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CONFERENCE

BALL

United States' Amanda Ani-
simova makes a backhand
return to Aryna Sabalenka
of Belarus during their third
round match at the Australian
Open tennis championships in
Melbourne, Australia, Friday,
Jan. 18, 2019.
Associated Press
All of 17,

Anisimova

of U.S. scores

upset at

Australian

Open

By HOWARD FENDRICH
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)
— All of 17, never the win-
ner of a Grand Slam match
until this week, Amanda
Anisimova is making quite
a first impression at the
Australian Open.
Anisimova showed pre-
cisely why there are those
who consider her a pos-
sible future star, produc-
ing one spectacular shot
after another Friday to
upset 11th-seeded Aryna
Sabalenka of Belarus 6-3,
6-2 and reach the fourth
round.
"I want to win this tourna-
ment," Anisimova said,
tapping her right index fin-
ger on a table for empha-
sis at her post-match news
conference. "Right now." It's all about offense in NFL's
She is the youngest Ameri-
can to get this far at Mel- conference championships
bourne Park since Jennifer
Capriati in 1993 — and at
any Grand Slam tourna- New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady throws the ball while warming up during an NFL football practice, Wednesday, Jan.
ment since Serena Williams 16, 2019, in Foxborough, Mass.
at the 1998 French Open. Associated Press
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