France`s Kristina Mladenovic and Croatian Ivan Dodig swept to a 6-3 6-4 victory against local duo Jaimee Fourlis and Jason Kubler to claim the Australian Open mixed doubles crown at Melbourne Park on Friday.

Australian Open 2022: Kristina Mladenovic and Ivan Dodig bag mixed-doubles crown

Australia are throwing debutant Ajla Tomljanovic into the Fed Cup cauldron against France, dropping veteran Sam Stosur in favour of the Croatia-born debutant for the singles just weeks after she became eligible to represent the nation.

Tennis: Australia snub Stosur for Fed Cup singles, pick Tomljanovic

Naomi Osaka stumbled badly in her first match since winning the Australian Open as the world number one went down in a flurry of errors to exit the Dubai Championships on Tuesday.

Naomi Osaka stunned by Mladenovic in straight sets in Dubai

Rybarikova made an impressive start, firing two aces on her way to winning the first set over her French opponent

Tennis: Rybarikova outlasts top seed Mladenovic at WTA Elite Trophy