and become the first Australian woman since Sam Stosur in June 2013 to crack the top 10.

Former champion Garbine Muguruza reached the French Open last 16 with a comfortable 6-0, 6-2 win over Australia's Sam Stosur

Leander Paes and Martina Hingis were beaten 3-6 2-6 by the local pair of Sam Groth and Samantha Stosur in a quarterfinal match that lasted 55 minutes.

Australia had registered a 3-2 win over Germany two years ago and are looking to avenge their 3-1 semi-final defeat to the Germans in Brisbane last April.

Andrea Petkovic opened with a 6-1, 7-6 (7) win over Sam Stosur while top-ranked German player Kerber had little difficulty beating Casey Dellacqua 6-1, 6-0 in 51 minutes on outdoor hard courts at Pat Rafter Arena.

Seventeenth seed Sam Stosur defeated Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic 6-3 6-4 to make it to the second round.

Duval, roared on a by a packed Louis Armstrong court, beat 2011 champion Sam Stosur in Round 1 of the 2013 US Open.

17-year-old qualifier Victoria Duval, a daughter of Haitian parents and ranked at 296, beat the 11th seed and 2011 champion 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.

Stosur will play the event for the first time since 2010, while Tomic returns after beating world No. 1 Novak Djokovic at last year's tournament.

Azarenka, the Belarus player ranked No. 3, won a sloppy match against the Serb as both players committed more unforced errors than hit winners. The two-time Australian Open champ will face fifth-seeded Sam Stosur of Australia, a 7-6 (2), 6-3 winner over Virginie Razzano of France.

The second-seeded Wozniacki breezed past Spaniard Silvia Soler-Espinosa 6-1, 6-1 just under an hour, while the third-seeded Aussie Stosur routed New Zealand's Marina Erakovic 6-1, 6-2 on the green clay at Daniel Island Tennis Center.

The first three days of main-draw play have seen five of the eight seeds depart, after Caroline Wozniacki and Sam Stosur while Maria Sharapova withdrew injured.

Maria Sharapova swept past Sam Stosur 6-0, 6-3 at the WTA Championships on Friday to retain a small chance of finishing the year as the No. 1-ranked player.