Britain’s Katie Boulter from London gave a good account of herself in Melbourne, but did not have enough guns to overcome the 11th seed, Aryna...
READ MOREMelbourne | Federer made to work by Evans
by Henry Wancke | Jan 16, 2019 | Australian Open
Dan Evans provided the defending champion Roger Federer with a stern test in their second-round meeting at this year’s Australian Open in what was an extremely entertaining...
Melbourne | Halep survives scare, Azarenka dumped
by Barbara Wancke | Jan 15, 2019 | Australian Open
World No 1 Simona Halep survived a serious scare against her nemesis Kaia Kanepi, the player who took her out of the US Open in September, but came through in the end to...
Melbourne | Zverev steps up his challenge
by Henry Wancke | Jan 15, 2019 | Australian Open
The player who is expected to upset the Big Three this year, Alexander Zverev, produced a comfortable opening Australian Open win over Aljaz Bedene, the former British...
Melbourne | Konta edges through tight opener
by Barbara Wancke | Jan 15, 2019 | Australian Open
British No 1 Johanna Konta took nearly three hours to battle past home player Ajla Tomljanovic in Melbourne’s blistering heat to reach the second round of the Australian...
Melbourne | Murray beaten in classic farewell
by Henry Wancke | Jan 14, 2019 | Australian Open
Andy Murray lost his opening round at the Australian Open but he went down fighting, leaving hopes that he might well continue playing and make Wimbledon where, as...
Further Reading

Ostrava | Krejcikova topples Swiatek to win AGEL Open
Oct 10, 2022
In one of the longest title matches of the year, Barbora © found a way to upset World No 1 Iga Swiatek to pocket the AGEL Open 2022 title in Ostrava on Sunday in front of a packed home crowd.

Tokyo | Fritz ends week as champion
Oct 10, 2022
Taylor Fritz will always look back on his week in Tokyo with amazement as he never through he could win the Rakuten Japan Open having spent the previous week in Seoul ensconced in an hotel room quarantining for Covid!

Astana | Djokovic clocks up 90
Oct 10, 2022
A week after he won the Tel Aviv title, Novak Djokovic has claimed another, this time the Astana Open title in Kazakhstan to improve his tally to 90 and reduce the gap between himself and the all-time ‘titles won’ record held by the now retired Roger Federer, to 13 as...

Ostrava | It’s to be a Swiatek – Krejcikova final
Oct 9, 2022
World No 1 Iga Swiatek and home favourite Barbora Krejickova will fight it out for the AGEL Open 2022 title in Ostrava, in the Czech Republic, on Sunday, both having come through tough semi-finals in which they had to overcome strong challenges from Ekaterina...

Mallorca | A baby boy for Rafa and Mery
Oct 9, 2022
The Diario de Mallorca and other Spanish media said the 36-year-old Nadal, who has won a men's record 22 Grand Slam titles, and his wife, Maria Francisca Perello, who were married in 2019 after dating for many years, were delivered of their first child at a clinic on...