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Melbourne | Gauff gets past Raducanu to play Pera next
British No 1 Emma Raducanu was beaten in straight sets by 7th-seeded Coco Gauff at the Australian Open, 6-3 7-6(4), on Wednesday night in the headline act of the Rod Laver...
Melbourne | Raducanu opens her AO account, Gauff next
Emma Raducanu laid her fitness concerns to rest and convincingly won her opening match at the Australian Open on Monday in Melbourne, beating Tamara Korpatsch, 6-3 6-2, to...
Melbourne | AO Preview: Swiatek is the clear favourite for women’s singles title
The good news is that Emma Raducanu is fit to play the Australian Open, having recovered from the ankle turn she suffered in Auckland 10 days ago, but Ajla Tomljanovic and...
Melbourne | Watson and Kartal fall in AO Qualies, where dreams are made or shattered
Qualifying for the 2023 Australian Open began at Melbourne Park on Monday, with 128 women hopeful of gaining a place in the singles main draw next week, but for Britons...
Melbourne | Osaka is an AO no-show, as Venus Williams pulls out due to injury and Raducanu hopes for the best
Naomi Osaka has pulled out of Australian Open, and is the third big name to withdraw over the past couple of days, with World No 1 Carlos Alcaraz and Venus Williams also...
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Melbourne | Krejcikova & Siniakova to meet Aoyama & Shibahara in AO doubles final
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
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.