In her final BBC Sport column at the Australian Open, world number four Jasmine Paolini discusses defending ranking points after the best year of her career.

Women's no. 2 seed Jasmine Paolini from Italy, along with the men's no. 4 seed, American Taylor Fritz, were eliminated Saturday in the third round of the Australian Open. Featured in back-to-back matches at the Margaret Court Arena, the married couple of Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina, both came back to win their respective matches.

Elina Svitolina beats fourth seed Jasmine Paolini hours after her husband Gael Monfils beat men's fourth seed Taylor Fritz to reach the Australian Open fourth round.

Iga Swiatek preferred Sydney's coffee to Melbourne and Alex De Minaur declared Australia's brews the best in the world -- so what did Italy's own Jasmine Paolini think of it all?

Jannik Sinner and Elina Svitolina won their respective Round 3 matches and advanced to the pre-quarters. While Sinner beat Marcos Giron in straight sets, Svitolina got the better of Jasmine Paolini.

The Australian Open of Italy's Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini ended in the second round, when the fancies pair were beaten by Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider 7-5 7-5 in a repeat of the Olympic final won by the Italians in Paris in one hour and 36 minutes.

It's an up-and-down day for favorites and the husband-and-wife duo of Gaël Monfils and Elina Svitolina wo their singles matches.

In the Round of 64 at the Australian Open on Wednesday, Renata Zarazua (ranked No. 70) faces Jasmine Paolini (No. 4).Her last time out, Zarazua lost to Martina Trevisan 4-6, 3-6 in the Round of 16

Born in Tuscany, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Ugo Paolini and Jacqueline Gardiner are the parents of Jasmine Paolini. According to The Sun, the couple initially met at a bar in Tuscany village.

Eva Lys looks to continue her streak of luck against Iga Swiatek in the round of 16 of the Australian Open, while Elina Svitolina will be tested by Veronika Kudermetova.

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