French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko’s Australian Open hopes ended on Friday as the seventh seed was beaten, 6-3 1-6 6-3, by Anett Kontaveit...
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Melbourne | Kyrgios keeps his cool as Tsonga loses his
The Nick Kyrgios match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was expected to be the blockbuster of the day and in many ways, it didn’t disappoint as it included an ‘incident’ which you...
Melbourne | Edmund battles through to fourth round
Kyle Edmund has battled his way into the fourth round of the Australian Open and in so doing, celebrated by flexing his right bicep much like Andy Murray did ten years ago...
Melbourne | Svitolina beats 15-year-old to advance down under
Ukraine’s fourth seed Elina Svitolina outclassed her 15-year-old compatriot Marta Kostyuk to reach the Australian Open fourth round in 59 minutes, dispatching the World No...
Melbourne | The heat is now on
Blistering heat and some dramatic upsets provided the main topics of day four at Melbourne with ice-wrapped towels and spraying mists deployed to cool down players and...
Melbourne | Muguruza follows Konta out of blistering AO
On a sweltering day in Melbourne, Britain’s Johanna Konta fell at the hands of Bernarda Pera, a 23-year-old Croatian-born American lucky loser from the qualifying...
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Melbourne | Djokovic explains father’s ‘lapse’ after claiming place in final
As expected, Novak Djokovic, following a straight sets victory over Tommy Paul, has reached the final of the Australian Open where Stefanos Tsitsipas awaits and where he hopes to lift the men’s trophy for a record breaking 10th time for the 22nd grand slam of his...
Melbourne | Mirza hanging up her racket
Sania Mirza, India's greatest women's tennis player, reached the mixed doubles final at the Australian Open, the last Grand Slam of her illustrious career, with Rohan Bopanna, but fell short to Luisa Stefani & Rafael Matos, the first all-Brazilian team to win a...
Melbourne | Hewett and Reid seal record wheelchair doubles titles
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid equalled the record for most Grand Slam men’s doubles titles won by a pair in the Open Era today after the British second seeds beat Dutch duo Maikel Scheffers and Ruben Spaargaren 6-1, 6-2 to seal their fourth successive Australian Open...
Melbourne | Tsitsipas overcomes hiccup to reach final
It was his fourth time in the semi-final of the Australian Open and for the first time, he overcame a major mental hurdle to reach the final of the ‘Happy Slam’ which looked possible when he dropped the third set against Karen Khachanov.
Melbourne | Flag furore puts Ukraine in the spotlight at AO
The sensitivities over the invasion of Ukraine by Russia continue, exacerbated by Novak Djokovic's father, Srdjan, who tastelessly was filmed on the steps of Rod Laver Arena standing with a group displaying a banned Russian flag superimposed with an image of ...