On a broiling hot day at Melbourne Park, play on the outside courts of the Australian Open was suspended for about 3 hours due to the extreme...
READ MOREGlasgow | Spain lines up Britain in BJK Cup Final group action as Mertens flies in
by Barbara Wancke | Nov 10, 2022 | BJK Cup
Day 2 at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Glasgow saw Spain see off Kazakstan, 3-0, USA beat Poland, 2-1, Switzerland defeat Italy, 3-0, and Slovakia edge past Belgium,...
Fort Worth | Garcia slays Sabalenka for WTA Finals crown
by Barbara Wancke | Nov 8, 2022 | WTA Tour
France’s Caroline Garcia landed the biggest title of her career at the WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday night with a tight set win over Aryna Sabalenka, 7-6(4)...
Tampico | Bouzkova falls as all other 7 seeds advance in Mexico
by Barbara Wancke | Oct 27, 2022 | WTA Tour
Seven of the 8 seeds advanced to the quarter-finals on Wednesday at the Abierto Tampico, the WTA 125 event in Mexico, with the only casualty being 2nd-seeded Marie Bouzkova...
Tampico | Top seeds advance at WTA 125 event in Mexico
by Barbara Wancke | Oct 26, 2022 | WTA Tour
With the last WTA 1000 completed on Sunday in Guadalajara and the Top 8 finishers in the Race to the WTA Finals heading to Fort Worth, Texas, to start play on Monday 31...
Monastir | Mertens sweeps past Cornet to Jasmine Open title
by Barbara Wancke | Oct 10, 2022 | WTA Tour
Elise Mertens, the 5th seed from Belgium, won her 7th WTA title and the first of 2022 when she defeated France’s Alizé Cornet in straight sets to capture the inaugural...
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Melbourne | Krejcikova & Siniakova to meet Aoyama & Shibahara in AO doubles final
Jan 28, 2023
Top seeds Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova defeated Marta Kostyuk & Elena-Gabriela Ruse to advance to the Australian Open women’s doubles final, where they will face Shuko Aoyama & Ena Shibahara, the No 10 seeds, who put an end to the hopes of the...

Melbourne | Djokovic explains father’s ‘lapse’ after claiming place in final
Jan 27, 2023
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
Jan 27, 2023
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
Jan 27, 2023
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
Jan 27, 2023
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.