As long as the American keeps creating opportunities with her tidy baseline game and she stays healthy, one has to think a breakthrough will come sooner rather than later.

Viktor Troicki and Rebecca Marino numbered among the 32 men and women who will be heading to the Australian Open after winning their final rounds of qualifying.

Fan favorites Dustin Brown and Tsvetana Pironkova were victorious in their respective Australian Open qualifying matches; resurgent stars Bernard Tomic and Ana Konjuh also advanced.

Australian Open qualifying is underway in non-traditional fashion this year, with COVID-19 protocols allowing the men’s and women’s events to take place in Doha and Dubai, respectively. Relive some of the most memorable matches from the opening round.